ML040720186
| ML040720186 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Vermont Yankee File:NorthStar Vermont Yankee icon.png |
| Issue date: | 03/02/2004 |
| From: | Schwarz J, Schwarz W - No Known Affiliation |
| To: | Diaz N NRC/Chairman, NRC/OCM |
| References | |
| G20040170, LTR-04-0137 | |
| Download: ML040720186 (3) | |
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EDO Principal Correspondence Control FROM:
DUE: 04/01/04 Janet and Walter Schwarz Brattleboro, Vermont EDO CONTROL: G20040170 DOC DT: 03/02/04 FINAL REPLY:
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Chairman Diaz FOR SIGNATURE OF :
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Independent Safety Assessment of Vermont Yankee Travers Norry Paperiello Kane Collins Dean Burns/Cyr Miller, RI DATE: 03/11/04 ASSIGNED TO:
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OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY CORRESPONDENCE CONTROL TICKET Date Printed: Afar 11, 2004 09:44 PAPER NUMBER:
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LTR-04-0137 EDO LOGGING DATE: 03/10/2004 AUTHOR:
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Janet & Walter Schwartz VT Nils Diaz Independent Safety Assessment (ISA) of Vermont Yankee Plant.
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850 Meadowbrook Road Brattleboro, VT 05301 March 2, 2004 Chairman Nils J. Diaz Nuclear Regulatory Commission c/o Office of Public Affairs Washington, DC 20555
Dear Chaiiuinan Diaz:
We are writing in regard to the proposed 20% power uprate at the Entergy Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant, Vernon, VT. We strongly support an independent safety assessment (ISA) of the Vermont Yankee plant. We are especially concerned because, having been "grandfathered" in by the NRC in 1972, Vermont Yankee's obsolete design could not be built or licensed today.
An ISA, which would determine what safety regulations Vermont Yankee is in compliance with and which ones they are not in compliance with, should be undertaken before either the NRC or the Vermont Public Service Board make a decision in this matter. Robert Sherman, the Vermont state nuclear engineer, has also expressed concern about this issue.
We strongly urge you to support an ISA for Vermont Yankee. It is essential that we be fully informed on a matter of such critical importance to the safety of citizens in Vermont and neighboring states. Thank you.
Sincerely yours, Janet and Walter Schwarz t
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