Millstone Nuclear Power Plant, New London, CT

STATUS: Complete

OPPOSITION: Connecticut Coalition Against Millstone; East Lyme

PROSPECTS: N/A

BACKGROUND: The licensee, Dominion Nuclear Connecticut, Inc., submitted its license renewal applications on Jan. 20, 2004. After carefully reviewing the plant's safety systems and specifications, the staff concluded that there were no safety concerns that would preclude license renewal, because the licensee had demonstrated the capability to manage the effects of plant aging. With the renewal, the license for Unit 2 is extended to July 31, 2035, and the license for Unit 3 is extended to Nov. 25, 2045. East Lyme, an organization seeking the shutdown of the Millstone Nuclear Power Station, urged closure of town-owned beaches on Niantic Bay and is linking a 7-year-old boy's rare facial tumor to radiation and carcinogenic chemical emissions from the plant, located about 1.5 miles across the bay in Waterford. The boy's mother, Tanya Hartley, is a former East Lyme resident and swam regularly at the town's Hole-in-the-Wall beach during her pregnancy. Dr. Helen Caldicott, a pediatrician, author and nuclear disarmament activist who is also against nuclear power and the health risks she believes it carries for those who live near plants, said that from her review of the boy's medical records, she believes there is a strong possibility his tumor was caused by his mother's exposure to the plant emissions in the air and water. Dr. Caldicott said that even routine water and air emissions from Millstone may have contributed to higher cancer rates on eastern Long Island. SOURCES: U.S. NRC http: //www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/news/2005/05-161.html New York Times http: //query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9402E4D81331F934A25752C0A96F958260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all Connecticut Coalition Against Millstone http: //www.mothballmillstone.org/index3.html http: //www.mothballmillstone.org/news2005.html#boyscancer

Comments

[Joham Gonzalez]

I would like to know if the company is hiring security guards and if so how can i aply. thanks for ur time.