ML20031D346
| ML20031D346 | |
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| Site: | Diablo Canyon  |
| Issue date: | 08/24/1981 |
| From: | Shelley L AFFILIATION NOT ASSIGNED |
| To: | NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION IV) |
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| NUDOCS 8110130269 | |
| Download: ML20031D346 (2) | |
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FC a * ~r. / k $0 4.+2. 5t. 3 :2..e3 Laura Shelley 2337 Tahiti Street Hayward, CA 94545 dh August 24, 1981 r
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Gentlemen:
l Until this week, I had never written a protect letter or expressed my views to any politician or governmental committee.
Now I have begun a letter-writing campaign because I am afraid and deeply concerrced regarding thir. country's trend toward nuclear energy.
I am especially concerned today about the scheduled opening of Diablo Nuclear Power Plant.
I want to protest the licensing (low level) of Diablo and its going radioactive which may occur shortly.
I do not want this i
nuclear plant to go into operation now or ever.
I understand that it is built on the Hosgri fault which is some 2i miles in the ocean.
This is a sister-fault to the San Andreas fault.
I have learned that the Hosgri fault has been surveyed and evidence was found that confirms it is capable of generating a quake 6 to 8 times greater than tne plant was designed to withstand.
What angers me also is that PG&E knew about this fault prior to construction!
The possibility of a nuclear accident is a real threat to life as we know it.
This frightens me very much...
what with the recent Three Mile Island accident.
Ifm fairly certain that Three Mile Island will not be the last accident, and that possibly others have occurred which the general public has not been aware of.
In Church Rock, New Mexico, a dam full of uranium tailings burst and sent 100 million gallons of radioactive liquid and 100 tons of tailing solids into the Rio Puerco River, causing contamination of water, cattle and hundreds of Navajos living on the reservation.
True, that was New Mexico, but it could be California -- if Diablo (Devil in Spanish) is licensed and allowed to open...to go radioactive.
Radioactiv"y As deadly.
It is capable of causing cell mutation.
We are now creating an environment that demands that nuclear waste (from mining as well as energy production) be maintained, stored, and protected from theft -- for a time no less than 500,000 years!
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NRC 8/24/81 There is evidence out now with sufficient documentation that there is na where in sight the 100% contained nuclear power generating system.
I realize now that the nuclear energy is not all that it was promised to be.
Reports from the American Institute of Architects have estimated we can save four to six billion barrels of oil per year by 1990 IF we were to redesign our buildings to or more energy efficient.
That represents more oil than we are currently importing, and would be six to eight times cheaper than the nuclear program.
It would create millions of new (safe) jobs.
I do not plan to be present for the non-violent blockade of Diablo should (God forbid) it receive low-level licensing.
I will protest In my own way now by writing letters of protest and by monetary support.
I cannot plead innocent by reason of ignorance any longer.
I value my life, my' family, my country, my world too much to ignore this issue and hope no harm will be done.
I cannot s'.t back and feel'0K about it as I know it does not only concern this generation -- generations to come are threatened by our ruclear mistakes of today.
If my letter can do any good at all, I will be pleased.
I hope very much that you will tot give Diablo the low-level licensing it is applying for -- not now, not ever!
Thank you for your consideration of my opinions.
Very truly yours,
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I have written already to President Raegan and members of Congress.
I plan to mail a copy of this to the NRC in Washington DC.
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