ML19331A623
| ML19331A623 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Midland |
| Issue date: | 01/20/1971 |
| From: | Moffett E ALLIED & TECHNICAL WORKERS |
| To: | US ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION (AEC) |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 8007180690 | |
| Download: ML19331A623 (4) | |
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PHONE (202) %5 9850 January 20, 1971 United' States Atomic Energy Commission 1717 H Street, N.W.
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20545 Consumers Power Company Re:
Midland Plant, Units 1 4 2 Docket #50-329
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Docket # 50-330 Gentlemen:
As President of the International Union of District 50, Allied and Technical Workers of the United States and Canada, I f a nuclear-would like to express our support for the construction o idland,
powered generating plant by the Consumers Power Company in Michigan.
This Organization has long recognized the need for expand sources of power by fossil fuels, gas and nuclear fission.
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so overtaxed our_ generating capacity that we are constantly f ace with the threat of brownouts and blackouts.
This very month, the State of New York has had to cut bac from electric power by five' percent due to a high demand for power The Consolidated Edison Company warns that the nextin step will be to blackout selected areas to conserve energy, thi cold weather.
the middle of winter' that we are facing a near-critical short-thods age of electric power in the United States, an This points out d
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ability to meet these needs becomes mandatory.
Our energy needs have doubled each past decade and the Trend is sure to continue.
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.. ace in operation, will in-crease the Consumers Power Company's ability to meet the energy requirements of Michigan, and will do it cleanly.and reliably.
It will also allow the power company to retire old, outmoded equipment that does not meet today's environmental standards.
Critics of nuclear power attempt to discredit the industry with scare tactics aimed at the general public.
AEC licensing requirements have seen that human safety has been the MAJOR consideration each step of the way in developing peace-ful uses of the atom and its tremendous power.
Science working with government and industry has fully demonstrated that operational, occupational and environmental problems associated with nuclear energy are completely manageable.
Science and industry have been~ compelled to turn to the atom to find an inexhaustible supply of fuel and to alleviate environmental I
problems of other energy sources.
While no energy source is completely free of pollution and safety problems, NUCLEAR ENERGY CAN BE MANAGED.
Michigan needs these plants to:
--protect and make secure'~ existing jobs
--improve the' environmentaffronditions in the' area
--recognize the growing d'emand for e1~ectric power which will utilize present fuels, but place a greater reliance on nuclear fuel in the future
--reliably furnish the ' domestic and commercial power needs of the area l
--create new job opportunities, l
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' January 20, 1971 The International Union of District 50, Allied and Technical Workers of the United States and Canada strongly and respectfully urges that the licensing of these plants be approved without further delay and that construction on the Midland generating plant be cuthorized.
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