ML20051E850
| ML20051E850 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Indian Point  |
| Issue date: | 04/04/1982 |
| From: | Pichardo W AFFILIATION NOT ASSIGNED |
| To: | Palladino N NRC COMMISSION (OCM) |
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| Download: ML20051E850 (3) | |
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.:rs. 'linifred P chardo 3
P.O. Box 147 F.ont ro sc, New fork 10748 L: r. Palladino, Chair:: :n U. S. Jucl+. r Regulu tory t or:isci on J: hin~ ton.
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I livt in L rthcrn 1 ctc..uctor, in 1:ontrose, which is a ncichboring town to Euchanan, and which is close - too close the tbc Indian Point !!uclear Ps er Plant.
The first question I :.ust ;c; 13 wny uns a nuclear pouer plant ever built right intc the backyards of all of us in the currouncing communitics?
It was 'Irong fron the beginning, but nictants enn be corrected -
Indir.n Point :.ust be closcd dm.In before a nu.:lcar accident occurs.
Indirm Point is c cotastrophe waiting to ha ppen!
I a:. certain the igelcar Regulatory Co:aission must renline this as a fact since thece plants are old, rusting and falling apart.
Not a wc -
,ots bJ cithout some proble:n.
The most recent incident which occurcd about two wecha go at Indian Point #3 'ihich did relt:se radianctive aten-into the atcosphere proves how unsafe sad unpredictibl these pknts rcally are.
'de a re all forced to l i '.
in fcar and cverycnc agrees Lbent this - hou do we know they are tellin: us the truth when,,hcy snid the leak was minor and nasco no thrcut to "nyone?
Ho ; do they r.now that?
Who rur 's the radioactivity of the le'iks and new de they tensure it?
Vny was there a leak in the firnt nlace?
The millions of dollars that heve been wmsted on putting up j
. ce 88 cilent nizens nnd the cvocuation plan thc7 worked out t
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chould have been used en an n'.tcrv tivt neu:'ce of +1cr in this
~rco (not nu lc.r)
Th<. entire cv c.ntion plan nud the 88 sirens are a total farce,*n sa'at.nd
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Do ycu really think t if
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. nuel';r acciccat, t' a t anyonc cun renlly bc s :f ul; cvncunted?
If the N.H.C.
belicves this. :.cr t..e
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Ha v - vou personally ever betn in'this area?
Ic not, plc ise cor.c anri see tia road c^nnitions that prevnil.
On niec, ::unny %y, o:
con li tions tre bad.
All we navu is 9A runni:. Jro; ';roten tr P,,nk dill.
.A is a cmnll, vinding - one l o n-in c: di:<ction - T: d. (. :r s : of the rot d o in 'de nt e..t ater ure lii.t t..is. )
Thara are entrances tc the express' int #o ( t'.to 1: nc s 1.
nch cctinn) ns follows:
g c:1 trance in Pnckskill,
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.co 2n ".or.troce ccd tue entrr ;ces in Creten.
Come sore ing the J o"nin o c 1: tc nfterncor rush hours and sce the
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Cc nc un the V.h.
P anital a.d Tcncolite Co. are letting
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I3e t ter a till, cc:.e d u rinr; a snoustorm and see unprssnble roadr alt 7 ether.
In Jan-
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.s a all sacustorn of nybe two inches on a S"tur=
m day waich turned to $ce.
nce corning n"oved to be dist-terous.
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Page 2 E r s. 'd. Pichardo P.O. Box lL7 I!ontrose, N.Y. 10548 Routes 9A nnd 9 were bacied up and traffic stalled for hours f ro.T Pr,,t-skill to Croton, with several accidents.
School buses cculo not get through and children were stranded throuchout the entire school district for hours.
It tock almost c wee? until road canditions were back to normal (normal is not very good anyvay.)
Try a masc evacuation during a time li;e I just des-cribed, or cver on a rainy day - it vould be impossible!
Those who believe an evacuation is possible are living in a fantasy world.
'dhytbuld we all in the surrounding areas even be faced uith such a possibility?
The nuclear power plants should not be here.
They do not bclong here and they should be closed doen.
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'de. ave the right to live with some peace of mind, and to watch s
our children grow up healthy and safely without the threat of a nuclear accident mil 2ing ovcr our heads all the time.
Ir there mu::t be nuclcar powcr plants tuen they should be built nt the r e n.o t e s t, far away pinces from human life where they would a b o-
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s Recently, a television news reported interviewed a mman who lives in Ruchar.nn very close to Indian Point.
'dhcn the woman e xpressed n :r fear, the reporter asked her why she docs not move
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I have a better luention; 'dhy don't you close down Indian
. 't Point?
I feel that I do not want to live here anytcre accause I fcor Indian Pnint, but so do thousands of others.
Is the answer that we should all n ove???
Ir I move, how far a ay from
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Indinn Point rould be safe?
They ctate thnt a ten mile radius is unsure. So tell re this - unot makes eleven miles away safe?
Cr even ten and a half, or thirteen miles?
How de you really
- nou ' hat is safe?
There are so many unansucred !ucstions and it is all so cxperia ntal and the inhoe nt victins-those living uithin the ten mile radius - are thc guinea pigs.
It is all so unjust and unfair. 'dould you or :ny of the ccabers of the N.R.C.
vant to live near a nuclear power plant?
At the present time, four out of five nuclcar power plants in
?!cy York Stote arc out of scrvice either due to radiation luchs or ;alfunctions.
The same holds true in California.
This does not oncak too hirhly fc-the safet nnd cfficiency of nuclear power plnnts, does it?
It secos to me that the members of the Huel:ar Em ulatory Com-mission shoul, cc up all nicht sweating and wringing their hands
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crry aver the fnct that something catastrophic is inevit-n bly en the un'/ cnd if the :!.R.C. choses to keep Indian Point open, they vill be fully rcaronsible for any t"agedy forthcoming
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