ML19239A026
| ML19239A026 | |
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| Site: | Pilgrim |
| Issue date: | 08/23/2019 |
| From: | Azarovitz J Public Commenter |
| To: | Kristine Svinicki NRC/Chairman |
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JANET AZAROVITZ <jazarovitz@comcast.net>
Friday, August 23, 2019 11 :23 AM CHAIRMAN Resource
[External_Sender] a PLEA FOR MORE TIME AND REASONABLE DISCUSSION INCLUDING THE CITIZENS OF THE COMMONWEALTH IN THE SALE OF THE PNPS Commissioner Svinicki, we are grateful to see that you've given citizens, represented specifically by Pilgrim Watch and the MA Attorney General, an opportunity to have our voices heard about the sale of the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station to Holtec. Still too litt_le time for thoughtful dialogue but, I hope you are still open to hearing our concerns. These concerns include the lack of proof that the company has the money necessary to do the job safely to the emergency response planning.... critical to the safety of the public. More hearings and opportunities for public input are absolutely needed and called for by citizens of Massachusetts, to resolve critical outstanding questions - until that happens, this license transfer should not be approved. We feel that the NRC should not put nuclear industry timelines above the statutory requirement (NRC has come to be known as the puppet, an extension, of the industry) for a process that includes the opportunity for public input and involvement response planning. We have asked for answers and we have received only unacceptable silence.
Holtec came to woo Entergy into a deal that appealed to Plymouth residents and those that are in the shadow of the PNPS because it appealed to those who want it GONE, and the sooner the better. At the same time it is in August, 2018 that they came to woo MA Nuclear Decommissioning Citizens Advisory Panel members, trying.to convince them to support the plan. As proven, Holtec/SNC/Lavalin has a very shaky, dubious, background. The public reporting of Holtec malfeasance starts in 2001 with lies told to TVA, (consequently barred from doing business with TVA), moving on to bribery, with th~ latest documented dealings in N.J. which has Holtec/SNC-Lavalin has formed a USA-based joint venture company to work on the accelerated decommissioning of retired nuclear power plants.. In their own words, decommissioning has become a "rapid growth market" with a forecast value exceeding USD14 billion over the next ten years. The new company, Comprehensive Decommissioning International (CDI), has never decommissioned a power plant but will take on 3 plants that are shut down and ready to be decommissioned...... with a promise to do so in 8 years!
But their's is a history of promises made, promises never kept. As Senator Markey.has said, Too many questions remain and too few answers have been provided to the Commonwealth and to local residents about the decommissioning of the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Plant". I can attest to that statement..... at the August 2018 Massac~usetts Nuclear Decommissioning Citizens Panel, where we were introduced to the Senior Vice President and Chief Nuclear Engineer, Pierre One id laughed off the serious question by the Chair to see something in writing. No, came the jaw-dropping answer, only willing to satisfy this mega-deal with a friendly handshake as opposed to a written contract of agreement. Repeatedly the Holtec representatives have shown a lack of respect and total lack of transparency in their appearances before this state~appointed citizens committee.
I am speaking as a knowledgeable, responsible long-time resident of Cape Cod, as a grandmother, and as a coordinating committee member of the Pilgrim Legislative Advisory Coalition, and am asking for a thorough discussion and the halting of the license transfer.
Sincerely Janet Azarovitz W. Falmouth MA 02574 1