ML19345C323

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Requests Immediate Restart of Undamaged Reactor.Alleges NRC Attempt to Punish General Public Utils Through Shutdown. Cites Drastic Greenhouse Effect of Fossil Fuel Burning
ML19345C323
Person / Time
Site: Three Mile Island Constellation icon.png
Issue date: 11/25/1980
From: Tschaeche A
AFFILIATION NOT ASSIGNED
To: Ahearne J
NRC COMMISSION (OCM)
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ISSUANCES-SP, NUDOCS 8012040395
Download: ML19345C323 (1)


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A. N. Tschaeche 176 Manton Drive S R g San Jose, Ca. 95123 .,

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November 25, 1980 F4 A 5Ic N?

J. F Ahearne, Chairman Cv U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission I% I b Washington, D C. 20555 Re: Docket 50-289 SP

Dear Mr Ahearne:

Unit Number 1 of the Three Mile Island Wuclear Power Plant has been shutdown for almost two years. The purpose of this letter is to request that you do everything in your powe: to get TMI-l restarted promptly.

How Shutdown of TMI-1 Affects Me Each day that TMI-l remains shutdown means that electricity that it would have generated must be generated by another source. If that source is coal, natural gas or oil, CO 2is being generated which adds to the C0 generated by other fossil tn1 burning. Together all C0 source , by means of the " Greenhouse effect," may some day creath a high enough temperature on-earth to change the climate drastically and perhaps catistrophically for millions of humans, including tre. Also, I fear for our children if that happens.

If that source is foreign oil, the U.S. balance of payments is adversely affected, the dollar may drop on foreign markets of foreign goods are more expensive for me to buy. I don't like that situation.

Why I think TMI-l should be restarted TMI-l was not damaged during the problems at TMI-2. Other nuclear power giants similar to TMI-l remained operating after the TMI-2 incident.

Fixes" for those other plants were permitted by the NRC without the necessity of shutting them down for almost 2 years, as has been forced 1 on TMI-l by the NRC.

My judgment 'df NRC actions against General Public Utilities (GPU)

I think the NRC is trying to make GPU wrong for the TMI-2 accident and is acting in the TMI-l shutdown so as to punish GPU. In my experience such action does not work well. Besides, GPU has already been severely financially-punished as a result of the TMI-2 accident. I trust the NRC in some part shares my experience and will now work to assure TMI-l startup instead of furtner spanking the perceived bad boy. i Thank you.

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