ML19329E932
| ML19329E932 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Midland |
| Issue date: | 09/19/1977 |
| From: | Case E Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
| To: | Howell S CONSUMERS ENERGY CO. (FORMERLY CONSUMERS POWER CO.) |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 8006180799 | |
| Download: ML19329E932 (3) | |
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September 19, 1977 Docket Nos. 5 330 Consumers Power Company ATTN: Mr. S. H. Howell Vice President 212 West Michigan Avenue Jackson, Michigan 49201 THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS POOR QUAUTY PAGES Gentlemen:
Enclosed is a Federal Register Notice of a petition for rulemaking regarding physical searches of individuals entering a protected area of a nuclear power plant and a copy of a proposed NRC regula-tion which would require clearances for those individuals who are permitted unescorted access within nuclear power plants.
The Comission is assessing the implications of these two actions, particularly the " pat down" searches of individuals, and their value as elements of the total physical protection system needed for nuclear power plants. Also, the Comission is concerned with the potential effects on employee effectiveness and morale of the physical search and other requirements for the physical protection of nuclear reactors currently specified in 10 CFR 73.55.
In this regard, the Comission is endeavoring to identify alternatives that achieve the needed protection of nuclear power plants when ccmbined with the other elements of the total plant security system.
The Comission wants a broad base of public coment on these issues and, recognizing that physical searches and the obtaining of government clearances directly affect your employees, the Comission requests that you inform them of this notice of rulemaking and of the proposed clearance rule, and of the desire of the Comission to obtain coments directly from those who are or would be most affected.
We request that you post this notice on employee bulletin boards or otherwise notify your employees of the Comission's concerns and desire for coments on these issues.
Sincerely, y' A 8006I80 O Edson G. Case, Acting Director
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One IBM Plaza Chicago, Illinois 60611 Honorable Curt Schneider Attorney General State of Kansas Topika, Kansas 66612 Irving Like, Esq.
Reilly, Like and Schneider 200 West Main Street Babylon, New York 11702 Howard J. Vogel, Esq.
Knittle & Vogel 814 Flour Exchange Building Minneapolis, Minnesota 55415 James A. Kendell, Esq.
Currie and Kendall 135 N0rth Saginaw Road Midland, Michigan 49201 Judd L. Bacon, Eso.
Consumers Power Company 212 West Michigan Avenue Jackson, Michigan 49201 Milton R. Wessel, Esq.
4 Little Lane White Plains,~New York 10605 Lee Nute, Esq.
Michi~gan Division The Dow Chemical Company 47 Building Midland, Michigan 48640 R. Rex Renfrow III, Esq.
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