ML20248E476
| ML20248E476 | |
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| Site: | Millstone  |
| Issue date: | 05/17/1998 |
| From: | Forst M AFFILIATION NOT ASSIGNED |
| To: | NRC COMMISSION (OCM) |
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| NUDOCS 9806030332 | |
| Download: ML20248E476 (2) | |
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To The Memtiers of The NRC Commission :
I thank you and Representative Michael Forbes for allowing the voice of the people who live on the eastern end of Long Island, NY to be given the opportunity to publicly comment on the opening of the Millstone Nuclear Reactor 3 in Millstone, Connecticut, which is located slightly more than 10 miles away from us.
I am unable to attend the meeting schedoled for May 26th in Jamesport, so I have decided to write and express my feelings regarding this most serious of decisions.
As you know, it was determined that due to the infeasibility to safely evacuate Long Island residents in the event of a nuclear accident at the Shoreham Nuclear Power Plant, the plant was shut down and decommissioned.
The voice of the 3+
million people who live on Long Island said, "NO!" to this plant and they were heard.
The Millstone Nuclear Power Static as close or closer to us than the Shoreham Nuclear Power Plant.
Millstone 3 was shut down in 1996 due to operational safety problems. Millstone 1 was closed in 1995 when one of its emergency cooling systems was declared unable to operate J
safely.
Millstone 2 was closed in 1996 due to safety concerns for the public at large.
l Based on past history involving the nuclear industry, facilities have not operated safely by both the utility companies who own them, nor by your agency who is ultimately responsible for monitoring these facilities.
It is common knowledge that nuclear facilities periodically emit radioactive materials into the air, water, and soil.
To believe that we the people think this is acceptable is incorrect.
The radioactive plume that ia presently spreading from a so ralled monitored government reactor, the BNL, has l
recently shown that sediment in the Peconic River is contaminated, as is the ground water, soil, and the animals that live in and around that nuclear facility.
It would be both naive and ignorant to dismiss the serious health hazards I
incurred from the emissions of these nuclear facilities.
Cancer rates are soaring.
We on the East End of Long Island are presen tly conduc ting investigations into the reasons for the unusually high incidence of unusual cancers in our chi.1dren and our adu l t.s.
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r v ;.o. t o r., you conld W endenger ing the lives of so many ini n icen t peop1.e, all in the name uf supplying adequate electricity t.u 4un air c ond i ti on e rY How many of you have a child, a grandchild, or had firol hand exper ience watching f i'l end t' i,3 unimcesar ily due to one of your decisions to oallow a dangerou> nuclear f aci1 L ly to be allowed to be put on line, only to be shut down due to nafety issues.
Once the d a.n ag e is done, iL's done!
It i. s c < nu f or ting io know that Northwest Uti1ities Gybtems has staied that they Lake sarety iswues most buriously.
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'he BNL, w!) t c h iu a under your jurisdicLLon, has con taminated many parts of our beae ful island, Lillino --su r population slowly and cruelly.
It is a known fact in the field of science, health, and genetics, that radiation causes cancer.
There if no threshold for the amount of radiation needed to produce mutations in our cells.
The majority of mutations in an organism are not considered safe changes for that organism's survival.
Even the smallest amounts of radiation causes damage to our bodies.
The issue of safely storing nuclear waste is yet another issue which you have not resolved.
How many of you on the commission would build your homes near a nuclear dump site?
The evacuation issue is still a major issue for the people
- ho live on Long Island, especially those of us who live on he eastern end of the Island.
It was proven that there is no safe evacuation for us, We are down wind from the M.illstone Plants more than 25% of the time.
Taking all these issues in to ac. count, it is unreasonable to think that these plants should be allowed to reopen.
I ask you to say, "NO!" to the restarting of any of the Millstone Nuclear Reactors.
Sincerely, j
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