ML080700298
| ML080700298 | |
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| Site: | Pilgrim, Vermont Yankee File:NorthStar Vermont Yankee icon.png |
| Issue date: | 02/15/2008 |
| From: | Milkey J State of MA, Office of the Attorney General |
| To: | Jaczko G, Klein D, Peter B. Lyons NRC/Chairman, NRC/OCM |
| References | |
| 016-07-A-15, LTR-08-0127 | |
| Download: ML080700298 (2) | |
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OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY CORRESPONDENCE CONTROL TICKET Date Printed: Mar 06, 2008 13:34 PAPER NUMBER:
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LTR-08-0127 EDO James Milkey MA Dale Klein NRC IG audit on license renewals LOGGING DATE: 03/06/2008 iDEDMRS DEDR DEDIA AO Appropriate RF 02/15/2008 ACKNOWLEDGED SPECIAL HANDLING:
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THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS XOFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL ONE ASHBURTON PLACE BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02108 MARTHA COAKLEY (617) 727-2200 ATTORNEY GENERAL February 15, 2008 www.ago.state.ma.us Chairman Dale E. Klein Commissioner Gregory B. Jaczko Commissioner Peter B. Lyons U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 11555 Rockville Pike Rockville, MD 20852-2738 Re:
NRC IG Audit on license renewals
Dear Chairman Klein and Commissioners Jaczko and Lyons:
On behalf of Attorney General Martha Coakley, I am writing today regarding a report recently issued by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's Office of the Inspector General. See Audit of the NRC's License Renewal Program, 016-07-A-15 (September 6, 2007). As is discussed below, we believe the NRC should address the concerns raised by the IG's report prior to issuing any final approvals in ongoing relicensing proceedings, including those involving the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station in Plymouth, Massachusetts, and the Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station just over the border from Massachusetts in Vernon, Vermont.
As you know, the regulatory structure created by federal law presupposes that the NRC will serve as an independent expert that scrutinizes industry submittals. The IG's report raises questions about whether this is in fact true, at least in the context of relicensing decisions. The report states that relicensing decisions fail to document that NRC staff is providing the intensive, independent review of industry submittals that the public both expects and relies upon for its protection. We urge you to address these concerns in order to restore public credibility in the NRC's actions. We also urge you to do so prior to finalizing any pending relicensing applications.
Thank you for your consideration of these important issues.
Very truly yours, James R. Milkey Assistant Attorney General, Chief Environmental Protection Division cc. Attorney General Martha Coakley w