ML20153C026

Expresses Appreciation for Continued Hard Work in Ensuring Responses to Presidental Ltrs & Inquiries Forwarded to NRC

ML20153C026
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Site:	Millstone
Issue date:	08/07/1998
From:	Shawn Smith PRESIDENT OF U.S. & EXECUTIVE OFFICES
To:	NRC
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THE WHITE HOUSE WAS H I N GTO N r/77 DATE MEMORANDUM FOR:

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F9"FRRAL OF WHITE HOUSE BULK MAIL Thank you ~ for, our ontinued hard work in ensuring responses to the Presidential lette.s and inquiries forwarded to your agency.

The volume of mail that the President and Mrs. Clinton receive still remains unprecedented.

Please return any misreferrals to me at the following address:

Ms. Sue J. Smith Director, Office of Agency Liaison Room 6, OEOB The White House I

Washington, D.C.

20500 If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to call me at 202/456-7486.

Thank you very much.

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Dear President Clinton:

~My'name is~ Charlotte Garcia, I.am writing to.youtin

. desperation.

I live ~on Long Island, and'in our' weekly' town

,2 l paper was an article which I and many people in my_communtiy

'.found to be a prolonged death: sentence for-all.of'Long Island, 1

s and;Conneticut.

Northeast Utility (NU) ownes three Nuclear power plants. 'All three have been closed for the past two y

years because of serious 'afety and mismanagement concerns.

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The, plants experienced over'1,200 safety. problems,feight of which rendered the' plant " unreliable and inoperable."'

These problems resulted in l$ 2.1 million'in fin'es for over 50 violations, and the removal of all top management.

The most' recent probem occurred.in early May, when a leaky valve in the reactor's cooling system was noticed.

If drained, " meltdown" could occur, causing a radioactive cloud to escape into the atmosphere.

Repairs were attempted, but a "back seat" safety

= feature malfunctioned, and the leak worsened..

Evacuation' plans for Eastern Long Island in the event of an accident are pro-

'foundly insufficient.'

In an emergency, we woul'd be captive

,on Eastern Long' Island.

There is no escape.

If the-sirens went off at Millstone, we wouldn't even hear it..(Failing'to hear the warning would have grave.results.

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Asian example, the first sign of severe radiation would be a s

sharp' metallic taste'on the tongue.

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• i bruising would occur until,, blood would ooze from every orifice of your_ body until you bleed to death.

With such a horrendous history of mismanagement, there is a high chance that they (Millstone 3 management) would be completely unable to handle any type of accident.

In regards to the containment structure, it is too thin shelled to withstand the pressure from built up steam or hydrogen explosions and, therefore, will almost certainly fail during a severe core meltdown.

Putting death and destruction scenarios aside for a-minute, if Millstone-3 merely burped a medium-sized cloud

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of radiation, as happened at Three Mile Island (TMI) near i

Middleton, Pennsylvania in 1979, the tourism, fishing and

. agriculture-based economy of Suffolk County could be completely devastated.

While the. prevailing winds in this area are usually from the southwest, northeast winds are by.no means uncommon, and the cloud's path could cause most of the fallout-to land on Long Island.

With cloud-plumes affected by wind, someone 200 miles away could be more affected than someone five miles r

-away. LWith a nor' easter-type weather pattern, it would just swirl in a mess around and around right over-Long Island.

In the event of an accident =any outdoor product'would be considered contaminated.

Anything stored indoors would have to be. tested.

This would include a 50-mile radius " ingestion zone"'which includes most of Eastern Long Island.

The New York State Department of Health gave the number of women discharged from hospitals, by zip codes, for breast cancer treatment from 1990 to 1996.

It showed Long Islanders

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1 are sufferin,g as.much as conneticut(resident's near-the reactor.

There'were'1.9. cases per"1,000'in Suffolk County, keeping'in:

- mind that 1.'7 is-the national average.

On the-North and. South ifork1there~were :2.15 cases, airise of 32%.

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.to a devistating 5.5% on.the Eastern most tip of the Island.

These are unacceptable figures.

These1 figures are far too high, f

t to'be-attributed to age or other factors.

They'must be environ-

. mental;. they must be affected by. Millstone.

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O Thefpeople.of.Long Island need help. -No we're not asking for any' kind of financial help.

The statistics :that were j ust shown were from.when the reactor had been shut down for a period of time.

What is going'to' happen to us when they carelessly R

turn.it back on?

What about our health?

What about our environment?

What about'our' children?

All we are asking 1s

-for someone to step in and let-them"know they can not jeopardize 1

our lives.

Please help us.

They are* supposed to.be starting the reactor in three months.

That will be'the beginning-of

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I wouldLrather;not have to sign,the next. letter I' write'to you " DYING IN CALVERTON" Sincerely Yours,

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' July 27,1998 Sue J. Smith Director, Omce of Agency Liaison Room 6, OEOB The White House

' Washington, D.C. 20502

Dear Ms. Smith:

1 Enclosed is a letter which was incorrectly forwarded to the Department of Energy by your oEce.

Due to the subject matter, this correspondence should be forward to:

Mr. Carlton R. Stoiber Director, Omce ofInternational Programs U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 17th Floor Washington, D.C. 20555 If you have any questions, please call me on (202) 586-5078.

Sincerely, G6 renda L;Mackall Work Group Leader Correspondence and Reco'rds Management.

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MEMORANDUM FOR:

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SUE J. SMITH DIRECTOR, OFFIN OF AGENCY LIAISON

SUBJECT:

REFERRAL OF CASEWORK IN BULK An unprecedented number of individuals still write the President 4

- and the First Lady for help.

I know that this has meant a far greater volume of mail for your agency than ever before.

I appreciate your continuing cooperation in our. efforts to be as

- responsive as poss.'ble.

The: attached letters have not received a White House Staff

response.

I am forwarding this correspondence to your agency for

~ any appropriate acti~on.

- Please return the original incoming letter, along with a copy of any written ~or telephone response, to me at the address below.

I also would appreciate your sending a copy of your agency's log of

' the names and addresses of these individuals.

Any misre'arrals should be returned to my office.

If you have questions you can

- reach me at 456-7486.

Sue J. Smith Director, Office of Agency Liaison Room 6, OEOB The White House Washington, D.C.

20500 Again, thank you for your continuing help.

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