ML19323E947

Requests Response to Encl Cohen & Cholmar Concerns That Facility Does Not Have Adequate Fire Protection

ML19323E947
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Site:	Haddam Neck File:Connecticut Yankee Atomic Power Co icon.png
Issue date:	02/04/1980
From:	Mckinney S HOUSE OF REP.
To:	Ahearne J NRC COMMISSION (OCM)
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CONSERVATIONISTS OF STAMFOR D, inevoorai.o. p.o. som 2012-stamfore. conn. oesos s ~. N. t. ~ ~ - ,.[ m July 2, 1979 E i Ni Senator Lowell Weicker CoggressmanStewartB.McKinney{ Room 313 Russel Room 106 Cannon .c' Senato Office Building House Office Building Washington, D.C. Washington,D.C.

Dear Senator Weicker and Congressman McKinney:

Re: iRC statement that public safety requires modification of Haddam Neck reactor to enable alternate shutdown capability We, of the Conservationists of Stamford, would like to add our voices to those of the Westcott Neighborhood Association - please see enclosed letter. Please advise us as to what progress is being made to haye the NRC'S recommendations followed at the Haddam Neck plant Thank you for {our indulgence. Sincerely,. te . k M L.- Sid y Cholmar Pr'e' ident -COS s '../

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Dear Senator Weicker and ConCressman IicKinney:

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uclear Regulatory Co:mnission (L'RC) Statement That

!ublic Safety Rec.uires IJodification of Hadc'an i'eck 3eactor (Cotuiecticut YcnSce) to Enable Alternate Shutdown Capability. The enclosed correspon<icuce copies speak for themselves. Motever, please note that Governor Grasso took almost two ucnths to answer our April 10, 1979 letter. I Also, please note that although the June 21, 1979 letter the Assistant Director of Encrcy Research from I:s. Brenneman, and Tolicy of the Counceticut Office of Tolicy and i'ancbement, "the critice.1 enbles have been firerroofed," it siso sectes that indicates that she is either unavcre of, or in discurcer.ent t ith, recent IIRC staff corelusions, as follows: "an al ternate shut-down uechanism is..couired at 'iaddam Iscch 'beca tse of a fet: specific plant locations 1:here the staff does not have reasorchie assurance that a postulated fire vill not damate both redundent divisions of shutdotal systens.'" As part of your responsibility to us, your constituents, t:c feel you should make every effort to insure tSat the UCC is doinc everything wi. thin its power to assure the public safety and health, including prompt enforcement of all regulations. We believe it is the responsibili.ty of the State of Connecticut to find out how much it would cost to make thc ::addam I'cck rc: actor safe by modifications to provide it with the NFC required alternete shutdown capability, whether such modifications can be nade i:ith the i reactor in operation, hov lonc it vill take to incplcxcnt se-h Also, we believe mcdifications, and how soon such work will becin. we are entitled to such information. For the record, at this point our position is neither pre-Q.7 nuclear nor anti-nuclear, but it is pro-safety. [p Ue request your early concerned attention to this matter. IY' / y W, p G g Zernard Cohon / 'v Fresident - C'A ' cx j r... g, y - -{ - We ...._n-

- 3 a,,.7 Union o ' ComCenmeo SCIENTISTS June 21, 1979 The Honorable Ernest N. Abate Speaker of the House of Representatives State Capitol Hartford, Connecticut 06115

Dear Mr. Abate:

For the last year and a half, the Union of Concerned Scientists has been seeking an immediate shutdown of operating nuclear power plants which do not have adequate protection The legal proceeding was begun on November 4, against fires. when we filed a Petition for Emergency and Remedial Action

1977, before the Commissioners of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

the Although the Commission has not rendered its final decisi'on, testimony of the NRC staff has established that the Haddam Neck nuclear power plant is one of those that does not have adequate fire protection features. The reason that I am writing to you about this matter is I that the May 4, 1979, letter to you from Lelan Sillin, Chairman of Northeast Utilities, contains information that is contradicted

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Enclosed are the documents we released on January 26, 1979. I These documents outline the bases for our conclusion last January that the Haddam Neck plant should be shut down, at least until the fire protection provisions determined by the NRC staff to be needed for protection of the public have been installed. j Also enclosed is an e.xcerpt from the most recent NRC staff testimony before the Commission dated February 12, 1979. Mr. Sillin, in his letAer to you, alleges that the Haddam Neck plant "has been upgraded to the point that a single fire event will not affect the ability to safely shut down." In its testimony, the NRC staff concludes that an alternate shutdown mechanism is required at Haddam Neck (and at Millstone Unit 1) "because of a few specific plant locations where the staff does not have reasonable assurance that a postulated fire will not damage both l 12C8 VassacNsetts ben e

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