ML19029A674
| ML19029A674 | |
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| Site: | Salem  |
| Issue date: | 05/10/1978 |
| From: | Fisher R The Sun People - Alternate Energy Advocates |
| To: | Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel |
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| Download: ML19029A674 (7) | |
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~~FORE.ie ATOMIC SAFETY AND LI~ltf.IG BOARD PANEL fn the Matter of PU~LIC SERVICE ELECTRIC &
GAS CC*~*:FANY, et.. al.
(Salem Nuclear G~nerating Statiori, Uni~ No. I)
Docket No.
REQUEST FOR A FOR A FORMAL ADJUDICATORY HEARING OR PETITION FOR LEAVE TO INTERVENE There seems to be general agreement on tne part o:f and ?SE&G that we cannot speak tb the profound issue at hand.
Obfusfaction is the order to date.
By previous interpretation of the procedual rules promulgated under the* Atomic Energy Lie ens ing Act* the Sun People apparently have n~ established an '"interest.
By virtue of th~ fact that the Sun People are citizens of
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New Jersey and the United States of America, vehemently opposed to the proliferation of nuclear "power and the deadly threat that is posed by it, then the Sun People do indeed have an interest.
We have in fact done much lon~ before others to promote alternative solar power (previous enclosures). Just because no members of the Sun Pebple. group live in the immediate area of the Salem-Nuclear G~nerati~g Station we cannot in good conscience accept the posture or being **good Germans** and not take note of the danger that is posed to all citizens.
The Sun People appealed in several proceedings concerned with the placing and expansion of nuclear plants at Artificial Island---without success.
One of the two main arguments we have repeatedly used was
. the danger of nuclear wastes and their disposal. The Sun P~ople are not alone now in their concern. Jack Anderson, syndicated columnist, has cited the dagers of storing and transport1ng nuclear wastes. A Congressional sub-committee has juat~eomplet~d hearings
~.. **.,.*I on this matter and many members have expressed-grave concern in their soon-to-be-released findings.
The utilities have rightly claimed that nuclear waste disposal is not their concerns it is up to the federal governmen~
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rT-uclear waste from military and domestic use-in unsatisfactory and often dangerously defective temporary 6ites, the federal government has yet t" come up with a solutl:on.
By all that.is reasonabl~. why expand tempoary storage 0£ nuclear wastes until a saff! solution is found for the disposition of radioactive poisons that-have-already been created? These* existing
- wastes, l~aking poison and radioactivity, are-already enough of a deadly legacy to l.,ave our children and grandchildren. Should ~
not all strive* to leave the* earth better than we found it, not worse?*
Th~ Sun People advocat~- an end of nucle~r power, with all its problems. The* same expertise and money that created the nuclear power monster could furnish clean, free, non-polluting alternative energ-.1 for all :peopl~. The '"interest" of the Sun People is a moral one and~ sadly, not one that can be understood by the utilities, lobbyists, and government bureaucrats.
This is our general interest then.-But you asked more. You wanted a particular interest. Therefore, trustee Ruth Fisher state~
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that she was attracted and insensed by the Second-Sun. This "interest....
cannot be rejected as purely speculative. She has in fact been there often and even* taken students there as a result of this advertisement.
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As to the second interest you reject. We ar~ in fact close enough to be affected by low-level radiation. Do~'s the NRC have evidence to the contr&ry? Where are the monitoring stations? We charge that we are all affected by such radiation.
Now as to co~tentions. It seems to be like talking to the deaf.
- Our contentions are speculative~ you say, or gen~ral or not partic-ularized *. Well, everything is relative, as ~hey say.
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___ _}..o.~~Jey~l _r_ad_iati_<?n... i~ n~l!;h.e~ _hyp~~l:le.tic.al n_or speculative. Study after study have reported the effects af low-6 level radi~-';ion. Must one drop dead on\\ the spot to establish direct injury-"? Gentlemenl Th*e licensee seeming,ly not~~~h~y radiation-is proposed to* be emitted. Ju~gm~nts are made by others,including the NRC as to whether or not it ie dangerous. We say that there is no way that you can prove it is not. Evidence is mounting as to how dangerous it is.
- 2. We repeat (tead louder)s South Jersey remains ill-pren~red to store nuclear waste at this site or a.nywh~re nearb:x:_. You have
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~not even spoken to the water levels throughout South Jersey. The Board cannot be fore-closed from examining this issue.
J. Sabotage near a metronolitan area. The NRC licensed this plant and looked at security years ago. Why hide your heads in sand (or water)? Sabotoge and te.rrorism everywhere have become monstrous problems for us all recently.
- 4. No clear workable Plan for haridling stora~~ or reproc~ssing nucl~ar wast~ exists. (Refer to our second attempt at intervention).
Now we note that PSE&G is applying to expand Salem II. You cannot examine these applications separately. You cannot turn your head bc!cause of previous decisions. You cannot ignore the fact that you will be making this one of the largest nuclear storage sit~s any-where. Where is sanity, reason?
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Late last year, the compa-ny applied to quadruple the amount of nuclear fuel waste that can be stored at its Salem One unit, which is now operating.
That move raised the hac-kles of environmentalists and some public officials, who fear this small town could be one of the world's biggest storage areas for ft *...
But last month, the com-will apply to increase spent pany again quietly applied fuel storage facilities at to quadruple the amount of those plants.
spent fuel it can store at its Environmentalists and Salem Two unit, which is public officials, including only yards away from its state public advocate Stan-twin brother,. S!llem One. Jey Van Ness, last week w~n The s~cond uni~ 1s.expected their battle to Carce a pubhc to beg1n operating m 1979.
- hearing on the storage of Two more nuclear plants wastes at Salem One.
will also be built here, but 1'he federal Nuclear Reg-company officials say it's ulatory Commission (NRC) is not required lo hold public hearings on such requests unless a formal "petition to intervene" is filed. In the case of Salem One, this township filed the only suc-rar cessful petition - of four -
to force a hearing.
'eel That hearing will be held sometime this summer and
>r-will decide whether the com-p-pany can increase storage at the SaJem One.
m But the NRC may now ig hold hearings for both of the l-applications at the same l-time.
"It looks like ther, are combining the two, ' an NRC *spokesperson said l\\IQnday. "They want to see wl1at the ef!ects wouJd be as far as cumulative effects (but) we'U just have to wait awhile to see what happens. 11
- A spokesm;m for PSE&G said the company wants to quadruple storage at Salem
'l\\vo for the same reasons it arplied lo increase storage a Salem One. That plant will have to close in about five years -
for lack of storage space - it it doesn't find some place to put the spent fuel.
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May 16:; 1978 U.s.Nuclear Regulatory Commission Secretary of Commission Docket & Service Branch Washingtont D.C. 20555 Gentlemen:
Re: Docket 50-272 Increased waste storage for Salem I and II We respectfully request to be granted "Limited Appearance" in the above matter.
Spokespersons for CNPP are : Dr., Halam. Bonner, Mr. Frank Akutowicz and/or Frieda Berryhill.
We would appreciate notificatiorras soon as possible.
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Docket No.(s) 50-272 SERVICE LIST Gary L. Milhollin, Esq.
1815 Jefferson Street Madison, Wisconsin 53711 Mr. Glenn 0. Bright Atomic Stafety and Licensing Board U.S. Nuclear Regulatory*Com.~ission Washington, D.C.
20555 Dr. James* C. Lamb, III.
313 Woodhaven Road Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27514 Counsel for NRC Staff U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C.
20555 Troy Br Conner, Jr., Esq.
Conner, Moore and Corber 1747 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C.
20006 Honorable Mark L. First Deputy Attorney General Department of Law & Public Safety P.O. Box 141 Trenton, New Jersey 08070 William C. Horner, Esq.
67 Market Street Salem, New Jersey 08079 R. William Potter, Esq.
Assistant Deputy Public Advocate Department of the Public Advocate P.O. Box 141 Trenton, New Jersey 08601 Mr. Alfred C. Coleman, Jr.
Ms. Eleanor G. Coleman 35 "K" Drive Pennsville, New Jersey 08070 Ms. Ruth Fisher "The Sun People" Alternate Energy Advocates South Dennis, New Jersey 08245 *
- Salem Free Public Library 112 West Broadway Salem, New Jersey 08079
- Richard Fryling, Jr.,
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Public Service Electric and Gas Company*
80 Park Place Newark, New Jersey 07101