ML20044E999
| ML20044E999 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Claiborne |
| Issue date: | 04/20/1993 |
| From: | Sherman N AFFILIATION NOT ASSIGNED |
| To: | Selin I, The Chairman NRC COMMISSION (OCM) |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 9305260356 | |
| Download: ML20044E999 (2) | |
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Nat Sherman 85-34 214 Street Hollis Hills, New York 11427 (718)465-4769 April 20, 1993 Ivan Selin, Chairman United States Nuclear Regulatory Ccrimission Washington, DC 20555
Dear Mr. Selin:
I'm most concerned that Louisiana Energy Services seeks NRC permission to build its uranium enriciment facility near the two low-income, largely Afro-American ccrmunities of Forest Grove and Center Springs, and would urge you to request the NRC licensing board not to grant them an appliication to construct such a plant in Homer, Louisiana.
According to the report I've read, both of these carmunities are vehemently opposed to the siting of the LES plant so close to their hcxtes and, it would appear, for very good reasons. Water from the facility being discharged into the Lake Claiborne watershed might indeed foul the drinking water of scxie 40 hames within 5 miles of the site, and that LES intends to shut down and reroute the only road providing access to Forest Grove and Center Springs.
Elderly residents of a retirarent ccrmunity located near the lake are fearful that, without adequate transportation, it could beccrre quite difficult to praTptly evacuate the area in the event of an accidental UF6 discharge.
If my understanding of the present situation is correct, why is it necessary to construct another possible source of environnental contamination at the very time the Department of Energy's enrichTent plants are operating at only 50% of their capacity; there is an existing worldwide overcapacity for producing the material, and the cost for Louisiana Energy Services' enriched uranium would be greater than that produced by the Departnent of Energy?
I think we ought to feel a f air amount of disecrnfort with statistics that would seem to confirm the fears of many; that a preponderance of incinerators, toxic waste dtzrps, and hazardous chemical and industrial enterprises are to be found in poor and minority neighborhoods.
If toxic garbage remains unwelectred in the wealthier ccrmunities of this nation, then there can be no justification for forcing it upon those who may be less able to exert political and financial pressure (Oft tines one and the same) upon the folks who, by their decisions, can ultinately effect the health of a ccxmunity.
Many thanks for taking the tine to read and, hopefully, to respond to this letter.
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