ML20099K300
| ML20099K300 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | South Texas  |
| Issue date: | 11/19/1984 |
| From: | Sinkin L Citizens Concerned About Nuclear Power, INC. |
| To: | Shoemaker C NRC OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY (SECY) |
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| Download: ML20099K300 (2) | |
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will be representing Citizens Concerned About Power, Inc. (CCANP) at the oral argument on December 13, 1984.
Please note below a change as of December 1,
1984 in my address and telephone number.
Towards a non-nuclear world, Landy Sinkin Until December 1,
1984:
114 W.
7th, Suite 220 Austin, Texas 78701 (512) 478-7197 (512) 478-3290 After December 1,
1984:
Nuclear Information and Resource Service l'346 Connecticut Avenue, N.W.
Fourth Floor Washington, D.C.
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"an ' atomic priesthood * - a com. G Poe HN-J tablish an " atomic priesthood" to create and spread a " ritual and e Making tLe waste " repulsive. mission of knowledgeable physi-Jefferson Neff, the Energy De-legend" that will warn the next 300 ly malodorous" so the stench will cists, experts in radiation sickness, partment manager overseeing the 1
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anthropologists, linguists, psycho-h!he reports are " preliminary ef-nuclear waste.
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would be tantamount to inviting lW weam some so of supernatural But Prof. Thomas Sebeok of In-fg diana University, who wrote the This "radwkste," including used re I
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