ML20059D361
| ML20059D361 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Claiborne |
| Issue date: | 12/19/1993 |
| From: | Vander Meer D AFFILIATION NOT ASSIGNED |
| To: | Jim Hickey NRC OFFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY & SAFEGUARDS (NMSS) |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 9401070182 | |
| Download: ML20059D361 (1) | |
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1781 Hanes Court' l-Concord, CA 94521 December 19, 1993 i
i John W. N. Hickey Chief. Enrichment Branch Division of Fuel Cycle Safety and Safeguards Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, Mailstop 4-E-4
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U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Comunission y
Washington, D.C. 20555
Dear Mr. Hickey:
I wish to axpress my solid support of the pwposed Claiborne Enrichment Center (GC) that is planned to be constructed in northern Louieiana. This facility would place the United States in a much better position to handle our energy requirements with less dependence on fonign nations.
I have carefully reviewed the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) recently published by the NRC and have concluded that:
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The CEC would provide a reliable and competitive national source of unnium enrichment services for utilities nationwide.
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The GC would definitely be a major socioeconomic asset to the northern f
Louisiana region by providing jobs covering a wide spectrum of skill levels and probably more than doubling the existing annual salary level in the ir:nediate area. This will certainly also create a strong " ripple effect" it.to local industries.
3 The GC design addresses local environmental factors to prevent damage to the facility from severe weather conditions such as heavy rainfall and cyclonie events.
4 Seismic events have also been addressed in the desim, and the site is located in one of the lowest seismic-risk areas in the country.
5 Ibe GC site experiences peak wind speeds of less than 75 miles per hour.
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Operation of the GC does not pose a significant threat to public health and.
safety because of plant and process designs and implementation of administrative controls.
7 The DEIS has been prepared in a very thorough manner and addresses all issues adequately.
This country needs to get into a stronger energy position and reduoe our reliance on foreign countries. We are much too heavily reliant on foreign oil.
Iet's not grow further reliant by further hampering our nuclear independonoe.
I urge the NRC to support the findings of the DEIS and to expedite the licensing process of the Ionisiana facility.
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