ML20207D925
| ML20207D925 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Millstone  |
| Issue date: | 01/28/1999 |
| From: | Seaman M SOUTHAMPTON, NY |
| To: | Shirley Ann Jackson, The Chairman NRC COMMISSION (OCM) |
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| NUDOCS 9903100099 | |
| Download: ML20207D925 (3) | |
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Gown of Souttiampton M ARIETTA SEAMAN I
110 H AMPTON MO AD TOWN CLERK M ARRI AGE OFFICER SOUTH AMPTON, NEW YORK titta NO EEN McCULLE OFFICE OF THE TOWN CLERK Telephone (516) 287 5740 Fax (518) 283-5608 January 28, 1999 Shirley Ann Jackson, Chairperson Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20555 i
Dear Madam:
Plense be advised that the Town Board, at a meeting held on January 26, 1999, adopted the following Resolution (s) :
Resolution #: 0155 a
AMENDING RESOLUTION OPPOSING REOPENING OF MILLSTONE REACTORS cc:
Richard Blowes, Commissioner of General Services Robert Duffy, Land Management Administrator Pierce H. Hance, Mayor Dorothy Ogar, Tc a Clerk Robert Ratcliffe, Mayor i
Douglas Murtha, Mayor Gary Vegilante, Mayor Marietta M. Seaman, Town Clerk Lisa Kombrink, Town Attorney Fred Yardley, Town Clerk Hon. Michael Forbes 4
Vincent Cannuscio, Supervisor Jean Cochran, Supervisor Robert Strebel, Mayor Thelma Georgson, Mayor Vincent Villella, Supervisor j
Senator Charles Schumer David Kapell, Mayor 2
Paul F.
Rickenbach, Jr.
S erely yours Marietta M.
Seaman Town Clerk Enc.
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THIS RESOLUTION WAS DULY ADOPTED ON January 26, 1999
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- RESOLUTION:
0155
- CATEGORY:
NUCLEAR REACTORS
- SPONSORED BY: SH
- TITLE:
AMENDING RESOLUTION OPPOSING REOPENING OF MILLSTONE REACTORS WHEREAS, the Town of Southampton is one of five townships comprising the entire eastern end of Long Island containing a year round population of more than 110,000 persons; and WHEREAS, the function of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), a federal agency regulating interests in the energy industry, la to protect the health and safety of the public; and WHEREAS, the Town Board of th ein of Southampton is ultimately responsible for the safet,, health, and emergency preparedness of the citizens of the Town; and WHEREAS, there is an apparent lack of any federal requirements for Northeast Utilities in Waterford, Connecticut to include the East End of Long Island in its evacuation planning, despite the fact that the reactors are loca ed approximately fifteen miles across the Long Island Sound from the shores of eastern Long Island, and have evidenced a poor record of compliance to safety regulations; Northeast Utilities have not been permitted to operate the three reactors since 1985 due to operational problems, including improper procedures for refueling; Millstone One has been permanently shut down due to past safety violations, however, the NRC granted permission for Northeast Utilities to reopen and operate Millstone Two and Millstone Three; Millstone Three is presently running since June 1998 and Northeast Utilities will be trying to restart Millstone Two in Spring 1999; and WHEREAS, the Town of Southampton, together with other communities of the East End, have concerns that the requirements of safety and a safety-conscious work environment have not been adequately shown by Northeast Utilities to neighboring communities, despite recent approvals granted by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission; and WHEREAS, research has shown that even low level radiation from an operating nuclear rt.ctor is carcinogenic; a risk of increased cancer rates due to radioactive pollution is cited; and the potential exists that nuclear accidents at these sites across the Long Island Sound may pose health and safety threats to the communities of the Peconic Region with catastrophic effects to our population, ecosystems, and local economy and no evacuation plan in 1
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' filities, and no possible avecustion plan appears forthcoming; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, that the Town Board of the Town of Southampton hereby opposes the current operation of Millstone Nuclear Reactor. Unit Three and the proposed restart of Millstone Nuclear Reactor Unit Two; and be it further RESOLVED, that the Town Board of the Town of Southampton hereby requests the permanent closure of the entire Millstone Nuclear facility in Waterford, Connecticut; and be it further RESOLVED, that the Town Board of the Town of Southampton hereby requests that the County of Suffolk, in cooperation with the State of New York, hold public hearings i
to develop an emergency evacuation plan for the residents of i
eastern Long Island in the event of a nuclear accident, and that said plan be implemented at the sole cost and expense of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and the owners and j
operators of the Millstone Nuclear facility in Waterford, Connecticut; and be it further
.i RESOLVED, that the Town Board of the Town of Southampton hereby requests radiation and environmental monitoring of Long Island and Long Island Sound be implemented at the sole cost and expense of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and the owners and operators of the Millstone Nuclear facility in Waterford, Connecticut; and be it further
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RESOLVED, that the Town Clerk is directed to forward a copy of this resolution to the following:
Dr. Shirley Ann Jackson, Chair, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, D.C.
20555 Congressman Mike Forbes, 1500 William Floyd Parkway, Suite 303, Shirley, NY 11967 Senator Charles Schumer, #229, Senate, Dirksen Building, Washington, D.C.
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