ML19309C129
| ML19309C129 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Indian Point  |
| Issue date: | 12/05/1979 |
| From: | Stern L ROCKLAND MOBILIZATION FOR SURVIVAL |
| To: | Ingram F NRC OFFICE OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS (OPA) |
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| Download: ML19309C129 (2) | |
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mvanurra3V16tfilization Jo1 Sun @al 53 Hickory Hill Road. Tappan, NY 10983 (914) EL 9-2283 December 5, 1979 Washington, D.C. United States Nuclear Regulatory Commissi 20555 on ATT:
Frank Ingram Assistant to the Director Office of Public Affairs
Dear NRC people:
We understand that there will be public meeti the Indian Point Nuclear Power Station at P ngs and hearings on public may speak.from seven to eight p.m. being designated aeekskil We would like to register two concerns:s the time when t 1.
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since we have been engaged in considerable y of the Indian Point plant, matter; research and study on this 2
We respectfully request a change in to hear public voices on an issue thyour plans, to allow ample time matter of life death to thousands of citizens in our arat cou o r-in the meetings concerning Indian PointYour und ea.
ctober 8 mentions "two phases" phase meetings) and have ample opportunity t t
e know about (the second i
aspects of emergency planning."
ask questions about all What are we to conclude from your pl ans for these meetings?
1 Of the full day of meetings in the secOnly the "s 2
e open to the public.
8 p.m., we understand),
ond phase (from 9 a.m. till to the citizens of the affected areaonly the very last hour will be given 3.
In fact, you do not seem to expect the speaking and raising ques planning."our grave concerns about the plant or aboutpublic to speak about emergency planning.You mention on questions" to ask It seems clear that you are really not int citizens of the geographical area concerned erested in the viewpoints of the plans with the licensee and governmental offi i lYou have worke
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"ew Y rk Metropolitan Ama Mobilization for S c a s, you will pr g t g g 5ha ional Mobilization for Survival,1213 Race Street,urvival,13 Philadelphia, PA 19102
US NRC Page 2 and you will allow questions.
You will, of course, make every effort to assure us that you are doing everything possible to protect us and that our lives are. safe in your hands.
Do we have a democratic government responsible to the people or some kind of paternalistic autocracy responsible to industrial and economic interests first and the public second?
Is it not all tco clear, from such plans as you envision-for what we had a right to expect as a full public hearing-why the public has less and less faith in the Nuclear Regulatory Commission?
With strategies that seem to flout our citizens as uneducated in matters of nuclear power problems and hazards, and who must be continually assured and reassured by government,and industry officials who are "far more knowledgeable,
can, we believe, only expect rising distrust and criticism. We do not you wish to entrust our lives to your plans.
Sincerely, Lee D. Stern o-chairman cc:. Representative Benjamin A. Gilman, 26th Congressional District Sam Gdansky, Rockland County Legislature
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