ML19242D757
| ML19242D757 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Beaver Valley, Surry, Maine Yankee, FitzPatrick  |
| Issue date: | 03/16/1979 |
| From: | Marschark E AFFILIATION NOT ASSIGNED, External Citizen/Individual/Media (Affiliation Not Assigned) |
| To: | NRC COMMISSION (OCM) |
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R.D.51 Eox 370 Vincentown, N.J. Oc088 IJarch 16, 1979 Nuclear Regulatory Cottission 1717 "H"' Street N7/
7/ashington, D.C. 20555 To the NRC, Thursday I attended the NHC public hearing in Salem Co.,
night, March 15, 1979 on the expansion of waste storage at the Salem facilities.
This nas my first experience at one of your teetings and I was quite impressed as to the quality of testirony exhibited by the public.
I did not see cisinformation quoted, but rather a mature and responsible or sensationalism expressed, concern for the welfare of people.
What you saw was just a saall representation of those of us who feel nuclear power is too There was too expensive and absolutely unnecessary.
dangerous, night.
Why?
noone actively supporting the nuclear industry that Because the " silent majority" condones the advancement of nuclear ener6yo Or because most people are ignorant of the cover-ups, of the disaster that is sure to show i;self before the ignorant the utilities have industry closes and unconcerned because reaccured the public "not to worry"?
I believe it is the latter.
outcry A good example can be seen in Senator %uckie's recent in response to your closing five nuclear power plants because The the emergency cooling systems' pipes were in question.
emergency core cooling syste=s must be adequate and in top the necessary protection operating condi'tien in order to provide(which m1rht lead to thou-to the public frcs a.uclear meltdown cands of lives lost).
He nuld rather ri4- :n accident, than clcse down a few plants, ahile studies are made.
One of hir argume nt s tas that his citisenry in ':aine, nas sure that this d t3XFa7CTC-could mean financial disaster to then er ratepayers an ar accident?
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They wouldn't get anywhere near a realistic return from any insurance coverage!
And what would they rather have...
money...or their hee.lth?
I think Senator Muskie is inculting the intelligence of his own people r.th that kind of reasoning!
i I feel your move <tas a responsible one, in light of the con-Innocent before proven guilty works fine for people, sequences.
where potential radioactive destruction is involved:
but not I commend the N2C for taking action.
My only hope is that it is indicative of a genuine and prevailing attitude in the IiRC to begin to " regulate" this unforgiving technology, and the Atomic not endorse the industry as did your predecessor, Energy Comission.
I hope you had your ears and minds open during these hearings.
To increase the storage faciliti+3 at Salem is, in all honesty, condoning a permanent storage facility there.
Please... think about it.
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