ML19322D430
| ML19322D430 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Crane  |
| Issue date: | 01/10/1980 |
| From: | Kevin Johnson AFFILIATION NOT ASSIGNED |
| To: | NRC COMMISSION (OCM) |
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| Download: ML19322D430 (2) | |
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..I LC7 I as against having nuclear energy because I thi.d: it is unsafe because o f :: hat could happen.
Lesides nuclear energy we could use o-her sources of energy such as coal because there are 3 2 trillion tons of.<nown coal deposits in this country.
And if we find core deposits it will take a long time for us t0 run out.
I think Con Edison should be permitted to curn coal at the p.avenswood 3 and Arth2r Kill plants.
The technol;;7 exists to do :nis and still meet federal air quality standars.
As an initial co e, Con Idison had proposed a one-year f ac1 test at our p.at-s::od 3 and Arthus Kill plants o demonstrate that burni;.. coal w:uld not violate federal air quality stand:rs.
lurin; tha :.st, Con Idison v.:21d use 1.5 percent sulfer oil, the su_f sr eq ;ivclent of the 1 pa: cen: s;_fer ceci tho would be used in tha converted plants once the, test proves successful.
Thece steps taken toge ther could save car custoners =cre than 11.3 billion dollars thrcush 1990.
Authority Chaincan Frederick Clark, recently rec::: ended tha-the proftc; te scrapped because it: estimated cost has risen fros 31 3 billion c:llar:
to #3 1 billion dollars in the las 20 ronths.
The gereral public utilities corp. estimated that the toal cost of the Three Alle Islani radiatian leak accident si;MTexceed the 3300 sillion dollars woth of insurance it carries on the nuclear plant.
Zo th:t's a lot af =ccey..at insurance cospany is losing because of the danger the plant cause_.
7;e also could use solar hea; for entery.
The total energy fr:: ne sun is equal to 130 trillion kilowatts of electricity.
If solar ensrgy could be converted c useful pov;er at 100% e f ficiency--which is not n:t technically possible--we could hav 700 times more po;;ar in the 'Jnited 3003133
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States than we currently use.
Solar eneriy works when solar panels on a roof collect energy fron the sun's rays to provide hot water and to heat the house.
Ewat fron the sun is absorbed by wcter circulating in coils in the panel and stored in a tank.
!!cre and core houses are being designed to utilize solar energy.
When new houses are built they should have the solar panels built right in.
They should have broad sides facin5 the south so the windows get direct sunlight.
They should have i inch usils in tead of 4 inch walls so they could ha /e better installation and to : esp the hea: inside th house and not heating the whole neigh ;rt::d.
To put solar panels in a newly built neuse is very eco..onical, but in an older house to be converted into sclar p:nels it would take 10 years saving on hea; to set your nonay :a...
Ic it is hetter to taild solar panels right into a nswly sui _:..:;os than to convert it into an older house.
There are 5 sola-hasted teat hoases in operation now on Lon; Island where on a 45 degrae day las winter the hea; was passed froa solar panels to a rock her-; storage bin in the casanent of one of these houses averaged 103 decreas.
The avara; nont.ly cost was e:'.incted at
- 37.50 dollars conpared to 300.62 dollars a ;onth for oil heat in the sane sined house.
So there are a let of other sources of energy we could use instead cf nuclear energy that is a lot safer.
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