ML20045A770

Recommends That Util Close This Dangerous Plant & Explore Many Alternate Sources of Energy That Are Both Safe & Cost Efficient

ML20045A770
Person / Time
Site:	Brunswick
Issue date:	10/23/1992
From:	Greenebaum H CAMPAIGN FOR CLEAN GOVERNMENT
To:	CAROLINA POWER & LIGHT CO.
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NUDOCS 9306140142
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To whcm it may concern:

I believe that your company has an obligation to the citizens of the- t Wilmington area to supply us with power in an economical and in a safe 1 manner. I believe that we , your customers, in are grave risk of your failing on both of these requirements.

The Brunswich nuclear power plant was built poorly and unsafely. It is located in an area that is quite vulnerble to hurricanes,and other violent acts of nature. It is even located near an earthquake fault.

The recent hurricane in southern Florida demonstrated how much damage can be inflicted by 160 mile per hour winds.

If a " Andrew " type hurricane were to hit this nuclear power plant ,

the citizens of the Wilmington area would be in grave danger. We would have a Chernobyl catastrophe on our hands. The costs in lives and property damage would be staggering.

It is for this reason that I recommend that this nuclear plant be closed permanently. Shareholders and rate payers should not have to be faced with years and years of expensive patchwork to a ticking time bomb. We are throwing good money after bad, because of a bad decision '

at the beginning. A nuclear power plant should never have been built in such a dangerous area. ,

If such a multi billion dollar catastrophe were to occur and some of yvur stockholders were lucky enough to survive it , I recommend that your accounting firm and legal firm advise these people of their liabillity for these losses, i

Your company was able to supply our energy needs during the high . l demand months of_the summer without this nuclear plant. Your company  :

also managed to make a great deal of money during this plant shutdown. l 1

Your third quarter earnings were a healthy S 145.4 million on l operating revenues of S 824.3 million. Your revenues actually  !'

increased 4.6 % over the same quarter of the year before.

It is my recommendation that you close this dangerous plant, and l explore the many alternate sources of energy that are both safe and J cost effecient. I would suggest hydro power and wind power j j

I hope your company will make a wise decision. p l

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