ML19023A543
| ML19023A543 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Seabrook  |
| Issue date: | 01/22/2019 |
| From: | Annette Vietti-Cook NRC/SECY |
| To: | Markey E, Moulton S, Warren E US HR (House of Representatives), US SEN (Senate) |
| Susan Spicer, OCAA | |
| Shared Package | |
| ML19022A372 | List: |
| References | |
| LTR-19-0023 | |
| Download: ML19023A543 (1) | |
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 January 22, 2019 SECRETARY The Honorable Edward Markey United States Senate Washington, DC 20510 The Honorable Elizabeth Warren United States Senate Washington, DC 20510 The Honorable Seth Moulton United States House of Representatives Washington, DC 20515
Dear Senator Markey,
Senator Warren, and Congressman Moulton:
On behalf of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), I am responding to your letter of January 18, 2019, to Chairman Svinicki regarding the pending applications to amend and renew the operating license for Seabrook Station nuclear power plant. Your letter references C-10 Research and Education Foundation standing as a party in a license amendment proceeding pending before the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board (the Board). The license amendment would revise Seabrook's license to add methods for analyzing certain structures that are impacted by alkali-silica reaction. You requested that the hearing before the Board relating to the license amendment application be held before the NRC takes any action on the license applications.
Under agency regulations, the Commission has an appellate role in adjudications pending before the Board. Because the license amendment application for the Seabrook Station is the subject of a current adjudication, the Commission must remain impartial during the pendency of the proceeding. Accordingly, your letter has been referred to the NRC staff. The NRC staff plans to meet with the public.
A copy of your letter and this response will be served on the participants in the Seabrook license amendment proceeding.
Sincerely, Annette L. Vietti-Cook