ML20070H344
| ML20070H344 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Indian Point  |
| Issue date: | 12/03/1982 |
| From: | Ryan A NEW YORK, NY |
| To: | Ahearne J, Gilinsky V, Palladino N NRC COMMISSION (OCM) |
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| ISSUANCES-SP, NUDOCS 8212230337 | |
| Download: ML20070H344 (2) | |
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gp]2I<5Ei December 3,1982 pp,c a. a..'.'_ rr.0 M r. g q ] S P occ= r:=r Nunzio Palladino, Chairman
' Victor Gilinsky, Commissioner g, g (o...-,N" John Ahearne, Commissioner James Asselstine, Commissioner Thomas Roberts, Commissioner U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission r
Washington, D.C.
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Dear Commissioners:
We strongly urge that you not permit the Indian Paint power plants in Buchanan, New York to return to service at this time.
We believe that both reactors, Indian Point 2 2nd Indian Point 3, should remain closed at.least until you, the NRC Commissioners, are able to guarantee that emergency planning and preparedness are adequate to protect public health and safety in the counties around Indian Point, including New York City.
We understand that in December, the Federal Emergency Management Agency will submit to you an evaluation of emergency planning around Indian Point, but that they have informed you that no evaluation of the actual state of emergenc after another " exercise"y preparedness will be p ossible until some time (scheduled for March 8, 1983) has been conducted to test emergency response procedures.
Further, we are aware that no evaluation of New York City s preparedness to respond to an accident at Indian Point is even contemplated.
The NRC's regulacions required that there be adequate emergency
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planning and preparedness for nuclear plant accidents by April 1,1981.
The fact that emergency preparedness at Indian Point is still in question
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more than a year and a half later is deeply disturbing to us.
l Our concerns are heightened, among other things, by recent reports of equipment degradation at the plants and of possible accident conse-quences much greater than previously estimated.
During the past year the media has reported problems ranging from a 1981 "belcw average" safety and performance rating for Indian Point 2, to steam generator tube leaks, 8212230337 821203 l
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2 turbine defects, and possible reactor vessel embrittlement.
Most recent-ly, a report for NRC prepared by Sandia National Laboratories estimated that a worst case accident at Indian Point could result in.many thousands-of fatalities, early injuries, and delayed cancer deaths in the New York metropolitan area, and hundreds of billions of dollars in economic losser.
In light of the above, neither we nor our constituents will feel safe and secure should you allow the Indian Point plants, currently shut down for refueling and repairs, to go back "on line."
We urge you to make no d.ecisien permitting resumption of operation of the Indian Point l
P ants without thorough consideration of the evidence gathered in the special investigation currently underway before the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board.
Sincerely, M
AILEEN B. RYAN CoWNC. Mrsenta AT Laner sonouen os-Tut gnoux 2051 ST. R AY M O N D AVE.
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