ML19309B546
| ML19309B546 | |
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| Site: | Crane  |
| Issue date: | 01/25/1980 |
| From: | Rathkoph C ENERGY, DEPT. OF |
| To: | NRC COMMISSION (OCM) |
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| NUDOCS 8004040265 | |
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Department of Energy Washington, D.C. 20585 JAN 251980 MEMORANDUM FOR:
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Correspondence Referral The attached correspondence has been misdirected to this Department for reply.
Inasmuch as it appears to fall within the purview of your egency, we are referring this ccmmunication herewith for your i
reply.
We have informed the writer of this action.
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i The attached letter (s) addressed.to the President is referred to your office for suitable acknowledgment or other appropriate handling at the earliest opportunity.
Should you receive mail that has been misdirected, please forward to the appropriate agency.
I would also appreciate knowing when you are forwarding such mail.
My phone number is 456-2717.
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I November 29, 1979 President Jimmy Carter The White House Washington, D. C.
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Dear Mr. President:
I watched your news conference last night with great interest.
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tell you that I strongly support the way in which you are handling the difficult situation that confronts us in Iran.
However, as you pointed l
out in your prepared remarks, the crisis in Iran is merely symptomatic of l
a much larger problem--our intolerable dependence on imported oil. As an engineer with the Bechtel Power Corporation, I believe I can speak with some authority when I say that this country has the technical, natural, and human resources necessary to reduce and eventually eliminate our dependence on imported oil.
At no time in recent history has the American public been so united as they are today. You, as President, have a tremendous opportunity to utilize the heightened sense of national pride which exists in this-country today, to mobilize a national emergency program aimed at inter-nalizing our supply of energy.
It is my understanding that you will shortly outline the Administration's policy on nuclear power based on the Kemeny Commission Report.
I also understand that one of the options under consideration is a moratorium on nuclear power plant licensing.
Such a decision at this time would be an absolute catastrophe for this country.
The accident at Three Mile Island was certainly a serious one.
- However, it must be remembered that no member of the general public was injured in any way.
I firmly believe that the Three Mile Island accident will serve to reduce the already small potential risk from nuclear power. As part of my work at Bechtel, I have investigated the future requirements for electrical energy in this country and the resources available to meet the expected demand. Even without the crisis in the Middle East, meeting l
this nation's minimum requirements for electricity in the next 20 years will present an awesome challenge. The most optimistic predictions as to the maximum possible expansion of power generating capacity, using all l
known technologies but assuming no expansion of nuclear power beyond that currently installed and committed, reveals that in the year 2000 the U. S. could experience a 20 to 25 percent electrical energy shortfall.
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I am bitterly amused by people who talk about the " nuclear option" as if there were some other choice. There is no other choice.
Nuclear power is absolutely essential if this nation is to survive and provide adequately for its citizens.
Your upcoming decision on the future of nuclear power in this country is more than that.
It is a decision on the future of America.
Respectfully yours, i
F. M. Staszesky, Jr.
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