ML19249D978

Forwards Constituent 790718 Ltr Opposing Issuance of CP

ML19249D978
Person / Time
Site:	Black Fox
Issue date:	07/25/1979
From:	Jackie Jones HOUSE OF REP.
To:	Wolfe S Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel
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NUDOCS 7909250631
Download: ML19249D978 (3)

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Dear Mr. Wolfe:

Enclosed is a letter frcm my ccnstituent;, , Mr. and Mrs. Farrell regarding the licensing of Black Fox Nuclear plant. I would appreciate your reviewing this letter and making it part of the public record.

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Dear Representative Jones:

D e co Upon reading a copy of the letter fro = your office to Joseph Hendrie of the ::uclear Regulatory Co==ission, regarding the proposed Black Fox Station, we would again like to emphasize our concern about the project.

For a year we have been re tng anything we could find about nuclear energy- pro and con. As part of Concerned Mothers Coalition in Tulsa, I participated in a lengthy =eeting with pSO of ficials- =ost of who=

you have probably =et- Dick Risk, John Sink, John Baseal, John West, Bill Reid, and two of the co=pany's vice-presidents. Also, a repre-sentative of General Electric briefly visited the session. As a result of this co==unication and educatian ef fort, we are =cre con-vinced than ever that nuclear energy- especially Black Fox- is not a necessary r or acceptable answer to our energy needs.

More than econo =ics =ust be considered. You have expressed concern for the health and s'afety of.the public. The PSO scientists and officials we =et with told us that while they were gathering infor-nation about nuclear plants, they consulted no medical or health experts- all their education came from representatives of GE, Bab-cock and Wilcox, and Westinghouse. Cbviously, these representatives were trying to sell their respective products. How =any sales =en are willing to ad=it to a prospective customer that there are health and safety problems with those products?

The fact that licensing and construction procedures are so complicated indicates that there are inherent dangers in nuclear facilities. Cs c3 Eut PSO's parent company, Central end Southwest Syste=, is heavil7 ru co==itted ta nuclear power, The decision to build Black Fox was c) undoubtedly =ade years ago by a corporation which has planned long CY CD and well to =ake sure this station would be built. How can we -

suppose that such a big business is = ore concerned about the cuality of life for a few people than seeking benefits for its stockholders?

How can we naively believe that this company, with so =uch at stake, would not use political pressure not available to =ere citizens to assure those plans? Nor=a Eagleton told Concerned Mothers that

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three years ago, a bill tras introduced into the Cklah::a Legislature to autori:e advance certification of generating facilities, but it was not approved. ile suspect it was not approved because PSC did not want it to be approved.

But beyond the frustration and anger raised by getting involved in the politics of big business and govern =ent. is still the health and safety issue of nuclear power. Dr. John West, PSO nuclear engineer, told us that " rapidly growing organis=s" are =ost vulnerable to the effects of radiation- even the low-level radiation constantly emitted by normally functioning plants. Dr. West was trying to avoid using the word " children". The nuclear industry a'nticipates killing a given nu=ber of people (see the BEIR Report released this spring), and considers these deaths part of an acceptable price for electricity.

It is our (ad=ittedly faint) hope that the construction permit for Black Fox Station will be denied. If not, it will ultimately be denied by the people- who were never asked if they were willing to accept the known and unknown risks of a nuclear facility. We are expected to sit quietly and not bother the govern =ent or industry while they go about their i=portant tasks of providing for us.

We should be grateful for our cancers and leukemias because at least we have electricity to enjoy our final =o=cnts.

This issue has already beco=e a political one, sure to be a =ajor one in the coming elections. As = ore and = ore people become educated and concerned about nuclear power, they will give their support to those candidates who represent their views. We would like to see you, an important person in gover n ment for Cklaheca, stay in your position.

However, we =ust actively support someone who has our best interests at heart. Your letter to Joseph Hendrie leaves us !!ith the distinct i=pression that ycu feel there is no questien that Black Fox will be built, indeed, that it should already have been built. We beg to differ.

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