ML17009A305

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Letter to Maura Healey, Attorney General Et Al., State of Ma from Chairman Burns Responds to Her Letter Requesting the NRC to Convene a Public Meeting in Ma to Answer the Public'S Questions About the Safety of Pilgrim Nuclear Power Plant
ML17009A305
Person / Time
Site: Pilgrim
Issue date: 01/11/2017
From: Stephen Burns
NRC/Chairman
To: Baker C, Calter T, Cantwell J, Capuano M, Clark K, Cutler J, Demacedo V, Healey M, Hunt R, Keating B, Kennedy J, Steven Lynch, Markey E, Mcgovern J, Moulton S, Muratore M, Neal R, O'Connor P, Peake S, Rosenberg S, Tsongas N, Warren E, Whelan T
Commonwealth Of Massachusetts, Office of the Attorney General, State of MA, Governor, State of MA, House of Representatives, State of MA, Senate, US Congress, US HR (House of Representatives), US SEN (Senate)
Tifft D, Region 1
Shared Package
ML17005A362 List:
References
CORR-17-0003, LTR-17-0004, LTR-17-0004-1, SST-17-836
Download: ML17009A305 (3)


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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON , D .C. 20555-0001 January 11 , 2017 CHAIRMAN The Honorable Maura Healey Attorney General The Commonwealth of Massachusetts Boston , MA 02108-1518

Dear Ms . Attorney General :

I am responding to your letter of January 4, 2017 , in which you request that the U.S.

Regulatory Commission (NRC) convene a public meeting in Massachusetts as soon as possible to answer the public's questions about the safety of the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Plant (Pilgrim) .

As you know, the NRG staff is currently completing the third and final week of onsite inspection resulting from Pilgrim 's 2015 placement in the Repetitive Degraded Cornerstone Column , or Column 4, of the NRC's reactor oversight process action matrix.

I have discussed your request with the NRG staff, and they have begun planning for a public meeting as suggested in your letter. The staff will work with you to establish the time ,

date, and location of the meeting and will issue a public meeting notice.

Thank you for sharing your concerns with me. I hope you find this letter responsive to them .

Identical letter sent to:

The Honorable Maura Healey Attorney General The Honorable Niki Tsongas The Commonwealth of Massachusetts United States House of Representatives Boston , MA 02108-1518 Washington , DC 20515 The Honorable Charlie Baker The Honorable Katherine Clark Governor of the Commonwealth of United States House of Representatives Massachusetts Washington , DC 20515 Massachusetts , MA 02133 The Honorable Michael Capuano The Honorable Edward Markey United States House of Representatives United States Senate Washington , DC 20515 Washington , DC 20510 The Honorable Bill Keating The Honorable Elizabeth Warren United States House of Representatives United States Senate Washington , DC 20515 Washington , DC 2051 O The Honorable Vinny deMacedo The Honorable James McGovern The Commonwealth of Massachusetts United States House of Representatives Senate Washington , DC 20515 Boston , MA 02133 The Honorable Joseph Kennedy 111 The Honorable Julian Cyr United States House of Representatives The Commonwealth of Washington , DC 20515 Massachusetts Senate Boston , MA 02133 The Honorable Seth Moulton United States House of Representatives The Honorable Sarah Peake Washington , DC 20515 The Commonwealth of Massachusetts House of Representatives The Honorable Stephen Lynch Boston , MA 02133 United States House of Representatives Washington , DC 20515 The Honorable Randy Hunt The Commonwealth of Massachusetts The Honorable Stanley Rosenberg House of Representatives President of the Commonwealth of Boston , MA 02133 Massachusetts Senate Boston . MA 02133 The Honorable Thomas J. Gaiter The Commonwealth of Massachusetts The Honorable Patrick O'Connor House of Representatives The Commonwealth of Massachusetts Boston , MA 02133 Senate Boston , MA 02133 The Honorable Josh S. Cutler The Commonwealth of Massachusetts The Honorable Richard Neal House of Representatives United States House of Representatives Boston , MA 02133 Washington , DC 20515

The Honorable Dylan Fernandes The Commonwealth of Massachusetts House of Representatives Boston , MA 02133 The Honorable James M. Cantwell The Commonwealth of Massachusetts House of Representatives Boston , MA 02133 The Honorable Matt Muratore The Commonwealth of Massachusetts House of Representatives Boston , MA 02133 The Honorable David T. Vieira The Commonwealth of Massachusetts House of Representatives Boston , MA 02133 The Honorable Timothy R. Whelan The Commonwealth of Massachusetts House of Representatives Boston , MA 02133