ML19350B079
| ML19350B079 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Crane  |
| Issue date: | 03/02/1981 |
| From: | King D AFFILIATION NOT ASSIGNED |
| To: | Smith I Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 8103190501 | |
| Download: ML19350B079 (1) | |
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WHITMOY"R LABORATORIES, INC.
19 NCATH AAILRCAo STREET
- P.O. BOX 288
- MYEASTOWN. PENNSYLVANIA 17067
- PHCNE (717) 868-2151
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Mr. Ivan W. Smith, Chairman
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4 Because I will be unable to attend the special meeting of the' y and Licensing Board on March 5,1981 to hear statements from the public on the Three Mile Island Unit I restart, please accept this written statement concern-ing the issues involved.
Whitmoyer Laboratories, Inc. is a major consumer of electrical power from Metropolitan Edison Company. As a locally based manufacturer, operating in a very competitive national marketplace, we are extremely sensitive to al.1 com-ponents of manufacturing costs. We must strive continually to keep each ele-ment of production cost at the lowest level consistent with manufacturing a quality product.
The cost of electric power during the past year has not, in our opinion, been as low as it might be. Had TMI Unit 1 been operating during 1980, our ele tric bill could have been reduced by approximately $ 10,000. We are not asi that safe operating procedures be bypassed in restarting Unit 1.
We ask only that TMI Unit 1 be evaluated by the.aime criteria as all other similar operating reacto rs.
The important question to be asked is "if the same criteria for op-eration were applied to Unit 1 as that applied to all other similar reactors op-l erating under NRC license, would Unit 1 now be in operatioc? "
i We ask your cooperation in seeing that these hearings are concluded expedi-tiously, and that the conclusions are based on the scientific and technologic i ssues involved, rather than the emotions 1 issues which seem to grab such a disproportionate share of the headlines.
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