ML19322D869
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| Issue date: | 08/18/1979 |
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- 1 Londonderry Manor Middl etown. Pa.
17057 August 18, 1979 Samuel J. Chilk Secretary Nucl ear Regulatory Commission Unitad Stntes Nuclear Regulatory Commission Wanhington, D. C.
20555 Mr. Secretary:
My family and I live on Houte 441 (Hiver Road) in Londonderry Township. directly across from Three Mile Island.
This is anproximately
} of a mile from the crippled reactor.
We evacuated our home on March 3G after the ventina (sunposedly controlled??) of radioactive Fases from the reactor.
We were tol d by the utility and the NRC spokaspeople that the i
radioactivity was minimual.
I ouote from a press release to tha Ha rr i s,-
burg Pa triot News of June 22, 1079: "The Nuclear Regulatory Commission was told Thursday thnt it will never know how much nucl ear radiation escared from tha plant at Three Mil e Island because the levels exceeded the nbilities of the plant instruments to measure them."
Furtharmore, Al bert Gibson - of YOUR staff - statedhhat that: "all the radiation monitors in the vent stack whore as much as 80 % of the radiation es-ca nad wer,t off senle tha morrine of the accident."
Is this what you would call a minimual ralansa of radioactivity?
I auestion these asser-tions that the release WAS minimun1.
On tha mnrning of March 11 at about 0: 30 a.m.
(having como back to check on our house) I was at the and of my driveway whan a Stnte Police car drove up.
A fell nw wi th 9 veiFAr counter,iu9nad out.ond took a reading.
Upon questionine.he told me that he was from Brookhaven In-rtitute.
I aekad what kind er "andina ha was notting.
His answer was 100 millirems.
Now, my question to you is a was this a MINIMUAL dose of radiation?
Yet-Ed and the NRC contendad that the readines into the first few days of the accident were unavailable.
What about the Brook-haven's findings or were they too hot to handle?
Your criteria for an ENO are ambiguous to say the least.
We are expected to beli-vp Mot-Ed and the NRC as you both state that no damaFe was done through the re19ases from the cri npled reactor.
After the way the situation was handled from March 28 throuch April 7. by the Util i ty nnd the NRC. I personally have my doubts that we are getting a truthful assessment of tha facts.
Must people he M11ed and properties suffer ir-ranerabl e damara to YOUR criteria for an EXTRAORDINARY NUCLEAR CCCURENCE'r Certainly, there are other thi.ncs that must be considered PSYCHOLOGICAL DAMAGE and PROPERTY DEVALUATION.
80030600 %
a Anothar thinF that I que; tion is the use of helicopters and small aircrai" to measure radioactivity over the reactor and tha sur-nmount of perception (esnecially roundina nron.
Any person with nny scientific) would know and see that the action of the bladas would actually.make any readings taken in thepir very untrustworthy because of the turbulance created by the rotatibn of the blades.
to I and II that the that notwithstandinc your criteria.
4 several thousand peonle living within a five-mile radius of the reactor, I would say this certainly was an ENO of the first magnitude.
for an evacuation On March 31 Harold Denton was ready to call of tha aran.
Why wasn't this done?
At the same time, you people of the NRC were in WashinFton, D.C., aconizing over what should be done, all the while tryinc to handla tha sit >ation --by remote control!!!
Thnt ir i tsel f
.cc arc an ta strerbi c to no!
I think that your vaunted who should have known how to handle technolony l et you down. Tha na c cl e of sit.untion were-and still are-ver y vague about the scientifics tha the whcb thing.
Met-Ed blames Babcock The NRC blames Met-Ed for the accident. Babcock and Wilcox points the finger at I
the other hard, Just where does the accountability and blame lie?
and Wilcox.
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the NRC add Met-Ed.
from the Bureau of Radiological I hnve before me a namphlat of the Hen 1th, Rockvilla, Farvland.
This is a summary and health impact is anothar example of bureaucratic necident at Three Mile Ininnd. Hare
" cobble de cook."
In essence it projects the avarace dose of total ra-anproximately dietion which was rec ~ived by the antire population, We all know 7,nno,ono peerl e, wi thi n a fif ty-mile radius of the plant.into consider that taking readings. Yrom what i unoer-cr ead an area would give very low avarace Very good!
I liken this stano, less than a nait millirem per person.
Now, usan to a group of ten Doys,one of whom has 15 pimples on his face.
"oh well, not bad at all.
11 one aa hoc committeet reasoning we can say, Terrific!
Sounos very average it out, each boy has only 13 pimples."
plausible ooesn't it?
Not practical, though.
That's wnat 1 get rtom the we averaging-out process.
lew cays inat soon they will oe Met-En nas announceo in tne poet releasing racloactive gases from their contalmuent bulloing over a perioc at tnis 1 Delieve the NMC shoulu take a long,haro loot Tne Utility claims that Inis is tne must, 01 about Ju caye.
action, ana not let it occur.
Tney spean nuw of feassole ano economical way to dispose or these gases.
poe t, economy AFTER the profligate way they have been spenoing money Lne Not one word l
high salaries for executives, etc.
lew years - Ior high,Ine safety and health'and welfare of local residents. water and Also, the l
aouut plans which they have for treating the radioacti/eit back into the Su l
tnese two actions are totally unacceptalbe to the local public, and must Juuging Irom met-Ea's past performances, they are outean nok De allowed.
to foul up Inese directives:
ce on purpose.-
3 Ae Ior tna start-up or Unit I, and the projectsd cloen-up and start-up of Unit II, I have my reservations.
nu can a company wnich had a brand new facility, which they fouleo-up so uadly oe expectea tv oper ate either f acility in a sare manner?
In looking over inspection status reports vi unit 11 Ior 1978 tiest perica), I found various reputt-able occurrences involving cracked pipes due to vibration, malfunctions l
oz switches, uent v m.ve scems, ano certain functional tests which were mot performeo oecaw,e vi tecnnical errors.
now I ask,' Is this the way to operate a SAFE nuclear racilityY" my ne2gnuore ana 1 leel very strungAy i
on onese issues.
We would like to see Three Mile Island cloueo for good.
Tnis means PERMANENTALLY. Ana, met-Ed's license enoula be REVOKED.
As an addendum I would like to point out to the commission that there in no viable or practical plan for the evacuation of our immediate There is only one two-lane country read leading out of here to area.
one four-lane highway about 3h miles away.
Likewise, the people of Fal-l mouth - about lh miles down the road - would be in the same situation.
As for the people on the farms, it seems that they have been completely forgotten.
Incidentally, if any of you would like a personally conducted tour of the area, I would be glad to show you around.
I have tried to point out some of our concerns, and I hope that you will take note of them and notify me of your decisions.
Waiting for your reply, u
"L' CLf (
George ale f
[I Member Concerned Citizen of Londonderry l
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