ML20205Q716
| ML20205Q716 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Millstone  |
| Issue date: | 01/18/1999 |
| From: | Beverly Smith AFFILIATION NOT ASSIGNED |
| To: | Shirley Ann Jackson, The Chairman NRC COMMISSION (OCM) |
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| References | |
| NUDOCS 9904220036 | |
| Download: ML20205Q716 (3) | |
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Dear Dr.lackson and Conunissioners:
I Fish Unlimited has reviewed the Orlice ofInspector General Repon it99-OlS dated December 31,1998. The iepon documents an extremely troublesome cover up by NRC of Nonheast Utilities retaliatory dismissals of l
whistle blowers at the Millstone Nuclear Reactor Complex. It is clear from reading this document that the NRC lied to whistle blowers and public the l
retaliatory firmgs weie illegally swept under the rug to speed the start up of the Millstone 3 reactor.
Your personal misconduct in this matter has placed the public at a heighten risk of nuclear catastrophe, and funhermore your misconduct has swept away any pretension of credibility with the public Based upon the findings of the Office ofInspector General Fish Unlimited calls upon the NRC to suspend Nonheast Utilities license to operate Unit 3
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Phone: (516) 749-3474 shcher Island NY 11965 mnLeuiTE Pax 016)7M6 T.'.s1.eader in Fisheries Conservation Estabhshed in 1989 January 18,1999 FOR IMMEDI ATE RELEASE 5 BILLION FLOUNDER KILLED AT MILLSTONE OVER 10 YEAR PERIOD NUMBER MAY BE MUCH HIGHER Shelter Island, NY - Fish Unlimited - 7he Global /,eader m Fisheries Conservation announced today that as a result of their investigative efforts, they have confirmed that the three nuclear reactors at Millstone killed at least 5 BILLIONjuvenile nounder between 1986 and 1996. These fish were killed with hundreds of millions of others, as well as shrimp, crabs, lobsters, plankton and other sealife including striped bass, bluefish and weakfish, by becoming trapped in the water intakes in Niantic Bay used to keep the reactors from melting down.
"This is an alarming finding, and one that we will be looking into much more," said Bill Smith, executive director of Fish Unlimited. "These reactors have been perpetuating a carnage on the marine life of Long Island Sound for decades and no one has done anything about it until now. Where has Connecticut's Department of Enviromnental Protection (DEP) and other agencies charged with protecting our environment been?"
Through Annual Repons issued by Northeast Utilities and Connecticut DEP Fish Unlimited was able to obtain and confirm these alarming figures.
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"This massacre ofjuvenile flounder may very well play a role in the collapse of the fishery throughout the area, and this will be the focus of our efforts now." Smith continued "We will be closely looking at this and other effects these reactors have on Long Island Sound, and holding Northeast Utilities responsible for all that we find."
For more information contact Fish Unlimited at 516-749-3474..
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