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In New Jersey, Isomedix, the company proposing to build <br /> the irradiator on this island, deliberately bypassed the <br /> radiation monitor interlock system. The NRC concluded that <br /> "this incident was a very serious violation of safety <br /> requirements." This month the NRC is holding a hearing on <br /> another Isomedix violation because their plant in Puerto <br /> Rico operated for three hours without a licensed operator. <br /> It would be impossible to detail all of the incidents <br /> that we have read about. The NRC Incident Reports are <br /> available from the NRC website on the Internet, and the <br /> Commission is very cooperative in making their reports <br /> available to the public. <br /> From the copious amount of material we have read, we <br /> have concluded that in order for an irradiation plant to run <br /> safely, the workers at the facility and the plant's <br /> equipment would have to perform perfectly. Gie believe that <br /> no matter how hard people try, perfection does not exist in <br /> this world. A proposal may look perfect on paper, but in <br /> the real world people make mistakes, equipment fails, and <br /> accidents happen. Therefore, we beieve that the risks to <br /> health and safety are too high to build and operate an <br /> irradiation facility on this island. <br /> We have not even addressed the economic, liability, and <br /> decontamination issues that need to be thoroughly addressed <br /> and understood when considering bringing such a facility to <br /> Hawaii. Nor have we even touched on the highly <br /> controversial decision to build this plant with <br /> $2,000,000.00 of taxpayer money. From what we have read, we <br /> do not believe that $'L,000,000.00 will be enough money, and <br /> believe that the taxpayers will be burdened with an open- <br /> ended economic black hole. <br /> The decision to build and operate an irradiation <br /> facility is probably the most complex issue the county <br /> co>>ncil has ever faced. Therefore, we are appalled at the <br /> seemingly irresponsible rush to pass Bill 6'L. We urge the <br /> County Council to respect the complexity and the critical <br /> nature of irradiation, and to uphold their responsibility to <br /> the citizens of Hawaii. Do not pass Bill 62. You do not <br /> yet know the full impications of what you will be doing. <br /> ' <br /> / <br /> t~% %Glc~l%~---- _~iC,~~JA'(v~EJ ~F LILL ~v <br /> ~t1'7e is 1.1 NJ ~re~~~ ~/r`~T <br /> ~ - Zs . D <br /> ' ~p II //~~,AA n ~{~1.L% AEG t,,~ rILL~ JC ^FlCA~ <br /> n ~ % v <br /> <br /> yi7 T-w ~-W` L7 <br /> ~ v~ <br /> <br />