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LL~I`][ON ON NUCLEAR SAFETY IN CENTI~;AL NC A I~~SO We request the earnest consideration of the fo11'owing mformation which is o£nrave concern re~ardrng public health throughout central North Caro/rna. 'nations and institutions small and lame to inform themselves and to We urge orgam consider adoption of this or a similar- resolution. ® Whereas, Carolina Power & Light (CP&L) seeks a federal license aunendm 1 naoand a Ic~rrlits the Plant would becomee storage at the Shearon Hams nuclear plant in central North Car , the nation's largest approved storage site for highly irradiated used nuclear fuel rods or High-Level waste (HLW) . ® Whereas, Used nuclear fuel is one of tl7e deadliest materials on earth ands ~~ storage of HLW in cooling plools clan out of our environment for 10,000 years, and whereas problem lead to meltdowns, fires and other accidents causing radiation releases into the atmosphere. ~ Whereas, Nuclear generating and waste storage facilities rely on high~y~ shutdowns of the Ham seactor dunngta six- technical and human error, as evidenced by the 3 acclden week period ending mid-March 1999. ® Whereas, Even file Nuclear Regulatory Commission (N12C) - an agency with ~ eloolnaccidents~ higher than ~ d t11e uidustly -acknowledged in a 1997 study that the probabrhty of HL p reviously believed and could result in tens of thousands of can` eofone s e of sev0ere accident ~ 1 pin 125. P and where NRC information indicates the cumulative probablh y ® Whereas, },avv ,-~;~~~ Twn of 1hr civnrlrl'e tin nn~•lPar cafvty nsrrinrtc (_nr~tnn Thmm~cnn and llat~irl T nrht~~nn~ yt100"XOgOdc~N?IT~M~NI.~"l~ 6I99-~'tib ~.~ ~YLO-06~'til6 auoyd t~'OI 5'1LLg ,~N `~y~'Q 15'Dt9 XOff Od (~jrom7aN uoganpag a8 ssauaremy~ arses NX-6`~l~l ON of umlar aseatd