ML19331A787
| ML19331A787 | |
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| Site: | Midland |
| Issue date: | 10/11/1977 |
| From: | Griffin R SENATE |
| To: | NRC OFFICE OF CONGRESSIONAL AFFAIRS (OCA) |
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Dady News staff writer in s t a nces. that there may hate been Intervenots sim dar ploys w hich were successful' dred mdhon coHars worth as a punish.
opposing the nuclea r pla n t h ere h.i s e asked the A t o m ic imdings Cherry said in hght of the boa rd's w euld w+rk an out of pr oportion ment I
Safety and Lawnsmg Doard sanctions should be injustice on thou who t ASI H) to penalare Consum er s Power against Consumers imposed provide the w di ultimately for its "outr whr dishonesty" during aCompany uvd money
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Cherry callrd the boa r d 's decision suspicson. esen a
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'a rule of la w w hich icwards dishon-j ron M Cherry < alled f ir ac tion agamst b+ en successful I should thmk that the esty and mnney and doesn i do ploys have the utihty hawd board has to move further much to i
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participa-In that dechi"n. which effectively al-Mea n w hile. Consumer s
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.That dectuon imds for the I n t e r-ments about Consumers' " questionable pletely <> pen. g we were tryin to be less than com-tartscs" durmg the hearmg
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By STAN BENJAMIN WAhlflNGTON (AP) standstill in the past two years
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. partly dent's Council on Ensironmental Qual-he said. of serious, unsolved prahlems, safety contamed for geologic periods '
ity s;nd today that the na tion should Speth said one of f
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l-prose it can d o.p<we of Speth said the council propo.ed set-i radioac tis e the most wrious wastes safety. or stop building nuricar problems is the unresolved question of ting two deadlinee s
first, to devise power plants.
what to do w ith radioactive waste from way to dispose of nuclear I
a The safely. then to try the method and dem-enuncil recom mended that wastes j
reactors and fuel processing pla nts, the gos ernment which must be isohted for as long as a onstrate that it works.
set a deadline to demon-strate that it half milhon s cars.
If either deadime is missed. "no new
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ran get rid of nuclear w astes without endange ring the puhhc nuclear
We thus power licenses would be is-favor a national decisimi sued.'
health. It also ralled for adoption of a which would make the expanded use of mean bannmg the start of constructionhe said. That would eff national pobey to change the base nuclear power contingent on a cl( ar the economy from nuclear and fossil and convincing showing... that nuclear n new nuclear power plants until the of fuels to solar energy w ste disposal problem is solved.
po wer 's deadly by products The recommendations were unveiled But Speth also said the council is not 7
can be by ' counc il happy member Gus Speth, in a with coal as a major power a
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plant fuel, because of its significant pol-ference of the American I.a'w Institute lution probiems.
and the American Bar Association.
For that reason, he said, the council Speth s.od in an mcommended amending present nucle inter vie w that he was council. w hose function is t : advise themakes debut utility applying to build a new powerar licensing requirements
- pe d mc for the three member President on environmental is lone wo Id h ve 1o shew hot ther-lie said the recommendations has e tures. "y N Midland Daily News fea sues.
Toda was no feasible conservation or solar been circulated et.in the Carter ad Invitatmn to Sight and Sound.- alternative for satisfying the projected tried to brng them to the President'smimstration bot t'ee council has not yet and gallery events in Midland.a special supplement of theater mus'ic incre se in electrical demand.'
Speth. said that in the long run, the
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The tabloid contains feature stories nation should tarn away from both nu-i Spe
clear and coal energy and rely mort a former citi7en environmen-on new programs and performers.
tal. crivist. said in his speech that the heavily on energy from the sun.
contains a It calendar for r" (! car industry is in trouble. Power year as well as news stories on the Mid-the coming R ecent developments indicate th pia n t solar eg,my can beconn a signi land Center for the Arts and its pro-orders have come to a near-factor much more rapidi g
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considered possible,g than heen be se adding:
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Daily News staff writer Dow Chemical Company's Michigan Division is stdl counting on the Mid-land nuclear plant to provide its sourc s_.
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of power by early 1952 ager Hunter W. Henry s. General M e
In res aid today.
News. ponse to questions by the Daily Henry issued a statement chase process steam from th The statement came four days after the federal Atomic Safety and Licens-ing Board (ASLB) released its decision allowing continued construction of the j-plant.
"Dow is relying on statements of
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a Midland nuclear plant in Marc its energy plans accordingly."
F "The recent decision of the ASLB continue construction pending the re-manded hearings fon environmentalis-sues) pletion of the plantremoves an obstacle to 3
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by that date."
The AS LB decision followed a lengthy and controversial hearing, dur-ing which Daw's intention to purchase tioned repeatedly by attorneys. s
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' e' is smar.y while keepans panies fightip Internall artraendiv rab-The witneves. Dow U S. A. Presi-ent Paul F. Oreffice, and former divi-Temple Jrsion General Manager Josdph G Jgnger wou., said Qnuclear plant nq, ld be an advantage tN
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earing. Dow at' torneys told the ASLB the compan was considering a lawsuit against Con-s 4.-.'
s sumers on the validity of a 19M steam, contract /
The c6ntract estimates the plant's'op.
y r-eratior. date at March 1930, but Con-j The utility later announced the co npletion for 1931-82.
I Meanwhile. Dow has agreed to con-form by 19R0 to strict air pollution standards imposed by the Michigane_._.
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The company since then has nego-
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cleaner burmng oil as a fuel for the di-7
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steam is available in 1982.
lion in capital improveThe oil switch will creasing the enmpany'ments plus m-bil I - - - ~ s annual fuct 77 o"f C.a.I 4.d ]
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