Kingsport Times-News from Kingsport, Tennessee • 10

10A Kingsport Times-News Sunday Dec 1 1974 Group Scrutinizes TYA At Conference closed to the press and to the public and inside mforma-t ion is hard to come by for an ordinary citizen Miss Mahoney said She said the TVA recently instituted a charge of $6 75 per hour for supplying information to reporters and researchers from files which are required to be readily accessible under the Freedom of Information Act Knoxvilles Energy Group is headquartered at 1538 Highland Ave (telephone 615-546-7811 It includes a cross-section of community residents senior citizens school teachers and ministers iss Mahoney said and the group hopes a similar chapter can be formed in the Tri-Cities So far we dont have any nuclear scientists in the Energy Group because in our area most of them are involved wit TV A or the Atomic Energy Commission But in other parts of the country a lot of nuclear scientists say theyre really concerned about tfie problem 3 OPEN BEFORE CHRISTMAS DONT WAIT! 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FIRST TENNESSEE NATIONAL BANK Kingsport Bristol fuel nuclear reactors produce racioactive solid wastes and they haven't figured out a way to dispose of these dangerous byproducts The waste material plutonium 239 has a half-life of 24000 years This means that half of its radioactivity will be dispersed in 24000 years and half of what remains will take another 24000 years to disappear and so on One microgram is enough to kill a person and it takes 20 pounds of plutonium to make an atom bomb They have to store this where people cant get hold of it because its incredibly lethal So far none of the people involved in nuclear research have come up with any solutions to the disposal problem They just assume that technology can come up with the answer sooner or later And Miss Mahoney said "some nuclear power plants never get off the ground after theyre built With inflation the projected cost for the Hawkins County plant is now over one billion dollars When TVA plans its cost figures they assume the nuclear reactor is going to run at 80 per cent efficiency Actually the average efficiency for these plants is 53 per cent One plant Detroit never even produced one kilowatt hour And once they them down they have to wall them off Theyre very dangerous The Energy Group would like to see TVA phase out its nuclear program in favor of safe power sources such as solar energy and wind power Miss Mahoney said It also wants to see TVAs charter changed to give citizens a voice in its operations but such a change would require an act of Congress she said Under the present system the TVA board of directors meetings are The Tennessee Valley Authority and its nuclear power operations will come under scrutiny at a two-day conference sponsored in Knoxville next weekend by the East Tennessee Energy Group according to Cathy Mahoney a University of Tennessee student from Kingsport Miss Mahoney who lives at 4228 Skyland Lane said the Group hopes Kingsport area residents will attend the conference because we think the TVA should be responsible to the people in this area Part of TVAs continued rate increases are tied to its plans for building nuclear power plants like the one proposed for Hawkins County Miss Mahoney said When they ask us for a rate increase like the $2 surcharge we have no recourse Most TVA areas just have to take whatever they impose on us She said the Energy Group is also concerned about the dangers associated with TVAs development of nuclear power the sulphur-dioxide emissions from TVA steam plants and TVA's involvement in strip mining and the coal industry The group hopes the Friday and Saturday conference will produce some sort of coalition of strong active citizens groups throughout the area People from throughout the Southeast have been invited to attend the meeting and compare notes and share ideas about critical energy problems affecting this area and the nation she said I think the nuclear power question should be interesting to Kingsport people" Miss Mahoney said TVA has been buying land to build a nuclear reactor in Hawkins County and people here ought to know a little more about it Its going to have a huge impact on the areas economy Itll bring a lot of jobs and this does sound beneficial But it will also bring problems with radioactive pollution Nuclear power plants produce regular routine releases of radioactive wastes TVAs Browns Ferry nuclear plant in Northern Alabama is releasing radioactive isotopes of tritium xenon and krypton All are released regularly as gases through high stacks and you cant smell them like you can sulphur dioxide Also when they burn A FIRST TENNESSEE AFFILIATE KINGSPORTS ONLY HOME-OWNED DISCOUNT FOOD MKT 'Wf' SSiigiBBiW) KRAFT MEAT DEPT flltf WESTERN AGED USDA CHOICE -PARKAY MARGARINE LB 3033! fibOh 4 STICK PKG POUND 68 1 MILK PRODUCTS AND CIGARETTES CANNOT BE INCLUDED AS REQUIRED BY TENN STATE LAW LB 1 GRAIN CUBED STEAK BONELESS TOP ROUND ROAST JIMMY DEAN Dp PORK SAUSAGE 24 oz wmm PRICES GOOD FRIDAY THRU TUESDAY NABISCO PREMIUM DtlMi 11 to AO ItlA PxHBfW total iMotai SoW Mll CMWucIM Do fta itftnim Leonti Atcitwt Doo I cwluini to eta id tiiw utwnt I ita aUARdtWM MU 17 IOK lONC ISLAND CITY NY HI 01 CRACKERS GERBERS STRAINED LB BOX BABY FOOD FRUITS AND VEGETABLES US NO 1 NEW CROP CASH To Be Given Away SIM I I mmtmm Wm That's RightI Two Lucky People Will Win $500 CASH Each On Sat Dec 21 US NO 1 IDAHO BAKING $500 2 PM Die 21 $500 4 PM Die 21 FIRST DRAWING SECOND DRAWING SWEETHEART LIQUID DISH DETERGENT 3 51 00 22 oz POTATO UNITED CANNED MILK 1 DRAWINGS WILL BE HELD ON GREENACRES BIG FREE PARKING LOT! 14 BOTTLES PINK 'it FLEECY WHITE BLEACH REGISTER AT PARTICIPATING MERCHANTS IN GREENACRES SHOPPING CENTER NO PURCHASE REQUIRED LAUNDRY DETERGENT QLB NORTHERN PAPER TOWIIS 2 JUMBO $24 FAMILY SIZE LIMIT ONE GAL JUG ROLLS WITh750 OR MORE PURCHASE 13 oz CAN IsTtun flftllni Santa Says You MUST Be Present To i STYLE BALSAM HAIR SPRAY t(W imi lUfiMHv it.