ML20204F981
| ML20204F981 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Millstone  |
| Issue date: | 03/22/1999 |
| From: | Julian E NRC OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY (SECY) |
| To: | Matthew Smith AFFILIATION NOT ASSIGNED |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 9903260057 | |
| Download: ML20204F981 (2) | |
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March 22,1999 05FICE OF THE SECRETARY Margaret M. Smith 776 Route 114 Sag Harbor, NY 11963
REFERENCE:
Millstone Nuclear Power Station Docket Nos. 50-245/336/423
Dear Ms. Smith:
We received your March 9,1999, letter addressed to Bill Richardson, Gecretary 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 iillstone Nuclear Power Station.
n Sincerely, Emile L. Julian Assistant for Rulemakings and Adjudications DR 5
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March 9, 1999 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 polluted.--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
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Riverhead, NY, March 1, 1999, that the reactor #3 is now operating under probationary restrictions imposed by your commission. With 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 only 12 miles away from Millstone.
We are trapped; there is NO evacuation. plan for us in case of accident.
(After much l
study, Suffolk County government concluded years ago that an
- evacuation plan for Eastern Long Island was not feasible.)
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It.is irrespons.ble to allow our communities to be at such high risk for the sake of the profits of the private corporation, Northeast Utilities.
l' Please Close Down The Millstone Nuclear Power Plant.
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