ML19347C663
| ML19347C663 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Limerick  |
| Issue date: | 12/23/1980 |
| From: | Anthony R FRIENDS OF THE EARTH |
| To: | Eisenhut D Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 8101050059 | |
| Download: ML19347C663 (6) | |
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December 23,1980 IHF.Darrell Eisenhut,
Director
'Di~ vision of Licensirs U.S. Nuclear Begulatory Commission Washingon, D. C. 20555 c:.
c Dear Dr.
- Eisenhut, I wish to express my gratitude for the hearing that you were instrumental in arranging on the Limerick nuclear construction, near the actual site.
Most unfortunately word of the hearing did not reach me in time to attend and testify on behalf of Friends of the Earth of Delaware Valley We urge you to pursue as soon as posible your intention for furtherhearings and we shall certainly be there.
Will you kindly notify as tb the date and location of the next.
We are convinced that this plant should not proceed as a nuke, and we strongly urge your division not to grant a license.
The plant is not needed for the area's electric, security and it poses amortal health and safety hazard.
Philadephia Electric has been stubborn in refusing to consider any alternatives.
This we believe you and we must convince them to do.
As for the present investment, we believe a large part of that could be exploited by a change to coal or an innovation such as the use of solid waste.
The account that I read of Phila. Electric's presentation on December 9 was callous and self serving.
Seven million residents within a thirty mile radius cannot be dismissed or comforted by statistical charts on probability ; we are well' aware of the calcu-lations that made the T.M.I. accident " impossible". Nuclear reaction is too dangerous and.nnnredictable to be carried on except in re-I mote areas,1f then.
In addition there is constant low level radittion, I
which Phila Electric ignored, accidents with fuel transport,and storage and transport of spent fuel.
Obvtously Phila. Electric *ould have conducted public hearings in the early stages of planning this plant and the decision had to be shared by those who would be exposed,and their children.
Belated-ly citi:: ens,their experts,and environmental and civic groups must be given a share in the d4 cision whether to continue construction. Wet commend you for-your concern in this.
In addition to healthand safety there are other factors that need to be aired : Phila. Electric's present excess capacity,new means of peak demand control, diseconomies of scale as set forth by Amory 3.Lovins in Sof t Enerey Paths,(pispecially Chapter 5. ),and concepts of decentralization.
We note that Southern Edison of C&lifornia is already soliciting contributions to its grid from local wind genera-tors.8101 os o 059 s
I Hundreds of. citizens turned out for Pub.Util. Commiss, hearings on Limerick in November. Pleass let us know and nublicize widely j.,
your next hearing.
We are,sure Jhere will be significant testimony. [
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Robert Anthony Frierxis of the Farth cf Celamre Valley t
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Nuclear Power Channel 10 accepts rnclear ;cwer. We de not. 21s technology has pttven tmre-llamle, costs have skyrocketed, digal is tmsolved, accidents are freqcent arri potentially lethal, as exee Mile Islarxi warned us.
Within a 25 mile radius of the huge NCEE that Philadelphia Electric is b2ilding at t
l 76 = rick cn the Schuylkill live 33r m417 % pecple. In case of ac W ent there is no s i.em. cr evacuate mere than a fraction cf these victims.
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I By what right dces Phila. Electric, its bankers arxi its mke suppliers justify tuW a profit frcm==17 % nuki. _wer.to cther u+ 4 7 4 ties, at the risk cf poiscning the Philadelphia metrcpolitan area? The Pennsylvania State Ccnsumer Alvecate deter-l mined that Limerick is not needed; the ccmcany has excess capacity far beyerri the safety margins accepted in the industry. Growth needs thrcugh the 1990's could be met with new, stall, efficient, ccal fired plants.
bty have we, the citizens, =ct been given the chance to chocse ccnservatien and I
alternate safe energy, rather than the ccmpany's choice fcr us of the Nt;4-threat and its inevitable cancer and birth defects?
D.e studies cf ?ree Mile Islarsi cccc1trie a radicactive explcsicn was avoided by a bare 30 to 60 minutes last March. e.ey warn against ccnstruc*J.ng NCKES anywhere near pcpulatien cers.ers. We want this impletented. We want the censtruc' % at Lirerick abandensi. We want the people of the Philadelphia metrcpolitan area freed frcm the threat cf radia*% and frcm the load of interest payments arxi rate hikes tiei 6e that dangercus, uneccccmic, urnecessary technological menster at Limerick.
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l NOW T.'EY WANT RATES TO GO UP $304 MILLION-- THE IARCEST RATE HIKE IN
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jj7j THEY WANT TO DOUBLE ELECTRIC RATES BY 1988!
jjjj W11Y? TO BUILD THE LIMERICK NUCLEAR PLANTS ONLY 21 MILES NORT15 JEST OF PHH.ADELPHIA. EVEN THE NUCLEAR RECULATOR C0t44ISSION ADMITS THAT THEIR SITING IN SUCH A IIICHLY POPULATED AREA IS LHSAFE' jjjj
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PHILADELPHIA, Public Hearing SAT., N OV.15 to a., Cit, Hau., aoom :33 _ Any meer o, the public can testify. Speak againac the rate hike yourself, or support our other speakers! (Enter and exit by Northeast corner City Hall only )
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HCM WILL THE PROPOSED RATE HIXE AFFECT MY ELECTRIC BILL?
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The $304 million rate hike will increase the average customer's bill by 187-- about $80 a year, or $6.60 a month. It is the largest rate hike in Pennsylvania utility history!
WILL THIS BE TdE LAST RATE HIXE FOR A WHILE7 No. PE admits that they will ask for at least $150 million more each year until the Limerick.
i nuclear plants are finished, and about $400 million in 1985 and 1987 when the two plants start up. Present electric bills would double to about $1000 s/7sar for the average family.
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WHY IS PE ASKING FOR 50 MUCH NONET7 The construction of the Limerick plants, 21 miles northwest of Philadelphia, is "the major cause of these race hearings," according to PE's own attorney. Funds for Limerick include:
- $40 million directly for interest on construction loans-- the first time customers here have ever been asked to pay for any plant before it was built!
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- $20 mil'. ion for Limerick nuclear fuel.
- About half the $304 million to attract more investment in Limerick construction by raising l
the rate of return to 167.
about the highest of any utility in the country.
- PE claims it. needs additional funds because of inflation, wage increases, pollution con-trol, etc. But the Public Utilities Connaission's own trial staff says that because of Limerick, PE has made other claims "which could be considered outrageous and even ap-proaching bad faith."
Wi!Y DOES PE NEED SO MUCH MONET FOR LIMERICK 7 Limerick construction cost, originally e/timated at $717 million, is now expected by PE to be about $4 billion. The state Consumer Advocata says Limerick. will cost more than $5 billion!
00 WE NEED LLwERICK?
PE has 177. more generating capacity than it can use to meet peak demand on the hottest say of the year. Only a 15-207. reserve margin is needed. And peak demand is not growing fast t
"nough to justify Limerick in' the future, according to studies by the Consumer Advocate.
MIT WON'T LIMERICK REDUCE OUR DEPENDENCE ON OIL?
A little. Suc other alternatives could replace even more oil at a much lower price:
- Conse rva t ion : Investing in insulating homes saves more than twice as much oil and creates t ice as many jobs per dollar as building nuclear plants. Conservation also lowers electric
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demand and eliminates the need for new power plants. "' hat's why the California PUC recently ordered utilities there to give customers interest-free loans for conservation and solar water heaters instead of b 2ilding new power plants. Limerick = S3000 loan to each PE custossar.
- Renewable resources: Other available resources, such as hydro power, wind, trash aurning plants, cogeneration, and plant fuels are already cheaper than Limerick will,be,
- Coal: Smaller coal plants instead of Limerick would save consumers at least $1.4 billioi, according to the Consumer Advocate.
ARE THERE OTHER PROBLEMS WITH LIMERICK 7 Even the NRC now admits tha t nuclear plants should r.ot be butit so close to cities. Limerick will have more people within lo and 30 miles than any U.S. nuclear plant. Limerick will also rnb precious drinking water supplies and may have to shut down during sunumer droughts.
WHO is OUPOSIN: Tile RATE IIIXE AND PASSING LIMERICK COSTS ON TO CONSt21ERS?'
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PECO PECO~ rate hike P ea c.o_d,t-eage t MEDIA-Anti-nuclearprotestors health," said Peggy liashrouck of attempt to get Hic PUC to hold as hlgh.
and money to ' police and clean up cirrying placards marched outside Swarlhmme, a Keystone Alliance another meetingin Media.
Itobert Anthony, Moylan, Nether nuclear waste.
the county courthouse Suturday member.
In Novernher mu, Sen. Hell Providence,said ' nukes" arelethat "We have a 71. acre chemical while some 150 persons attended a
'PECO has made financial appeared before the PUC with a and unnecessary and they " Induce dump site in Boothwyn that we do crowd of 75 low-income residents, cancers and emit radio active not have the money to clean up," he
, Phnnsylvania Public Utilities Com-mistakes (at I.imerickl and Iist many of them senior citizens, in poisons..."'
added. "The agencies have to cover mission iPUCI heahng to 6ppose askhig us to pay to make up forihese opposition to an earlier PECO rate leonard Mammucari, Pine Ittdge up for their inadequacles because Pittladelphia Electric Company's so its stock will remain atirartive to Itoad, Nether Providence, said, "we they do not have the manpower."
request for an 18 percent rate hike.
Sharclushlers. (Thisi is an insult'"
hike request.
The PUC has scheduled a second should use the referendum to decido Marguer!!e floberts, Media, a puhile hearing on PECO for 10 a.m.
on ' nukes'...only the tip of the teacher for 18 years, sutd the The crowd overflowed the council she added.
meeting room and filled two Asked about procedures govern.
Saturday INov.15) in Itoom 253, Icebergis given out to the pubile "
constitution teaches "no Ipso facto h311tcys, forcing PUC Ad-Ing the rate hike requrst, Klovekorn l'hlladelphia City IIall.
Esther T. Woodward, llaverford.
law" so it is "a crime" to be charged ministr: Live Court Judge Joseph 10 said it is unusial for PUC inembers One of the speakers at Saturday's speaking for seven branches of retroactively for a rate hike PECO Klovekorn to move the proceedings to sit as a tuly at heurings such as. meeHng who opposed the hike was a league of Women Voters in the customers paidlast year.
t2 Courtroom One upstants.
Saturday's i former assistant counsel to the PUC, county, read a statement calling for Harry Husch, a Keystone Alliance Twenty five persons spoke out
'I am picked by all parties in this %Tiwamas C. Dick, an attorney in conservauon, environmentally member, read from a bulletin, sound use of coal and other re-which he said was put out by PECO rg' hist the $304 million hike. Many case and omst give my recommen-e Media.
of those testifying asked to be put dallon to the PtJC thy Feb. 271 Dick said the state public utility sources and more strategies by offerthg cash incentives (to
';,' under oath after word spread the whether any hike should he given'. law says "every raise shall be just PECO to reduce electricity demand. employes) for early rtirement especially in peak periods-
"because the company has an i PUC would lend more weight to andthelevelof that hike.'Puhlte utility law states rates.1 and reasonable" and feels 11la time I. sworntestimony.
i for the PUC to "look and see what is leo F. Lauter, Springfield, said excess of 149 employes." lie said the just and reasonable for the consum-PECO's method for bill calculation PECO rate hike request includes $21
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Miny of the speakers said they must lie set whleh will let the is " grossly unfair" and he asked for million for coal for (Jmerick (a I were members of organizations company make a reasonable rate of-opposed to construction of nuclear ru.m for its investments. The state. er. lie saldla a HellTelephone casein a law which would let no dividend plant that may not even get a
pt:nts such as Keystone Alliance, PtJC mandate la to represent the 4 M the court said a public utility is result to shareholders as a result of licensed) and $41 million to pay We 'Ihe People, Inc., Friends of the puhlte interest," he explained-a entitled to manage its afflars to the increase in the electric rate.
Interest on loans borrowed from E:rth, or Main Line Association for Conspicuous by his nhsence of fullest extent " consistent with the D. Frank Palmisano, speaking for Limerick. "We just cannot afford
. Safe Energy. 'Ihey said their main State. Sen Clarence D. llell (itetti
- Protectionof thepubtletnterest."
the Archdiocese Senior Citizens it," he said.
ccacern is that the rate hlke will' District), who worked to get the - Dick and others complained that
- Council,cdmposed of 202 clubs,said e
permit Philadelphia Electric PtIC to hold a'public hearing (on the pI since last year, PECO has refu sed 5 "PECO's budget system for low-(PE(9 to continue construction on PECO request) in Media. Senator a lo print the unit cost (per kw) on the income users needs to be revised.
1 its twin reactor plants at I.imerick, lleil, contarled Sunday at a
.: monthly bills it sends out.
Also, why should we pay for power Pa. near Pottstown.
Veterans' Day observance outside a M rs. Detsy Breckenridge, we are not going to get for five ilGreenwood fload, Brookhaven, year...perhaps never, since it will be,
'PECO says that one-fifth of the the emnthouse, said he was sur.
c quoted rates at Pennsylvania Power sold to other power companies..."
g r2te hike t$60 militon) is needcJ for pilsed Io learn of the hearing
theIJmerick plants.
Saturday night.
s & IJght Company (PP&L) located o Joe flooker, IJnwood (tower r
.. one hour's drive away" and said. Chichester) said the environmental "I don't think it is fair we should all was poorly advertised " he a
be tsked to pay for a plant that saki, adding he wouhl inunedtately ' PECO rates are two and a half times arenrics da na8 hwa N -
might be very dirimental to our See PECO, Page 7
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