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Urges NRC to Rescind Dec 1988 & Apr 1989 Decisions & Conduct Another Assessment Re Restart of Facility
ML20059C944
Person / Time
Site: Pilgrim
Issue date: 08/13/1990
From: Obrien S
DUXBURY, MA
To: Carr K
NRC COMMISSION (OCM)
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Nuclear Affairs Committ'ee-Town of=Dunburu Li s

Dun b'urgrttAssEhuset tu August 13, 1990 Kenneth Carr, Chairman U.

G. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington,. DC 20555 Dear Chairman Carr The statutes and regulations governing the. Nuclear' Regulatory l

Commission are founded on the premise that theLCommission's decisions wi11 be based on. accurate information, fairly and

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to the Commissioners by the'NRC staff.

In the-case of the Commissions

  • 1988 authorization to restart the Pilgrim Statien power plant l:and to ascendfabove 5%

power in April 1989, the fundamental premise failed.

TheLJuly 23, 1990 report of the Ottice of the Inspector General could har dliy have been more. clear that the information provided by the staf:f.to the Commission, and on which the Commission based its Decemberg 21, 1900 decision permitting restart, did not meet the: test.. L I t I's also clear that permission to ascend above S%'in April 1989 was j

similarly based on inaccurate information.

As=the IG found:

(1) "The.statts' assessment was neither balanced nor chorough."

It " relied on information provided from the Boston i

Edison-Company" even though, "in light;ot'BECO's vested interect in restarting Pilgrim, BECO was not the best source for the NRC j

C t o f f. to re19 on...."

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The staff "did-not contact responsible... emergency i

officials in a timely manner".

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The staff "did not reconcile di f ferences in credible s

information 'they received from various sources."

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The staff "did not validate information they accepted.'

(v) 2The " staff-was responsible-for providing an aci.urci to presentationiof the status of Pilgrim off-cito emergency preparadness for the Commissioner's consideratien" but " portions I

of the staff?s presentations... were inaccurate."

In short, the IG found that when the Commission decided, recurred by 10 CFR 50.47(a)(1), that "there is reasonable es assurance that in the event ofadequate protectivo measures-can and will be taken a radiological emergency", it did not do so based on a proper staff assessment.

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Li The August 6, 1990 letter to you frcm thel 0unburg Llectman i

icopy enclosed). points out "the disregard tor ~ the safely of the citizen., of Duxburg evident-in the NRC staff assennment."

We believe that the cecision process also showed a dtsrcqard for tht entire regulatory ncheme.

Cont-ary-to the July 2'7, 1989' decision of the United Statou Court of'Apouais for the ' trst Circuit, thcre is no basis f or -- a s uu mi ng either the. December 1980 or ihe-April 1989. doc t s t on was admi ni s tra tive ly. cor rect.

4 We strongly urge the NRC to rescind-its December l?GB and April 1989 decisions, conduct ancther ascessment of'tha.situatton, and this t ie insure that there is meaningful locc,1 tnput and thst discrapencies between what is reported by BECO and what in saic by t:

local towns are properly reconciled.

In this reupact, we understand that the NRC plans to meet in P1gmouth an Septnmber to j

review locn! evacuation plans.

We ask t' hat we, and the c1. er affected' towns, be civen the factual testimony..(and supporting-documenta: ion) tc be presented 9 EECO and the flRC staf f k.*

sutficient)y in advance of the pianr.ad meeting to permit u s. ' t ol.

review it Jor a c cura ct; and completeness, and that the ctvil N

detense directorn, e.iected offic als and other agencier and I

committees of the affected town. to given the oppur'!unii.g to toetity.

Finally, it should be plaar that we view the NRC staff's dare.tiction of tts statu tory 'rer aannibilition n-an extremely sertous matter.

We intend to ar-the appropriate Congrenional Owwsight Committees and other r i c*o r a _t an d s ta te o r r,1 c i a l. c ito tal

. i..a t sv er staps are necessary to insure that'the NRC does the joh it was created to ac, and that cactstons roached on-the. ben i cr l.

atoppy and inaccurate stoff wor > do not stand.

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Gtudda Sen. John Glenn Rep. John,Joacph Moul:tey Rep. ~illvio R.

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