ML18108A019

We the People - Stephen Comley - Five of Seven Enclosures to ML18101A901

ML18108A019
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Issue date:	04/18/2018
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To:	Comley S We The People
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October 22, 2015 Certified Mail Return Receipt Requested David Williams Inspector General United States Postal Service 1735 North Lynn Street Arlington, VA 22209-2020

Dear Mr. Williams,

I believe you will agree, after a long 6 year battle in MA Federal court, you and I had maintained a professional relationship. This included having the understanding and respect for the positions each one of us held. Yours as Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC IG) Inspector General and mine as protecting brave informants who come to We The People (WTP) about cover-ups within the NRC and or unsafe conditions at Nuclear Civilian and Weapons Plants.

We The Peoples and my legal battles with the NRC didnt just occur in MA Federal but also were heard in Washinton D. C.. Judge Platt for the District of Columbia found in a summary judgment that former NRC Executive Director, Victor Stello, NRC Chairman of the Commissioners, Lando Zech and a disgrace to our Justice system, NRC Administrative Law Judge, Ivan Smith were found guilty of violating my constitutional rights as a Ameridcan Citizen.

I am sure you recall the 5 NRC IG reports your office completed were some of the most revealing investigations of the NRC failure to protect the Safety of the Public. These NRC investigative reports included, Falsification of welds crimes at Seabrook Station, NRC improper disclosure of allegers identities by the NRCs office of investigation to the Tennessee Valley Authority, NRC IG investigative report regarding review of NRCs process for regulating Counterfeit and Substandard Parts used in U.S.

Nuclear Power Plants, NRCs IG report of NRCs compliance with notice of enforcement discretion policy and procedures and NRC IGs event inquiry of NRC failure to adequately regulate Millstone Unit 1.

NRC IG investigative audits stated, Review was prompted by allegations from We The People.

Mr. Williams, you yourself stated to me in a (Enclosure 1) letter, I have been requested by the White House to respond specifically to your concerns regarding the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission My office maintains an ongoing relationship with you and other associates of your public interest group We The People, Inc. This ongoing relationship has been useful to my office and I hope that it meets your needs to have your concerns addressed, as well.

During this time you and I worked together to get the truth out about corruption within the NRC and the Nuclear industry. I grew to know you as a man of courage and integrity who could not be brought or would not be swayed to cover up the truth.

I am sorry to say I do not have the same association with Mr. Hubert Bell who took over your position at the NRC IG.

Page 2 of Octobaer 22, 2015 letter to Mr. David Williams, Inspector General of the U.S. Postal Service.

There are many reasons for this, some of which I spelled out in my July 4, 2014 letter (Enclosure 2) together with the enclosures I referred to and sent to Mr. Glenn T. Dentel, NRC Chief of Division of Reactor Projects, Branch 3, King of Prussia, Pennsylvania.

Mr. Dentel sent my July 4, 2014 letter along with copies of the enclosures I cited in my letter to Mr. Bell.

This included a chronology (see pages 2-9) of the cover-up of the Counterfeit Substandard Nuclear Parts Scandal involving the highest officials in the United States Government including past and present Commander of Chiefs.

I believe its very important for you to read the NRCs quote on the bottom of Page 5 of my July 4, 2014, Regarding your request for a list of counterfeit and/or substandard parts replaced or not replaced at Seabrook Station, the NRC does not retain such a list. NextERA has a corrective action system to address the identification and correction of any such equipment. The NRC has unfettered access to this system for inspection and enforcement purposes, but does not develop lists of the type you describe.

Please note NextERA and or Florida Power and light did not own Seabrook Station when WTP first brought to light the presence of Counterfeit Substandard Parts built in most U.S. Nuclear Plants including Seabrook Station including all 4 of Florida Power and (FPL) Light Nuclear Plants in the State of Florida..

When I first confronted Public (PSNH) Service of NH (first owner of Seabrook Nuclear Plant) whether the plant was built with Counterfeit Substandard Nuclear Parts, they stated on television, We have so such parts It wasnt until the Government (GAO) Accounting Office Report surfaced entited, Nuclear Safety and Health: Counterfeit and Substandard Prodicts are a Governmentwide Concern did PSNH have to finally admit to having bogus nuclear Parts in their plant. The GAO report specficlly listed Seabrook Station of having, Nonconforming Fasteners, Pipe Fittings/Flanges and Fuses in Seabrook Station..

I have been after the NRC for years to admit which they finally recently stated in their letter to me February 12, 2014 (Enclosure 3) which I again believe is the need to be quoted here in this letter to you and in my July 4, 2014 to Mr. Glenn T. Dental where he stated, Regarding your request for a list of Counterfeit and/or Substandard parts replaced or not replaced at Seabrook Station, The NRC does not retain such a list. How do we know if and fact when or if PSNH ever replaced these non-confrorming Nuclear parts or not. For that matter what assurances do the American people have that any of these Bogus Nuclear Parts were ever replaced in the other 71 U.S. Nuclear Plants listed in the GAO investigation?

I also cited on Page 19 in my letter of July 4, 2014 there was and is still the need for the re-examination of the falsification of welds scandal at Seabrook Station.

Mr. Bell never contacted me and obviously has no intention of addressing or investigating any of these safety concerns and or wrongdoing by the NRC. In addition and unbelievable, NRC IG, Hubert Bell has not even attempted to get intouch with me ever

Page 3 of October 22, 2015 letter to David Williams, Inspector General of the U.S. Postal Service.

since he was notified by the NRC lawyers (Enclosure 4) in King of Prussia January 23, 2015 to my confession of having the tape-recordings the Department of Justice attempted to acquire in behalf of the NRC from me during a 6 year protracted battle in MA Federal Court.

As you well know these tape-recordings are the same ones you wanted to seize upon your appointment by the Reagan/Bush Administration to become the first NRC IG.

During your tenure as NRC IG your Assistant NRC IG, Leo J. Norton, from documents I provided, elected to write a letter (Enclosure 5) to the Federal Bureau (FBI) Investigations which stated in part, You alleged that in October 1987 you provided President Reagan with information regarding the use of counterfeit and substandard parts throughout the nuclear industry and that the former President subsequently refused to acknowledge receipt of that information. Your concerns were provided to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Silver Spring, MD, on December 13, 1990.

Unfortunately to my knowledge your NRC IG office request to the FBI was never honored and no investigation was ever performed.

I know for a fact I was never contacted by the FBI. I did ask one of your investigators why your office did not investigate my documentation of the charge against the Reagan/Bush administration and the answer I got was, We are not used to investigating the President of the United States.

You should also be aware I requested on 2 different occasions that Mr. Bell renew the NRC IG office request to the FBI. To date I never have gotten a verbal or written confirmation from Mr. Bell or anyone else from his NRC IG office that this was done or followed through on. I believe Mr. Bell should resign.

Some have said the FBI and former White House Chief of Staff, Leon Panettas letters to the Department (Enclosure 6) of Justice are old. Well, so are the Counterfeit Substandard Parts still in most if not all of the U.S. Nuclear Civilian and Weapons Plants.

In the interest of protectcting the Safety of the American people, I believe it is indeed appropriate given your past position as NRC IG and involvement with these tape-recordings I am now confessing to you about, to report this to the Department of Justice or whoever else you deem necessary to notify.

I have also confessed to having these tape-recordings to the following individuals and or committees:

Energy and Commerce Committee October 8 and 9, 2015. Talked with Julie and Jake who took notes of our conversation. No reply to date from this committee.

Senate Judiciary Committee October 9, 8, 1 and July 29, 2015. Talked with staff members Jake and Pat.

Reason I contacted Chairman Senator Chuck Grassley Committee is due to the fact President Obamas Adminstrations Inernal Revenue Servivice conducted an audit of We The Peoples 501 C-3 conservative n-profit organization. It should be noted the audit was completed without a finding. No reply to date..

Page 4 of October 22, 2014 letter to Mr. David Willims, Inspector General of the U.S. Postal Service.

I have aslo contacted all of the Presential Candidates who have poll numbers including the front runners, Dr. Ben Carson 9/30/2015 at UNH and Mr. Donald Trump (9/17/2015 in Rochester NH. Both

of these confrontations can be viewed on You Tube or go to www.StephenComleySr.com Mr.Trump and Dr. Carson stated to me they would either get back to me about my issues or would meet with me.

Neither one contacted me again.

Vice President Joe Biden in my letter (enclosure 7) to him of February 25, 2015 and signed for by the White House. No Reply.

Confessed to Senator John McCain October 27, 2014 (Enclosure 8) during a fundraiser for Scot Brown in Nashua NH. Sen. McCains reply was, I will have to report this Mr. Comley to the Department of Justice and will get back to you. No reply.

Confession of tapes in a certified letters of October 16 & 18, 2014 (enclosures 9) to Hillary and Bill Clinton. No reply.

Confession of tapes in certified letter to Leon Panetta (Enclosure 10) of July 14, 2014 No reply Letters to First Lady, Michelle Obama (Enclosure 11) and my 3 letters written from 2008 - 2011to President Barack Obama. All of these letters to the First Lady and to the President were all signed for by White House. No replies.

Copies of other letters sent to Michelle Obama as well as others (Enclosures 12) involved in this matter.

No Replies.

For every day this information was and continues to be ignored by these elected officials, committees and most of the media, they are jeopardizing the safety of the American people.

Mr. Williams, please notify me as soon as possible who you choose to notify of these serious Nuclear Safety concerns.

Sincerely, signed Stephen B. Comley Sr.

Founder of We The People a National Whistleblower Non-Profit Organization Enclosures

UNITED STATES IVUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL Mr. Stephen B. Comley Executive Director We the People, Inc. of the United States Box 277

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WASHINGTON. D.C. 20555 August 30, 1993 Rowley, Massachusetts 01969

Dear Mr. C0mley:

I have been requested by the White House to respond specifically to your concerns regarding the U. s. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Your _concerns were contained in your letter to the White House dated July 14, 1993.

This will confirm that Senior Staff Members of my office met with you recently to pursue issues raised by you concerning counterfeit parts in the nuclear industry.

I hope to personally meet with you next month reg.arding your concerns about the treatment of whistleblowers within the nuclear industry.

As your letter stated, my office maintains an ongoing relationship with you and other associates of your public interest group We The People, Inc.

This e>ngoing relationship has been useful to my office and I hope that it meets your needs to have your concerns addressed, as well.

Your letter also referenced an allegation submitted by you to Agent Milam of the Department of Energy.

I gather from the enclosed correspondence that the allegation was referred to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for handling.

We discussed that referral by telephone recently.

In closing let me joi n Mr. Mack McLarty, Chief of Staff to the President in assuring you that your concerns will receive full consideration by my office.

Sincerely, David c. Williams Inspector General

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EDNESDi New England Newspaper & Press Association's 2017 Newspaper of the Year November 22, 2011 PLANT Mr. Comley, he has been provided information from several confidential public

• Continued from Page 1 safety sources alleging that the evacuation plan in ques-Comley was successful tion is ineffective within on all three counts. The the required 10-mile radius Newburyport City Council (which includes Salisbury) sent a letter in September to during the summer months.

the NRC calling for a public He also claims that the U.S.

hearing and the Amesbury Nuclear Regulatory Com-City Council and Salisbury mission has ignored his pub-selectmen followed suit ear-lie safety concerns."

lier this month.

Takesian said while the In his letter to the NRC, Salisbury Board of Select-Ames bury City Council men "does not have substan-President Christian Scorzoni tive information to support points out the fact that Ames-Mr. Comley's allegations, we bury's population has grown nonetheless remain very con-to more than 17,000 people.

cerned about Seabrook Sta-

"While there is an evacu-tion and its evacuation plan."

ation plan in place for the New Hampshire state Rep.

plant and Amesbury Erner-Peter Schmidt, D-Dover, gency Management Agency wrote to Massachusetts has its own hazard mitiga-Attorney General Maura tion plan, we are concerned Healey on Aug. 11 to request about whether and how she meet with Comley and the evacuation plan has endorse his request for a kept pace with population hearing.

growth and increased traf-

"What would the entire fie congestion," Scorzoni area around Seabrook look wrote Monday.

like in a nuclear emer-Scorzoni said the City gency?" Schmidt wrote.

Council is "particularly "What would it mean for concerned with the evacu-our states to face the dead ation plans of vulneratilP zone the 'ghost coast' that populations in the ar 1 a seriot failun. at s,**1:1roc*K schools, nursing homes, a d station would entail't hospitals.

"We believe that a public hearing on the safety and evacuation plan will, at the very least, explain to the public how the plan is designed to work and hope that this dialogue will reduce the concern that persists among our resi-dents," Scorzoni wrote.

In a letter to the NRC dated Nov. 8, Salisbury Selectman Chuck Takesian also wrote, "According to K

Former New Hampshire and allegations and have state Rep. Roberta Pevear found them to be without also wrote to Healey on substance."

Comley's behalf.

Jim Sullivan covers In response to questions Amesbury and Salisbury from The Daily News on for The Daily News. He can Tuesday, NextEra Energy be reached via email atjsul-spokesman Peter Robbins livan@newburyportnews.

said in an email, "The staff com or by phone at 978-961-at Seabrook Station are 3115. f ollow him on Twit'er uncompromising when it @ndnsully.

comes to the safety of our power plant, our employ-ees, and the communities we serve. We have exten-l sive emergency response systems in place, including numerous backup safety systems that provide our plants with layer upon layer of both automated and manual protection."

Robbins said NextEra works regularly with local, state and federal officials to ensure evacuation plans are comprehensive and effective, and added that Comley's claims are "com-pletely without merit."

"Mr. Comley has a long history of making false alle-gations and baseless claims against Seabrook," Robbins wrote. "Independent agen-cies, including the Nuclear Regulator

• Commissirn, have reviewed his claimi-Ames ry, Salisbury seek nuclear plant hearing Bv JrM SuLLTVAN Staff Writer AMESBURY -

The Amesbury City Council and Salisbury Board of Selectmen have Joined a New Hampshire lawmaker in calling for a hearing on emergency evacua-tion plans in the event of an accident at the Seabrook nuclear power plant.

Stephen 8. Comley Sr. of Rowley, a long-time critic of the NextEra Energy facil-ity, has maintained the power plant's evacuation plan for communities within a 10-mile radius would be insufficient during an emergency, especially during the sum-mer. Comley leads a group called We The People.

Hoping to get the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to hold a public hearing on the matter that would include local first responders, Comley has spoken to town officials in several area communities. He most recently asked Salisbury select-men and the Newburyport and Amesbury city councils to write letters to the NRC r questing a hearing.

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Page 16 NextEra:

Company uncomprom1s1ng with safety Spokesman disputes Rowley man's claims BY RICHARD K. LODGE rlodge@newlJuryportnews.com The company that owns Seabrook Sta-tion nuclear power plant said Friday it is "uncompromising" with safety standards

. and dismissed claims by a Rowley man who has been pushing for a hearing on the plant's evacuation plan for several years.

Peter Robbins, generation communica-tions manager for NextEra Energy, said in a statement, "NcxtEra Energy and the staff at Seabrook Station are uncompromising when it comes to the safety of our power plant, our employees, 3:Dd the communities we serve.

"We have extensive emergency response systems in place, including numerous back-up safety systems that provide our plants with layer upon layer of both automated and manual protection. Also, we work collabora-tively with local, state and federal officials on a regular basis to ensure our plans are comprehensive and effective and continue to refine," he said.

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He again said he bad spoken on to Stephen Comley Sr.'s In his statement, Robbins with many first responders in campaign to convince the said, "These most recent the region who had concems Nuclear Regulatory Comm is-claims by 'We the People' and about the ability of people sion to hold a public hearing Mr. Comley are completely in the communities within a about the plant's emergency without merit. Mr. Comley 10-mtle radius of the plant to evacuation plans. Merrimac has a long history of making safely evacuate in case of an joined boards in Salisbury, false allegations and base-emergency, especially dur-N ewbury, Newburyport, less claims against Seabrook. ing the high-traffic tourism Amesbury, Ipswich and Independentagencies,includ-months. He also alleged Rob-Georgetown in writing let-ing the Nuclear Reg,ulatory bins was trying to damage ters to the NRC in favor of Commission, have reviewed his credibtllty and that of his the proposal for a hearing.

his claims and allegations and self-described whistleblowcr Comley, founder of We have found them to be with-group, We the People.

the People, has cited his out substance."

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1 Richard K. Lodge is editor of The Daily News and can be,,

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