Lancaster farming. (Lancaster, Pa., etc.) 1955-current, October 04, 1980, Image 43

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presented a slide show which
was chock full of figures,
including several oh ex
posure to radiation and
transportation of waste from
the TMI site.
NRC estimated it would
take between 660 and 1700
truck loads of nuclear waste
to remove all of the nuclear
material from TMI Reactor
2 to Richland, Washington
where it will be buried in
shallow disposal sites.
The meeting was held to
gather public comment. The
comment period will end
November 20,1980. A similar
meeting, open to the public,
is set for Lancaster City this
“ Monday, October 6.
After the
show part of the program
things came apart quickly.
A group of Goldsboro area
farmers had crossed the
river to attend the meeting
and wanted to discuss a
number of problems they
linked to TMI.
The government officials
pleaded ignorance on such
problems as cattle abor
tions, few birds, no bees,
cows not breeding, and other
problems the farmers
brought up.
Officials said there was no
proof of any of the problems
and told the farmers to talk
to the state Agriculture
Department.
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crisis, has deferred com-
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DER’s Jaworski con
firmed that a tew mint
samples had shown between
20 and 40 picocuries per liter
of radioactive material in
testing.
“That milk was not as
affected as milk during the
Chinese Fallout," he said,
ref ermg to radiation dumped
on the state following ex
plosion of a nuclear device
two years before the TMI
accident.
When asked why, if
nuclear plants like Three
Mile Island, Peach Bottom
or Limerick are so safe, they
can’t be built closer to the
big cities they serve, far
mers were told by Collins
that NRC would not allow
construction of a nuclear
plant so close to a major
urban area because of the
increased risk of a major
accident.
“It’s OK to blow us up, but
not Philadelphia?” asked
Jane Lee, R 1 Etters. She
received no reply.
Indeed, although promised
they later would be provided
with facts and figures on a
number of questions they
raised, none of the govern
ment men, nor an assistant
who was along to run the
slide show, took notes,
names, or addresses.
Vance Fisher, also of R 1
Etters, said he and his
neighbors lost 25 head of
cattle.
When the agency
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representatives were quick
to say the white muscle
disease was not becuase of
radiation Fisher said he
tended to agree with them.
Fisher said the problem
likely was caused by
chlorine used in the cooling
water towers. He said be
figured the chlorine settled
in the valley where the
farms are located and tied
up the selenium m the cattle
feed. He said he’d solved the
problem by feeding his cattle
selenium.
The agency men said they
were not there to discuss the
plant or pollution, only the
cleanup and radiation.
“Where are the
specialists? Where is the
government?” Mrs. Lee
asked.
EPA’s Kirk defended the
value of the NRC’s en
vironmental impact
statement as far as it covers
humans. He said he saw no
great health or genetic
impact on animals.
H the study is valid for
humans, then it should be
NEW HOLLAND - The
New Holland 4-H Baby Beef
Club met September 19 at
the home of Lisa Heft, a 4-H
member. The roll was called
with each member giving a
report on their steer.
Following this was a
discussion of the farm show
which is October 2 and 3. Hie
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, October4,l9Bo—B3
Beef club meets
leaders gave reports.
Refreshments were served.
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valid for animals, he
maintained.
But a fanner in the group
noted that human food
comes from sources all over
the nation while animals and
insects usually eat feed from
a limited area, perhaps only
a couple of square miles.
Samuel Collins, R 1 Etters,
noted his brother had moved
away right after the ac
cident. He too raised
questions but was told to
consult with the Agriculture
Department.
The meeting broke up with
seemingly little solved.
Loads of questions were
raised on the statistics
presented and the impact of
TMI on agriculture.
The bottom-line answer
given by NRC, EPA, and
DER to most of the problems
was that a speedy cleanup of
TMI is in everyone’s best
interest.
The projected timetable
for the cleanup is five to
seven years from the date of
the TMI accident, March
28,1979.
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