CCAM

NEWS 2002

Connecticut Coalition Against the Millstone Nuclear Power Reactor

MILLSTONE TRIES TO DROP "NUCLEAR" FROM NAME

January 27, 2002

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission is considering an application by Dominion Nuclear Connecticut, Inc. to drop the word "nuclear" from the formal name of the Millstone Nuclear Power Station, the Connecticut Coalition Against Millstone announced today.

The name-change would allow the company to be formally known as the "Millstone Power Station." "We reject Dominion's attempt to practice a deceit," said Joseph H. Besade, a Coalition member who resides two miles away from the facility long plagued with safety violations.

"If they're so ashamed to be in the nuclear profiteering business, they should get out of it, not try to fool the public about what they do," Besade said.

"Let them drop 'nuclear' from the name when they've gone out of the nuclear business," Besade said.

Dominion made a formal application to the NRC on August 8, 2001 to drop the word "nuclear" from Millstone’s official name. The name-change application requests that the word "nuclear" be deleted wherever the term "Millstone Nuclear Power Station" appears in Millstone’s operating license.

The application also seeks to delete the word "nuclear" from the title of the physical security program plans the nuclear plant is required to maintain. The NRC has determined that the change is "purely administrative and does not alter any regulatory requirements or commitments made by the licensee."

Contact:

Nancy Burton 203-938-3952

Joseph H. Besade 860-442-7016