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MONTHYEARML16221A1652016-08-0303 August 2016
Comment (1) of Mark Leyse on Behalf of Bellefonte Efficiency and Sustainability Team/Mothers Against Tennessee River Radiation, Regarding Amendment Request for the Extended Power Uprate for Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant, Units 1, 2, and 3
ML11308A0302011-11-0101 November 2011
Comment (2) of Tom Clements on Behalf of Friends of the Earth, on Draft Strategic Plan About Testing of Plutonium Fuel (MOX) Made from Weapons-Grade Plutonium Required for NRC to License MOX Use in Boiling Water Reactors
ML0719903442007-06-28028 June 2007
Comment (1) of Bertram C. Morris on Question Regarding Guidance for Electronic Submissions
ML0636204352006-12-22022 December 2006
Comment (46) of Beth A. Wetzel, on Behalf of TVA Re Draft Regulatory Guide DG-1172, Application and Testing of Safety-Related Diesel Generators in Nuclear Power Plants, Enclosed Comments Should Be Considered ESI-EMD Owners Group and Tva'S C
ML0604100502006-02-0202 February 2006
Comment (8) of Glenn W. Morris on Behalf of Tennessee Valley Authority Re Proposed Generic Communication; Post-Fire Safe-Shutdown Circuit Analysis Spurious Actuations.
ML0511602172005-04-20020 April 2005
Comment (2) on Draft Regulatory Guide (DG) 1137 - Guidance for Lightning Protection for Nuclear Power Plants
ML0507001072005-02-28028 February 2005
Comment (4) of Heinz J. Mueller Re the Draft Generic Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement
ML0430100972004-10-23023 October 2004
Comment (473) of Corey E. Olsen on Draft Criteria on Manual Actions to Achieve Post-fire Safe Shutdown
ML0416000952004-06-0303 June 2004
Comment (6) of Frances Lamberts on Renewal of the Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant, Units 1, 2, and 3
ML0416001012004-06-0202 June 2004
Comment (467) of M. Bowden Regarding Public Comment on Draft Criteria on Manual Actions to Achieve Post-Fire Safe Shutdown
ML0415403832004-05-28028 May 2004
Comment (3) of Mark J. Burzynski on Proposed Generic Letter (GL) 2004-XX; Potential Impact of Debris Blockage on Emergency Recirculation During Design Basis Accidents at Pressurized Water Reactors (PWR)
ML0413402452004-05-0707 May 2004
Comment (2) of Dave Ritter on Browns Ferry EIS Scoping
ML0414100442004-04-21021 April 2004
Comment (3) of Governor Bill Anoatubby Supporting the Renewal Application of the Tennessee Valley Authority for the Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant License
ML0412504052004-03-31031 March 2004
Comment (1) of Zola Regarding EIS Input - Over the Life Extension Request of the Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant
ML0408302472004-03-17017 March 2004
Comment (2) of Mark J. Burzynski, TVA, Regarding Best Practices to Establish and Maintain a Safety-Conscious Work Environment
ML0404302652004-01-21021 January 2004
Comment (222) of Stephen Knowlton Regarding Stricter Fire Standards at Nuclear Plants
ML0404305032004-01-18018 January 2004
Comment (162) of D. K. Cinquemani and F. L. Cinquemani Opposing the Processed Relaxation of Enforcement of the Current Fire Code
ML0402305892004-01-14014 January 2004
Comment (135) of Christopher Anderson Opposing Easing of Fire Protection Regulations That Affect Fire Barriers Protecting Electrical Cables in Nuclear Reactors
ML0402305282004-01-14014 January 2004
Comment (134) of Mary Mastin Opposing Easing of Fire Protection Regulations That Affect Fire Barriers Protecting Electrical Cables in Nuclear Reactors
ML0402305972004-01-13013 January 2004
Comment (138) of Claire Martineau Opposing Easing of Fire Protection Regulations That Affect Fire Barriers Protecting Electrical Cables in Nuclear Reactors
ML0402305942004-01-12012 January 2004
Comment (137) of Fawn Shillinglaw Opposing Easing of Fire Protection Regulations That Affect Fire Barriers Protecting Electrical Cables in Nuclear Reactors
ML0401307252004-01-0808 January 2004
Comment (127) of George Crocker Regarding Manual Actions to Achieve Post-Fire Safe Shutdown
ML0400807572004-01-0606 January 2004
Comment (122) of Hamilton Hudgins Regarding Draft Criteria on Manual Actions to Achieve Post-Fire Safe Shutdown
ML0400807422004-01-0505 January 2004
Comment (119) of Lisa Cohen Regarding Draft Criteria on Manual Actions to Achieve Post-Fire Safe Shutdown
ML0402305982004-01-0101 January 2004
Comment (139) of Mark K. Boughton Opposing Easing of Fire Protection Regulations That Affect Fire Barriers Protecting Electrical Cables in Nuclear Reactors
ML0400807702003-12-0404 December 2003
Comment (4) of Scott Poteet Re Shell Life of GFE
2016-08-03
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I NRCREP - Nuclear plants need stronger safety codes, not weaker INROREP Nuclear plants need stronger safety codes, not weaker fPage 1 Page 1 4 1491/935 From: <knowlton@att.net>
To: <nrcrep~nrc.gov> 6 gpF~~&6S-0 Date: Wed, Jan 21, 2004 7:39 AM
Subject:
Nuclear plants need stronger safety codes, not weaker
Dear Chief Rules & Directives Bra,
Right now, there are nuclear power plants that do not meet the basic fire safety regulations in nearly a dozen states! This puts communities at risk of serious nuclear accidents resulting from fires inside nuclear power plants. Instead of exempting these plants from meeting fire safety regulations, we need to demand they come into compliance.
The rule was originally put in place as the result of a near catastrophic fire at the Browns Ferry Nuclear Power Station in 1975. The rule mandates that the electrical circuits that control the automated shutdown of a reactor be duplicated within the plant and protected in case of a serious fire. This would help avoid nuclear meltdown by ensuring that no single fire disables the reactor's ability to shutdown during a fire.
The new rule would allow the automated shut down areas to be sacrificed to fire and instead plan to send a worker into the burning area to perform a manual shutdown during an emergency. In some cases the manual shut down involves several steps that can be nearly impossible to accomplish under the adverse conditions of a fire and call upon plant workers to perform heroic, even suicidal tasks to prevent a catastrophic accident.
[Weakening the regulations will put communities, the environment and workers at serious risk of nuclear accidents. At a minimum, the automated shutdown equipment should be safe during a fire. Instead of weakening fire codes, you should enforce the law and require that all plants comply with the strictest standards for fire safety. Please consider this an official comment.
Sincerely, Stephen Knowlton 77 Church St r-.3 Fair Haven, NJ 07704-3320 c CD Cr) C-
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