Letter from Lake Michigan environmental coalition to Members of Congress and their staff, re: nuclear power and radioactive waste risks in the Lake Michigan region:
MATERIALS FROM CONGRESSIONAL BRIEFING ON LAKE MICHIGAN NUCLEAR ISSUES
April 22, 2021
Greetings All –
We hope this note finds you well.
Enclosed are the materials from the April 7th, 2021 Congressional Briefing on Lake Michigan Nuclear Issues. We thank those of you who were able to attend that day; and provide these as a courtesy to those of you who could not.
We provide the following (linked below):
1.) Link to the ZOOM session (1 hour, 6 minutes): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Di-ynPzoibQ
2.) Zoom session Chat Box text
3.) Agenda – with contact information of the presenters
4.) Palisades Nuclear Power Plant documents (courtesy of Kevin Kamps, Beyond Nuclear and Don't Waste MI: Power Point Presentation; References/Citations)
5.) Point Beach Nuclear Power Plant documents (courtesy of Hannah Mortensen of PSR Wisconsin, Madison; see also 3/3/21 environmental coalition comments to NRC re: 80-year operating license application at Point Beach)
6.) Nuclear Regulatory Commission issues (courtesy of David Kraft, NEIS, IL)
7.) News article re: meteorological tsunami (giant wave) risks on Lake Michigan
Feel free to contact any of us for clarification or questions concerning these issues.
Now that your office has these materials available, we ask that you review them. We will be contacting you individually to request appointments to discuss appropriate actions to be taken to protect Lake Michigan, now that you have been made aware of their existence and potential impacts. From our point of view, no one can legitimately publicly claim to be protective of Lake Michigan while ignoring, deferring or not taking action on these nuclear topics. We must have accountability, and because of the NRC’s rigid, legalistic and inflexible schedules and timelines, there is no longer any time to delay, neither on our part nor on yours.
Thank you for your consideration of these concerns. We look forward to our conversations soon.
Be well.
Gratefully,
Kevin Kamps, Beyond Nuclear
Michael Keegan, Don’t Waste Michigan
Hannah Mortensen, Physicians for Social Responsibility, Wisconsin
Ann Behrmann, M.D., Physicians for Social Responsibility, Wisconsin
David Kraft, Director, Nuclear Energy Information Service, Chicago IL