TA: My rough intro

Dale E. Klein, Chairman
Gregory B. Jaczko, Commissioner
Peter B. Lyons, Commissioner
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Mail Stop O-16G4
Washington, DC 20555-0001

Dear sirs:
As you are aware, the Tennessee Valley Authority (hereafter designated as TVA) submitted its combined license application for Bellefonte Nuclear Station Units 3 and 4 in October 2007. In an effort to provide cleaner, cheaper power for the Tennessee River Valley and the Southeast in general, the TVA wishes to resume construction of the Bellefonte Nuclear Station, which construction has been on hold for two decades. As an independent researcher and one who has frequented the greater Huntsville, Alabama region throughout his life, I wish to address some vital issues as the Commission reviews TVA's combined license application. Nuclear power automatically finds some degree of resistance throughout the United States. Environment activism groups like Greenpeace have published extensive rebuttals of nuclear energy, including the many possible meltdowns and malfunctions that have occurred over the years, as well as any detriment to the surrounding environs. Perhaps even more important is the danger to the residents local to the plants. To counter such arguments, the TVA has composed a lengthy, thorough safety program to prevent accidents and harm. What, then, would be the consequences of allowing the TVA to expand and complete construction of the Bellefonte Nuclear Station?