ML20153B634

Informs of Support of Plant Blockade Base on Info Received. Plant Should Be Closed & Alternative Energy Explored

ML20153B634
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Site:	Diablo Canyon
Issue date:	09/29/1981
From:	Jubenville J AFFILIATION NOT ASSIGNED
To:	Bradford P NRC COMMISSION (OCM)
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MR. PETER BRADF'ORD NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION 1717 "H" ST. N. W.

WASHINGTON, DC 20555 DEAR MR. BRADFORD, I am writing to express my support for the DIABLO CANYON BLOCKADE.

Evidence has come to my attention from the ALLIANCE FOR SURVIVAL, various credited scientists, and other persons concerned about the safety of NUCLEAP. POWER.

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NUCLEAR WASTE-what can we do with it? We can't re-cycle it.

We can store it for only so long before the containers corrode from the inside due to the radiation and the natural elements outside.

Nuclear waste has a life of a few thousar.? years.

I know I won't be around then, but what about the future generations who will have to deal with the problems because of our ignorance now?

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NUCLEAR ACCIDENTS AND FALLOUT-We've just had first-hand experience with THREE MILE ISLAND what a small accident can do.

Evacuatien is almost impessible because of the swif tness with which nuclear energy reacts to not having water to cool the rods.

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Fallout could destroy 100 square miles in no time, rend-ering it uninhabitable for years.

In SAN ONOFRE, I am glad the N. R. C. closed down the plant because of the corrosion to the hold-l ers of the nuclear rods.

Where is the logic that 'says this can't happen anywhere else?!!

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Now, about the so-called earthquake-proof Diablo Canyon plant, only a few miles away from an earthquake fault.

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Olive View Hospital, destroyed during the 1971 Sylmar earthquake.

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But, can you Lmagine what would happen if that happened at Diablo 1

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ALTERNATIVE ENERGY VS. NUCLEAR ENERGY-Earlier I

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Both groups are opposed to nuclear energy, not only because of the i

danger, but because of the economics involved.

New. iscoveries of natural gas have relieved the pressure of a cricical shortage as was once feared a few years ago.

Natural gas can produce enough steam to turn the turbines at Diablo Canyon 1 and 2, and San Onofre 2 and 3.

Another source is the solar collector.

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with copper rods can have the same offect as gas with only' the sun i

providing the energy.

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I knew that would get your attention!

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POLITICAL SITUATION-ever since I can remember, the I

government has had a dangerous closeness to the nuclear industry.

I think that if you poled everyday, middle-class people such as me, you would find that most aren't in favor of nuclear power, t

The blockade in Diablo Canyon is a non-violent attempt to show the 4

government that the American people do not support nuclear power.

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It's not like the protests of the sixties, but a grass-roots move-l 4

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I hope this helps you to decide aoainst Diablo Canyon, to close it down a1d to explore alternate energy resouces.

I guess though, that if it wasn't for nuclear energy, you would be out of a job.

Perhaps you might think that there are other ways, more beneficial to mankind, that you might employ your abilities, t

i Thank-you for your time and consideration, Bes,t regards, Please reply to this att JAMES JUBENVILLE f

15115 PARTHENIA #224 SEPULVEDA, CA 91343 (213) 892-1374 or you may reach me at work:

LIFE LABORATORIES 9380 S AN FE RNANDO RD.

r SUN VALLEY, CA 91332 (213) 768-4800 & 875-0330 1,

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