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MONTHYEARML21022A2212021-02-0505 February 2021 Letter to Senator Charles Schumer from Margaret Doane Response for NRC to Reconsider Its Decision to Not Allow for a Public Hearing in the Transfer of Indian Point'S License ML19262G4752019-10-0808 October 2019 10-08-19 - Ltr to the Honorable Edward J. Markey, Et Al., Responds to Concerns Related to the NRC Staff Recommendation Regarding a Request from Entergy for Exemptions from Emergency Preparedness and Planning Requirements for Pilgrim Nuclear ML19239A1452019-08-26026 August 2019 Letter to the Honorable Edward J. Markey from Rochelle C. 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Markey, Letter Urges the Chairman to Direct the NRC Staff to Delay Ruling on the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station License Transfer Request from Entergy and Holtec (Docket No. 50-293 & 72-1004) ML18341A0162018-12-20020 December 2018 Letter to the Honorable William Keating Responds to His Letter Commenting on Recent NRC Inspection Reports Issued for the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station ML18331A0402018-11-21021 November 2018 Acknowledgement Letter to Congressman William Keating on Pilgrim Inspection Report ML18228A6432018-08-28028 August 2018 Letter to Representative William Keating from Chairman Svinicki Responds to His Letter Regarding the Proposed Sale of Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station by Entergy Nuclear Operations Inc. to a Subsidiary of Holtec International ML18135A1022018-05-29029 May 2018 Letter to the Honorable Edward Markey from Chairman Svinicki Responds to His Letter Regarding Spent Fuel Storage at Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station and the Potential Impacts of Climate Change ML18127A0302018-05-0707 May 2018 Statement of Congressman William R. Keating - NRC Annual Assessment Meeting for Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station - 03/27/2018 ML18127A0312018-05-0707 May 2018 Statement of Senator Edward J. Markey - NRC Annual Assessment Meeting for Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station - 03/27/2018 ML18127A0322018-05-0707 May 2018 Statement of Senator Elizabeth Warren - NRC Annual Assessment Meeting for Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station - 03/27/2018 ML18066A0822018-03-19019 March 2018 Enclosure - Letter to Senator Elizabeth Warren, Et Al., from Chairman Svinicki Regarding Winter Storms and an Inspector for Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station ML16295A0892016-10-20020 October 2016 Letter to Senator Edward J. Markey Et Al., from Chairman Burns, Response to Letter Urging the Commission to Reject a Request from Entergy Nuclear Operations Inc. for an Extension of Time to Comply with NRC Order EA-13-109 ML16266A0652016-09-21021 September 2016 LTR-16-0469 Senator Edward J. Markey Et Al., Letter Request to Reject Entergy'S Efforts to Reduce Safety Requirements at Pilgrim ML15309A1282015-11-30030 November 2015 Letter to Senator Edward J. Markey, Et Al., from Chairman Burns Responds to His Letter Seeking Assurance That Decommissioning of Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station Will Be in Compliance with NRC Regulations (Response) ML15299A1142015-10-21021 October 2015 10-21-15 Ack Ltr to Honorable Edward J Markey - Pilgrim ML15289A1452015-10-15015 October 2015 LTR-15-0519 Senator Edward J. Markey, Letter Request to Ensure That the Remaining Period During Which the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station Operates Receives the Utmost Attention to Safety and Security ML13079A2822013-03-26026 March 2013 G20130209/LTR-13-0224 Ltr. to Rep. E. Markey, Et Al. - Responds to Request for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to Alter Plans to Hold Open House Style Meetings to Review the 2012 Performance of Pilgrim and Seabrook ML13079A0202013-03-18018 March 2013 G20130209/LTR-13-0224 - Ltr. Representatives Edward J. Markey, John F. Tierney and Bill Keating Request for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to Alter Plans to Hold Open House Style Meetings to Review the 2012 Performance of Pilgrim and Sea ML13007A4062013-01-0202 January 2013 Comment (136) of Thomas J. Calter, State Representative on Environmental Impacts of Temporary Storage of Spent Fuel After Cessation of Reactor Operation ML12215A0212012-07-31031 July 2012 G20120556/LTR-12-0385/EDATS: SECY-2012-0393 - Rep. Edward J. Markey and Rep. Bill Keating Ltr. Emergency Response Capability at the Pilgrim Nuclear Generating Station During Labor Dispute ML12152A3892012-07-23023 July 2012 LTR-12-0187 - Ltr to Congressmen Edward Markey and William Keating from Chairman Macfarlane Responds to Letter Regarding the twenty-year Extension of Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station'S Operating License ML12191A3352012-07-23023 July 2012 G20120430/LTR-12-0277/EDATS: SECY-2012-0310 - Letter to Reps. Edward Markey and William Keating from Chairman Allison M. Macfarlane Concerns About Current Emergency Response Capabilities at Pilgrim Nuclear Generating Station ML12163A5022012-07-23023 July 2012 G20120371/LTR-12-0238/EDATS: OEDO-2012-0270 - Letter to Rep. Edward J. Markey from Chairman Allison M. Macfarlane Re Request That the Nuclear Regulatory Commission Deny Staff'S Request to Re-License the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Plant ML12172A3032012-06-0808 June 2012 G20120430/LTR-12-0277/EDATS: SECY-2012-0310 - Ltr. Reps. Edward Markey and William R. Keating Concerns the Current Emergency Response Capability at the Pilgrim Nuclear Generating Station ML12153A0262012-05-24024 May 2012 G20120371/LTR-12-0238/EDATS: SECY-2012-0270 - Ltr. Rep. Edward J. Markey Re Request That the Nuclear Regulatory Commission Deny Staff'S Request to Re-License the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Plant ML12145A6922012-05-0404 May 2012 LTR-12-0187 - Incoming from Rep Markey and Rep Keating to Chairman Jaczko Urging the Commission Not to Move Forward with Its Decision on Whether to Issue the twenty-year License Extension for Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station ML12079A2162012-03-21021 March 2012 G20120135/LTR-12-0080/EDATS: SECY-2012-0096 - Ltr to Rep. Edward J. Markey Fm R. W. Borchardt Re Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station ML12072A3032012-03-0808 March 2012 Letter from the Secretary to the Honorable Edward J. Markey in Response to His February 27, 2012 Letter ML12079A2182012-02-27027 February 2012 G20120135/LTR-12-0080/EDATS: SECY-2012-0096 - Responses to Information Requests from Representative Edward J. Markey ML12061A2152012-02-27027 February 2012 G20120135/LTR-12-0080/EDATS: SECY-2012-0096 Urges NRC Not to Relicense the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station Until All Legal Requirements Stipulated by the Endangered Species Act Have Been Met CY-92-223, G20110523/LTR-11-0411/EDATS: SECY-2011-0411 - Ltr. from Rep. E.J. Markey to Chairman Jaczko NRC Safety Requirements for Reactors Granted Construction Permits Prior to 19712011-07-14014 July 2011 G20110523/LTR-11-0411/EDATS: SECY-2011-0411 - Ltr. from Rep. E.J. Markey to Chairman Jaczko NRC Safety Requirements for Reactors Granted Construction Permits Prior to 1971 ML11182B0232011-07-0505 July 2011 G20110446/LTR-11-0340/EDATS: SECY-2011-0337 - Ltr to Senator Scott P. Brown Fm R. W. Borchardt Pilgrim Nuclear Power Plan Safety Concerns ML11165A1792011-06-0202 June 2011 G20110446/LTR-11-0340/EDATS: SECY-2011-0337 - Ltr. Senator Scott P. Brown Pilgrim Nuclear Power Plant Safety Concerns ML11137A0422011-05-13013 May 2011 G20110354/LTR-11-0290/EDATS: SECY-2011-0290 - Ltr. Rep. Edward J. Markey Pilgrim Nuclear Power Plant - May 10, 2011 Event ML1113905652011-05-12012 May 2011 Fukushima Fallout Regulatory Loopholes at U.S. Nuclear Plants ML1110801492011-04-15015 April 2011 Acknowledgement Ltr. to R. Deleo Re Safety, Storage of Spent Fuel, and Seismic Vulnerability at the Pilgrim Nuclear Plant, and Forwarding Questions from Massachusetts' Legislative Leaders, Identical Ltrs Sent to T. Murray and D. Patrick ML1017903412010-07-21021 July 2010 G20100389/LTR-10-0270/EDATS: SECY-2010-0313 - Ltr, Gregory B. Jaczko Update on Status of the License Renewal Application for the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Plant ML1020004272010-07-15015 July 2010 G20100451/LTR-10-0327/EDATS: SECY-2010-0367 - Ltr. Rep. Edward J. Markey Recent Discovery of Radioactive Tritium Contamination Near the Pilgrim Nuclear Station ML1019700372010-07-0606 July 2010 G20100440/LTR-10-0325/EDATS: SECY-2010-0357 - Ltr. Rep. Bill Delahunt Status of License Renewal Application for Pilgrim Nuclear Plant ML1016701782010-06-0808 June 2010 G20100389/LTR-10-0270/EDATS: SECY-2010-0313 - Ltr, Senator John F. Kerry Update on Status of the License Renewal Application for the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Plant ML0407700142004-03-16016 March 2004 2003-04 Pilgrim Annual Assessment Invitational Letters for Safety Performance ML0323405522003-09-15015 September 2003 G20030490/LTR-03-0535 - Senator John F. Kerry Ltr. Emergency Planning in the Event of an Incident at the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station ML0323205282003-07-28028 July 2003 G20030490/LTR-03-0535 - Sen. John F. Kerry Ltr Re Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station ML0307708712003-03-11011 March 2003 2003 Pilgrim Annual Assessment Invitational Letters ML0230101552002-12-10010 December 2002 G20020606/LTR-02-298 - Sen John Kerry Ltr. Security at Pilgrim, Response Ltr ML0403502672002-10-10010 October 2002 Letter from Sen. Kerry to Dennis Rathbun Regarding Constituent'S Concerns About Security at Pilgrim Nuclear Power Plant ML0207801702002-03-18018 March 2002 Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station - Annual Assessment Invitational Letters ML0209802492002-03-0808 March 2002 Appreciation Letter to Gary Holahan from Congressman William D. Delahunt 2021-02-05
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Lynch-Benttinen Letter Regarding U.S. Citizen Intent to Sue U.S. Fish and Wildlife and NOAA Fisheries Representing the Endangered Species (Na Right Whale) Which Will Be Adversely Affected by Holtec International Potential Actions ML22269A4202022-09-22022 September 2022 Citizen Lawsuit ML22241A1122022-08-29029 August 2022 Request for Exemption from 10 CFR 72.212(a)(2), (b)(2), (b)(3), (b)(4), (B)(5)(i), (b)(11), and 72.214 for Pilgrim ISFSI Annual Radioactive Effluent Release Report IR 05000293/20220022022-08-12012 August 2022 NRC Inspection Report No. 05000293/2022002 ML22215A1772022-08-0303 August 2022 Decommissioning International (HDI) Proposed Revisions to the Quality Assurance Program Approval Forms for Radioactive Material Packages ML22206A1512022-08-0101 August 2022 NRC Office of Investigations Case Nos. 1-2022-002 & 1-2022-006 ML22221A2592022-08-0101 August 2022 LTR-22-0217-1-NMSS - Town of Duxbury Letter Opposing the Irradiated Water Release from Pilgrim (Docket No. 05000293) ML22193A1662022-07-28028 July 2022 LTR-22-0154-1 - Heather Govern, VP, Clean Air and Water Program, Et Al., Letter Regarding Radioactive Wastewater Disposal from the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station (Docket No. 05000293) ML22175A1732022-07-28028 July 2022 LTR-22-0153-1 - Response Letter to D. Turco, Cape Downwinders, from A. Roberts, NRC, Regarding Holtec-Pilgrim Plans to Dump One Million Gallons of Radioactive Waste Into Cape Cod Bay ML22154A4882022-06-0101 June 2022 Letter from Conservation Law Foundation Regarding Irradiated Water Release from Pilgrim ML22154A1622022-05-26026 May 2022 Letter and Email from Save Our Bay/Diane Turco Regarding Irradiated Water Release from Pilgrim ML22136A2602022-05-16016 May 2022 Submittal of Annual Radiological Environmental Operating Report for January 1 Through December 31, 2021 ML22136A2572022-05-16016 May 2022 Submittal of Annual Radioactive Effluent Release Report for January 1 Through December 31, 2021 ML22102A0932022-05-12012 May 2022 LTR-22-0067 Response to Matthew P. Levesque, President, Barnstable Town Council Regarding Irradiated Water Release from Pilgrim IR 05000293/20220012022-05-11011 May 2022 NRC Inspection Report No. 05000293/2022001 ML22104A0542022-04-30030 April 2022 LTR-22-0093 Response to Sheila Lynch-Benttinen, Regarding Irradiated Water Release from Pilgrim L-22-026, Occupational Radiation Exposure Data Report - 20212022-04-29029 April 2022 Occupational Radiation Exposure Data Report - 2021 ML22152A2592022-04-25025 April 2022 Zaccagnini Letter Dated 04/25/22 ML22152A2642022-04-19019 April 2022 Flynn Letter Dated 04/19/22 ML22091A1062022-04-0101 April 2022 Nuclear Onsite Property Damage Insurance (10 CFR 50.54(w)(3)) L-22-022, and Indian Point Nuclear Generating Stations 1, 2, & 3 - Report on Status of Decommissioning Funding for Reactors and Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installations - Holtec.2022-03-25025 March 2022 and Indian Point Nuclear Generating Stations 1, 2, & 3 - Report on Status of Decommissioning Funding for Reactors and Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installations - Holtec. 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EDO Principal Correspondence Control FROM: DUE: 08/07/12 EDO CONTROL: G20120556 DOC DT: 07/31/12 FINAL REPLY:
Representative Edward J. Markey Representative Bill Keating TO:
Chairman Macfarlane FOR SIGNATURE OF : ** PRI ** CRC NO: 12-0385 Chairman Macfarlane DESC: ROUTING:
Emergency Response Capability at the Pilgrim Borchardt Nuclear Generating Station During Labor Dispute Weber (EDATS: SECY-2012-0393) Johnson Ash Mamish OGC/GC DATE: 08/01/12 Wiggins, NSIR Leeds, NRR ASSIGNED TO: CONTACT: Dean, RI Zobler, OGC EDO Rihm Schmidt, OCA SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS OR REMARKS:
Please preapre response in accordance with OEDO Notice 2009-0441-02 (ML093290179). NSIR and NRR to provide input to Roger Rihm, OEDO, if required.
Roger Rihm will coordinate response with OGC and OCA.
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Subject:
Emergency Response Capability at the Pilgrim Nuclear Generating Station During Labor Dispute
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CC Routing: NSIR; NRR; OGC; OCA ADAMS Accession Numbers - Incoming: NONE Response/Package: NONE IsOte Inomtn I Cross Reference Number: G20 120556, LTR- 12-0385 Staff Initiated: NO Related Task: Recurring Item: NO File Routing: EDATS Agency Lesson Learned: NO OEDO Monthly Report Item: NO IPoes Infrmaion Action Type: Letter Priority: Medium Sensitivity: None Signature Level: Chairman Macfarlane Urgency: NC)
Approval Level: No Approval Required OEDO Concurrence: YES OCM Concurrence: NO OCA Concurrence: NO Special Instructions: Please prepare response in accordance with OEDO Notice 2009-0441-02 (ML093290179). NSIR and NRR to provide input to Roger Rihm, OEDO, if required. Roger Rihm will coordinate response with OGC and OCA.
Originator Name: Rep. Edward J. Markey/Rep. Bill Date of Incoming: 7/31/2012 Keating Originating Organization: Congress Document Received by SECY Date: 7/31/2012 Addressee: Chairman Macfarlane Date Response Requested by Originator: 8/17/2012 Incoming Task Received: Letter Page 1 of I
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY CORRESPONDENCE CONTROL TICKET Date Printed:-Jul31i 2012 12:01 PAPER NUMBER: LOGGING DATE: 07/31/2012 EGC -G12 ACTION OFFICE:
AUTHOR: REP Edward Markey AFFILIATION: CONG ADDRESSEE: CHRM Allison Macfarlane
SUBJECT:
Concerns the emergency response capability at the Pilgrim Nuclear Generating Statation during the labor dispute that recently took place ACTION: Signature of Chairman DISTRIBUTION: RF,OCAA,OCAto Ack LETTER DATE: 07/31/2012 ACKNOWLEDGED No SPECIAL HANDLING: Commission Correspondence.
A response is requested by NLT Friday, August 17, 2012.
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Com m of tte Initeb btateg Uanjington, ;C 20515 July 31, 2012 The Honorable Allison M. Macfarlane Chairman Nuclear Regulatory Commission 11555 Rockville Pike Rockville, MD 20852
Dear Chairman Macfarlane:
We are writing again regarding the emergency response capability at the Pilgrim Nuclear Generating Station in Plymouth, Massachusetts during the labor dispute that recently took place there. We are unsatisfied by your July 23 response to our June 8 letter and wish to reiterate our request for additional information regarding the reactor's emergency preparedness capability at a time when its regular workforce was on an approximate one-month-long strike.
As you know, NRC implemented a contingency staffing plan at the site after negotiations between the company and the Utility Workers Union of American Local 369 leadership were unable to reach an agreement for a new union contract. These nearly 250 Union workers -
including plant staff from operations, maintenance, radiation protection, and chemistry operations - were escorted offsite following the expiration of their contract at midnight June 5.
To fill these staffing gaps, Entergy had individuals from Pilgrim's management team, as well as other managers from its nuclear fleet, filling the necessary positions.
With regard to the labor dispute, the NRC stated that your "inspectors' review and assessment activities provided reasonable assurance that the operational and emergency response duties at Pilgrim were being conducted by adequately trained personnel who would have responded to any situation in accordance with approved procedures and the station's operating license". On June 8, we wrote you because we were concerned that individuals whose daily jobs may not involve actual operation of a nuclear power plant would be severely challenged in the event of an emergency at the facility. We pointed out that while Entergy management may understand the theoretical manner in which a nuclear power plant operates, theory is rarely a substitute for the sort of practical, hands-on experience the locked-out workers possess. Thus, we requested experiential information for each replacement worker to assess their aptitude for both day-to-day and emergency operations.
While we appreciate your July 23 response to our letter, we note that considerable materials requested were ultimately not provided - and because these materials were not provided, we are unable to determine whether the NRC's conclusion that "the operational and emergency response duties at Pilgrim were being conducted by adequately trained personnel" during the time of the strike was an accurate statement. For example, in the letter, you asserted that "the .training and qualifications of these individuals is the same as that of bargaining unit reactor operators", yet you also said that you do not collect nor maintain key metrics for PRINTEDON RECYCLEDPAPER
confirming this assertion, such as the number of hours each replacement worker spent operating a nuclear power plant in the past year, past five years, and during emergency response and mitigation processes and procedures. You noted that "NRC regulations require that operators and senior operators must actively perform the functions of an operator or senior operator for a minimum of 56 hours6.481481e-4 days <br />0.0156 hours <br />9.259259e-5 weeks <br />2.1308e-5 months <br /> each calendar quarter", yet you provided no assurance that each of the replacement personnel had in fact met this requirement. Finally, you stated that "NRC's activities during the lockout did not include testing of replacement workers regarding their ability to respond to emergency scenarios", though you did not tell us why not. This is troubling because we feel that it is exactly these types of scenarios that temporary personnel should be equipped to handle, particularly since the meltdown at Fukushima occurred within hours of the loss of offsite power.
We are also troubled by the NRC's apparent disinterest in obtaining this information.
Rep. Markey's staff spoke with NRC staff on June 28, and was notified that the information we requested in our June 8 letter relating to the ability and experience of the Pilgrim replacement workers to perform essential emergency response functions would not be requested from the licensee because it did not relate to NRC's regulatory mission, even though that mission, according to the NRC website, is "to ensure the safe use of radioactive materials for beneficial civilian purposes while protecting people and the environment".
We disagree with this conclusion. It is simply not possible to reconcile NRC's confident assertion that "the operational and emergency response duties at Pilgrim were being conducted by adequately trained personnel" with a concurrent refusal to verify that this is in fact the case.
Consequently, for each item listed below that we requested in our June 8 letter but were not provided with, please a) request the information from Entergy, the licensee of the Pilgrim Nuclear Generating Station, b) provide us with the response from the licensee, and c) indicate whether or not you agree (and if not, why not) that the receipt and review of the information would help establish that the reactor was being operated by personnel who were qualified to do so safely during the strike:
" For each replacement worker:
o The number of hours the individual spent operating a nuclear power plant in the past year o The number of hours the individual has spent operating the Pilgrim plant in the past five years o The number of hours the individual has spent operating a nuclear power plant of the same design as the Pilgrim plant in the past five years o The number of hours the individual spent being trained in emergency response and mitigation processes and procedures in both the year preceding and the time following the Fukushima meltdowns
" For each of the workers that were "locked-out" of the facility as a consequence of the labor strike:
o The same four pieces of information as above
" The reason(s) why NRC's activities during the lockout did not include testing of replacement workers regarding their ability to respond to emergency scenarios
Thank you for your attention to this important matter. We request that you provide your response no later than the close of business on Friday August 17, 2012. If you have any questions or concerns, please have your staff contact Michal Freedhoff or Ross Collins at (202) 225-2836 in Rep. Markey's office or Kerry O'Brien in Rep. Keating's staff at (202) 225-3111.
Sincerely, Edward 3. Ma key Bill Keating