ML090360381

Letter to Chairman Klein from Christopher H. Smith, U.S. Congress, Request the NRC Postpone the Affirmation Session and Any Decision on Extending the Operating License Be Deferred Etc

ML090360381
Person / Time
Site:	Oyster Creek
Issue date:	02/03/2009
From:	Casey Smith US Congress
To:	Klein D NRC/Chairman
SECY RAS
References
50-0219-LR, ASLBP 06-844-01-LR, RAS H-92
Download: ML090360381 (1)

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Dear Chairman Klein:

The US NRC web page imlicUles that ll1c Nuclear RegulaLOry Comrnis1:i.ionhas tentatively scheduled an A ffimm1.i<,l.o. Session on License Renewal fur Oyster Creel< Nuclt:.ar Genemting St.ation for tomouow allcrnoon. 1 res~)ect[ully request that this meet.ing be postponed and anydcc.ision on extending the operating license be deferred unti Ithl:: recommendations of the Atomic Safety and T.icensing Board (AS LB) l'elating lo drywell corrosion have been implemented. On January 22, 2009. Exelnn suhmitted to the Commission only a "summary reporr" of tht: rc~ulLs of their 3-D !itrUctural analysis uf the Oyster Creek drywall shell. As 1.stated in my Decemher 4, 2008 letter to you and your fellow NRC CQmmis.c;ioners, {hI;;ASLO ha.o;called for a more rigorOllS rcvil;;w of the completed 3-D analysis stnd for the NRC slaff lo perfoml or have perfurmed a comprehen!;ivc and in-depth review or tht; complete analysis package. Not only h~ lhe:: NRC staff not yet recc;ived the full analysis package. hut a letter J. received just .five days ago from R. W. Borchardt, Executive Director for Operations tor the NRC, poinls Ol1t that the staff has nol yet COlllp!clcU a review of even the "summary r~Qrt." The NRe should !lot make a final decision un lic.cnsc renewal while the recommendations put forlh by the I\SLB have nol been fully integrated or adlil;;ved. The me st.aff must demonstrate vigilance and tnoro'ughness in urder for the NKC to earn and maintain lJubi i~~ confidcm;<;i in its abi Iity to comprchcnsi vel y oversee 111.1dcar power plant safety issues. Rushing to an I\ffil111ation Session while critical inforrnali.on is out5tanding, sti II under review. or yet to be released to the puhlic only serves to ul1denninc public confidence in the: NRe's ability and commitment to fully cnsur<: public

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DOCKETED USNRC February 3, 2009 (4:30pm) OFFICE OF SECRETARY RULEMAKINGS AND ADJUDICATIONS STAFF}}