ML20072T416

Urges Denial of Util Request to Continue Const at Facility. Safe Evacuation of Suffolk County Residents Cannot Be Accomplished

ML20072T416
Person / Time
Site:	Shoreham File:Long Island Lighting Company icon.png
Issue date:	04/04/1983
From:	Nevel M SHELTER ISLAND, NY
To:	Harold Denton Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
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NUDOCS 8304080087
Download: ML20072T416 (3)

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OFFICE OF THE SUPERVISOR TOWN HALL 5HELTER ISLAND, N. Y. 11964 MAL NEVEL C5163 749-0015 sunavison April 4, 1983 Mr. Harold R. Denton, Director Nuclear Reactor Regulation U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20555 Re: Shoreham Nuclear Power Station Construction Permit #CPPR-95

Dear Mr. Denton:

I am the Supervisor of the Town of Shelter Island on eastern Long Island, which lies east of LILCO's Shoreham Nuclear Power Plant. The Town of Shelter Island is home to more than 2,000 year-round residents, and in the summer, our population swells to more than 10,000 people. It has come to my attention that the construction permit for Shoreham is due to expire on March 31, 1983 unless extended by your office. This letter is to urge you to deny LILCO's request to continue construction at Shoreham and to prevent the further wasteful expenditure of tens of millions of dollars on that project.

As you know, Suffolk County has determined, on the basis of many months of intensive examination by experts, that the safe evacuation of Suffolk County residents, particularly those who reside in eastern Long Island, cannot be accomplished. Accord-ingly, Suffolk County has urged the NRC to terminate the Shoreham operating license proceedings in view of the fact that approval and implementation of a Suffolk County off-site emergency plan is a requirement for the issuance of an operating license. I agree with the County's determination and can see no reason why your office should permit construction at Shoreham to continue.

I have also been made aware of comments attributable to NRC spokesmen in Long Island's daily newspaper, Newsday, which suggests that less than serious attention will be given to Suffolk County's request that construction at Shoreham be halted. For example, James Fitzgerald, an assistant general counsel at the NRC, reportedly stated "I don't think you need an evacuation plan 8304080'O'87 83'04'04' 7 PDR ADOCK 05000322 H PDR ph

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