ML19350B090
| ML19350B090 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Crane  |
| Issue date: | 03/02/1981 |
| From: | Hickernell H AFFILIATION NOT ASSIGNED |
| To: | Smith I Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel |
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| NUDOCS 8103190544 | |
| Download: ML19350B090 (1) | |
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Dear Mr. Smith:
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native of Middletown, Pa., I sincerely solicit your affirmative 4 i aid and that of the board you chair to permit the restart of 4 I c.o Station 1 at TMI. Incidentally, I live within three miles of TMI.
As former editor of the Middletown Press-Journal, it was my privilege to cover all the major ovents 'D ading up to the comple-tion and the on-the-line start of TMI. A good journalist appreciate the virtue of objectivity but I must admit the media, in some corners, have produced many untrue stories in their coverage. When the initial public hearing on TMI was held in the mid-sixties in Middletown High School, I was the only press representative in attendance. Since March, 1979, however, tos.t of the larger papers in the area have been ruthless in their denouncement of TMI and nuclear energy. Biased stories have led to hysteria and served the pied piper to the anti-nuclear activists. These people have more than had their day in court. Now it's time for those who have sat on the sidelines and appraised to situation to speak out. In :qy mind the actions against Met-Ed and GPU border on the criminal. Thi is not to say some misjudgements have not been made. Nevertheless, a company like Met-Ed which has covered the full spectrum of l
hydro-electric, stggm generation and nuclear generation, has had a j
good track record to the Middletown area. This company's leadership deserves a better shake.
Isn'.t it time to become practical instead of hysterical? In an energy conscious era such as America is going through many believe that nuclear energy is the viable alternativec On a personal note, I just paid ry latest cronthly electric bil It would have been $4 30 less had the undamaged Unit 1 at TMI been operating. I'm a retiree, and in these days of heavy inflation I feel that it's high time to take this into consideration. I have
- sdiding faith in American technology and have no qualms about thG restart of TMI No.1.
Sincerely, d 4,,448. b-D HAROLD E. HICKERNELL
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