ML19323B511
| ML19323B511 | |
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| Site: | Crane  |
| Issue date: | 06/13/1979 |
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| To: | NRC COMMISSION (OCM) |
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' ancy C. ',lencer 522 Antoine Street
}:arrisburc, Pa.1;"02 June 13,*cfr.csday Cear Sirs and
'at' Pres; This is an cron Ic'ter to all of you who are ccverning this creatry.
I ar. a cancerned taxpaycr to:' veting citizen, and I 'ael I ar cuite
'ustified in expressing ry rncer ever the irresransibla he.rdling(or risheqdlinc) cf decisic,s that ere ed"crsely e"octice t'le ci'f ?cas cf this natirq. I as cne of thos? citizens ' eel cheated and deca'ved, ra?
uill v. plain why es this let:- centinues.
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For three years I lived.' car the Three I:ile Island plent, Lcliav'nc that tSc cevererent veuld I cer r.e in ~crred if there w?re any dancers ' '05 ancicar enercy. Oq " arch 2rth, I learned thet I sheuld r.cycr Lelieve v'10 t I ar te1<' by revarnrant efficials nr busiressren, l'n#crtunately, I 'cund cut that even
'5-n"icials I t c'ioved in an? veted 'cr tre in en tiis c rc c ' pu tti n g p rnfi 's L e t'c ra rc e p'c C ti ll, en "c rc 2"t5, I ' 1* rt'
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crt ?eal o' re.3 urtrce sreachas.....in the rai c cf t'1e r st serices
- "c' or accident cur ccuntry hat sc.
'l2 verc teld in !!rrris! erg that 05c gcve:mi crt dres not tr'.*
"5 ces
- v. i th t'ie li vas c ' i ts ci '.i ze", rn d ye t "eny r # tts 'c"n/ not (net fee-r--
cevernr ent c"icials) that a littic r e c.'ic celied t:1e Price-im'erte-i.c; f rotects T"I cr cry other r"clar re.5-plant ~
e-teint respresibi'ity
'er d.'r ace: they r 'y (end Sr >' aircedy) 11'lict men citurns. I res t h vc insurinca te drive ny err er I will t e tr es*, I nccert this ca-snensibility becauce I an a se ~a. r' ve r a -'
<*c nct u'si ic ia'lict ra?
ain en ether: v:itScut acccrtier rc rmsibiiity 'cr it. Arr'rt"tly nuclear r.c.:cr ;'! ants canect scy the sar e t'1iac.....and ye t they cla'r te t-c "ss'c".
I vrted scre cf ycu in.... ant! ' 'eci eter,cly ' Sat cll c' ycu in c'Ticial pe:itiens have o rotpensibility 'crorrst to gs, ycur citir:-s. I rst ti?t you fr ediately tal e sters tc see tc it t"=t tha I ri r." '.n ?c r5 M l.ct :- c dtciared uncrosti:.tdic.ncl, and rop icd (retrer-ticly). I cI: ?th ?'t ycu see tc it tha t a Irv li' c '. hat, ubich ' vers ! 'c rt:siress arce :-- a aever be,9erritted te pass acnin.
Arcund the tire c' t'ie T"I occident, v= ?ll Spr* te rele a c'ecis'en l n.<
upcn t'Te ccnflictinc rerrrts oc had heard, to stay er leave. I and ry farily le.ft irrediate'y, ristier rur ich security, ant' the nececity c' cur 5are. ::ce ve hcvc returned, still net Encuicc heu ruc5 re 'f atice 's Ic.'t inc, where t':e r0<'iractive voter vill be dur ed, and that the 'nt"re of'cct upcn our Scalth will Ic. I have net drun! rilk since "rrch Mt'i, I ar e.fraid tc cient n carden 'er 'arr that rar'tatien ray cere 5rctt" in the vecete! les. I ' car 'er the '.ives ^' ry 'riMPs, reny c' v5cr live er atteq<' cellece uithin c feu ri'es c' that rient.I fear for t'.c l'ves c' children I have trucht in schrel in S'. col'en......alse a 'cu ril t frer the plent. I fear 'or the r?diatim iScy rev have receiver' en *.lcd MJcy,
"'rch rt5, v 5cn in the r ivst c' the 1c r: ' + r r'i c tien lept s, sc:.ccl
.:isritted in t' e arc', scrdf rc ye me ' i~m cut tr va'h here, U ni t ' -
busses, r~' Ty cutsi?c until their me.'r c - m. s.cr e rer v.c rh.
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9 1.'e are told, retter of factly that nuclear vastes drn't t rea!. /~.:n as fest as rast raterials. T'icn volunteers rcrinst nuc'c?r crercy and 'ceer nuclear engineers uSc have seen the licSt tell us that in 'act, tScy /c.n't
! rcal. de'.:n for thousands of years, and centinue tc prisen 'uture tenerttiens.
!!c hear of St. Cecrce, l'tah, and the Lcve Conc 1, rnd r' ready b e sec USat these v s.stes are doing to recrle. And yet yru centinue to authori2c t"eso new plants, and give others the ol.py fcr tec:nning cperatim.
Ycu say you have safe pieces tn bury this veste. It is buried in lead centainers? I:cv fast de tSesa lead centriners brerk /m:n? EicSt er nine years? That leaves at least 9M yaars c' nuc1c3r reisenincs. Alsn, >s ycu sre fin?ing "sa'c" places to t,ury these uns tes, rnre ut.stes tre ticcu u!rtiac.
I' the safe places uc are using neu inclu e errtha,urte 'pults, v5at inds d
cf placas will ec be esing in fiftcen years? Elerenttry scScal r'arrrcunds, or Sesrit=1 reccvery rects? The rcre erste ycu tury, the rcre cc-cers tre caused, thus filling nur ScspitCs, end creatinc rcre dis 7Med rcrsens. Is this Sc1 ring cur cruntry?
Muc1 car sn er is the cnly ectnenically forsibic way te crc =t electricity yeu tell re. Ecnnenics rcen netSing te rc when I rey be dying t;itSin 1c years. I on enly 25 years old and I want to live and have cl.ildren. It s:crs te re that there rust be scre way te cencrate electricit" withcut tilline recrie. Contich fcuer plant en t'ie Suicuchenna will be c'eninc seen unicis r2cplc like ryscif car;stop it. The custerers in that arch Save teen trid that their rates vill en up 170 uhon 1: nit I crens end 1% vhen l*rit II crens.
A P2 raise in rates is net PSat I call en ccencnically advo-treccus encrcy scurce.
Eccncrically feasil.le ycu say......'cr uSen? Fcr the citi: ens c' I:=r-i -
t urc? Cf crurse not. ! c have iust t ecen the rcute Fact te ir r-verent a.'tcr a raine f' cod in 10T'. ;l hat will Ti'I in tc this tern? I i nct' "5c t e c'i ts ferr e.:.cleer cncrcy and it is not the ta::reyer. It is a slur-inr' rantr'ity.
TSc utility cer renies are protcete? by tSc covernr ent as tSn:e ncten'y r?c this land and till t'ic penale and anirs's c'10 inhaH t it, but r$! e r-nay biac se. Cut let's let t'io citizens cf "i 'dletn n an? l'arritt urc ray fer the crippled T:'I plant.
I:rvon't we raid enovgh?
I rr a srecial educatica teacher, end I have werted with end tauc't 5
rey chilben uith cenetic disorderr. I' is a sad and 'custrating t'iing tc see. I: ave yen ever crent any tir e vith in anencorS*li nr ricrecer:.
child? They have very r iniral train tissne. They da nnt crea'. er ec1':. Thay lic Frene and are tetel!r.'ernm'ent uren et'.crs far their cara. The is r terrible heerteche 'er the n-nts, and the heerteche 1rsts e li ~etir e. Is it ucrth *he profits tn create this I in ! ef 'u'.ure caneratien? "y '";ti e~'
end I '.anth have cre duate decrees, uc ar: 'rcr cri'ics c' rinis'ers, r.cr.ts,
artists and dcciers. !.'c vould icve very ruch tc raite a child in e levinc and stirelatinc cnvironrant !!il; ee beve a nuc1cer bcSy? I hevn lerr-c.'
fren recple che unri.ed fer t'ic nuclear industry that annneerSali and ricrecephalt are the rain dise rv rs caused ty radiatier. I sincere'y he, e e
you will resecrch tSese viscr 'ers and 'eci/c if ycu t5 int the rist i s '..erth it.
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I er nct en expert en radi?tien. :icr an I an evrert ca cr rcy er ecencr.ics. There are rany rec 9c v:he da !.nN a crest deal 75 cut t5ese el/*,
Mr' it is ry here that scr.aScy I vill t c tble to ral.e rysel' 52W tc t'-
se recple so that they '.nc : the hurm side cf the stcry M/ vn net to nf' i
"hal'-cccLed" v;ith an encrcy ce ccanct:ics plFn that con s'estrcy the rect c
,, she are the cere of tSis and any netien, l'y field of expertise is teaching. I try to build futura ceneratiens.
l'y feb is hard anc' I do ry test tn c'c it viell. At tires I er extrerely frustrated that the werk I an doing fer future cercretims can rl1 to
/cstroyed by creedy of'icials vSc can net see tcyrnd tScir rect et! ces.
It is ry here that scrc5cw I uill Ec tble to irstill in the cMi/er: I teach r serse cf nsrnnsibili+y and rcral Scnesty se that i' 'Pey survive
!cnc enough to help run this crontry screday, tPay vill run it vitt a sense of that is cond for Surani ty, ant' the re'c re cer <' 'e r t':c coun try.
I.c.:ever, in the ridst of ry unrlinc I feel i sense c' retrair v' ce I thi r.1 that these children, t;he ycu r ay call "cuinea rics", er "strtistics" rey die cf laul.cria t o'cre they rerch the rire et' r ar c' 0F..
I shall try to be opteristic at this peint, althet.ch it is difficult.
ForSars ve can turn this arcund. !'any 'crrer vnrLers in the nucierr 'ield Fr.vc lect ed honestly at the dccunents recarr'inc daracas dene ty nuclear cr.crcy nd they havn tal:en a rrral stance, 3rd have adritted they vere vrcac tc aver scarcrt such r renstresity. They have endearcs' therselves to citizcas like ryself in deinc this. AlthcupS their ristr':es are saricus
'nes, tScy have turned and rode very hercic atterrts to sten this te'cre it <'cs trcys rcre c' this world. They have st Tres' r.!ayinc the crr.e cf pher rnd iclitics, and irstead chesen r:crality ad truth. L'ill yau c'cese
<': tSe sarc be'cre it is ten late?
Legislate that r.n utility shall ever acain have the license te 1.111 that 5.9s been civen to ther by the Irice-Andersen Act.
Start a car paici, fcr crorcy censervation, including cutt achs en useless electrical davires, en.i previding ocsnoric ter.efits 'cr these who use less clectricity.
Stress that tSe fedcral and state covernrents put rere rmoy into t'ia research and use c' solar pcwer.
Ctcr the censtructicn cf all new auclear encrcy plMts. C1cse dr:n e
all p'. ants that beve n histre, c f r t.ci nn ts t r. '/c r s a fc ty vi ' ' t ' r Corand that the utility cerrMies, and act the taxp?rers te resrrnsitic
'er the darate tScy have der.e. Irevide ne ccver rantal rentes "cr e rtssive expensos c' this acci/ nt. Iertars tSe utility ccrrenics vill vclua.tarily turn ct:ry 'rer uclese arercy, incruse it is tcc exrensi"c.
d educate tS2 citi:cr.s P!. cut tie var.rers Cren un the tar-sec et !cs ar that are lurking in tiair Loc! yar/r.. Tc: c n 'anest ler'. et tSesc
/ccurmts. In nucicar acercy roelly srfc? It e....tSan shcu ':s the der r c-ts as pree'. If it is not st'c....toi:e en Sc est lech et these e'ccu-nts yrcrsel' caro ully censi/cr vSet yeua st ree in "ste yrcr /'cis'er. ? 'c P:va c
rno uith it.
I ar. es'.ing ycu in cive the c'ti: ens fair and her. cst ens'. ces. ':e 7-c nct persants o' l'er'icval Eurcre c' e oct'lt'n't un/craten:' er #cq't deserve to I:nce. !!e are stce! hnl ' ors in this cevernrent callm' a t'cr ecrtcy. Tec-thet I have leerno4' in the reny yerrs c'.*rer'ern l'istery, ve Orc ta 'rve a s ay Ei the r tSe 'iis tc r/ t nc's.;ere lyinc, and vc octu='y live i-r.
- Tctalitarian srciet'<, er the !:istery c' this cauntr/ Sas been 7 sic"y e' t en and ucr cn buil/ing a ccuntry u'iere pen. le ccq have a say.....cn'y tc n
have the present c'ey ccvernrent i'estrcyico that.
If you all can't ral'c a perscnal rescense to rysel' ard ot!er people of this ccuntry, rat e it a print t respnnd to these issues in your next batch of carpaica issues. And,nivsc spare us the public relations f ullshit. P. cad ry 1ctier 7t?in ar/ respond tc the 'eclincs hehind the t:cer's. I need ensvors, and I need hrnest enos. !'eny etScr citizens in this ecuntry are rst.ing for the sarc things.
Arc you a r oral persen? Dc ycu tiy to raise ycur children rcra'1y.
ant: uith a scr st cf <* sing rhet is best? Then lorh carc'ully at yeu self and v; hat you stand 'ce. "st e your decisiens in ccvernrent re' lect yru and your Lelic's. "ey ne to corruptien and bic husiness centrel. Perhtps there is so ruch cerruptien that one ccncressran or cencresss eran can't ral e a difference. That is PSy I ar sending this letter te se rany of yeu. Ycu are the cnly ones who can raf:0 a di'ference. !!c ?re tryinc, but honestly don't l'ncu if ycu are listening to us.
Are ycu listening?
- Sincemly, i
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l'>ncy B. !!cncer
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