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FROM : PSR-Los Rngeles FRX NO. : 310 458 7925 ipr. 29 2062 04;2bPHh fi DOCKET IV/R C9 PHYSICIANS FOR SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY. LOS ANGELES ( of Nuc1ear War - Recipient of the 1985 NOB L PEACE PRIZE "Preventwhat we cannot cure* Affiliate of International Physicians for the Prevention 3250 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 1400 Los Angeles, CA 90010-1438 PHONE 213 386-4901 FAx 213 386-4184 April 29, 2002 EmAit [email protected] DOCKETED WEBsTE www.psrla.org USNRC Nuclear Regulatory Commission NATIONAL SPONSORS Office of the Secretary Partial Ust May 1, 2002 (11:51AM) Herbert L Abrams, M.D. Washington, DC 20555-0001 Stanford University OFFICE OF SECRETARY John M. Balbus, M.D., M.P.H. George Washington university via fax: 301 415 8555 RULEMAKINGS AND STAFF Paul B. Beeson, M.D. ADJUDICATIONS University of Washington Dear Commissioners, Helen Caldicott. M.D. President Emeritus Physicians for Social Responsibility Angeles - representing 1,000 health Christline Cassel, M.D. Physicians for Social Responsibility-Los Mount Sinai Hospital, Now York of the San Luis Obispo professionals in Southern California - wish to express our support Charles Clements, M.D. regarding the storage of high-level waste at Cambridge. Massachustts Mothers for Peace organization's comments Anne H. Ehrlich, Ph.D. San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station. Stanford University H. lack Geiger, M.O. radiation's City College of New York Our organization, awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for our work in countering Lynn R. Goldman, M.D, M.P.H. believes that dry-cask storage raises many troubling Washington, D.C. threat to human health, strongly Noward H. Hiatt, M.D. public health questions. Harvard Medical School Joyce C. Lashop, M.D. and storage of casks until local University of California-Berkeley Therefore we urge the Commission to not permit the use have had the opportunity AleIxander Leaf, M.D. officials and members of the public are made fully aware of, and Harvard Medical School the full range of policy impacts - involving emergency management, Robert Jay Ofton, M.D. to comment on, Yale Universily transportation, and public health. Bernard Lown, M.D. Harvard School of Public Health Ray W. Menninger, M.D. Menninger Clinic Sincerely Victor W. Sidel, M.D. Einstein College of Medidne LOS ANGELES BOARD Felix Aguilar, M.D., M.PH. Joseph Burkes, M.D. Nancy Gibbs, M.D. 4 Jmat'han Parfrey Jimmy Hara, M D. Social Responsibility-Los Angeles Jeanne Londe Executive Director, Physiciansor Waste Disposal Sol Londe, M.D. Member, State of California Advisory Group on Low-Level Radioactive Shirley Magidson Kirk J.Murphy, M.D. Jose Quiroga. M.D. William E. Perkins, M.D. Richard Saxon. M.D. Robert C Wesley, Jr, M.D. %0-1W._mpl~e.e VEC-0 6.

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