ML19238A298
| ML19238A298 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Pilgrim |
| Issue date: | 08/26/2019 |
| From: | Bavol R NRC/SECY |
| To: | Cosentino H Plymouth Area League of Women Voters (Massachusetts) |
| SECY RAS | |
| References | |
| 50-293-LT, 72-1044-LT, License Transfer, RAS 55207 | |
| Download: ML19238A298 (5) | |
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SECRETARY Ms. Henrietta Cosentino UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 August 26, 2019 Chair, Nuclear Affairs Committee Plymouth Area League of Women Voters Box 3906 Plymouth, MA02361
Dear Ms. Cosentino:
On behalf of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), I am responding to your letter of August 19, 2019, to Chairman Svinicki regarding the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station license transfer request from Entergy and Holtec (Docket Nos. 50-593 and 72-1044). In your letter, you request that the NRC reconsider its decision on the 90-day stay request filed by the State of Massachusetts and the issuance of the NRC staff's intent to approve the transfer of the license on or about August 21 51* The license transfer was approved on August 22, 2019.
Because your request bears on the contested adjudication pending before the Commission, it would be inappropriate for the Chairman to discuss or comment on your request at this time.
This is because the Commission must remain impartial during the pendency of the adjudication.
A copy of your letter and this response will be served on the participants in the Pilgrim license transfer proceeding.
Sincerely, Rochelle C. Bavol Acting Secretary
LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS PLYMOUTH AREA Making Democracy Work SeMn9 the people of Plymouth, K;ngston, catw1,, Duxbvry, MarshHeld, Plympton August 19, 2019 Kristine L. Svinicki U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Mail Stop 0 -16 B33
\\Vashington, DC 20555-000 I
Dear Chairperson Svinicki,
The Plymouth Area League of Women Voters wishes to protest, in the strongest terms, two recent NRC decisions regarding Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station. In light of strong state and local opposition, we urge you to reconsider them.
First, you denied our AGO's application to stay the decision on Pilgrim's license transfer for 90 days. Both the Town of Plymouth and the Commonwealth have le-gitimate concerns about the financial accountability of the prospective licensee, its finances and its plans for safety, security, monitoring, and emergency response dur-ing the period of decommissioning. Your decis[on effectively stymies negotiations intended to provide assurances either missing from NRC regulations, or waived by the NRC.
Second, you signaled your intent to announce the transfer of Pilgrim's license to Holtec on or about August 2 I st-before the public hearing scheduled for Sep-tember 11, and before full consideration of long-standing petitions by our AGO and Pilgrim Watch 10 intervene in the license transfer. This decision communicates a blatant disregard for the public interest.
Both Holtec and its chosen partner, SNC-Lavalin, have dubious histories ofbribe-taking. Re Holtec, see htt_ps://www._propublica.01:giarticle/holtec-intemational-george-norcross-tax-breaks; see also http://w,vw.beyondnuclear.org/deconunission-ing/. Re SNC-Lavalin: https://husincss.linancialpost.com/cxccutivc/canada-now-
d<J_minateJ;-world-bank-corruntion-list-lhanks-10-snc-lavalin. How is it possible tbat such companies would be entrusted with vast quantities of nuclear waste in America's Hometown?
. ereco{l~ider esede_ *si~,
e ietta Cosentino
- r, Nuclear Affairs Committee, Plymouth Area League of\\Vomen Voters Box 3906, Plymouth, MA 02361 CC:
Governor Charlie Baker Att'y General Maura Healey Senator E,,lward Markey Senator Elizabetb \\Varren Representative Bill Keating State Senator Vinny deMacedo State representative Matt Muratore NDCAP Chair Sean Mullin Plymouth Select Board:
Ken Tavares Betry Cavacco Shelagh Joyce John Mahoney Patrick Flaherty Pilgrim Watch Cape Downwinders David Abel (The Boston Globe)
David Kindy (The Old Colony Memorial)
Christine Legere (The Cape Cod Times)
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION In the Matter of
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ENTERGY NUCLEAR OPERATIONS, INC.
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ENTERGY NUCLEAR GENERATION
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Docket Nos. 50-293 and 72-1044 LT COMPANY, HOLTEC INTERNATIONAL,
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and HOLTEC DECOMMISSIONING
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INTERNATIONAL, LLC
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(Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station
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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that copies of the foregoing Letter from NRC Acting Secretary, Rochelle Bavol, to Henrietta Cosentino of the Plymouth Area League of Women Voters have been served upon the following persons by Electronic Information Exchange.
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Office of Commission Appellate Adjudication Mail Stop: O-16B33 Washington, DC 20555-0001 E-mail: ocaamail@nrc.gov U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Office of the Secretary of the Commission Mail Stop: O-16B33 Washington, DC 20555-0001 E-mail: hearingdocket@nrc.gov Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555-0001 E. Roy Hawkens, Chairman E-mail: Roy.Hawkens@nrc.gov U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Office of the General Counsel Mail Stop - O-14A44 Washington, DC 20555-0001 Tison A. Campbell, Esq.
Anita G. Naber, Esq.
David E. Roth, Esq.
Rebecca A. Susko, Esq.
Jeremy L. Wachutka, Esq.
Jennifer E. Scro, Esq.
E-mail: Tison.Campbell@nrc.gov Anita.Naber@nrc.gov David.Roth@nrc.gov Rebecca.Susko@nrc.gov Jeremy.Wachutka@nrc.gov Jennifer.Scro@nrc.gov Entergy Services, Inc.
101 Constitution Ave., NW Suite 200 East Washington, DC 20001 Susan H. Raimo E-mail: sraimo@entergy.com
Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station Docket Nos. 50-293 and 72-1044 LT Letter from NRC Acting Secretary, Rochelle Bavol, to Henrietta Cosentino of the Plymouth Area League of Women Voters 2
Balch & Bingham LLP 1710 Sixth Avenue North Birmingham, AL 35203-2015 Peter R. LeJeune, Esq Alan D. Lovett, Esq, E-mail: plejeune@balch.com alovett@balch.com Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP 1200 Seventeenth Street, NW Washington, DC 20036 Meghan Hammond, Esq.
David R. Lewis, Esq.
E-mail: Meghan.Hammond@pillsburylaw.com David.Lewis@pillsburylaw.com Pilgrim Watch F148 Washington Street Duxbury, MA 02332 Mary Lampert, Director E-mail: Mary.Lampert@comcast.net Counsel for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts:
Energy and Environmental Bureau Office of the Attorney General One Ashburton Place, 18th Floor Boston, Massachusetts 02108 Joseph Dorfler, Esq.
Seth Schofield, Esq.
E-mail: Joseph.Dorfler@state.ma.gov Seth.Schofield@mass.gov
[Original signed by Herald M. Speiser ]
Office of the Secretary of the Commission Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 26th day of August 2019