ML20204J778
| ML20204J778 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Millstone  |
| Issue date: | 12/16/1998 |
| From: | Whitmore M AFFILIATION NOT ASSIGNED |
| To: | Shirley Ann Jackson, The Chairman NRC COMMISSION (OCM) |
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5 Alexis court Amagansett, New York,11930 December 16,1998 Mrs. Shirley Jackson Chairman NRC 11555 Pockville Pike Rockville, Maryland 20852
Dear Ms. Jackson,
I am very concerned about Millstone. I live on Long Island, New York about 10 miles away from the Millstone 3 power plant. It is said that if you live or are 10 miles or farther away you are out of the danger of a melt down. What about the wind that can carry radiation and harmful materials over on to Long Island? Our water supply will be contaminated. Also are you really sure people are safe 10 miles away? What about your people that live so close to the power plant?
Millstone 3 was shut down for two years because of 1,200 outstanding safety violations. Millstone had numerous valve problems,3 Mile Island had valve problems that caused the accident. A one billion-dollar over haul was used to get it back on line, but in five months following the reactor had five emergency shut downs. Also unit 3 went back on line because the owners couldn't take the cost ofit staying closed not because it was ready for operation.
Nuclear reactors produce Iodine 131, Cesium 137, and Strontium 90, which are all very hazardous to humans when in the food chain [ biological concentration].
Radiation caused by meltdowns can affect humans in many ways. Radiation can destroy or distort molecules in the cell, break DNA strands, cause various kinds of cancer, birth defects and genetic mutations.
Thyroids, gonads and bone raarfow.re all very sensitive to radiation. And one rem of gamma radiation can cause a 5% increase in the risk of cancer. An acute dose of 600 rem will usually result in death within a 60-day period.
Think about our chances of getting radiation. The Chernobyl nuclear reactor melt down gave 24,000 people out of 116,000 serious radiation doses of about 45 rem. It was 9903300160 990326 PDR ADOCK 05000245 H
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also forecasted there would be 100-200 cancer deaths in the next few decades. The radiation caused by this meltdown traveled for hundreds of miles even reaching here on Long Island. The government has no evacuation plan that will get all of us off the island.
If anything happens in the reactor it'll take a bigger toll out on Long Island and the residents living around the reactor. Please shut the power plant down.
Thank you, Sincerely, i
M WdseD Mariah Whitmore j