ML15051A135
| ML15051A135 | |
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| Site: | Vermont Yankee File:NorthStar Vermont Yankee icon.png |
| Issue date: | 02/03/2015 |
| From: | Hoffman H Town of Greenfield, MA |
| To: | Stephen Burns NRC/Chairman |
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| LTR-15-0082 | |
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City known as the Town of GREENFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS William F. Martin Mayor OFFICE of the TOWN CLERK/TOWN COUNCIL DEBORAH TUTTLE, CMC Town Clerk Town Hall
- 14 Court Square
- Greenfield, MA 01301 Phone413-772-1555
- Fax413-772-1542 DeborahT@greenfieid-ma.gov
- www.greenfield-ma.gov To:
Governor Charlie Baker US Senator Edward Markey US Senator Elizabeth Warren US Representative James McGovern State Senator Stanley Rosenberg State Representative Paul Mark MEMORANDUM Kurt Schwartz, Director, Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency The Honorable Stephen G. Burns, Chairman, Nuclear Regulatory Commission Commissioner Christopher Recchia, Vermont Department of Public Service Anthony Leshinskie, Decommissioning Coordinator Date: February 3, 2015 Re:
Continued Funding for EPZ at Entergy Vehnont Yankee.
- Greenfield is one of 18 municipalities in Massachusetts, Vermont, and New Hampshire to have a portion of the town within a 1 O mile radius of the Entergy Vermont Yankee nuclear plant in Vernon, Vermont. This means that we are within the plant's Emergency Planning Zone (EPZ). The EPZ is an area that has in-place, maintained, and predetermined protective action plans designed to avoid or reduce potential exposure of radioactive materials.
These action plans include sheltering, evacuation, and the use of potassium iodide where appropriate.
Entergy Nuclear, the parent company of Entergy Vermont Yankee, has applied to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) for an exemption that would allow Entergy to terminate funding for the EPZ. Furthermore, Entergy has requested the NRC extend emergency notification time to communities within the EPZ from 15 minutes to one (1) hour.
The Greenfield Town Council unanimously voted to approve the attached resolution opposing Entergy Nuclear's request to the NRC. We request that you ensure EPZ funding is continued until the spent fuel pool is emptied and all the highly radioactive spent fuel is moved to dry cask storage. And, please ensure that all towns within the EPZ continue to receive the earliest possible notice of emergency situations at the Vermont Yankee Nuclear.
Sincerely,
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Greenfield Town Council File, 2015, Resolution, 012 315 VIT Letter. doc.
The Town of Greenfield is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer, a designated Green Community and a recipient of the "leading by Example " Award
William F. Martin Mayor City known as the Town of GREENFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS OFFICE of the TOWN CLERK/TOWN COUNCIL DEBORAH TUTTLE, CMC Town Clerk Town Hall
- 14 Court Square
- Greenfield, MA 01301 Phone 413-772-1555
- Fax 413-772-1542 DeborahT@greenfield-ma.gov
- www.greenfield-ma.gov Town ofGREENFIELD MASSACHUSETTS Order no. FY 15-103 On January 21, 2015, the Greenfield Town Council, on a motion by Councilor Kelner, second by Councilor Renaud, it was unanimously, VOTED: THAT IT BE ORDERED THAT THE GREENFIELD TOWN COUNCIL APPROVES THE ATTACHED RESOLUTION TITLED "RESOLUTION REGARDING VERMONT YANKEE" ATTACHED HERETO AS EXHIBIT A.
The motion was passed and so declared by the Town Council President.
A true copy, ATTEST:
Deborah J. Tuttle, Town Clerk Xe Mayors Office Assessors Office Town Accountant Treasurer/ Collector File, T, 2015, Tr11t Copy 103 VIY Reso/Jition.doc The Town of Greenfield is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer, a designated Green Community and a recipient of the "Leading by Example " Award
William F. Martin Mayor City known as the Town of GREENFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS OFFICE of the TOWN CLERK/TOWN COUNCIL DEBORAH TUTTLE, CMC Town Clerk Town Hall
- 14 Court Square
- Greenfield, MA 01301 Phone 413-772-1555
- Fax 413-772-1542 DeborahT@greenfield-ma.gov
- www.greenfield-ma.gov RESOLUTION REGARDING VERMONT YANKEE I
WHEREAS, areas within the Town of Greenfield fall within the Emergency Planning Zone of Vermont Yankee; and WHEREAS, the Town of Greenfield hosts an emergency evacuation reception center at Greenfield Community College; THEREFORE, be it resolved that the Town of Greenfield, as voted upon by its Town Council, supports the State of Vermont's efforts to require Entergy Inc., the owner of Vermont Yankee, to continue emergency planning zone coverage for the present ten (10) mile radius around Vermont Yankee until the spent fuel pool is empty and all highly radioactive spent fuel is in dry cask storage; and THEREFORE, the Town of Greenfield requests that the Nuclear Regulatory Commission deny Entergy Inc. an exemption which would allow the end of funding for the above-described emergency planning zone; and THEREFORE, the Town of Greenfield asks that the Nuclear Regulatory Commission deny Entergy's request for an exemption to increase notification time of a problem at Vermont Yankee from the present fifteen (15) minutes to sixty (60) minutes.
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President The Town of Greenfield is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer, a designated Green Community and a recipient of the "leading by Example " Award
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