ML20041E773
| ML20041E773 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Crane  |
| Issue date: | 12/11/1981 |
| From: | Specter A SENATE |
| To: | Palladino N NRC COMMISSION (OCM) |
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| NUDOCS 8203110402 | |
| Download: ML20041E773 (3) | |
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20$10 December 11, 1981 Dr. Nunzio J.
Palladino Chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission 1717 H Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C.
20555
Dear Chairman Palladino:
I recently received a letter from Mr. John E.
Minnich, Chairman of the Dauphin County Board of Commis-sioners concerning an Editorial that appeared recently in the Patriot / Evening News.
I would very much appreciate your comments en Commissioner Minnich's letter and alternatives to this proposal.
This information would be most helpful to have.
Sincerely, l
Arlen S ter 1
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- >t*PdSY.VWE December 2, 1961 Senator Arlen Specter Room 253 Russell Senate Office Building
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Dear Senator Specter:
I am fervarding for ycur information an Editorial chat appeared in the Patrio-/ Evening i;ews on Monday. November 23.
I reali e that your staff may have already provided you with a copy of the Editorial, bewever in the event this has not occurred, a copy is enclosed.
I think you will find the Editorial informative.
Three Mile Island Alert made_a very rational, sensible propesal and presentation to the Advisory Panel on the Decontamination of Three I believe Three Mile Mile Island on Monday, ;;cvember 16 in Lebanon.
is to be cc,mmended for the position they have t'aken.
Island Alert Should you have any questions, please do not hesitate to correspond uith me.
s Sincerely yours, N,v.,T.. O A.w d r3chn E. Minnich
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ALERT. a local antrnuclear urpr's of the governor, in-
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destry's participation as one q
ant contribubon to the search of the more dubious paru of for a financial molution to the both the Thornburgh and i
cleanup of the damaged nu.
TMIA plarts.
clear reactc.r sitting in the Though Marsland proba.
middle of the-Susquehanna bly is no e M to pro-f Riser, an accident w aiting vide funds for the cleanuo l
for another accident to har than anyone else, our south-8 I'"
ern neighhor does havelegiti-pears to be a ste;-chud of the I
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try providing funds for the f
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worth considering. One is a Congressional delegstlon proposal for a 10 percent sur.
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- ceipts tax levied on all elec-I' tric utility bills. A second is inclusion of Marviend,in the ANOTHER tmportant list of contributors.
point on the glacial progre.ss I8 N P""
of the cleanup was made this Thornburgh,se to Mrnor s pleas, the
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Rea gan admtnistration has Commission Chairman John pledged $123 milieon in fed.
Mmnich, who also heads the eral cleanup f unds. though it Nucl. ear Regulatory Commis-tsn't clear how much of 11 ac.
,ggn a Adriaory Panel on the tually will be applied to the Deconta mination of Three effort at TMl and what repre. M!!e Island. Mmnnch said the i
senta research funds not dl.
fa of th NRC 4 hm rectly lenening the financial on Congress the urgency of a.,j burden of decontamination. cleaning up TM1 w as the u
One es*.imate la that federal chief stumbling block in ob-tammg federal funding 11 fundict of the cleanup pro;ect will not exceed $25 s se an accurate and insight-mill >on. s hich is what the ful obaervation.
TMIA plan antletpates as the It is as tiure as anghing federal contribution. Because
}q cari be that if the worst hay the federal share is going to be less than the $190 million pens at TMt whue the rest of a
3' anhelpated by the Thorn-the country ignores our pre-dicament the first group with burgh plan and in recognition that Pennyhania'e share has its head on a plaie is going to to be larger than the g30 rr.II.
be the NRC and deservedly
=o. Irate congr%smen will be lion prupc-d b) the gover-por in order to attract outside ju~. ping 4H oser the NRC I
commiseloners and top off),
participation. TMIA w ants to cials as they equirm under the lights of television cameras f r:Jae g:M mt!) ton oser pesen years from a utility bill sur. trying to captain why they charge. Indeed it Iceba more had not informed Congrees of s and more as !! Pennryhants the seriousne<s of ;wential will haie to deal ulth the 8
proble m on the financial haurds in dragging out the lesel. either through htsher cleanup. The NRC has a mor-rates or tance to insure that at obligation. If not a aLatuto-1l the claanup La co epleted. Ten ry one, to convey to Congresa pert e e t may not be high and the adminss'rsuon a f all understandmg of the danger enough, since the TM1A p?an
.1 calla uten the nuclaar ut:1 sty that lurks in finering a9d de-industry In come Q with laylng a reenlution of thf a on.
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