ML19260D856
| ML19260D856 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Seabrook  |
| Issue date: | 11/29/1979 |
| From: | Seal M PRESIDENT OF U.S. & EXECUTIVE OFFICES |
| To: | NRC COMMISSION (OCM) |
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| 791126, NUDOCS 8002120514 | |
| Download: ML19260D856 (5) | |
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r THE WHITE HOUSE OFFICE REFERRAL 10VEMBER 26, 1979 ID: 059006
'IO: IUCIEAR REGULA'IORY COFMISSION REPLY: DIRECT REPLY, FURNISH INFO COW IF A DELAY OF MORE EAN 9 DAYS IS ENCOUtEERED PIEASE TELEPHONE 456-2717.
BASIC CORRESPONDENCE AND CQEROL SIEET AND COW T RESPONSE (OR DFAPT) MUST BE REIURNED 'IO:
AGENCY LIAISCN (ROOM 94), WHITE HOUSE.
MEDIA: IEITER, DATED FDVEMBER 15, 1779.
'IO: PPESIDEtR CARI'ER FROM: 'IHE IOORABIE FOBERTA C. PEVEAR STATE REPRESENTATIVE NEW IAMPSHIRE IDJSE OF REPRESEtEATIVES CONCORD, NH 03301 SURTECT: ASKS 'IEAT CCNSTRUCTION OF 'IEE SEABROOK NUCLFAR IOWER PERE BE HALTFE UtEIL A FULL RE - EVALUATION IS MAIE
('IEIS IEITER WAS AISO SIGNED BY THIRIY - TWO OTHER MEMBERS OF 'IHE IEW HAMPSHIRE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES)
BY DIRECTION & EE PRESIDENT MARY MARIEA SEAL DIREC'IOR CORRESIONDENCE AGENCY LIAISON UP 1950 024 80 021 u0 5/4
State of Nem Wampslyire HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES CONCORD COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENT AND AGRICULTURE j
GREENE ELIZABETH A., Chairman SCAMMAN, W. DOUGLAS JR., Vice Chairman ROGERS, MYRTLE B., oerk BLAKENEY, GORDON R. JR.
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CAMPBELL, MARILYN B.
CATE, GEORGE H.
CATE JOHN O.
CORSER, JOHN B.
1 DONOVAN, FR ANCIS X.
President Jimmy Carter l' N O\\, c,,,0 id / 9 EISHER, MARK The White House 9
GIBBONS, PAUL A.
HAYNES, BRADLEY Washington, DC 20500 J AMROG, JOHN F.
j KOZAJKA, FRANK J.
LACAILLADE, MARGARET
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and well-being, and_a_sk. that construction _of_the Sea-brook _ Nuclear Power Plant be halted until a full and timely re-evaluation is made.
Our reasons are as fol-lows:
1.
The NRC disregarded its own criteria for popula-tion density in the area of the proposed Seabrook plant.
2.
Final licensing of Seabrook is seriously jeopar-dized by the lack of any approved plan for the speedy evacuation of the surrounding population, including Hampton Beach, and, there is serious question as to whether such evacuation would indeed be possible.
3.
The near catastrophe at the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant underscored the inadequacies of our present nuclear safeguards and precipitated a widespread change in public attitudes about nuclear power.
4.
As a result of these events, the licensing stan-dards for new nuclear plants are going to be significant-ly altered, where public health and safety questions are concerned.
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The Seabrook Station nuclear facility received its construction permit under the old federal regu-lations, but will have to obtain an operating per-mit under new, much stricter regulations.
6.
The power demand projections on which New Hamp-shire's need for Seabrook I were based have been ef-fectively cut in half, meaning that at least 72 per-cent of the electricity generated at Seabrook will now be for out-of-state consumption.
7.
Ownership of, and thus, responsibility for, 22 percent of Seabrook Station is now undetermined.
We, therefore, feel that, since the plant's existence is made possible through licensing by the federal and state governments, you and those listed below should act to halt construction until a re-evaluation can be made.
Our concerns have been further legitimized by the recent report on nuclear emergencies by the House Government Operations Committee, wherein the report charges the NRC with a " lack of strong, constructive leadership" in evacu-ation plans and that "the current guidelines it now uses are seriously deficient in a number of critical areas".
The report goes on to say that there is "little likeli-hood that either evacuation or sheltering could take place around most nuclear plants with the speed and efficiency necessary".
A reply concerning the above would be appreciated by all of us.
Sincerely yours, Members of the
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