[Peace-discuss] No Second Reactor at Clinton

[Regina Cassidy]

Peace folks:

Exelon is trying to build a second reactor at Clinton.  Supposedly this
is the only opportunity we'll have to oppose it.  See below.

Gina

April 11, 2005 

Dear Public Citizen Member, 

Next Tuesday, April 19, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)
will host a meeting in Clinton, Illinois-in DeWitt County-to discuss
Exelon's proposal to build a new reactor at the Clinton nuclear plant in
central Illinois. The meeting will allow members of the public to give
transcribed, on-the-record comments about new reactors in Illinois and
their environmental, health and safety impacts.

While the time allocated for each individual to give comments will be
only several minutes, the impact will be huge. This is the one and only
public meeting to discuss the negative environmental consequences the
new reactors will have on Clinton Lake and the central Illinois region.
There's likely to be a substantial media presence there, so high turnout
among opponents of the project will be important.

Illinois already has more nuclear reactors than any other state and has
tremendous untapped renewable energy potential. As a nation, we can't
afford to start down the road of nuclear power again, after a 30-year
hiatus. Nuclear power continues to rely heavily on taxpayer subsidies
because it is so expensive, and draft language in the energy bill in the
current Congress indicates billions more dollars could be on the way.
There is still no solution to the waste problem; the proposed nuclear
waste dump at Yucca Mountain is in a downward spiral and wouldn't be
large enough to hold waste from a new reactor even if it did go forward.
Safety continues to be sacrificed in favor of higher profits by both the
industry and the NRC. And security standards at nuclear plants are
downright pathetic.

Please help us put a stop to nuclear power once and for all by
attending this public meeting from 7-10 p.m. at the Clinton Junior High
School, 701 Illini Drive, Clinton, Ill. Please encourage family and
friends to attend also. If you'd like to speak at the meeting, be sure
to arrive at least 30 minutes early to register, or e-mail
ClintonEIS at nrc.gov by April 13. Also, Public Citizen is co-sponsoring
a rally at the school at 6 p.m. with speakers from the local No New
Nukes group, the Nuclear Information and Resource Service, the Nuclear
Energy Information Service (based out of Evanston, Ill.) and Public
Citizen's own Brendan Hoffman. If you are unable to attend on Tuesday,
we encourage you to send written comments by May 25 via e-mail to
ClintonEIS at nrc.gov.

For more information about the specific problems with a new reactor at
Clinton, visit http://www.citizen.org/cmep/clinton or
http://clinton.nonewnukes.org. You can also direct questions to
Brendan Hoffman of Public Citizen's Critical Mass Energy and Environment
Program at bhoffman at citizen.org or (202) 454-5130.

For more information about Public Citizen, go to www.citizen.org, and
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