ML20204F738

Ack Receipt of Addressed to B Richardson Re Millstone Nuclear Power Station.Informs That Ltr Forwarded to NRC Staff for Appropriate Consideration

ML20204F738
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Site:	Millstone
Issue date:	03/22/1999
From:	Julian E NRC OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY (SECY)
To:	Rubino G AFFILIATION NOT ASSIGNED
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Millstone Nuclear Power Station i Docket Nos. 50-245/336/423 )

Dear Mr. Rubino:

We received your March 9,1999, letter addressed to Bill Richardson, Secretary of Energy regarding the Millstone Nuclear Power Station. The Department of Energy determined that the subject of your letter does not fall within its purview. Therefore, they referred your letter to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). We have forwarded your letter to the NRC staff for .

appropriate consideration. A copy of your letter and this reply are also being placed in Agency records on the Millstone Nuclear Power Station.

Sincerely, J 42:0 Emile L. Julian Assistant for Rulemakings and Adjudications i

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l March 9, 1999 i Bill Richardson Secretary of Energy U.S. Department of Energy 1000 Independence Ave, SW Washington, D.C. 20585

Dear Mr. Richardson,

I write in strong opposition to any attempts to restart reactor #2 at Millstone Nuclear facility in Waterford, Conn.

Various accidents and safety violations have shutdown the Millstone plant frequently since its reopening last summer.

Our waterways are being pollute <i--although you say in your letter to Representative Michael Forbes of February 9, 1999 that the amounts of radioactive tritium released by Millstone into the water are acceptable, I strongly disagree. I understand from the NRC hearing held in I Riverhead, NY, March 1, 1999, that the reactor #3 is now l operating under probationary restrictions imposed by your i commission. hith this in mind, any attempts to restart reactor #2 seem irresponsible at best, criminal at worst.

Please don't allow Millstone to increase its operations in anyway until there is an adequate evacuation plan for Eastern Long Island. Provisioning of potassium iodide should be included in this evacuation plan: this effective thryoid blocker should be stored in every doctor's office, every school nurse's office, every hospital and pharmacy in case of emergency.

We in Eastern Long Island live in a densely populated area j only 12 miles away from Millstone. We are trapped; there is j NO evacuation plan for us in case of accident. (After much j study, Suffolk County government concluded years ago that an I evacuation plan for Eastern Long Island was not feasible.) )

, It is irresponsible to allow our communities to be at such I high risk for the sake of the profits of the private  !

corporation, Northeast Utilities. I Please Close Down The Millstone Nuclear Power Plant. The threat to our health and safety is too great!

l Sincerely, j U

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