ML20038B651
| ML20038B651 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Crane  |
| Issue date: | 11/24/1981 |
| From: | Brown R LANCASTER ENVIRONMENTAL ACTION FEDERATION |
| To: | Smith I Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 8112080463 | |
| Download: ML20038B651 (2) | |
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Dear Mr. Smith:
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A4 The present condition of the damaged Unit Two nucl' ear facility at Three Mile Island represents the greatest environmental hazard to the health and safety of the residents of Lancaster County and surrounding areas.
It is the position of the Lancaster Environmental Action Federation that the cleanup of Unit Two must proceed uninterrupted and without slowdown so that potential damage to people, property, and the environment can be minimized.
To that end we endorse, with some reservations, Governor Richard Thornburgh's cost sharing proposal first made public in July,1981. We agree with the Governor that the cost of the cleanup at Three f111e Island should be shared by the Federal Government, the nuclear industry, state governments and G. P.
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the utility owner.
The projected cleanup costs are $1.034 billion. A total of $274 millions will have been spent toward the cleanup through 1981, leaving the remaining cleanup costs at $760 million.
Based on information acquired by the Gcvernor and his staff he has made the l
following proposals.
1.
That a private, non-profit " National Energy Research Institute" or N.E.R.I.
be established to serve as a conduit for financial and technological cleanup support from the nuclear industry and other sources.
2.
That the cost of the cleanup of~Three Mile Island's Unit Two be shared in the l
following manner:
a.
The nuclear industry would pay $190 million (25%).
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The Federal Government would pay S190 million (25%).
5 The State of Pennsylvania would ocovide $30 million (4%).
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The State of New Jersey would provide $15 tr.!111on (2%).
e.
The utility (G.P.U.) would devote its 590 million in unexpended insurance coverage to the cleanup (12%).
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The utility (G.P.U.) would be able to contribute an additional $245 million (32%) if the undamaged Unit One reactor were pemitted to restart. The Governor has said he will support this restart if he receives adequate safety assurances.
We wholeheartedly support the Governor's cost sharing approach for funding the continuing cleanup of the crippled Unit Two reactor at Three Mile Island, but we have reservations about the last part of his proposal--the restart on Unit One.
We fear the pressure to restart Unit One may be so great that certain problems and issues may be overlooked or ignored which could provide a scenario for a repeat of the March 28, 1979 accident. We feel that a viable plan for funding the speedy cleanup of the damaged reactor should be established before Unit One goes back on line.'
It is the position of the Board of Directors of the Lancaster Environmental Action Federation (L.E. A.F.) that:
1.
The first priority at Three Mile Island must be the safe and expeditious cleanup of the damaged Unit Two facility. The cleanup process must move as quickly as the technology available will pemit.
2.
A funding plan modeled after the hvernor's proposals be established to cover the costs of the cleanup so '.he procedure will not be interrupted or slowed down by the economic constraints of G.P.U.
3.
It is unwise to restart Unit One until all the parties involved have agreed on a cost sharing plan for the cleanup of the damaged Unit Two facility and all environmental and safety issues have been resolved.
4.
All radioactive wastes generated by the cleanup should be removed from Three Mile Island to a certified Federal disposal facility.
5.
The waste water being " cleaned" during the cleanup process should not be released into the Susquehenna River.
The final decisions concerning the fate of the reactors at Three Mile Island should take into consideration the concerns and best interests of all the citizens of the surrounding regions.
Future generations will judge us harshly if we make short sighted, expedient decisions without regard to long range consequences.
Sincerely, LANCASTER ENVIRONMENTAL ACTION FEDERATION
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Richard M. Brown, President