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| Site: | Three Mile Island  |
| Issue date: | 07/27/1979 |
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American Can Company J. D. Mitchell 24th & Dixie Avenue, Easton, Po.18042 Plant Manager . Dini. Products July 27, 1979
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.n. , ; V We have been advised of your upcoming meeting next Thursday, Augus I , 5' wnich time, I understand, the subject of TMI's Unit I will be discussec. '
In turn, we have reviewed the financial impact on our plant resulting frcm Uni . l's shutdown and the corresponding purchase by GPU of capacity frem neighboring utilities. ~ This added cost is of serious concern to us and quite naturally, the early return to service of Unit 1 is highly important. Further down the line, we . realize that we are highly nuclear dependent and bringing future units on stream in a timely manner is also very important to us. I woul2 very much appreciate your understanding of our position in this matter as you consider the situation in your meeting next week. Sincerely, f Ii
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I am a Pennsylvania Fuel Oil Distributor. We are experiencing a shortcge of #2 fuel oil due to = cry reasons, but one of the reasons is the abundant use of that oil to produce electricity. - _- I feel that your ::nclear regulatory ecmission would be - performing a great service by allowing Metropolitan Edison to re-open TMI #1 if it conforms to all the safety regulations. Sincerely,
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TOWNSHIP OF PALMER NORTHAMPTON COUNTY, PA. OEco of the Secretary, MUNICIPAL BUILDING, 3243 Freemonsburg Ave., Palmer Township, P.O. Easton. Pa.18042 Tel. 215-253 7191 July 27, 1979 e- co os MIP g.' The Honorable Joseph M. Hendri, Chairman @ gbI - Nuclear Regulatory Commission -
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E jw vW' We understand that the N.R.C. Board will meet on August 2 to decide action to be taken regarding conditions under which T.M.I. Unit #1 wculd be returned to service. , We urge that you encourage your Board to take prompt action to return this unit to service after Met-Ed has complied
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with all N.R.C. modifications a; it has with other 3 & W units that have complied and are back in service. Any long term outages of this facility adversely effects the economy and the well-being of all the people in the Met-Ed - G.P.U. service area. We in Palmer respectfully urge a positive and prompt solution to the escalating cost of power which is crippling the economy of our area. Very truly yours, A Mu -
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other industries in the Met Ed area, are faced with greatly increased electrical retes due to the high cost of oil and coal-fired replacement pcwer. Theref ore, I urge you and the = embers of your ec Masten to allcw Three Mile Islan:1 to be re turned to
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Further, I and =y collegues, are enthusiastic preponents of neclear pcwer as a irable neans of ec= bating this natiena energy shortage. Sincerly yours, Vire tor R. Scimidt, Jr. , , , , , President VRS:=ar cc: R. T. Wakler, Me: Ed Ack.w.v'ad.w 5 cW. 7.~M 2 7. ..... 1055 264
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1717 E Street, NW % k, washingten D.C.. 20555 Q - Cear Mr. Hendrie, As the manager of a sma 1.1 manufacturing ecepany in York, Pennsylvania I am cencerned about the ru::iors that are floating around about not res h g Unit No. 1 at the Three Mile Island facility. I live and work within t ten =ile radius of TMI and nat-urally went through the nervous period last Spring when we were bem-barded with all rts of false inforetatica. c didn't knew which way to turn. We were cenfrented with the cacice of abandening our houses and jobs or staying and facing what the media was telling us was cer-tain death. Fortunately, enough pecple had faith in the scientists and engineers involved and they did not panic. I am pointing this cut only as a prelude to what I want to say. We need the power frem TMI as soon as we can safely get it. We need it for the follcwing two reasons:
- 1. To help the poor and needy as we!.1 as those en fixed inec=es who si= ply cannot live with the new high cost of electricity.
- 2. Industry as a whole, and we in par _icular, can-not afford to continue to absorb increases in our costs and not have to pass them through, which will only help to increase inflation.
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Ham's Hand Illirn Onmpanil Mr. Joseph M. Hendrie Page 2 July 27, 1979 our cost of electricity alone will go up approximately , fif ty thousand dollars per year with TMI shut down. I urge that you get on with the job of finding out what must be done. Once this is acccmplished, and if you find that cer-tain additional safe-guards or changes are required, get them in . place and restart Unit Number 1. Very truly yours,
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We commend you on the thoroughness being exercised by you ari your Commission on a great many subjects. , One of your current considerations is the rest-arting of Unit #1 at Three Mile Island in Pennsyl nia. We are a manufacturing concern making cornigated shipping containers - located just east of the city of York. We are consuming electric power this year at an annual rate of approximately $90,000. As a modest sized business, any proper saving ' in power is important to us. The money saving of nuclear energy you know very intimately. We urge you to 1pprove the starting of Unit 1 at DII as soon as is practical. There is a perscual side to all this, and that is the safety factor. My own home (Mt. Wolf, Pa.) is about four miles from TMI. From some of our farm land we can look at the cooling towers. In el Jerving the anxiety with our farm people and others because cf the March 23 accident, I called on an expert in this field, Dr. David Krenfeld, Veterinary School, University of Pennsylvania. He came to our farms in early April and reviewed the situation with about 20 of us, our people as well as neighboring farmers. From all he could lears there was no release of radioactive materials that were harmful to people, to animal'. or to the soil. He had great compliments for the w~ay Metrcpolitan Edison popis ed others handled the accident sacrificing large amounts of money for safety. All through this period of cooling down the unit I stayed right at home and of course at work because I had confidence in the pecple who were handling the problem. I think this situation has taught us all very much. I do not live near DII in any fex. I hope you and your Commission can find reason to encourage the starting of Unit 1 and eventually Unit 2 when this is sensible. Sincerely, Ache'N!ad;:d by ws,,7, ;yge-p(
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- .9 .M l TIME: 10:15 A.M. Saturday EDITED VERSION with approval of April 7, 1979 Dr. Kronfeld via telephone con-versation of April 11, 1979 I Mr. Wolf stated the purpose of the meeting as an attempt to clarify much of the infor=ation received these past few days since the Three Mile Island incident. '
l After self-introduction by those gathered, Dr. Kron-feld was introduced by Mr. Wolf and was requested to give his background and training in the area of radioactivity. l After coming to the United States from New Zealand over twenty years ago, Dr. Kronfeld has been eng ged in.
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radioact /e isotopes in biological systems. He .ndicated 1 his expertise in the subject that brought him ec Forge Hill - Farms. This interest has caused him to have a acre t.han casual concern in the effects radioactive substances have on mac:malian life including man. Before ccming to York, Dr. Kronfeld spoke at length I with Mr. John. Thomas, Director of Radiation, Safety Office, University of Pennsylvania. Throughout the cem=ents mado l by Dr. Kronfeld, the expression was repeated "if what we i have heard is accurate (true)"; the "we" referred :o is Dr. l Kronfeld and Mr. Thomas and the infor=ation he hed gleaned from reports. Dr. Kronfeld stressed his concern that far=trs and l owners of animals in general should have a plan prior to incidents such as thesc. He spoke of a famer in Kansas j who acted quickly and successfully to contact appropriate officials when a traffic accident left toxic chemicals in l l D**k l co1 ~ lD 'iD T 1055 268 1"A) _ 5] i_ 3 a
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, y to emerge, as we begin to feel we may have avoided a major disaster, is just how unprepared each of us were. This is particularly true of the agricultural interest in the county.
i It was recccmended that a seminar'be held at' York i College of Pennsylvania and co-sponsored by appropriate - county and state agencies. This would provide York County citizens a for::m to hear people such as Dr. Kronfeld ex-plain in simple terns what the dangers were and are. En-cirely tro much contradiction exists in what has been said and written. I have agreed to check with the York College of Penn-sylvania Administration on the necessary details to materialize r,uch a symposium. I will talk with Dr. Robert Iosue, Presi-dent of York College of Pennsylvania and see if such a sympo- _ stum can be produced soon. , Until such a time as we can have a more formal discussion
; the following remarks may serve to place the Three Mile Island incident in scme perspective relative to radiation leakage and what the terms =ean:
ISOTOPES THAT ARE OF CONCERN TO FARMERS, PARTICULARLY DAIRY FARMERS INCLUDE. ., 131 I - IODINE 131 _- a) . 3 b) XENON c) TRITIUM 13 1 I has a half-life of 8 days which means that every 8 days one-half ogghe of radioactive I. radioactivity is lost in any quantity Of major concern with 131 I is the fact that it does beccme concent{gged in the thyroid gland 10,000 fold and in milh 10 fold I - another more harmful isotope of iodine has been reported as having leaked but Dr. Kronfeld indicated that this isotope is not ifkely to be produced. r s, e 1
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Dr. Kronfeld felt that from what he had heard that at most if a person had been standing at the main gate of Three Mile Island during the entire incident they would have received about 80 milliress of radiation. , TRITIUM - has a half-life physically of 12 years, and in ani=al systems of 12 days. Its beta radiation is weak and when diluted with non-radioactive water poses no particular problem. However, since all cells contain a large percentage of water, tritium can go to every cell in one's body if the water is embibed. Once an area is con- ' taminated and since it is nearly impossible to remove all water from any given area, the tritium will remain for long periods of ti=e and is difficult to remove completely. A WORD ABOUT TERMS Radiation is a form of energy given off by certain - elements (atoms) that decay spontaneously. This energy can interact with the normal chemicals in living cells and cause damage. The amount of damage caused is proportional
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to *he amount of energy received. Low levels are believed to be harmless, but some scientists feel that even low doses . can cause damage that will take years to beccme noticeable. . A curie is a measure of the amount of radiation being emitted by a radioactive source and is equal to a decay rate of 37,000,000,000 atoms per second. A pico curie equals 37 atoms decaying per second. A roentgen is a measure of anergy in the air produced from a radioactive source (X-gac=a) and is equal to 1.61 X 1012 ion pairs produced per gram of air. A rem is the quantity of ionizing radiation whose bio-logical effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of X-rays. A millirem is 1/1000 of a rem. pmo faa " in55 270 Op- ~} o J0. 5) _1 6
ga ,., - 4 V fe.(g.h' TO PUT THESE TERMS IN SOME PERSPECTIVE: The least amount of MO X- or gamma radiation used in X-rays are those administerad j [ during routine tuberculin chest X-rays and this is accord-I f/ ing to Dr. Kronfeld - approximately 20 millirems. 9 To receive a usual X-ray at the hospital, the range is some-where around 200 millirems. To get teeth X-rayed by a dentist, the range is 200-500 milli-rems, for non-screening dental X-rays. According to dentists, newer X-rays are screened with 10 millirems. l To receive a gastro-intestinal series of X-rays at a hospital, the range can be a few hundred to several thousand millirems.
, Radiation measurement in a radius of 10 miles have not been more than 1 millirem. . ' Dr. Kronfeld stressed that the Pa. Famers Assoc!.acion has p 2blished an infomation package that can be obtained by tele-phoning a toll free number (800-382-1356).
RECOMMENDATIONS j Dr. Kronfeld stressed last Saturday thae every fa=er should have a plan of action in case of radioactive falicut , much the same as they might have in case of disaters which -
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are caused by weather. This type of information can be gleaned i from the package of materials one receives from the Pa. Fa=er: - Association. g Dr. Kronfeld also stresses that even though we have been extremely lucky so far with so little radiation exposure that the the gger is still not over and will not be over until all of I is removed and taken from this area. There fore, all j famers within close proximity to the damaged reactor should invest in radioactive badges and, if possible, metering systems
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Recent press releases to dairy famers in the Three Mile Island area has indicated 46 pico curies counts of 13 17, 73, da try industry routinely monitors pico curies counts of 1317 and will shunt milk levels of 100 pico curies into products that have shelf lives enought to allow disintegration of radio-activity prior to marketing. This was all according to Dr. Kronfeld. Serefore, even though a tremendous potential existed I
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/ become aware of what potentials exist at Three Mile Island and other nuclear reactors. They need to better understand basic terms used by the industry. They need to know what the terms mean relative to their own lives and biological systems. In general, we need to become bet er informed so that we can make intelligent decisions about our welfare and safety. With this knowledge we can suggest that our y elected officials and civil staffs become better organized and prepared for future events that might occur.
Submitted by: Bruce B. Smith, Ph.D. j Chairman Biology Department York College of Penn ylvania . D D# Kl o o JL 1. 1()55 272 _ Vl~BPl!3 a o JU
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Dear Mr. Hendrie:
As a concerned business executive, I am writing you regarding the problems surrounding the restarting of 2eactor Unit 1 at Three Mile Island. Needless to say, the continuing shut down of Unit 1, and it's , related cost impact, is negatively effecting the operation of our business. From this stand point, I would encourage the Nucinar Regulatory Cocmiission to do anything realistically ,
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feasible to bring Unit 1 back on line. I would however, emphasize that I do not support ignoring potential risks associated with the Unit I reactor or bringing it on line . at any " cost". I recognize the importance of Nuclear Power as an incregal part of A= erica's energy program and sucoort it's develcoment and coeration. However, I feel that the entire Nuclear Power Industry must operate with reasonably guaranteed safett and with strict regulatory carameters. Most certainly this is the responsibility of NRC. As someone who has lived in the "shadov of TMI, no one can better appreciate the need for safety assursaces. I wish you success in your efforts, balancing the needs and demands of ti.e various sectors will be no easy job. Yours truly, j . t (. - John P. Edl-General Manager
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We have been in the quarry business in the York, Pennsylvania ar sa since 1919 and, as can be expected, over the years, our cost of production has ' increased almost yearly. However, being in an energy-intensive industry, our costs have escalated unbelievably the past few years. Of course, the TMI incident only made matters worse and we sincerely hope that Reactor Number One will be put - back into service as soon as possible. We believe it is now generally recognized that inflation is our country's number one problem and it is imperative that we slew rising energy costs . until solar and other forms of energy are developed. Until such time, nuclear pcwer must fill the gap so let's get TMI running--at least at half mast ! Very truly yours, O h@ DI YORK STONE AND SUPPLY CCMPANY jO: & i
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Campbell Chain Company is the largest chain , s.acturing company in the United States. Our headquarters, and largest manufacturing company, is located in York, Pennsyl- , vania within a ten mile radius of Three Mile Island. Chain is welded using electrical resistance type welders. The largest utility cost that we have is electricity. Our in- .
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a cost as possible. Imports are continuing to increase and endanger our Industry if we are unable to be competitive. The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission has granted an increase to Metropolitan Edison which will increase our costs by more than 20% in July of this year. This increase is because "TMI" unit 1 is out of service, and does.not take into consideration that "TMl" unit 2 is out of service and of course will be for quite some time. We know that other Babcock-Wilcox units have now been re-turned to service and are generating low cost electricity at the present time. We urge you to do everything pos-sible to see that "TMl" unit 1 comes back on stream as soon as it can safely start generating electricity, o emy a.eew: =rd. 2.#71-aaK ii) 'i D T ^ 1 JU d] i_ _ 1055 275
Page 2 It is absolutely essential to our industry, and to Campbell Chain Company, tha t we have affordable energy available. It is my firm belief the short term and lon's term interes' of our country can best be served by nuclear energy. Your as-sistance, support and cooperation will certainly be apprect-ated.
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concerning the possibility that Three Mile Island Unit No.1, which was not involved in the accident, will not be permitted to return to service. We at York Hospital feel that with proper safety crecautions this unit should be - permitted to return to service. There is no doubt that the United States cannot simply turn off nuclear energy. We are now dependent upon nuclear energy as one source of power. Without adequate electric power, we cannot adequately serve the health care needs of our comunity. This power must be reliable and it must be provided at a cost that will enable us to continue to serve the comunity under the Fresident's Guidelines of cost containment for the health care industry. As in example of what TMI Units No. I and 2 being out of service has and will continue to cost York Hospital, in July of 1978 York Hospital consumed 1,638,000 kilowatt hours. Assuming that our utilization would be the same for July of 1979, our anticipated cost 1 crease will exceed $8,000. Translated into a yearly cost figure this could increase the operating costs at York Hospital by almost 5100,000. We are certainly the first to admit that we are not nuclear experts. However, we do feel that with the guidance of your Commission and the lessons that have been learned from the incident at Three Mile Island, that Unit No. I should be cemitted to go back on line as soon as all necessary regulatory procedures are finalized. Thank you for your consideration. Sincerely, sgG A m e a e m : = a.. t v m , ~ Paul H. Keiser president 1055 277
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July 27, 1979 Q, N ' I es t Mr. Joseph M. Hendrie, Chairman Nuclear Regulatory Commission 1717 H Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20555 l Dear Mr. Hendrie As both a concerned citisen and responsible manage: of a business in the York, Penns]lvania area, I w 1:e to you with regard to nuclear genera:Lon at Metropolitan Edison's plant located a: :hree file :sland. It is absolutely esse.1tial : hat Unit $1 ac bree Mile Zsland be securned to service as quickly as possible but in no event later than the announced target of ., January 1, 1980. En the meanciae I am con!Ldent the necessary regula tory procedu:es will be clea:ed, allowing safe operacion of the unit upon 1:s reaccivacion. . There is no short ce:m al:e: native to this energy source in :his area and, therefore, : am relying in you to actively support this post:Lon. S ncere
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'to It is with deep concern that I am writing this letter to you about Unit No.1, Ihree-Mile Island not being on line at this ti=e.
Ihere are basically three reasons for =f <.ancerns (1) I art a race - payer of Metropo16 tan Idison Ocepany; (2) I as a stockholder with Metropolitan Idison Co=pany and (3) I as an e=ployee of !!etropolitan Edison Co=pany. In all three categories, this shut-down at 21I has an adverse effect on =y life.
.'. 2 rate pafer, da cos: to purdase po r r for the replace =en: of 2:I's **o. I ;eneration is an unnecessar/ and e::orbi::n: cos: :o =yself .
and all rate payers in the CPU System. Persons on a fixed income are bearing an unnecessary cost for the purchase of their energy tich could be reduced by granting per=ission to restore 21I to service. ., As a stockholder, I have invested =y noney in anticipation for re-tire =ent supplemental financial ince=e and bect.use "e are unable to - produce or generate electricity, this too has drastically reduced
=y diridend income to the poin: dere I feel it is no longer feasible
- o purchase CPU stoch, once again af fecting de grou:h of :he Co=pc.sy for tem I erk.
As an e=ployee of Met-Id, the accident and continued wi:hholding of OII No. 1 off-line has affected our growth and e= ploy =ent si:uation within our Coc:pany tich, because of the continued duration of CII No. I being off-line, may result in de loss of jobs. It is =f stnderstanding dat 2iI Mo. I has been =odified in accordance
*rith sug;sstad regulations by the :G.O. !!any oths: si.ilar 3/*? plan:s are operable and generating elec:rici:7 in other areas of :he count:/. Ue, the rate payers, e=ployees and stockholders are being discri=inated agains:
*inen all criteria has been =e :o bring '.io. I back on line.
!= seems da: 'J ci: No. 1 ras in -o ray c:nnected ti:h d e accident, ders.
fore, I question *y L: cannot be on line. ~here is no question in =/ 1:.d - nucisar ener;y is a :us: - especially in ligh: of da fac da: cur country is presently CPIO orien:ed, oil conscious and oil-treor: 1ependabla! Sincerely,
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/.o As the manager of a Wholesale bakery in northeastern Pennsyl-vania, we are concerned about the rising cost of energy to our plant, 3ased on the use of our plant in '.:ilowa ;-hours in 1975 of 1,135 200 hours, we understand there is a possibility the TMI #3 will not be opened this January as had originally been planned. .
Based on the above usage of our small plant in 1978 we under-
' stand that if this facility were not put back in ope, ration, the -
increase to our plant would be approxinately 455 = ore cost fron 65 = ills to 9,3 mills with an increased cost of accrox,i- ~~
=ately $265,00 per =onth, We would respectfully urge your com 4 0 tee to please expedite the opening of this facility at the earliest possible ti=e ,
Reco5ni:i 5, of course, that safety is the first factor to be considered. As a private citizen, we applaud and appreciate your co==ittee's concern about the safety of the Anerican people, Cnce again, =ay we respectfully request that you and your com-mittee do everything in your power to expedite the opening of the T.y T f ee Mile Island, o b JU Sincere 17, EEI A M M by
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Mack printing Ccmpany has just learned that due to the rep [*M .ergy \ costs permitted Metropolitan Ediscn Ccmpany who supplies our pcwer, we will be , experiencing an increase in our power bill amounting to between $40,000 and $50,000 per year. This increase could be cut in half by returning TMI unit 1 to service. Increased costs of this magnitude in our type of operation do not go without notice - in fact, this iten, coupled with the increases in other supplies, serv-ices and taxes, make it virtually impossible to be profitable. In addition, this . increase in electric power, being unique to our area of Pennsylvania, puts us in an unfair ccmpetitive position with printers outside the area. It is essential that IMI unit 1 be returned to service just as soon as the necessary regulatory procedures are completed. We understand that en next Thursday, August 2, a meeting will be conducted in Washington to discuss the matter of returning TMI unit i to service. We all kncw that our nation cannot afford to forego the use of nuclear power and, in fact, we must confront ourselves with an even broader use of this source of energy than currently. Certainly the accident at TMI has made indelible impressions upon the suppliers of the various components that go into the makeup of such a power station and I am confident will bring about improved products, procedures and controls which will make such an accident virtually impossible in the future. In light of this need and the fact that nuclear stations across the country are in coeration, we urge that your Ccmission take every possible action to return TMI unit 1 to service at the earliest possible mcment! ' Very truly yours , D ooD QQ O
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Dear Mr. Eendrie:
he Hydro-Turbine Division of Allis-Chal=ers Corporation is located in York, Pennsylvania, and is a customer of the Metropolitan Edison Company. , The recent accident at the Three Mile Islar.d generating plant of Met-Ed was indeed a ses e and a shock to all of us in the area. Subsequent to the emotions of the i madiate situatiot., I believe intelligent and sober , thinking leads us to the following conclusions: ~
- 1. Nuclear generating plants are subject to malfunctions just like any other sechnical device.
- 2. With proper design, training of the operating personnel and inspec-tions and regulations by an appropriate gover==ent agency, these
=alfunctions can be rendered harmless to hunan life.
- 3. Apparently there was a lack of sufficient diligence in the design, the ersdning and the inspection and regulation.
4 There =ust be a reanalysis and upgrading of the above noted defi-ciencies. Although we in the Allis-Chal=ers Hydro-Turbine Division are engaged in the design and =anufacture of equipment for a competing form of elec-cricity generation, we recognize the very urgent need for the nation to conserve not only every drop of petroleum possible, but to conserve our coal as well; for these two sources of energy are fast being depleted and, of course, are unrenewable. Nuclear energy =ust continue to be used and indeed to grow as a source of electrical power in this country and the world. If the proper precautions are taken, there is no doubt in my mind that nuclear energy can be satisfactorily safe. OO9 , D I o a [D m enttdby=d..id.E7.E - o p g] 7 ^ oJu_3.1 1055 283
,. _2-We, therefore, urge that the N.R.C. institute the appropriate upgraded regulations in design, training and inspection of existing and new planned Nuclear Power Plants. We would like to see che Three Mile Island Unit Nu=ber One (1) plant be authorized to begin operation as soon as it has reached the state of readiness required in the new regulations. Very e'uly yours, -' f~ .i dwin E ' rk r. Plant Manager EEC/jb cc: Representative William F. Goodling Governor Richard Thornburgh S
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Cut I a= writing you to strcngly urge that you consider the ... A" s. the manufacturers that consu=e energy provided by Three Mile Island. In =aking your decision on the 2nd of August whether to put Unit #1 ~ back into service, please remember the cc=petitive environment in which a manufacturer =ust exist. In the long run, a manufacturers ability to invest capita 1'necessary for real growth in order to provide additional f ebs locally, is directly related to efficiency, an input-output relationship. Inergy is part of the input side of the equation. If energy can not be purchased locally, at a rate reascnably cc=petitive to the cost of energy previ#ed tro.de compe:itors, and if future energy expectation recuirements can no: - be provided, the required action necessary Oc survive become obvious. What is not obvious, hcwever, is why other Sabcock and Wilcox Inc. reactors were put back into service after =aking the required NRC .
..cdifications, while at the sa=e ti=e , and under the sa=e conditions ,
a q.uestion remains en whether to put Unit #1 of '"hree Mile Island - back into service. Again, we strcngly urge you -nce to penali::e this cc== unity and those who have invested in it. :: is truly hcped tha: the Federal Nuclear Regulatory Board rec 0== ends that Unit .#1 be recc==issioned to servi:o as scon as possible.
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This is an urgent request that you do everyding ' within your power to permit the Metropolitan Edison Company to resume operation of its Nuclear Plant No.1 on Three Mile ' Island. .. In our York plants we consume substantial amounts of electricity and our increased cost of this energy while Plant No.1 is inoperstive has become a sizable finnneial burden. It is my understanding that the inspection, modification, etc. for which this plant was closed is completed and I would sincerely hope you will not pedt a group of anti-nuclear activists to prevent its resumption of operation as quickly as possible. Our present cost of electricity is approximately tree times greater than when Plant No.1 is operating and we certainly are not in a position to afford this kind of increased cost any longer than is absolutely necessary. Thanking you in advance for your favorable consideration of this matter, I remain Very truly yours, A:.' :::v.::d t-' 'c . -- g* 7.~-]- ./.~. 7. /. w em- i
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Dear Mr. Hendri:
We understand that during the week of July 30 there will be a hearing in Washington concerning startup of the - Metropolitan Edison Nuclear Power Plant at Three Mile Island., near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
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We operate four flour mills in the state of Pennsylvania,
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We are currently suffering from a severe economic penalty due to the TMI Power Plant being out of operation. We would appreciate your favorable consideration on the start-up of Unic Number One at TMI. We likewise favor returning Unit Number Two into service just as soon as possible. Your affirmative action on these =acters is of significant importance to the viability of our business in Pennsylvania. Thank you. Sincerely,
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Dear Mr. Hendrie:
This letter relates to returning Metropolitan Edison's Three Mile Island Unic #1 back into service. National Gypsum Company owns and operates a 900,000 ton per year portland cement plant at Evansville , Pennsylvania (near Reading) , and markets cement in Pennsylvania, Maryland , Delaware , Virginta, New Jersey, New York, and Connecti-cut. The portland cemetic manufacturing process uses a large acuunt of electric power, which is a major element in our total manufacturing cost. The competi-tion in our market area (there are many competitors) obtain their power from utilities other than Mec-Ed. our supplier. We are the second largest user of power in Mac-Ed's Reading dutrict. We use in the neighborhood of 126,100,000 IGiR per year. Therefore , any unusual increase in such power costs places us . at a disadvantage market-wise with our competitors. In view of the increased costs that were imposed on our operations at Evans-ville , we recocznend that the Nuclear Regulatory Cocmission make a decision to permit Met-Ed to place Three Mile Island's Unic #1, unaffected by the accident, back in service as quickly as possible after Met-Ed complies with all of the N.R.C. modification requirements -- the same as other operators of B & W units , which have complied and are now back in service. Such positive action by the N.R.C. will reduce the heavy financial burden placed on our Company resulting from increased electrical costs due to the expensive replacement powe r. A decision allowing Mec-Ed 's Three Mile Island Unic #1 to come back on-line as rapidly as possible will help us to reduce our operating cost and be in a better competitive position in our market. Sincerely,
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