ML052060025

G20050517/LTR-05-0372 - Edward A. Diana Ltr Re Failure of the Indian Point Siren System

ML052060025
Person / Time
Site:	Indian Point
Issue date:	07/20/2005
From:	Diana E Orange County, NY
To:	Diaz N NRC/Chairman
lavie S NSIR/DPR/EPD 415-1081
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ML052090346	List: ML052060025
References
CORR-05-0116, G20050517, LTR-05-0372
Download: ML052060025 (4)

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EDO Principal Correspondence Control FROM: DUE: 08/02/05 EDO CONTROL: G20050517 DOC DT: 07/20/05 FINAL REPLY:

Edward A. Diana Orange County Government New York Chairman Diaz FOR SIGNATURE OF : ** PRI ** CRC NO: 05-0372 Chairman Diaz DESC: ROUTING:

Failure of the Indian Point Siren System Reyes Virgilio Kane Silber Dean Cyr/Burns DATE: 07/22/05 Dyer, NRR Collins, RI ASSIGNED TO: CONTACT:

NSIR Zimmerman SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS OR REMARKS:

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OFFICE OF TIHE SECRETARY CORRESPONDENCE CONTROL TICKET Date Prinited: lJl 22, 2005 09:11 PAPER NUMBER: LTR-05-0372 LOGGING DATE: 07/21/2005 ACTION OFFICE: EDO AUTHOR: Edward Diana AFFILIATION: NY ADDRESSEE: Nils Diaz

SUBJECT:

Failure of the Indian Point siren system ACTION: Signature of Chairman DISTRIBUTION: RF, SECY to Ack LETTER DATE: 07/20/2005 ACKNOWLEDGED No SPECIAL HANDLING: Commission Correspondence NOTES:

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EDWARD A. DIANA County Executive Orange County*Govemment Center GoshenjI'New York 10924 Tel: 845-291-2700 Fax: 845-291-2724 July 20, 2005 Nils J. Diaz, Chairman 1United States Nuclear Regulatory Comnission 11555 Rockville Pike Rockville, Maryland 20852

Dear Chairrran Diaz:

Orange County is extremely displeased with the state of the Indian Point siren system, as evidenced by the July 18-19 failure of tHe transmitter that sends an activation signal to the sirens. When the transmission tower lost power, the events that followed show severe deficiencies in the system that is meant to inform the public of an incident at the plant Orange County is cxtremely displeased that:

The emergency generator failed to turn on when the transmitter tower lost electrical service; The battery back-up system to the generator has only one hour of use; and There is no staffing 24 hours2.777778e-4 days <br />0.00667 hours <br />3.968254e-5 weeks <br />9.132e-6 months <br /> a day, seven days a week, to monitor the siren system and it was only when an employee arrived to work the next morning and performed mozring checks that it was realized that the siren system was without power.

I expect an explanation of the above events and of what Entergy is going to do to remedy this dangerous situation as soon as possible.

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