ML20063D177

Excoriates Nrc,Federal Govt,Utils & Capitalism for Burdening Society W/Nuclear Energy & Weaponry.Supports H Rickovers Warcry of No Nukes

ML20063D177
Person / Time
Site:	Limerick
Issue date:	08/20/1982
From:	Alker P AFFILIATION NOT ASSIGNED
To:	Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
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NUDOCS 8208270501
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-p . !fsm i s 3i' Gentlemen c f the Commission:

s I am grateful for the opportunity to addrecshtte \'

environmental impact of the Limerick nuclear plant since I T, m was unable to voice my objectionn at your hgaring, Wednesday, 3 Aug. 18, in Potta tewn. ,

Public outcry about nuclea proliferation has always been ' sound ana fury, signifying othing', - so much for public hearings. Nuclear .po,wer is. the hand-maiden of .

nuclear weapons. Under the guise- of national security, our government has choosen to lie to its people concerning toe safety of this energy source. As scientists, does it not seem MAD to harness one of the nost lethal elements of this -

planet (plutonium, the waste of these plants) to boil vster for steam? It all made senec te; the mogals when we were the only ones who could sell this technology to the world. Me '

made billions for the boys at 3rchtel-but, what now? Every- 7 one on the block has one.

I am concerned that a. Democracy can not survive in a country dependent on a nuclear de fanse and nuclear energy. Unlike a ton of coal or a tank of heating oil, uranium, misning from a plant would.be considered a naticnal -

security risk in the hands of terrorists. The civil rights of known protesters of nuclear / pcwer 'would bs compicmised.3 3,

.v De fining accidents as sabotage could be most' useful to util- V ities whose safety records are los~a than perfect. Sc mu:h i for the political climnte surrounding nuclear poner plants. t . . ,

We live ten u.iles downwind from Limerick. We .' ~ -

have horaca and-aany pate. Evacuation is out of the questior.3, 3 My concern 'is the normal operations of this utility. .'.' s , j ; _, .c 6

• sure you are familiar with Dr. Robert Weber, whc has beas a' <

practicing veterinarian in Mechanicsburg, Pa. since 1941,g i '

Begining in 1973, af ter TMI Unit I went on line, breeding problems and birth defeats in the livestock increased marked-ly. Calves were of ten born blind and nad diffic 11ty nursing.

Cows would retarn to the barns lame. He asked for answers .

from your commission , the state agriculture depar tbe nt 'and ", '

General Public Utility. He received no answers from nny of i 1 thaes sources which c f ten eluded to poor husbandry. Only ' h tPC) the New Bolton 20 ente.r, of tne Univsrsity of Pennsylvania

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re turned a re port. They found the ' soil deficient. They re-fused to release any 'informttion'.ce_naerning 'the da g cause. ,

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i I have talked with the NRC officials in King of Prussia and the public relations representatives from Philadel-phia Electric about this subject. In every case they mocking-ly asked me if I were referring to the ' cows at TMI'. Currett-

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ly, sheep ranchers from Nevada and Utah are reviving a suit

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against our government for the devastating fall out from Dirty Harry in 1953. Many of these people lost their herds and rama

) ranches from that ' e ve nt ' . They were lied to at the original

'{t trial. What conscionable men could do this to good, decent C

.' people ? Men who are protecting our National Security with

~naclear weapons. Who said " patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel"?

It seems nuclear scientists are a different kind y of! animal. Mor t scientis ts are interested in control groups a

and tne progression of logic. Dr. Feber, be fore TMI averaged one cessarian a year for sows. After TMI started up, he aversged two weekly. Would there be any reason for Dr. Weber to 11ecor cover-up the heart-breaking visits he was making?

Af ter all, his fees certainly increased during this -time.

Only those who had vested interests in seeing the proliferat-

, ion of nuclear power could have benefitted from distorted 3, facts. You should all be interested in the fact that since

' ' 'the accident , and the resulting shut downs, (allowing for

,. the gestation periods of livestock) his practice has resumed

,, a normal pattern.

The ' normal' emmissions of any nuclear plant ,

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' {(. especially dtring shut doun and start up, pose a threat to J

.3 ,, ,the surrounding countryside and the marketing of farm produce

' srd diary products. On June 22, 1981, Peach Bottom experienced a sudden shut down. The emissions were 80 percent higher

'than the allowable limit. There was no warning and..no report to the farmers who live in the shadow of the plant or the 4 of ficials in Harrisburg. Perhaps the most insidious aspect of radihtien emissions is its invisibility, which allows you to set a limit that can not be arbitraf ted. I think it's the moment of truth, gentlemen. Hyman Rickover begged to oversee l the opmplete dismantling of all nuclear weapons and nuclear power plants.in that order. It's that or Apocalypse.

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