ML19331D212

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Requests Immediate Closure & Suspension of All Operations at Facility Due to Volcanic Activity at Mount St Helens
ML19331D212
Person / Time
Site: Trojan File:Portland General Electric icon.png
Issue date: 05/29/1980
From: Rosalie E
TROJAN DECOMMISSIONING ALLIANCE
To:
NRC COMMISSION (OCM)
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Download: ML19331D212 (1)


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4-087148S150 05/29/80 ICS IPMRNCZ CSP WSHB 5032826377 MGM TDRN PORTLAND OR 197 05-29 1026P EST 9

CHAIRMAN UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON DC 20555 I

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I (THE FOLLOWING IS A COPY OF THE HESSAGE SENT TO PRESIDENT JIMMY CARTER, WHITE HOUSE, WASHINGTON, DC 20500)

I WE HEPEbY REGUEST THAT YOU ORDER THE IMMEDIATE CLOSURE AND SUSPENSION 0F ALL OPERATIONS OF THE TROJAN NUCLEAR POWER PLANT WHICH IS LOCATED ONLY 30 AIR MILES FROM MOUNT ST HELENS, WE HAVE REVIEnED DOCUMENTS y

I SUBMITTED BY THE OPERATORS OF TROJAN AND THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION. HENCE WE MAKE THIS REQUEST NOT OUT OF BLIND FEAR BUT FROM A REAL CONCERN, THE *EIGHT OF THIS TESTIMONY IS THAT AN ERUPTION OF I

I MOUNT ST HELENS IS HIGHLY IMPROBABLE AND IF AN ERUPTION WERE TO OCCUR THE LIKELIHOOD Or IT CAUSING AN IMPACT ON TROJAN IS " EXTREMELY REMOTE" THE IMPROBABLE AND REMOTE ARE OCCURRING. DO NOT WAIT FOR A

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I NUCLEAR DISASTER TO PROVE THE REMAINING 0D05 WRONG. THESE STUDIES HAVE ALSO FAILED TO ADDRESS THE DIFFICULTY OF EVACUATION UNDER PRESENT CONDITIONS. EMERGENCY SERVICES ARE ALREADY SPREAD THIN, ROADS I

AND BRIDGES ARE WASHED OUT, TRAVEL BY CAR IS HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE I

DUE TO ASH FALL =0UT. WE IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST DO NOT WISH TO LIVE WITH THE ADDITIONAL BURDEN OF NUCLEAR FALL =0UT, THE VOLCAN0 AND ITS I

HAZARDS ARE ENOUGH, YOUR IMMEDIATE ACTION ON THIS MATTER IS OF THE UTHOST IMPORTANCE.

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