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Requests Permission to Participate in Proceedings Re Hearings for Possible Opening of TMI-1.Questions Actual Need for TMI & Feels That Psychological & Physical Health of Local Residents Should Be Chief Concern
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Issue date: 07/16/1979
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J 501 Vine Street Middletown, PA 17057 July 16,1979 Honorable Joseph Hendrie, Chairman United Stutes Huclear Regulatory Commission' Tisshington, DC 20555 Daer Mr. Chairnan:

I cm writing for a 6roup of concerned citizens of the Middletorm, Iennsylvania area called DRE.

Our group nould like to participate in proceedings regarding hearings for the pos:ible opening of Three 1:ile Is1rnd Uriit 1.

Because ne are cocmon people, I would urge you to h,.ve such activities in the Middletov.n area as our funds are extrecely licited.

I live within si.sht of the cooling to::ers (3 miles) and feel that our psychological health and well being should be a Irice consideration of the. riRC, in tercs of our past experience, the safely of nuclear energy, and the credibility of the utility.

Stress and anxiety are constantly working on us, daily.

I underst.nd a ntna<;ement audit by the 3ennsylvenic iublic Utility Cornission vill be available in eerly spring,1960.

This docunent may be very helpful to the commission.

It is ny hope that the psychologice.1 cnd rhysical health wid acfety of the local residents are tentamount to your procedures.

Vo realize the world-wide ireplications of the hearing process and l

decision.

Econonically speaking, it appe:rs the average Met-Id consumer in lennsylvania can exrect to p?.y S2.97 nore each conth over the 18 tonth period begun in July.

Addition ally, it appears new sources to supply replacenent power are 'oeing fcund on a regulcr bcsis.

I cuestion whether there is a real r.aed for T"I because it sprears it takes the compeny a not seller rather than a net buyer.

I've enclosed several articles ahich I feel are pertinent to the issue.

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Donald E. Hossler l

l cc Contcissioner Victor Gilinsky Con =iscioner Richard Ken.wdy 7908270/y8 Concissioner Fotor 3radford I

Co==iscioner John Ahearne i

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PUC holds the line on casts

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On Lrch 29, the day af ter the ntI that "nc e of the costs of resrcading accident, the Public Utility Commis-to the incident, including repair, dis-sion granted }!ctropolitan Edison, posal of vaste and deconta:nin cperator and 50% ounce of nil, a $49

' recoverabic f rc= ratepayers. l. tion are nillion rate increase.

The rate in-l crease was based alnost entirely The basis of the PUC approach to the upon inclusion of Unit 2 in the rate probel:a of repinecnent power costs base. The rate base takes into was stated in its decision.

"Tn e account such factors as operating costs, purchase of energy is a reasonabic and fuel costs'and profits. These factors necessary cost of 'providing servMe which thould ' equal the revenue.

cust be recovered f rem ratepayers. Scr-The cost of building a pe.,*er plant can -

vice-cannat.be provi.d.ed wit 1 cut cost.

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,not be included in the rate base until the plant is cospleted and in service

  • It is c.quitable for the ratepayers of or used and useful."
tet Ed and Penelec t.o pay the ecst of

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purchasing power since they are receiving Responding to public outcry against service and will be paying none of the

'y, paying for an accident which had al-costs of D1I-2.

With the levelized energy ready cost area residents so much, the charge which we will order here, the total PUC issued in early April comp 1'aints rates for elect.ric service to the cust-against Met Ed and Pennsylvania Elec-y n.aers of Met Ed and Penelec will be no tric charging " excessive, unjust and greater than the rat.cs which would have unreasonable rates."

This enabled been allowed had the incident never the PUC to roll back the recent increase occurred. We believe this acccaplishes until hearings could be held to deter-a f air and just result for all concerned...

nine who should pay how nuch.

The Conaission is of the opinion that the recovery of these costs is required At issue in the proceedings were cost by law.

The remaining questien is, What of including Unit 2 in the rate base; is the level of recovery?"

I cost of clean-up of the accident and the cost of replacement power.

The level the Cor.missioners settled upon was approximately 20% less than that on June 15 m, the PUC announced its

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decanhon to remove unnt 4 tros tae the level asked for by the Office of the rate bass, to not include clean-up -

Consumer Advocate. On its surface, costs of the accident but to allow the PUC's decision appears reasonab1c.

!et Ed to collect $46 million from the rate payers to cover replacement Itovever, upon closer exanination, several pcver.

questions arise.

T.4I-2 was only gener-ating electricity for three months before The PUC's decision set a precedent, the accident happened. Before Dece=ber since no other regulatory agency has yet 30, 1978, Met Ed. did not have those 500 crected the re oval of a nuclear plant gega.Jatts.

k' hat is it replacing? Did f rom the rate base because of antici-Nt Ed h.nc to. buy p /.:er f rom the grid ated long-term outage. Because cany before January?

If so, why do Met Ed r.ucicar plants are down core than they custeners now have to pay extra for it?

are operating, the PUC decisica could if not, why do they now need to pur-i pact on many other nucicar utilitics, chase pover?

The cost of c1cen-up was not really ar' Met Ed repeatedly claiced its stock-issue in the proceeding other the.n its holders could not possibly absorb the i pact on the short-ters debt of -the cost of replacement power. Yet testi-cenpany. Nevertheless, the TUC declared many during the PUC hearings revealed 3

N ni if 690 Cordinutd iv pay diti-dC.odi GI 'tht pcli- (tCf.lde n.t red.uted { ce.l, ye.. Ay n nws u,,o 1,*.i b o N Li m dellev

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Customers of the"Metropoli. compar.y which is in financial

'*5"t' h* "id' NT *N )A C00011 tan Edison co=r3::r witt beria di'ricut'r a'.* dent.

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paying replacement costs for An average customer can ex-the n reeIdicIs:2.-d accident pect to pay stout, alcut $2.97

("*) ']kg*( 3 beginning this month. According to ! Jet.Ed offi-morein July thanmJene.nat cials the July bills, which increase wi!! contmue. m edde, The Three Mile l>1and Observatory Center startN to go out Friday, wiU tion to any othe' increases, for the !!. month cric.d. Met Ed contain the 8.8 mills per will recren Saturday with a film explaining the e. kilowatt hour er.ergy cost ad. says the avera e customer ist 500 kilowatt h! arch 23 ateident at the r.uc! car power plant. vi one using a justment authorized by the David Klusc!k.a spokesr7an for Metropolitan fi-hours per mo:}th. Edison Co operstor and part owner of TMt.ssid rd Pennsylvania Public Utility Company, vice p, resident for Commission in mid-June. ' consumer affairs, Ernest W. tha l$.rninute large. screen video presentation

r-That new tartiff was sp-Sch!;echer, said the overall m-ar*

will attempt to answer two questions - what proved nursday by the PUC.Undertheappcoval; Jet Edwin c 2e happened and that are the radiologics! cffects of four percent since 1975. the secident? -,This is not an attempt to promote nuclear co' lect the S 5-mill adjustment But customers will get seine forants-monthperiod. Normal. Eood news on the new bill also,

    • I Power.** Kluscik said,-We feel we have an obli.

its Iy that mii! rate fluctuates with Met Ed said.ne co npany will gati:n to Ihe public to enp!ain what happened? E lle nid the film will focus on the three fac. tne ainount clenergy the com. be reft.nding $12 4 milhon m, tirs alet.Ed has cla:mcd contributed to the acci. pany was forced to purchase. Public Utili:y Reshy T.u over. But since the TMI accident, . dent - mechanlution. instrument capabihty and Ie 24ct Ed has teen purheasin; collecticas oser the same !$- human respise.' ~ ~ ~ ^ 0- - m e n crr 4 n % at month period.

c .s...s.,,- a u s w.m. vi wxi.s v. u .a l film an t specific tastruun'ests highlighted, there I costs ohma;ed ** g.g.a to custs:ncrs is the form d l i the as 885sa n 4 4 ts se re-esactimesa et the =wst==ctear acodena -amulbe 1cm cr s ace t** * ** 1 2C8' C la American history,according to Kluscik. TitI acci. the J aly I15-ine ccecrof rocas insarmsents are used .w which =13 te F2ssed on to i snore es props "' be sa' "The film is not a sSnuta. ds } tion of the emits o'.ac accident." sk f.as ruled that au 9 Q ibe 3,gne pi4cd ty I Kha.cik said falat. gvoduced by 15ctTd. P s ws1T te shows continuosfy at nc, charge at the 25 e c6wru:,acy cesser, a tinhEng osertwet-g the [w-3 sc ics as ] h~ DI made punt from across the Su>qtahanna Riv. e.ginated 96 raillion to the tt. The center, which contairts binoculars for --" -- Ccst;*hrM hGg t ata* ) e siesirs the ptase ard latormaticm ce redcar power. has bcen clowd since the 11 arch.'8 acci. g,,g, t*pos its reopening Sa'urday. the center wi'.1 be c, s n from nwa to 5 p m. dail ;. It is (kned on ~ ~ ition to the film. ?.5t.Ed will prodde literat.re on the pbat. Shad p graphs y, g,gt,.ttrial,fn~'..I.7Lir'4 L' stim b l1 cien.p ciforts since t'ae accident and esphm i .,, ;,,,j ..g.. ,.,,.n . - ~ 7, ,,.. ant,,chn;ca: rwe;catioas e d rn o'c'1 Me te,r Da, m, a,.,,d...._.,,.,,. '.. " 1s,.enswuystaeior$at'= a c,c r t ^ T.rv'I.I.o..p.- g 1 g* w ayece.t a.,d xisk uu the companv rai5 5t '5 q s 1 1 c 1..ti t b. ti t, /. ,r n r, ,< art, an.~. -1 's,shdous that *.here is great public later- .t .e .. *. i

  • 2.ja, Att pro hase tois come do.Sa here A tr,e! fire In circuitry in'the, ; ;;' The s::efer u s dl<dfaf b

.c i ,,w.., .- k,'.we cay a.e c'scese all 114 scl. ides ~y a ces* c2 rooms of Three E!ile Is} 'D r gongiide the road.- ..~.. d uys 0*itors to the cer.ter ut!1 ficd Isr.d reactor unit 2 caused minor.,the fire.but s simil2r mcterin the . damage to radiation. monitoring ausiliary' t tilding rcmalard I;c; e].., ur.d ada;uate ett->t tet pa: king. . equirrnent Thur<<! y r:o.sIrg.. r.vailable to rnonitor the waste g m 3,:, a 3,de,,:ws fut the *h*, car r s radiatirwa fesel. he said.

  • acccr.*~ng to comp:ny and ?.*uc!c.* :,~. g. L!ct-Ed' press 'of fic

.,'. ta, v Comr: tis 4on.said he hat'just t. card o!h',,.c.M auvry center rt??*"i"E **d "'*5 "* g., -', r' Regulatory Cors:sission, Crt.ss'iaid..* It was a 30 second a y 320E'STUtne M *'1'l'# " *' '"i i *.*h!ng. It hippene'd to a scet j e!.nv SRC insolvems nt with she lilm. 8 '. ne 7;. 0. a. er is y,.),,,e r,tations xtisities of fi<,nsees . gu!shed,immediately by control'is'. ort in the rn<te r " -.m. f are c.:. ;c t!.c scope of our reguhtory author, gy,.n.t.am said. N*e hase sunorsty only to, room personne!. was caused by:J* ,',\\n insfrument resis toA a '. an everheated rc:istor in c!rcui fry for a meter, tf.e *.*RC spokes.t ',I, fire citingu8 her and h:g it c.: g,g.:e :he pro:ettion of it.e publ c and theJ t c:.s.re. ent.- .c 30 seconds.*' t.e said, rnan sald. The meter monit'o'rs radi. tion ?. ricuS damage reported.'

  • inPwaste 'Ess ~la the mutillary. ~%
  • The fire occurred in the c'

! building. the spokes =:n said. **-, a.

  • Circuit boards in the radia

trol rocnt'o! the same unit which was severely dams;cd.'.!srch 23 and the panel will be replaced..?. plant act! d e the spokesman said.[' .*.*.*'!*.,8 4* tor.y. ~ - ^ : -. - - ~ - - * - - ..s i... - ~. -

  • T W,j By RICITARD ROBERTS '

N i V Staff Writer (h J Q l O, i (Q d A Metropo!itan Edison Co. offi. cla! be!ieves it was not necessary for Gov. Dick Thorn %rth to advise ,( measuring 1.200 mi!!irems per j i pregnant wnn:en and preschoot 7. children to evacuate the:r horres j >ur. { within a five-mtie rad'us of t'ic "Somebody made a calcutation. g Three Mile Is'.and Nue: car Generat. id so-e%cy sa d ?.200(mittirems ing Station during the ensis at the tr ho-r) and we said. I think. M0 ,g' P'Jnt. the Sunday Patrio!. News has .W'." he said. "They had one ,.M learned. .sm9er and we had another, and John G. lierbein. Met.Ed vice " ist rea!!y mushroomed the thing." president.gener' tion, to!d 17 mem. But later in the tour Friday. bers of a specia! 3..* Ifouse com. er ietn revised his assessment: a mittee investigating the accident. - { es"s.I!:uessit was Fnday m Oce of the things that I to'd the during a tour of the p! ant Friday. t J thJt the evacuat!or was unneces. ' arch 30) when we had an uncon. I sary. Met.Ed barred newsmen from '. !:ed re: case (of radioactivity)

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  • rtim our makeup tank. I to!d the H ~

Met Ed officia!s wi!! conduct a , peop!e that I thought it was on the sim !ar tour Monday for mem'vrs of o' der of about 350 m rems s r.n i g /. t!ie U.S.llouse Energy and Envi on. (m:1!irems).There were other read-h*J / ment Subcommi tee and newsmen. . ings that were supposedly issued by t

  • )4 The subcommittee is schedu!ed to.

the NRC that said !.0001.200 m-begin hearings o't the accident a few ' ' rems. days after the vis!t. "I just found out a few minutes / Ilerbein had not commented on ago... that in fact there was one d the accident since March 3!. When read!ng taken c:irectly above the s 5--4 Met Ed off: cia!s began deferring a:! stack that indicated that we did, M .s atements to offi ia'.s of the U.S. have 1.M) morems, and that proba-c Nuc* ear Regulatory Commission. . b:y existed on the order of seconds. Asked by state Rep. Stephen R ' entered the air currents and what-Ree. D.Harrisburg, whether the * ' ev(r. it was dispersed, 8 govt rnor's evacuation advisory was - "I told the press not 1.200. but " wise."Iferbeiri said: 'MO. That certainty was not on at-g dM."That's rea!!y the governor's ' tempt on rny part to deceive the is'on. ly had to reake that ca!!. public, but rather to share the infor-m ,s. - !!e had advisers -I'd !!ke to think "1st!0n." ,/) that we were one of the advisers !!erbein equated the amount of but th! was his ca!!. radioactivity re! eased from the e : _s d._J In retrospect, t m sure that wi" ti' ant during the accident with the be de*'ated back and forth for + amount of radioactive faltout that as to whether or not that was Me.rd*' .d. e3 !anded on Centra! Pennsylvan8s in Q ssO*. ! personal:y. not as a company. November 1976 as a result of nucle. 5 a* ! ts. rsona!!y. Jack IIerbein. con *'t at weapons testin g in China. ,d.. feelit was!'ecessary." !!erbeln defended his public p/_) M e t * *.d President Wa ter y statements made du'ing th'c first Cretti, who seen,.,p3n;g,',,,g .'>ur days of 'he ens-added:"* think the got ernor's state.' "As' events unhPded, it became ..u nt was a precaut onary step. t!e more and more comp'icated. ! pri. d a he*l of a decis!on he had to marily feh an oWrat'on frors a company standpoint, to inform the ^*D by Reed whether a re. { know!cdge that I had. And i did-pub!ic so that they wou'd have the i that.

't .r LCIM H,o OR LEHeceSSar " Subsequently. I was critic!2ed reactor containment building). with "!f in fset we had liad what they i greatly. But I told it as ! saw It and reinforced steef, with a dome thst's es!! a meltdown, where there was ( Cs I became sware of events." three feet thick of concrete could insdequate coo!!ng through the Creitz said Met Ed on March 23 have possibly given way. core, and the uranium pellets. did not perceive the seriousness of "Somehow it possibly could reached a me!!!ng temperature of. th; ccciden:. Teams from the p'.snt have. But the thing wou!dn't have some 5.200 5.300 degrees, and then began rnonitoring radioactivity off crumb!cd comp!ctely.There*d have 15e mo!!cn mass that these pellets sitt before 7:30 a.m. and at first did been some reiesse of radioseteve 5cesme melted out through the fuct not find radioactivity above normal materis!. In my opinion there would c! adding and co!!ected in the bottom back ground levets, he said. have been time to do something and of the vesselin such a unique geom. "We were constantly monitor. evacuste peopte. etry that criticality was maintained Ing th s thing." he said. "What "You can postutste s!! kinds of - fis4on neutrons continue to sp?it should we tet! the pub!!c. what things. Do swsy with the contain, et t and you continue to generste should we tell the press at that ment comp!cta!y - don't give us beat - that in itself is just aboJt point, what should we tell the any credit for it. Postu! ate that impossible. g vernor'*" somehow the hydrogen, when it "When that fuel hests up, it !!crbein ss!d the formation of a exp?oded exp!oded the fuct into a tends to shut itself down. It doesn't hydrogen bubb!e in the reactor ves-mass. !:ut you still don't get a hydro. fiWon at high temperatures the se!. which presented the grestest gen bomb. you still don't get an way it does at 1.lXJO degrees. But " hazard durirg the early days o'f the stomic bom5. assuming it somehow kept on going tecident. could not have been fore- "You get fuel melting. certainly, and fell together in the exact, seen. t and yo get some re! esse of radiosc.. precise geometry, it still has to "There was no way to ant!c!pate. tivity - particu!ste iodine, nob *e work its way through an eight. inch. this hydrogen bubb!e formation." he - gases -Into the envtronment. t!ut. carbon.steet vessel. "Then it's got into a base mst 11 said. "We didn't become sware of .no way do you get the effects of a. that until.1 guess. lste Friday. lilroshims or Nagasski - you just or 12 feet thick - solid concrete - "Because of some ansylsis of don't." . then from there it's got to go down o I possib!e hydrogen detonation that' ' !!crbein a!so discounted NRC re. through so!id bedrock. Somewhere k had occurred the afternoon of the. ports that a core me!tdown was pos. s'ong the line it's going to cool of f. ! 25th, we began to recognize that we, sib!c during the crisis: can promise you that." I could have had oxidstion of zircon!. [ um and.In fact the the !!berstion of !',,,,,, > hydrogen. . And then as we became sware. of that and started looking at things. we began calcu! sting the bubb!ei A U* -Utt tth:t tt Un f rio tMettts, PJrrWr. P3, tray s,1?M D ffO o 1 '~ I ' 'g here's no wa'y that at least I or .T' th?.cperators or anyone cou!d have N 'bj r f - l v.[.1 ~ ' ~ 'b'D T,,/ d C,,,,}L3 M .k - et Wednesesy 7 o' clock, noon or l- -L o 3 o'c!ock. 9 o' clock at night - have / g 0 w n that we were into that kind From Page At 0 thought we were being respons!bie licrbein discounted the harsrd lesse of radioactivity from the p!snt i r, d ter e exset 53' presented by'the hydrogen bubb!c: 't en.*.?.:rch.40 was contro:!cd - as we ei ~ o M.ven if the h ys' regen had j

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p. 5,;n ne first gelvers'est his enplo !ed, concrivah'y it o.uto bve unte.n'rt.'S d. tirr','in sav:

c,,n,, y,,,,,, n..,,,, (,, y,,, a, y,,,', sp'it the (reactor) vessel.11.e f uel. "I , n-. s fit wag) tor,.rn ed in n ,,,,o,. . g;,, ,. s y ones,rreret .* r pussl5'y would have Sm' frar*'ert tSe rev=xt we kriew gr were r*s8*'J* vs*wa..,0.!..frfs.ucen,ygr$ ed. f guess it s hard for me to i to du tSn. we knew ve bet to we i,.,, y r,,,,,,,.,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, esenc.4ve tbt tbt pitt' sos t%cce (t'ne /

.g s k i is expe t. ceement with ce Cc?acsdicm ~ c ect to cdd GFU with fine PARSIPPANY, NJ. AP agreement with a Canadian utilnewly signed purcha(se )- A I price of power taken fro -power shocid save Gmeta sylvaala-New Jersey.m thePenn-mces Ccrp.about 51 ity f soent-coergy co.5culPub5c(ftIEties PowerPool Marytand fray the replacement ene545 m tson in replace. foarth percha. nowThe Canadias agreement i W cials say, t-sts, company offi. o he!p de-centract with Ontario IlydCPUsI ce'da SI mi!! ion a'w month from Jer cy Central cAnda the utility has s the rgycosts. er agreersent w as hut dow sw ad since TMI-2 s c J this day to buy 2(0 megawat .. eek - as high as 10 percent said G c w n a!!c ro Mos. orst nuc!earaccident.the nation's Mettgar.a utilityspokesra ould te tricity a wiek throu h McKee ts of elec.' [ York State.thsed Niagara M eorge g the New received said the i through the fourelectricity Mettgar sa* an. Pcw Kahns.utilitychairmaner Cork, said William G mentsandpower taken from th of the increase.d the cract amount ohawk agree-state powergrid willcost th tfs G affect e tri-d'I'#CI*'d-WcuMomersing the The pa:ert company. about 522 rnillion a raonth utiti-Central Powet & Light Cofor Jersey hasnot heen e utility That price ~tagds 5f2 milli Pennsyivartia utilities has b 'andit could be~It could be less than 10 p month lower than original re l .and two log electricity to ment-cost enimates given to on s # een buy. lost when the Three Mile I lreplace power it more "he saJd.erecnt Metagar,said the upcoming p ace-state Itoard of Pub 5c Utilii clist Generating Station's Unit N quest has May, McKee added. the s andNu. 2shotdown on March 28 nMhing to do t es la nuclearaccident. # re-Gru has signed purchasea . "Whether Three M with the \\ disabled nuclear plant whiThe three subsidiaries ow o. ments with A!!cgbeny Power S tems in New York

gree, happened or not w n the.

capabla t one tirse o,f produ i ch was Electric Company a. the Philadelphia . e Island

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' 700merswatts of e!cct i e wou Power & Li lie Pa hesaid. ght Co. In A!!catow,rA Pennsylvania 'rnneth McKee. utility c ng moneyattributed the nted for. he said. r city Id Kuhnt. Is 52.(0.6X)less thThecostof thelatestagreemspokesm. said ties !sst month granted JThe state Board of Public t! Prices to inflatiori and soaring fuet n more an.

ent, tral Power Kr 1.lght Co titi-erssey Cen.

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4ie ,,..._.,, t..,t., m it. s. ._ t...... -..... i 5 41.So o of poijed resideMW ow i v[.-WCsTSV.nbhn Cl-@SeCf.YGrG 3 More than 40 percent of area resedents who can be er.ade safe some day. compared with 22.3 ( ~ ' '!. responded to a poil taken by state Sen. George W. percent who tu nt can. g Gekas. R.ltarrisburg. want the Three M ;e Island ' -44.5 percent oppose the coctinued use and . Nuclear Generating Statioc closed " forever."

  • 'research of nucicar power as an energy source in Gehas s:.id Tuesday that.t1.5 percent of his the U1 opposed to 22.i percent who doa't.

( g-enest itments who answered a sesen.gew %;1 -617 percent favor a moratorium on the la The Evenin News sad The Patriot called _for. building and operation of new r.uclear power ( ,J tac pla: t's perrure.? 5.%:dawa.

  • p; ants in the US

( n g H s-e.t -. ww ni; is a -72.4 percent oppose the continued opera- } swo ricir:r e : -- m 2-- ?v-5.te ard 22.7 tar c: pctser.t =#me pcwtr pact.s. 7temera amm: ar, sun;wn 3*.i m.a auclear ancility caly wica i=rproved and tested marsea safe-News *** g guares are dese. opec. T j Eight percent of the 1.1h8 persons responding hC# did aus an:suse itig < w

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7 pCast Cm:s smac.} ' % I in another que ::st n. Eh3 percent (1.0 9 per. l sons)donot belsesa nnc. car energy is safe today 8 ansecQr s'44er TSms::;g.cm:as. Anc5'dbyenernef::n-par.P= nenssaic r that Metropol; tan Edison Co. should pay for tr.e.

    • e-a-M 2a Gri.as.11esaid l.0,perecit ;

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' g'. l W% & sura *.ce Coalpanacs and liabcock fc i "Ihe ; pag :esam acceses to be a cas Ar-em. cf what1 have perceiven to be E1 e attstude of my ji . distr.cr.na=ely,a repct.en of nue*ec::cgyand ?! TMI."Ge' as sami. He sid he==ua*at ?r wer. that paa to tae Press,. : de nt's Com*ntwo G during mmme* hear. ings na Wac =gka. "It ws!! be my goal to convince thow viho l! cectrest'.eegerac4s.s

  • TMamt.a.1anche sw; r ji Power p'asts that the trawna of mental.emot.on- ; *,

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2 . =. _. ~ .g 73 . RAVE REV EWS& ..,.... 1:.: and rejoices in "the ability of Metropolitan Edison,,y government agencies and the affected population to I ~ ^ cope." The one truly dramatic moment in the movie i l comes when the narrator speaks of "the real danger to"I. the reactor." Ilecause, as the movie so c!carly indi.'.** cates, at Met Ed that's what it, was all about -- machines. not peopic. That the "off-site population",, (that's us. in a term Georgo Orweli would have appre.',, J cisted) suffered through a week of terror is, to the I utility, a f actor that does not compute. So the narrator can blithely assure us that Unit 2 t .will be operating again in about three years. That ', l prediction failed to bring a round of applause from the standing. room-only audience (there are only 30. chairs) in the observation center. "It didn't tell you nything." a man concluded as he lef t. A woman had. Ic!t midway through the film with the simple observa. tion."This is making me sick."That's the trouble with this business. Everyone's a critic. l' Whether it was meant as documer.tary or propa. ganda. Met.Ed's TM! story is a monumental mess. For ' sheer tackiness. it ranks below the TMI commemora. tive plate now being peddled on TV. Ilut in terms of. historic significarice. the two are running neck and

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