ML20003F948
| ML20003F948 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Crane  |
| Issue date: | 03/24/1981 |
| From: | Richter T AFFILIATION NOT ASSIGNED |
| To: | NRC |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 8104240362 | |
| Download: ML20003F948 (1) | |
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From :: Tanya Tho=as Richter,102 E. Lbcust St., Annville, PA 17003 Re : : Cot =ents submitted in lieu of an appearance at the public co==ent session in the TNI' Unit I restart hearinEs.
It is ironic that in statinE my objections to the restart of Met Ed's unit I, that I must appeal to the very same agency which was responsible for licensinE Uhit II; which was soundly castigated for its failures by the Kemeny Co= mission; which is bdng sued by GPU'for havinE neglirently failed to perform its duty; and which has remained impervious to necessary and recommended changes.
In the past =enths the NRC received low carks from the Nuclear Safety Oversight Co==ittee, appointed by ex-President Carter, for its failure to monitor safety reforms following TMI.
The inherent predjudices of the NRC are of utmost concern to
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Ec'. can the public pecaibly Eet a f air hearing?
The very sa=e aEency whose function is to render an objective judgment for the restart of this plant on the basis of the health and safety of the public has been and remains to have an orientation toward nuclear advocacy.
An example of this advocacy position taken by the NRC is demonstrated by the recent recommendation made by the NRC stafi to relicense, on a low power basis,to help alleviate alleged pro jected power shortages in the Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Maryland (PJMT grid.
Since when is it the function of the NRC to plan for the power needs of the PJM grid?' Since when is it their function to predict brcwnouts and blackouts ? Never mind that their argument is a specious one.
The function they assumed is not their Congressional =andate'.
Ja=es Tourtelotte, of the NRC staff stated that "The staff con-ciders that the consequences of an accident while ope'ating at 5~ per cent power.are sufficiently s=all."
This is cold comfort to a public which had been assured that a Unit II type accident was extre=ely reccte.
Considering Unit I"s prcximity to Unit II", prudence would dictata the delay of the decision of restart till the continuinE hazard which exists on the island has been eliminated, particularly in light of the fact that the clean-up is a giant experi=ent.
Inadequate e=erEency =anacement plans were a =a jor concern to the Ke=eny Co= mission.
For instance, one of their findinEs we s that potassium iodide, a bicckinE agent to prevent the accumulation of radioiodine in the thyroid gland, was not available.
On February 26. 1981, I spoke with Clyde Miller of the Lebanon County Emergency ManaEement AEency.
I asked him that if we had a nuclear accident to=orrow which would require the use of potassium iodide, would it be available.
He stated thet it hed been ordered but he did not have it...T*do YEARS AyTER THE ACCIDEFT'.'
The Lebanon County E=ergency Manage =ent Agency's " Emergency Cperationo Plan-Rsdiation Incidents-Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant" is
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inadequate to handle a serious accident.
The evacuation plan channels the population out ento roeds which are inc.dequate tc he.ndle the volume of traffic.
The general public recains no = ore knowledgeable now about evacuation than before the accident.
Key *.-'.stitutions, particularly schools re=ain uninformed about specifics of the plan.
Were an accident to occur to=orrow, the evacuation situation would be only slightly = ore effective than it was before March, 28, 1979.
If these public input =eetings are not si= ply pro for=c, I would be very =uch surprised. Particularly in light of a ec==ent
=s.de by Joseph Hendrie, and PRC Co==iccioner who stated:- "ConFress has already decided that the country is to have a nuclear power proFrac, even if it =akes so=e people uneasy."
In other words,
public opinion doesn' t count even though we have subjected to two incredibly stress filled years because of a near disastrous accident and subsequent clean up of which the full effects will not be known for thirty y9ars.
As a Met-Id ratepayer, I would rather continue paying higher electrS bills, alonE with adopting strict conservation measures than be subjected to the mental anguish of anticipating another accident, however remote.
I object to the burden of proof being placed.on =e to justify why Unit I'should not be restarted.
Both the HRC and the utility should have to prove to re beyond a doubt why_it sho,uld be restarted!
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