ML040760294

G20040176/LTR-04-0146, LTR-04-0147, LTR-04-0148 - Ltr. from Bernard Cooper, Loren W. Kramer, and Jane Newton Re Request Independent Safety Assessment of Vermont Yankee

ML040760294
Person / Time
Site:	Vermont Yankee
Issue date:	02/29/2004
From:	Cooper B, Kramer L, Newton J - No Known Affiliation
To:	Diaz N NRC/Chairman
References
G20040176, LTR-04-0146, LTR-04-0147, LTR-04-0148
Download: ML040760294 (7)

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EDO Principal Correspondence Control FROM: DUE: 04/05/04 EDO CONTROL: G20040176 DOC DT: 02/29/04 FINAL REPLY:

Bernard Cooper Alstead, New Hampshire Loren W. Kramer Greenfield, Massachusetts Jane Newton S. Londonderry, Vermont TO:

Chairman Diaz FOR SIGNATURE OF : ** GRN ** CRC NO: 04-0146 Dyer, NRR DESC: ROUTING:

Request Independent Safety Assessment of Vermont Travers Yankee Plant Norry Paperiello Kane Collins Dean DATE: 03/15/04 Burns/Cyr Miller, RI ASSIGNED TO: CONTACT:

NRR Dyer SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS OR REMARKS:

Note: This includes SECY-04-0147 and SECY-04-0148.

OFFICE OF TIHE SECRETARY CORRESPONDENCE CONTROL TICKET Date Printed:Mar 15, 2004 11:40 PAPER NUMBER: LTR-04-0146 LOGGING DATE: 03/12/2004 ACTION OFFICE: EDO AUTHOR: Bernard Cooper AFFILIATION: VT ADDRESSEE: Nils Diaz

SUBJECT:

Requests Independent Safety Assessment (ISA) of Vermont Yankee Plant ACTION: Direct Reply DISTRIBUTION: Cy RF. SECY to Ack.

LETTER DATE: 02/29/2004 ACKNOWLEDGED No SPECIAL HANDLING: ADAMS for Immediate Release via SECY/EDO/DPC NOTES:

FILE LOCATION: ADAMS DATE DUE: 04/05/2004 DATE SIGNED:

2 EDO -- G20040176

US Nuclear Regulatory Commission Dr. Nils Diaz, Chairman Washington, DC 20005-0001 February 29, 2004

Dear Sir,

Entergy's request to uprate the output of the 30+year-old Vernon, VT nuclear power plant to 120% of its design capacity is indicative of a dangerous disregard for the safety and health of we who live in the shadow of this plant.

I urge you to turn down this request, or at least to require that a comprehensive, independent safety assessment be conducted to determine if this power plant can meet an acceptable standard of safety to the environment and to the health and economic well-being to area residents.

Thank you for your consideration.

Sincerely, a0r Bernard Cooper 22 Terrapin Lane Alstead, NH 03602 603-835-6862 (also a Keene, NH taxpayer- -$40,000/year)

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY CORRESPONDENCE CONTROL TICKET Date Printed:Afar 15, 2004 11:41 PAPER NUMBER: LTR-04-0147 LOGGING DATE: 03/12/2004 ACTION OFFICE:. EDO AUTHOR:- Loren Kramer AFFILIATION: VT ADDRESSEE: Nils Diaz

SUBJECT:

Requests Independent Safety Assessment (ISA) of Vermont Yankee Plant ACTION: Direct Reply DISTRIBUTION: Cy RF. SECY to Ack.

LETTER DATE: 03/03/2004 ACKNOWLEDGED No SPECIAL HANDLING: ADAMS for Immediate Release via SECY/EDO/DPC NOTES:

FILE LOCATION: ADAMS DATE DUE: 04/05/2004 DATE SIGNED:

March 3, 2004 Nils Diaz, Chairman US Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20005-0001 Chairman Diaz, I am very concerned with the threat the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant presents the region, including my town. It is very old and deteriorating; it is not hardened to protect against attack; and now Entergy Corporation wants to uprate its generation capacity by 20%, which would put the plant at much greater risk of an accident, which would create a greater risk to the region. I understand the uprate would not overall enhance the State of Vermont economically.

The plant really should be shut down. But, for the moment, I urge you to require a comprehensive independent safety assessment be made. A similar one was conducted at the Maine Yankee plant a few years ago: this is the sort that is needed for Vermont Yankee.

In short, I believe the proposed uprate would be a great detriment to all but Entergy.

Please do all you can to stop the uprate, at least before a comprehensive independent safety assessment is made.

Many thanks, Loren W. Kramer 14 Oak St.

Greenfield, MA 01301

OFFICE OF TIHE SECRETARY CORRESPONDENCE CONTROL TICKET Date Printed:AMar 15, 2004 11:41 PAPER NUMBER: LTR-o4-oi4s LOGGING DATE: 03/12/2004 ACTION OFFICE: EDO AUTHOR: Jane Newton AFFILIATION: VT ADDRESSEE: Nils Diaz

SUBJECT:

Requests Independent Safety Assessment (ISA) of Vermont Yankee Plant ACTION: Direct Reply DISTRIBUTION: Cy RF. SECY to Ack.

LETTER DATE: 03/03/2004 ACKNOWLEDGED No SPECIAL IIANDLING: ADAMS for Immediate Release via SECY/EDO/DPC NOTES:

FILE LOCATION: ADAMS DATE DUE: 04/05/2004 DATE SIGNED:

Dear qtrmA b March 3,

2004 We are afraid for our children and our grandchildren. Clearly, Vermont Yankee, always a danger, will be many times more dangerous with an "uprate". I think everyone knows that really..Please do everything in y our power to see that there is an Independent Safety Assessment. Thank you very much Jane Newton P.O Box 121 S.Londonderry Vt. 05155 (802)8244163