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~ Whereas, CP&L has rejected numerous requests to just7ly its proposal to the public or to address safe identified by'I,llompson and Lochbaum, and adcl;tionally, CP&L has even moved le ~ ~oneerns public hearing sought by Orange County to air Borne of these issues with the NRC. gaily to prevent a ® Whereas, The current evacuation plan for the Harris facility was controversial when first develo ed i not been updated to account for the tremendous P n 19$6, and leas thus cannot assure the safe removal of residents unrl this region has experienced since that time, and g potential accidents. ~ Whereas, Communities near Harris -and the greater region -already bear an undeniable and si if the existing reactor and waste storage, handling and transport systems, and whereas thegen Icant risk from to accommodate waste from Cl'&L's reactors in other areas. xPansion is sought ® Whereas, Dry cask storage at the generating reactors is a safer storage option, as acknowled ed b Lochbaum, and is even deemed by the NRC to be less prone to failure than coolie Yoj h°mpson and CP&L states that dry casks are equally safe as pool storage and Yhat its expansion is based o and whereas n cost savmgs. ® Whereas, Dry storage at the generating reactors would cast CP&L only an estima period, which is a small fraction of CP&L's net profit of X339 million for 1998 aloneo o~eve a 15 year public relations, image advertisiYlg, and lobbying of elected officials (totaling many millions n Its budget for ® each year). Whereas, All citizens at risk of exposure to radiation from accidental releases have the democratic ri genuine voice in such an important matter. And whereas CPL, by refusing and/or blockin get to have a its plan to local governments, has chosen an adversarial stance toward the public, des ite g fforts to justify local governments, citizen organization NC WARN, editorial boards from various re 'o members of the public nearest the facility and throughout the re ' P the calls from nine open examination of the safety issues surrounding its pro osal. g1 nal media, and glon encouraging Cp&L to engage in an P ® Therefore, We hereby resolve to call on CP&L to meet its responsibilities as a corporate citizen b 1) Withdrawing its application to license waste pools C and D for e an y xp ded storage at flee Harris plant. 2) Immediately begin to phase-out the import of HLW to Harris so as to rninirrnize a ' on the public by storage in high-densi ~ P ddltional risks placed generating reactors. ty Pools and to revert to the safer o lion of dry-cask storage at the .. or Business Date