ML040350267

Letter from Sen. Kerry to Dennis Rathbun Regarding Constituent'S Concerns About Security at Pilgrim Nuclear Power Plant

ML040350267
Person / Time
Site:	Pilgrim
Issue date:	10/10/2002
From:	Kerry J US SEN (Senate)
To:	Rathbun D Office of Congressional Affairs
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FOIA/PA-2004-0006
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U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20555

Dear Mr. Rathbun:

I am forwarding to you a copy of a letter I received from Mr. Brian Kelley regarding security at the Pilgrim Power Plant.

It is the desire of this office to be responsive to all inquiries and communications. I respectfully ask for your assistance in responding to the issues outlined in the attached correspondence.

Please convey your response to the issues raised in Mr.

Kelley's letter to Joan M. Wasser of my Boston office.

I thank you for your assistance in this matter.

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Brian J. Kelley September 6, 2002 Senator John Kerry 304 Russell Building Washington D.C. 20510

Dear Senator Kerry:

I often take my elderly mother for drives around Plymouth including the beautiful peninsula roads near the Pilgrim Power Plant and often drive by the security gate next to the powerplant. At the gate are one to two alert-look-ing guardsmen armed with M-16s.

As capable as the guardsmen look, they would surely be no match for several dozen Al Queda intruders raiding the plant by surprise. Therefore, I wish to recommend to the highest authorities of our country to provide 200 troops (not guardsmen), for not just the Pilgrim plant but for every plant in the country. Maybe we could get them from South Korea.

I write this letter knowing that there must be many more security measures not visible to passers-by, but nonetheless I recommend the Government fix this apparent, most serious inadequacy.

- - - - ~ ~ respond to nieby mail and please seid Tom Ridge's officteaddress.

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Yours truly Brian JKelleS

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