ML19322D486
| ML19322D486 | |
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| Site: | Crane  |
| Issue date: | 04/30/1979 |
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| To: | NRC COMMISSION (OCM) |
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30 April 1979 363u6 Hamon Q
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.) 2.ki Mi. 48045 Nuclear Regulitory Co.uission Viashington, D.C. 20555 Gentlemen:
I have been reading many many articles in the papers anc hearing i
aany things on the air concerning Three Mile Island anu other nuclear Pob.or plants witn regards to saf ty of the use of these plants and /o=
tais authod of power generation.
I have the feeling tnat we are being sold a bill of gJods, a con jao by Nacer and Company as to unat is going on.
i_rst tning is that with the severit/ of tne accicent no one was citiec.
ho one '.;as e ten severly injurea.
rresicent Carter went right int; tne plant in full safty.
It seems to me that if we assume tnat seineone tryed to nestroy this piant tney failec, hith everything going down the plant still heic togetner and no "cisaster" occurred.
It is a tribute to our efforts to assure a safe, indeed the safest methac of energy production.
This is the only country that I enow of where such precautions are stancare opperational proceedure.
sie are also the slorest in develop-ing nuclear pawer anc that is a shame.
I think we need more and faster.
'i.o need to reduce our depencence on other fuels now, as for tne fallout from TMI I find a curious double standard.
I hear haw cau it was anu yet it rias not nearly as bad as that which came over nere from a bomb test in China a year or so ago.
At that time we heard not one word of conde nation of the danger.
Is a s.naller nuclesr fallout e. ore dangerous than a big one?
Or is peaceful atomic energy more a threat ths.1 bombs?
I wrote tc some of our outspoxen critics at that time and v.as informed that it was nothing to worry aoout.
So why is it now?
It was not suggestec that tne other was from anuther country, but maybe C.:inese rallout is notradio active.
I finu it curious at any rate.
I desire that you not over-react to this accident, yet all I see anc hear wauld suggest to me that you are about to toss tne caby with the bath.
This I feel is wrong.
I'm also cantacting my congressmen with this concern.
Yours truly,
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