ML060450524

Comment (24) of Benjamin C. Forbes Regarding the Vermont Yankee Nuclear and Supporting a Comprehensive Independent Safety Assessment

ML060450524
Person / Time
Site:	Vermont Yankee File:NorthStar Vermont Yankee icon.png
Issue date:	02/09/2006
From:	Forbes B - No Known Affiliation
To:	NRC/ADM/DAS/RDB
References
%dam200606, 71FR1774 00024
Download: ML060450524 (1)

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RULES ATH-i DiJ'CT1VES I l3 tl 10: 09 February 9, 2006 Chief, Rules and Directives Branch Division of Administrative Services Office of Administration 7/,c  : - 7'1, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555-001

Dear Chief,

Rules and Directives Branch:

I am sending this written comment in response to the notice by the Federal Register, Vol.71, No.7, page 1774, dated January IL1, 2006, regarding the Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Plant.

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has stated that uncertainty exists regarding the licensee's method for calculating stress on the (cracked) steam dryer, and thus it plans to conduct an experimental power ascension test. As Rep. John Olver (Ist Congressional District of Massachusetts) wrote in a letter to the NRC on November 9, 2005, "conducting a stress test of components while the power level is being ramped up, is both irresponsible and creates an unacceptable risk to all those who live in the vicinity of the reactor."

I strongly urge you to consider this letter of Rep. Olver - a scientist with a PhD in chemistry, and a man known for his caution and thoughtfulness - and to conduct a comprehensive Independent Safety Assessment of the Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Plant such as was performed on the Maine Yankee Reactor.

Thank you for considering these comments on an issue so vital to public safety.

Sincerely, Benjamin C. Forbes 127 Mount Road Cummington, MA 01026 gqe-fcize AS =/, ( - e 11/7.8-15-~) -4,-e~ 73