ML19312D570
| ML19312D570 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Indian Point  |
| Issue date: | 02/01/1980 |
| From: | Cronin R AFFILIATION NOT ASSIGNED |
| To: | NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I) |
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| ML19312D567 | List: |
| References | |
| FRN-44FR75167, RULE-PR-50, TASK-OS, TASK-SD-906-1 NUDOCS 8003240637 | |
| Download: ML19312D570 (2) | |
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Dear CIfs:
~. ne w sw.sme EL.Off SArES SLU'/*d.'c#".*'I"[re ca. sac The accounting in the local press of the Ossining, New York Tf E,hn.,, o.,wia,
. hearing on the Indian Point Nuclear Power Plants in Buchannon, i
uu-e., coromea New York, was noted with deep concern. The, investigation of su.r.r o eatww. sr ern,e.ae ac *.~ iae safety precautions are necessary to ensure protection from raE0EAICM S BUCK. Aver',.sa Osr.cfor nuclear disaster.
However, we hope that you will take into ro er. au., co pee.
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cons i derat ios., in any decision to close the nuclear plants or
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Pose interdictive regulations on their operation, that this A
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,.n. A@.nsgeog. lMC, excessive, almost prohibitive, energy costs. Such costs are a sAus.et cosen. eru.a.ar c.c +or rr.nou.or a., w, c.
drain on public finances, punit. eve to the elderly, infletlonary ifli[r.'.e.'O.,8 *(("*"
for recipients of public welfare, and, of our greatest concern,
'*O,^$7 N,",[,'1'f,'l' restricts and prevents industrial expansion and economic "5,*/'.'f f,%'*r'/; ***
development. This latter disadvantage aggravates other problems aoun a syt,En. we. erea for without a f irm economic base, municipal i t les can not support eart erns. ae public serv, ices or good government.
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In a recent referendum which was turned down by the voters, gp' 8 "* *'g*"' "*'
this Chamber was opposed to any public takeover of Con Edison, o,
u cnn.,- or seve not because we are satisfied with energy rates or costs, but ewone cwoora.an uwtw o.4creuA9. o,. we. pr.s because we felt that the proponents of government takeover did w ~ wv mee. une a,cnno xArvcR. ArchafMf not have the answers nor were giv,ng a true picture of the costs i
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in government ownership of Con Ed facilities. We look winh much r$7c'TAl #$.~l,*.7, disfavor upon any government controls over power sources that cuA:us'arromes Srp.ma jnCrease Cosis.
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Cseery Manager Admonstr. hon coe w avesto.soncomour nemT u tonett. ern,aet in your deliberatiors on the value of nuclear power and t h'e e IN $EE>t$ sele arn hazards that are so magni fled in the media, keep in mind that
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newspapers, radio, and television crave impiled disasters, even
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- youth, nurtured by the media, receive great satisfaction from television exposure and public review. "Did you w y., er r..e r. comm,n
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is one of the greatest rewards to television oriented young people in their total li f e experience.
Include those who normally fight society at every turn, and those who would rather meren then work, you have an anarchist situation a m 40 G7
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which negates any - logical or. sane reasoning. It is hoped, therefore, that your conunission will discount. f anat icism in order to reach just i f iab le resolut ion.
Our society has become too complicated and complex to return to chopping wood.
Competition and ~ pressures 'In the wor l d, not only in an economic sense, but in a military sense, require that our nation increase its productivity. With this country's irretrievable loss by consumption of natural resources, our productivity must be increased to. support an-increasing population and protect this nation
'cgainst a hostile world. Unfortunately, our youth, and'the majority of our citizens,
- have no concept of.the ultimate exaction of the law.of supply and demand. The fact
~that we could be on the verge of famine, scarcity, and economic depression is inconceiveable to ' those who wishf ully think that our af fluence will go on forever.
They have no desire to, perhaps they cannot, conceive of, the connecting links
'between energy, food, raw materials, and labor. We hope that the Commission will not disregard the threat to our future in reduced productivity, of which nuclear power is a significant factor of maintenance, in their deliberations.
There has ~ as yet been ' no disaster of any proportions in nuclear energy producing facilities. Much of the clamor over a nuclear disaster comes from - those who emotionally fear that which they do not understand and that which has been painted as a nightmarish type of reality. Far greater priority and anxelty might eccost the issues of airline saf ety, safety on our highways, saf ety from drug abuse, ell.of which-are associated with a record of death, dismemberment, and malmement.
Yet, no ground swell of protestation is provoked as occurs from these predicted nuclear holocosts.
We'look for good regulations to come from your Commission, but we ask you to
.give the forebearing your consideration as a moderating opinion versus that of the smotional uninformed.
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