ML20052D994

Supports Facility Shutdown

ML20052D994
Person / Time
Site:	Indian Point
Issue date:	04/04/1982
From:	Pichardo W AFFILIATION NOT ASSIGNED
To:	Palladino N NRC COMMISSION (OCM)
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April 4, 1982 i  ; i Mrs. Winifred P ichardo. i P.O. Box llV/

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Mr. Palladino y Chairman r -

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Dear Mr. Palladino;

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- :Ineighboring" live in Northern Westchester, town tot Buchanan, :and, .in which Montrose, is, c lose A too :close . '

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nthe the-Indian Point: Nuclear P ower Plant.a .The first3 question ~ . :cJ h'

I must;ask=is why was ta nuclear power planto ever : built right : 'o. 2 .c:

!<: ' a .:u into the: backyards iof :all of us: in the : surrounding n communities? n- m o .

'-!. t It wasiwrong:from thetbeginning, but mistakes can,bencorrected:-m i

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. m , Indian: Point cust bea closed: down before annuclear : accident: occurs. u - . 4

!L SIndian Point is a: catastrophewaiting-tohappenh..I4 am;certain_ in . ;a a

m e the Nuc lear Reaulatory Commission 7 must realize this;as a fact >'. a ;L 1 .since these plants are old': , rusting:and falling apart.; Not ar: iu As .

. weck: goesiby; without. some problem.::!The most recentlincidente . n t; '

e, which'occured labout. ,two: weeks' ago :att. Indian- Point #3 which did . ai" . 1

, release radioactive: steam into theratmosphere : proves'how unsafe aeu :n, i.<. and;unpredictible these? plants;reallyaare41 ewe _aretalluforced.tc. ;n live in feariand everyono -agrees about :this<- how donwe know 4  : ,

l, .i they are: telling us;thentruth when they=saidtthe leak *was minor r

! ! and posed northreat: to anyone? . How do ithey: know, that? Who i

• F  : mtesures thettadioactivity; of the leaks:and:how deathey measure *

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it? Why was there a leak in the first place?  : , . -

The millions of dollars that have. been .was'ted 'on putting'..up b '

ii those!88 silent sirens.cnd the : evacuation- planrthey worked:;out. _

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should have been usedaan an alternative sourde of.nover'in;this t o, u o area-(not nuclecr) :The entire evacuation plan; and: the 88f sirens > ,4 h are a totaltfarce,'a shame andsa waste. hDo you reallyLthinkar u. . .

i , , that. if there nis' a Jnuclear accident, that. anyone can really:be .; e + 4 , ,i

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, 4 sofely evacuated? If the.N.R.C. believes,this athen they have. 4 "

1 L blinders on.- Wave you personally ever been in,..this area? Ic ' m H not, ;please cone .and : sse the

• road conditionsithat. prevail.: :On 0 .

, 'H a nica,. sunny' day, road... conditions are; bad.4;All werhave is 9Aa i r running from:Croton,to Peekskill. 4A is.s'small',-vinding onei  ! 'm 1m.- lane > int eachi direction w 'rorA.:-(Most of the troads Lin Westchester

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I a r e . l i k e t.: i s '. ) The're are entrances to theiexpressway;fo:(.twou - t 1

1sncs :in tasch1 direction) as follows: nne: entrance in Peekskill, 4 b ti onc! entrance"in' Montrose and two : entrances in;Croton. .Come here t ; a ,m

-  : ,! "dWing thetmorningeor late afternoontrush hours and,seefthe- Mo . . am

- .io s jam 7.ed roads.* t Come wh,an the 'V.A.1 Hospital and:Tensolite Co.: are2 a m, 1ctting outcat 4:30 to see massive.:backwups. ; ; Better istill,: come n t u'

! ! ,during a snowstormcand see"unpassablesroads altogether. In'Jan r ,4 m m inary, theretwas*a small? snowstorm ofimaybentwo inches;on atSatur=. t n, m i15 day .which turned 11to! 41ce. - Monday morning provedito: be !disasterous.:. ,; e - 1 (continuek!)

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, . Routes 9A and 9 were: backed up and traffic.' stalled for: hours < i . .i c i. from'P,vgskillito Crotoniasith several:accidentsw 'SchoolEbusesa "'

? cculd not get: through ano childrenavere istrandedithrouEhoute the ,

.cntirc: school::districttfor hours..oIt;took almost=a week:until: '

'-  ; road conditions were.back to.normar-(normal 1is not very'gooda

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. anyway.) : Try. a mass evacuation .during :a.. time:like:I .just des- . -, ;t

.>,: s cribed, t or even on ca>. rainy day: - it. would :be impossible! 't < m i

<<; . Those who..bolieve an evacuation:is possible are living in"an a: -

nan " fantasy world. Why 6ould we all in.the> surrounding areas even c ., ,

bc~ faced with;such a possibility?. The nuclear : power plants e r .. 1 should not bo here. They:do not belong'here:andtthey should be ' 2

- clored down.

We have the right to live witht some peace of: mind,: and to watch . .i a our children: grow up; healthy.and safelytwithout;the threat of a. 5: .

r: nuclear accident milling over our heads .all: the : time. Ir there i must be nucle'ar pcwcruplants then they should: be. built at .the. ~ a.

i remotest, far away places from human life where:they vould abso-4 ea lutely prove no threat to anyone.

1 Recently, a television. news reported interviewed.a.voman who- ~

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i lives -in Buchanan very ' close to Indian Point.= JWheti the woman ,

expressed her fear, ..the reporter asked iher. why:she does :not oove , i away.. I have a. better;cuestion; Why don't you close down -Indian j Point? I feel:that I do not want to. live'here anymcre.because . < 4 eu

'I.fcar Indian Peint,.but-so do thousands of others.- Is-the' -

! i 1: answer that we should: all n:ove??? : :Ic I move; how far aray: from' n,

' Indian Point would be safe? They state that a' ten mile radius >

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is unsafe.=So:tell ne this - what makes eleven miles away saftt4, ": '

Or even ten and a-half, or thirteen miles? How do you really- +ih m -'

knou what isLsafe? There are so many unansw& red questions and -

a; .i it is all so experinental and the innoccnt.victins- those:living '

am within the ten mile radius - are the guineacpigs. - It is all .sou aai s e unjust and unfair. Tlould you or any of the members of the N.R.C.: >

1 1 want to live ncar a nuclear power plant? .

i At the.present time, four out of five nuclear power. plants.in -

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New Ycrh State arc out of. service either due:tocradiation leaks. 4 an or u.alfunctions.t. The sa.me holds true in California. JThis:does , - t: 1 not' speak too. highly: for the safety -and efficiency of nuclear . : r power-plants, does it? ,

. .. It seems to me i.that . the . members - of thei Huclear Regulatory. Dom- . .  !.

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n mission, shoulti; be up all night sweating andcwringing ttheir. hands e a. ..,

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ably on the: Way and if the N.R.C.1 choses to.keepJIndian Point i ..

. open,' they' will be : fully : responsible for any ttragedy ; forthcoming..r '

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Mrs. W. Pichardo P.O. Box 147 Montrose, N.Y.105%

It will be too late then and it won't matter who's'to blame.

The. fact remains, an." accident" as you call it, can be prevented Close down Indian Point! There are alternatives.

Arain I urge you,'come up here and see the elementary school just down the road from Indian Point and the homes only yards away :- the human life deserving to live free from this constant fear and ominous threat.... .

1~ay I expcet tht. courtesy of a reply?

Sincerely, W,ini red Pichardo -

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