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Generation Sta '_on, " nits 1 2nd 2 was granted-(da7e?")-$k 'd r'i---Cons tr.te ti:n Pe nit , :!cs. C??R-106/lO7 for Limeri'ck %7~

(under the c'.ain by ? hila.21ect.Co. , the need for electric' N ' ; q/power was a*.tici;a ed for 198a? and since then it it, /

evident t".n: such :u.ca will not enist--b ecause:- EI,

A---Consumer consumption hac not so increased, rather declin-ed, in part frc econcrics induced by increase d Rates. .

3---Si:.ce Nuclear ?.e ac ;cr 2nergy is highly sub sidized by -he mnGovernment-ie:- Iaxpayers assessment s, and/or increases gwin Service 2ATZ3, it is NOT en economical source of pcwer. Jh

c=ogcontinued c0nstruction a r7---In:re ase d e c s t s . ave .ade t'.e.?.

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3---3 dcause of unpre dictable operations, cusce ptable to inter--ruptiens, " accidents" cnd short productive lives;AND the problem of disposing of operational Nuclear WAST 3;AMD the ultimate deCons asioning and disposition of theexhausted f acilit'/, wi' out contamination of the ecology.

2---These ob jec tions can be of f set 'oy canc illing the ? emit ofConstraction, and desist free further completion of theLimeric'c ?lants; .GD obviate the need for supplementalwater for cooling, via " Point ?lrasant Diversion plan.

(This is a case given s"- ary judgnent by U.S.Dist. Judge(D.7. VanArtsdalen, recuiring Environmental Impact St:dy.)

7---IF L1:erick is allowe d to operate, it will follow that moreyp costs and Rate hikes will induce further application erD alternate sources f or power; as scre users are now " feeling"

s/I"the high cost cf Philadelphia Electric's Nuclear concitten-".

I G---There ARE other alte rnative s, which a-e becoming pertinentconcetitors of Nuke juice, and will be implerented and a=p-lified with increases in the costs reflected by Nuclear.

H---The arguments a-e " stacked" between Big business-Indus-tries and the little consumer--paying via: Taxes or Rate hike., A,

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g@., ?.S.-a cresident: 'No.Ind.Fublic Serticy croposed a Reac ;or '67,

'N.'3has cancelled because of incressed cost / delays /near GarF.,A '...it w culd be cheaper to scrap projects up

tlMCA statam nt.?33193l. * j-: o to at leas t 30% cc=ple te . . . " Economic analue '

$hf$D U 3escectfully su: itted by- Charles Ko=2norr//' ~

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pritits, alunnic citergy w]]l'Q Q, f aled with pelicts of uranium fuel. As uranimn atoms are split within base alrmdy devch. ped in these. As an ciample: In haic,1973,it was

lie a utic aml very attrac- y;;donc f uri rienwnts, energy is palucal to heat water cinulating <hscoverc I that 115.0n0 ;allons of high level radioactive waste hadtinough she scactor. This heated water produces serem which is car. leaked from a tank at il . Atomic Energy Commission's waste storage i

live soltil, n to the energy' g:E<

eicd to a am bine gen rator,whic h spins to pimhicc clectricity. facility in llanford, Washi.igton. Investig ation revealed that (I) ihe lm

sieetls ol'ihe worhl.This dg if a rW break 5 which canics water to the fuel,cmergency cool ank had becri Icakir st for several wecks: (2) no auiomatic alarm ys.'

may lee coriect. Iloweverk,N: ing water .teJs to reach the fuel within 60 scconds to inevent over. tem alerted anyone to the leak: (3) the mc..agement in charge of the'g

fihe real isstic is Wlletherh. heaung. melHng and ecleasc ol raWaHm femn die niauive furl"co:*** stosage f.c.ility did pas review monitoring scports that wemld have 'g'' **" # '""#**'"*"#" # "'" "'#"*"## "I #

their blatepritits will Wh. r|d*,E[,o' I"*" *" ^" *"'#'8*"'I "'# "" Y'"'been designed to prevent such a catadt phe, If tius v.ackup conh." .

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ng gli. the rett worltl and .. g -f ,g. systens f,ils to work effectively, the reactor cose would overheat and Why is Plutortium so dangerous? ,

not only i s n 'technolOglQ.. i the v is set for major radiation sclease into the environment in plutonium is the man ma<le element used in the atomic t=nnb 1

cal paradise.'" '' & Ml'd Y " hide radioactive material in gascous form could be carrfed by the that was dropied over Nagasaki, Japan in 1945. Pluto >i n's shicat to h g

'.O M * "d '" "* 'I'Y 'I"#'' # b """ ' I"'' N'* *' '"I* "P "'3ons it can he und to prmfuay.A panicle of phdonium de slie of a gra.m of pollen causcs lang cancet ..

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if inhaled. A typical nuclear power plant ;irewbaces several hun <lred ' ; ('Nois !I an.cate in rhysic. s(gG i

Mp Safety system is unproven |.,

Ih p 1 hc pihlic is being asked to act cpt she word of the nuclea -indus. pnmds of plutonium ca< h year. If tales plutonium hat /a million years

ct '' ' ' (Q'@ ; y[d. try that the currently installed emcigency cure cooling system can to lose its Affleng power. I. ','

Yu function properly to prevent this most < headed of disasters. 'the fact It l' tcare:I that if plutonium ever gets into the hands of lerrorisis. . I.

laf ory Loantinssloll),Nj x;fjfd"The NitC (Notlea.r git remains.however, that there has b cn only limited testing of the emer. they will cain an immense porr to further their ends. }9

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p.) gency core cooling system-and what testing has been conducted .

tend:r vn'ssstre fronn thE.4 h 'cecals design defects and indicates that rccs might failif actually.

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'"II'd "P'"' N*""* ''''5'""Y "I ''per t s in the field reveals that the ;* 4

isnTuc,It y,Iws utIowed@;seilous comptomises - eR '#""""'""I''"".d'"'""""''"I"?'Y"'"'""""'^"" "They (the Union or concerned scientists) (s ,queretly demonstrated 1

with s:tfety to creep InlQ y1; have performed a public service... iL.bthe design, constrtictio'sQ 1 i The mv84cm of nuclear wastes which will go down in history."

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tund opu ntIon of II.$ j Nmactive nmicar waon are t cated when nuclear Inel that is R&tph Na.ict q

"" A"*' ti= a reven 9-acimelear plants. As a rest .

used up is eenmed fmn acadms. M niatcaial is then dissolved in# >"#"'""""" #'"*'" " " * ' * " " "' # #

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II S' *i5h n"tha infonnadua about die haranis ofthe cotinit y has no[' q.Y. '''f, f.I split to tacate rnergy). What retnains are the hqmd wastes * puclear power,wiite to UCS at flw addrew holow. UCS ,8 )Y

pleScill Way o[ kiloWit}$,

1bcsc waMes include stremtium 90, ccwum 137, and plutonitem sweds yo.ar support. Uccoinc a UCS Spmsor tod.ny. I,.s

Itow S:t[e or isnSafe ItS : '[* .p 2Wanmng the most sosic amt hmg lived subuam es krmwn. By the, Mh 31 of diis cenuny, she governnwns ndinates these walle one Won Il (@ bnuclear pt ograin !r.2,'.W'J.tX ,6 ta

i .. cubic feet of smclear waste in dw United Slates-crumgh so cover a UNION OF CONCERNED SCIENTISTS

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