ML20070R468
| ML20070R468 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Clinch River |
| Issue date: | 07/20/1982 |
| From: | Knapp S, Knapp W AFFILIATION NOT ASSIGNED |
| To: | Palladino N NRC COMMISSION (OCM) |
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| References | |
| FOIA-82-516 NUDOCS 8302030038 | |
| Download: ML20070R468 (1) | |
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.IW6.Lare writing in support ' f. the Department of Energy's req 5~e'st to 'Eoi o
Qfor approval to.begin site preparation f or the Clinch River B.,reeder.
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"'Raactor Plant.
Although' West Virginia has no nuclear power plants, weankoth'erWest V'irginians support a healthy mix of energy sources including nuclear
' power now'.and f or the f uture.
We will have to rely more and more en nuclear power as we continue to deplete our dwindling f ossil fuel
, resources.
Breeder reactors offer the promise of an essentially inexhaustible energy source.
We have depleted uranium stored in cylinders at our enrichment plants that can, if used in breeders, provide the U.S.
electric energy needs for more than 700 yearst But to use this valuable resource, the U.S. must move forward in its liquid metal fast breeder reactor program.
An integral part of the program is completion of the Clinch River Plant.
The Clinch River Project has been delayed long enough by politics and by those groups who refuse to look objectively at the f acts.
The technology is sound and the most advanced in the world; component order and f abrication is over 60% complete; design is over 85%
comp' ete; research and development is over 95% complete; and all l
environmental considerations are being taken into account.
Thus, we urge you and the other Commissioners to vote positively on the Energy Department's request to begin site preparation for the Clinch River Plant.
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President Ronald Reagan Senator Howard Baker Sena, tor Robert Byrd x
Senator Jennings Randolph Congressman Thomas P.
O' Neill Congressman Robert H.
Mollahan.
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