ML070650540

G20070149/LTR-07-0153 Ltr. Sen. Ellie Kinnaird North Carolina Field Hearing on Shearon Harris Fire Compliance Petition

ML070650540
Person / Time
Site:	Harris
Issue date:	02/23/2007
From:	Kinnaird E State of NC, General Assembly
To:	Klein D NRC/Chairman
References
G20070149, LTR-07-0153
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EDO Principal Correspondence Control FROM: DUE: 03/08/07 11O%0oxn EDO CONTROL: G20070149 DOC DT: 02/23/07 FINAL REPLY:

State Senator Ellie Kinnaird North Carolina General Assembly TO:

Chairman Klein FOR SIGNATURE OF : ** PRI ** CRC NO: 07-0453 Chairman Klein DESC: ROUTING:

North Carolina Field Hearing on Shearon Harris Reyes Fire Compliance Petition Virgilio Kane Silber Johnson Burns DATE: 03/06/07 Sheron, RES Travers, RII ASSIGNED TO: CONTACT: Cyr, OGC Mensah, NRR NRR Dyer Jones, OGC SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS OR REMARKS:

Note: Requests participation in a field hearing on March 22, 2007.

Ref. G20060793.

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY CORRESPONDENCE CONTROL TICKET Date Printed: Mar 05, 2007 17:39 PAPER NUMBER: LTR-07-0153 LOGGING DATE: 03/05/2007 ACTION OFFICE: EDO AUTHOR: Ellie Kinnaird AFFILIATION: NC ADDRESSEE: Dale Klein

SUBJECT:

North Carolina field hearing on Shearon Harris fire compliance petition ACTION: Signature of Chairman DISTRIBUTION: RF, SECY to Ack LETTER DATE: 02/23/2007 ACKNOWLEDGED No SPECIAL HANDLING: Made publicly available in ADAMS via EDO/DPC NOTES: Requests participation in a field hearing on 3/22/2007.

FILE LOCATION: ADAMS DATE DUE: 03/09/2007 DATE SIGNED:

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fa nte *l~afmh br SENATOR ELLE KINNAIRD 23 February 2007 23RD DISTRICT Mr. Dale Klein, Chair United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission 11555 Rockville Pike Rockville, MID 20852

Subject:

North Carolina Field Hearing On Shearon Harris Fire Compliance Petition

Dear Chairman Klein,

I am writing to request your participation in a field hearing, to be conducted on March 22nd at 7 PM, at the Barn at Fearrington Village, 500 Village Center, off Rt.15-501, Pittsboro, NC regarding the 2.206 petition on Harris fire safety compliance filed on September 20, 2006 by NC WARN, Union of Concerned Scientists and the Nuclear Information and Resource Service, Students United for a Responsible Global Environment and NC Fair Share.

As you know, a number of local governments have endorsed the petition and have expressed interest in a local hearing on this controversial matter. In addition, I anticipate that state and federal officials will participate, as will the petitioning organizations. I understand that during a November 13, 2006 meeting with the petitioners, the NRC expressed openness to participating in a local meeting.

The purpose of the field hearing will be to address the questions raised in the petition in a manner so that the public and elected officials can hear from the NRC, Progress Energy, and the petitioners as to their positions regarding:

(1) The exact nature of Harris' compliance status and its relationship to NRC's Enforcement Discretion authority; (2) The nature and extent of potential risks of extended reliance on compensatory measures in place of compliance, and; (3) The time frame for restoring full compliance with either the old or new set of fire protection regulations.

This issue is of heightened concern to elected officials in this area following the January 29 Er.

Commission decision not to require protection of U.S. nuclear plants against attacks by air.

Instead, NRC issued a statement saying it, "has also taken action that require nuclear plant operators to be able to manage large fires or explosions - no matter what caused them."

As I understand, there are serious concerns about whether such mitigation measures could adequately compensate for a violent impact by air accompanied by a jet fuel fire. Obviously, there are additional concerns about plants such as Harris, which is in non-compliance with regulations designed to ensure safe shutdown of the reactor in the event of any type of emergency, including an act of sabotage or terrorism.

I look forward to discussing this important matter with NRC, and to your earliest reply.

Sincerely, Senator, District 23 State of North Carolina cc Rep. David Price Rep. Brad Miller Rep. Bob Etheridge Local and state officials

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