A2B—Uncaster farming, Saturday, April 18,1981
State plan
(Continued from Page A2O)
single milking during the Agnes
Flood of 1972, mastitis increased in
his herd To get all his cows milked
each day would take 32 man hours,
he figured, an enormous task for
one person in the event of a nuclear
accident. He was more optomistic
about survival chances of the
cattle without water and food,
stating they might last two weeks
but would take at least a year to
recover from the effects.
When asked if he made any
changes to the shelters on his farm
since TMI-2, Lytle said “no.”
Reacting to the question of
whether he would follow an
evacuation order in the event of
another accident or defy the order
and stay with his herd, Lytle said,
“I would have to weigh my family
or the herd and decide at that time
which would be best.”
Lytle also stated no one con
tacted him after TMI-2 for inputs
to the state emergency plan.
The Middletown farmer’s sen
timents were echoed for the most
part by two brothers, Jeremiah K.
Fisher and Vance Fisher, R 3
Etters.
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‘ If an emergency was declared
at the plant (TMI-1), which is M'z
miles from my home, I would leave
my cattle, although they and my
farm represent my total real
assets, smce my primary concern
would be for my family
“During the TMI-2 accident, I
evacuated my family to a place 50
miles away, and I returned once a
day to care for the livestock. My
livestock are fed outside, so they
were not protected from radiation.
My animals also are pastured.
“I do not believe that we will be
given the truth, and if there is a
bad accident that there will be
time to take action to protect our
animals
“Lack of plans to evacuate
livestock of farmers who live close
to the TMI plant will make it im
possible to save the livestock m
case of a real disaster We may
lose our lives m trying to return to
care for our animals.”
Fisher stated he also has open
housing for his dairy cattle. He
said he plans no alterations to his
buildings.
Brother Vance Fisher, who
keeps about 15 to 25 beef cattle on
his 160 acre farm testified that the
nuclear generating plant has had
an impact on his herd’s health.
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We have had a problem of
paralysis starting in 1975, possibly
1976. We had our veterinarian
there He has never been able to
determine the cause. He has
treated five animals for me, which
have died Neighbors have lost a
considerable number of animals
“Back in the winter of 1978-79,
the Food and Drug Administration
authorized feeding selenium to
animals 1 studied up on it and I
found that was our problem We
were lacking in selenium.
“Selenium is a mineral which is
necessary to the body functions,
same as iron, calcium, and so on. ”
Fisher said he linked the
selenium deficiency to the dome
emitted from the reactor, causing
a chemical reaction in the soil.
“Although the problem has been
identified, we are not satisfied that
the explanation is complete. We
feel that the plant u to blame,
however we would have a hard
tune proving our case.
“I am not satisfied that the
planning done for livestock in case
there would be an accident at the
nuclear plant is correct or suf
ficient.
Veterinarians Dr Robert Weber,
Mechanicsburg and Dr. Lawrence
Samples, Hummelstown both cited
areas where the state plan appears
unpractical ventilation and
water storage.
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should foe kept to a minimum.”
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During the first week of April soil
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