ML20204J891

Expresses Strong Opposition to Any Attempts to Restart Reactor 2 at Millstone Nuclear Power Facility in Waterford, CT & Requests NRC Close Down Plant

ML20204J891
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Site:	Millstone
Issue date:	03/09/1999
From:	Deutsch P AFFILIATION NOT ASSIGNED
To:	Shirley Ann Jackson, The Chairman NRC COMMISSION (OCM)
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l March 9, 1999 i

Dr.-Shirley Ann Jackson, Chair Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20555 PEC'D BY SL'CY vear Dr. Jackson, g y g 9) "3 I 'frite in strong ' opposition to any attempts to restart g

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 i disagree. I understand from the NRC hearing held in Riverhead, NY, March 1, 1999, that the reactor h3 is now l operating under probationary restrictions imposed by your j commission. With this in mind, any attempts to restart I 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 study, Suffolk County government concluded years ago that an l evacuation plan for Eastern Long Island w os not feasible.) l It is irresponsible to allow our communities to be at such high risk for the sake of the profits of the private corporation, Northeast Utilities.

Please Close Down The Millstone Nuclear Power Plant. The threat to our health and safety is too great!

Sincerely,

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9903300179 990326 PDR H ADOCK 05000245 pg Peter Deutsch 1700 Village Lane, PO Box 171 Orient,NY 11957 Phone:516323 3815 Fax:5163232379 E mail: deutsch@peconic. net

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