ML19353A102
| ML19353A102 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Pilgrim |
| Issue date: | 12/08/1980 |
| From: | Ippolito T Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
| To: | Morisi A BOSTON EDISON CO. |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 8101070166 | |
| Download: ML19353A102 (4) | |
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x Docket No. 50-293 1yc 3 MF4 Mr. A. Victor Morisi Boston Edison Company M/C NUCLEAR 800 Boylston Street Boston, Massachusetts 02199
Dear Mr. Morisi:
We have received a copy of the October 22, 1980 letter from Mr. Gerald F.
Hayes, Director of the Office of Emergency Preparedness and Civil Defense for the town of Plymouth, Massachusetts which was addressed to Boston Edison.
In this letter, Mr. Hayes indicates that his office is being excluded from the local emergency planning efforts for the Pilgrim site and its environs, while the Boston Edison Company concentrates all its planning efforts at the State level.
It is imperative that all local governmental agencies with response roles in the plume exposure EPZ be included in the planning process and that they concur in their roles once finalized in the plans. Without such planning and concurrence, the NRC may be unable to find that an adequate state of emergency preparedness exists as required by the revision 10 CFR 50 of the Commission's regulat' is which became effective on November 3,1980.
In this regard, we have requested that FEMA review the local planning efforts for the Pilgrim site.
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Enclosure:
Letter to Mr. Francis M. Staszesky dated October 22, 1980 cc w/ enclosure:
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Mr. A. Victor Morisi Boston Edison Company December 8,1980 cc:
Mr. Richard D. Machon Pilgrim Station Manager Boston Edison Company RFD #1, Rocky Hill Road Plymouth, Massachusetts 02360 Henry Herrmann, Esquire Massachusetts Wildlife Federation 151 Tremont Street Boston, Massachusetts 02111 Plymouth Public Library North Street Plymouth, Massachusetts 02360 Resident Inspector c/o U. S. NRC 1
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0 gh October 22, 1930 Mr. Francis M. Stas:esky President Boston Edison Company 800 Boylston Street Boston, MA 02199
Dear Sir:
I find that I must again protest to you personally concerning the attitude of certain Boston Edisen personnel and their lack of coopera-tion with the Town of Plymouth and, in particular, this office.
The legal responsibilit y for protecting our citizens rests, by statute, with the Chief Elected Official of the Town of Plymouth. As his agent, and the person charged with preparing and implementing ade-quate plans to protect the people of our community, I must strongly pro-test the efforts of Boston Edison to exclude us from this planning pro-cess while you concentrate all your planning efforts at the State icvel.
I would call your attention to the plan submitted to the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission for approval which states the primary res-ponsibility for resoonding to an accident at the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station lies with the emergency forces of the Town of Plymouth, not the State. The State 's role, in an emergency is one of cupport to the Town.
It is therefore impc rative that this department be notified immediately of any incident, problem or occurrence at the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Sta-tien that cculd lead to (though it may not be) any release of radioactive materials into the atmosphere of the Town of Plymouth.
In spite of repeated requests to be notified of probigs which could lead to a hazard to the citizens of this community, I find that i must still receive this information, long after the fact, from the news media.
For the past eighteen months, I have repeatedly asked to be notified by Boston Edison of ficials of any and all incidents at the Pilgrim Nuclear Pcwe r Sta t ion.
As a result of these requests, I have been lied to, and, at times, totally ignored.
The most recent problem at the power station was considered serious enough for Boston Edison to notif y the Massachusetts Department of Public Health and to issue a press release and yet not serious enough te notify the local agencies most responsible for protecting the people of Plymouth (i.e.- Plymouth Police and Plymouth Civil Defense).
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When reading of the incident in the local paper, I contac ted Mr. Arm-strong at the station to determine why the local government was not not ified.
Mr. Armstrong informed me that his procedures did not specify notification of local officials and would not discuss it any further. Evidently, Mr. Armstrong's procedures are different from the notification procedures supplied to this office by Boston Edison because our copy specifies noti-fication of the Plymouth Civil Defense via the Plymouth Police.
Af ter my conversation with Mr. Armstrong, I then called Mr. Tis to see if he could explain the reason for not notifying us.
Nk. Tis was not in at the time and I requested Mr. Gaughan to have Mr. Tis contact me as I felt this was a very serious breach of agreement between this office and Boston Edison.
Mr. Tis did not return my call so I again telephoned his office and he was in his of fice.
I spoke to him about the situation i
and still did not receive an adequate answer to the question of notification.
I have made mysc if available to Boston Edison at all times for plan-I ning purposer and have received little cooperation in return.
I find this to be a condicion that should not and will not be tolerated b) this office any longer.
I would hope that you will take steps immediately to correct this situation before something serious happens at the powe r station that the Town will be unable to respond to because we were not notified in time.
Gerald F. Hayes Director i
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Mr. Willard, Director, Mass Civil Defense Agency, Area II Mr. Griffin, Exec Secretary, Plymouth Board of Selectmen Mr. Tis, District Manager, Boston Edison Co (Plymouth)
Mr. Cunningham, Boston Edison Company
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