ML060410059
| ML060410059 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Vermont Yankee File:NorthStar Vermont Yankee icon.png |
| Issue date: | 01/30/2006 |
| From: | Town of Amherst, MA |
| To: | NRC/ADM/DAS/RDB |
| References | |
| %dam200606, 71FR1774 00007 | |
| Download: ML060410059 (1) | |
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To Whom It May Concern:
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We write to express extreme concern regarding the decision by the Nuclear RegulatorBard to approve Uprate at the Vermont Yankee nuclear reactor, owned by Entergy, without requirement of a prior Independent Safety Assessment.
It is the purpose of the federal Nuclear Regulatory Board to represent the public and protect the public by approving or disapproving private corporations' operation of utilities. Yet, you have approved Entergy's going on-line to conduct an "Experimental Power Ascension Test" at uprate level. Our community is downwind from Vermont Yankee. Our citizens will be exposed to unnecessary risk by this substitution of a hasty on-line experiment for a thorough component-by-component We concur with Congressman John Olver's strongly worded letter saying that this method is irresponsible and unacceptable.
We urge you to fulfill your mission of protecting the public by reversing your decision, and requiring an Independent Safety Assessment at Vermont Yankee before approval for power Uprate.
Sincerely, EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY/AFFIRMATIVE ACTION EMPLOYER Amherst Select Boarc Printed on Recycled Paper
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