ML19350B048
| ML19350B048 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Crane  |
| Issue date: | 03/02/1981 |
| From: | Gingrich R AFFILIATION NOT ASSIGNED |
| To: | Smith I Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 8103190379 | |
| Download: ML19350B048 (1) | |
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1 00CKET NUMBER PROB.7.UTETAL.k.,
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Mr. Ivan W. Smith, Chairman k g OOla 42 Atomic Safety and Licensing Board b
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Dear Mr. Smith:
ca to May I respectfully request that your Board favorably consider the re-start of Unit I at T.M.I. ?
I have been a life-long resident of Palmyra and surrounding area except for a three-year period spent in the Army during World War II, so I feel that I have the right to make my feeling known. I do not have any feara about nuclear power and feel that, at t e present time, it is ths mon feasible method of generating electricity if we are to keep our generating capacity ahead of demand.
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ay For a n,mber of years I have been interested in the study of cosmolo and have read a numberof books on the subject, written by such me f 4
as Dr. Carl Sagan and Dr. Isaac Azimov, in which the matter of bac fy@g gronnd radiation is discussed, and the extent to which it affects us f as human beings. Also, Dirk Pearson, a scientist with high credent A-from MIT has discussed the effects of the radiation from TMI compare t.'
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radiation produced by coal burning generating plants, and in all cases r
is less radiation from the nuclear plants. While I am mentioning the abov #
l matters, Mr. Smith, I am doing so only as a by-product of my reading interests and am not to be considered an authority or expert in these subjects.
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Fntther, I realize that the consumers in this area would have had energy b?Ils considerably lower during the past year had TMI Unit I been operating.
l If I f alt there were any significant danger in re-sta.rting Unit I, there is l
no way that I would consider a re-start regardless of the cost, but would be in favor of closing all nuclear plants.
Thank you for the cpportunity for me to express my feelings, and, again, I sincerely hope that you will favorably consider the re-start.
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Sincerely,
, Rbbert C. Gin r ch 936. E. Walnut Street gg319 037%
Palmyra, PA 17078 s.n.ri