ML19289G010
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| Site: | Crane  |
| Issue date: | 04/05/1979 |
| From: | Margalith J CBS, INC./CBS NEWS |
| To: | Hendrie J NRC COMMISSION (OCM) |
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April 5, 1979 Enclosed is a copy of a recent KCBS editorial dealing with nuclear pcwer plants.
We invite you to prepare a statement for broadcast en KCBS which would describe your views cn this matter.
The total time for the reply shculd be about one and a half minutes reading time aloud.
As other KCES listeners have also requested this information, we encourage you to contact us at ycur earliest convenience to discuss your prepared response.
We shall select responses which we determine to be most representative of divergent viewpoints.
Thank you for your interest in cur editorial ecm.ments.
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a L e.E C The Case Against Fission Pcwer 79-14 ncnCW April 5, 1979 12:20a, 2:50a, 5:20s, S:19a, 12:19p, 3:20p, 6:54p.
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'HEPS IS GENERAL MANAGER PETER MCCCY WITH AN EDITORIAL OPINION.)
It's time to stcp the expansion of nuclear fissica pcwe" in the United States.
Despite assurances frcm its advocates, fissicn The Harrisburg production has preven ecstly and dangercus.
incident is cnly the =cs: sericus of a series of prcblems that And those have cccurred in nuclear reactors arcund the country.
who were so certain that all possible prcblems had been foreseen new use the words " anexpected" and "unkncwn" to describe events in Pennsyl.vania.
f'cwer production by nuclear fissicn may be an exciting concept en paper, but in reality it isn't practical.
is The d anger of radi ation ccntaminaticn frcm a reactor accident only cne prcblem.
Dispcsal e0 radicactive waste frcm these plants has never been worked cut, ner can it be.
Propenents of nuclear But after months of pcwer say these wastes c an be buried.
the President's Committee on Nuclear Waste Siting
- hearings, concluded th; we dcn' t knew enough to choose safe burial sites...
if indeed, there are any.
The other side of the coin is econcmic.
Eten the pro-fissicn people admit these plants are stepgap eff erts.
Fission pcwer isn't But the stcpgap has proven part of any long-range energy program.
unexpectedly costly.
Each plant costs more than a billion dollars to build, It's new pcssible to construct low-emissicn coal-fired and America has vast coal plants at a fraction of that figure, There's also the fact that nuclear fissicn plants must reserves.
The choice be abandoned af ter 40 years due to radiatien buildup.
is to dismantle them, which takes years and millions of
- then, to guard them for a hundred years while they ccol dollars.
Or, off.
So much for the billion-dollar investment.
The Carter Administration, like those preceding it has yet to develop a clear energy policy, and gives indications it will not bite the bullet and call a halt to nuclear fissien development.
KCBS asks the President, und our representatives in Washing cn, to take charge and stcp further development of fission recetors.
of the reactors new in use.
These We also call for a phasing out is not vital to their districts should be closed.
whose producticn
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8 The Case Against Fissic.1 Pcwer Page 2 The remainder should immediately cut back their output to the practical minimum in crder to reduce the pctential danger frca an accident.
The systems of these plants should be thercughly reconsidered on the basis of the findings at Harrisburg.
Fissicn pcwer is just too dangerous.
It's not worth the risks to cur health or economy.
It's time we stepped throwing away cur money...and maybe cur lives.
It's also time for cur pcliticians to face up to the situation.
We'll tell you more accut hcw we can make the transition away frca nuclear pcwer the next time.
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EDITORIAL REPLY d DATE AIRDATE INTRCCUCTICN IN A RECENT EDITORIAL, KCBS SPEAKING in response is CLOSE THIS WAS AN EDITCRIAL REPLY BY KCBS provides reply appertunities as a matter cf policy.
Your ccm-ments are always we2ccme.
YCUR INSTRUCTIONS FOR REPLIES KCBS reccm= ends recording your reply in cur studios to achieve the best cuality.
If a perscnal visit is impossible, two alternatives are available:
A)
Reccrding your statement by telephone.
B)
Recording your statement on tape and relaying tape to KCBS.
In either 2A or 23, certain cautions are in order.
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We prefer to confine telephone recording to long distance responses beyond 50 miles frcm San Francisco.
2)
Taping on your cwn recorder must be done CNLY with new or
" clean" tape, free of any previcus recorded material.
Our studio machines can cnly acccmmcdate recordings at 74 IPS speed -- full track.
3)
CO NOT bother to restate the topic of the KCBS editorial or to identify yourself in your cpening paragraph.
The standard introduction at the tcp cf this sheet will be made by a staff announcer.
4)
Try to limit your total statement to abou ~ lh minutes READING TIME ALCCD.
Cctbined with the introduction and closing, tnis will keep statements within our time limitations and will help avoid alienating your' audience with a lengthy =cncicque.
If the response MUST be long, then try to divide it into TWO parts to be aired on successive days.
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