ML20108D917
| ML20108D917 | |
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| Site: | Shoreham File:Long Island Lighting Company icon.png |
| Issue date: | 01/31/1983 |
| From: | Belson B AFFILIATION NOT ASSIGNED |
| To: | Palladino N NRC COMMISSION (OCM) |
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| FOIA-84-250 NUDOCS 8412130490 | |
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Barbara Belson MAR 0 41983 Box 352 Quoque, New York 11959
Dear Ms. Belson:
I am 11 eased to respond to your recent letter to Chairman Palladino regarding the $wreham Nuclear Power Station.
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In your letter you expressed a concern with the possible threat of radiation-leakage and the capability of evacuation plans to permit your family to leave the a.-ea.
The NRC shares your concern for the health and safety of the residents of Long Island.
I recognize that many people living near nuc1:ar power plants have heightened concerns about safety, particularly since the accident at Three Mile Island. You also expressed concerns regarding faulty wires and g
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Regarding evacuation plans for the Shoreham plant, the NRC is responsible for reviewing the onsite Emergency Plan. This review will assure that licensee t"
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notification of significant problems, including radiation releases in excess of limits. Additionally, NRC will assure that licensee emergency procedures require the onsite persen in charge of plant operations to inform federal, y
state and local officials of abnormal or emergency situations at the facility ft including radiation releases in excess of limits.
In addition, the licensee emergency procedures will require recommendations to be made to those officials so that appropriate actions, including evacuation if necessary. can be taken to protect public health and safety.
Furthermore, a system has been established wi,thi.n.the )4RC to recei.ve. event.. reports,.on.a 24-hour basis, and evaluate each significant event as it is reported.
It is our standard practice to independently notify State officials of those events with more than minor significance. Any event that could impact public health and safety would result in the activation of NRC regional,and headquarters emergency response centers.
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depending on tha'saverity of the' event, a Region I response team, including 1
the assigned Resident Inspector, would be dispatched to the site.
As you may be aware, Suffolk County has recently resolved not to adopt or implement an offsite radiological emergency plan for Shoreham. The effects of this action relative to the $horeham licensing proceeding are, at this writing,.
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Regarding your concerns about faulty wires and piping at Shoreham, NRC Region I conducts inspections of safety systems at Shoreham and monitors plant safety throughout the life of the plant. Actually, each plant safety system will be checked several times to verify operability before the plant is placed in full operation. At Shoreham, the NRC has required the licensee to implement a three-fold process for determining the dependability and operability of systems at a given plant. This process and its results are reviewed by the NRC.
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before the nuclear chain reaction in the reactor is ever allowed to be started, i l a series of preoperational tests are performed. These tests verify the opera-bility of equipment in the plant systems and provide assurance that plant components, systems and sub-systems will perform satisfactorily when operated as a. unit.
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tests and operating experience confirm that the plant is operating safely.
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Through experience, the practice of performing a series of pisnt system tests at power level plateaus of less than 5% and then 25, 50, 75 and 100% of rated power, has proven to be a reasonable and safe approach to conenercial power l
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In the course of their work, NRC inspectors 'do identify problems. These
- problems are analyzed to determine their cause and allow us to require corrective actfon beyond the scope of the o,rigin.a1 problem..The NRC does not rely only L(
on 1.ILCO to provide informat' ion about plant construction; our. independent
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"'inspdctio'n of ths' plant"provides in'foYmation~so tha'f'the NRC'ckn ma'k'e a ilecis'iori regarding the safe operation of the plant.
In this regard we also have taken a
additional steps to satisfy ourselves as to the safety status of the plant.
1 For example, we recently conducted an exhaustive unannounced team inspection li using Senior Resident Inspectors from other sites, as well as my senior super-a visors. A copy of their results is provided for your information.
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Since 1974, Region I inspectors have conducted more than 170 such independent inspections including over 19,000 hours0 days <br />0 hours <br />0 weeks <br />0 months <br /> of inspection time at Shoreham.
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t You also asked that we come and talk with the residents of the East End of Long Island. We appreciate the desire for residents and responsible local officials to be kept informed of activities associated with nearby facilities.
Suffolk County is currently participating in public hearings regarding Shoreham.
We have and are continuing to meet with representatives of county government in this regard.
I trust that this brief discussion is responsive to your inquiry.
Let me assure you that we will not allow Shoreham to operate until we are satisfied 4
that it can be operated safety.
Should you have additional questions please feel free to call me collect at (215) 337-5229.
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Subject:
Freedom of Information Act Request Gentlemen:
On behalf of our client, Suffolk County, we request, pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act, as amended, 5 U.S.C.
6 552 ("FOIA"), and the rules of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission ("NRC") issued thereunder, 10 C.F.R. Part 9, copies of:
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All correspondence, memoranda, telephone logs, meeting notes, schedules, and other written materials in the possession or control of the NRC, whether in the Commissioners' offices, the Office of General Counsel, Office of Policy Evaluation, the Office of the Executive Director of Operations, or any other NRC office, which relate to communications, whether by telephone, in person, by correspondence, or any other means, between any NRC personnel or other federal government personnel and any person or organization, including federal agency personnel, concerning the Long Island Lighting Company ("LILCO") or the Shoreham Nuclear Power Station ("Shoreham").
Without limiting the scope of this request, but merely to assist the NRC in its search, the materials that we are requesting may include the following:
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All materials that relate to communications between NRC personnel or other federal agency personnel with LILCO personnel or representatives, including William Catacasinos, Chairman of LILCO's Board of Directors.
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All materials that relate to communications between NRC personnel concerning LILCO or Shoreham with personnel or representatives of:
(1) the Executive Office of the President; (2) the Office of Science and Technology; (3) the Office of Management and Budget; (4) the Department of Energy; (5) the Office of Technology Assessment; (6) the Federal Emergency Management Agency; (7) members of Congress or Congressional staff; (8) any other federal or state agencies; (9) any other persons or organizations 2.
All materials relating to the Regional Assistance Committee's ("RAC") review of LILCO's Transition Plan for offsite response to a radiological emergency at Shoreham.
The NRC need not provide us with a copy of LILCO's Transition Plan.
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All materials relating to that part of a memorandum from Nunzio J. Palladino to the NRC Commissioners dated March 20, 1984, concerning licensing delays involving Shoreham, including, but not limited to, a proposal from NRC's Office of General Counsel for an expedited hearing on the diesel issue, and any responses to the memorandum.
In the event that access is denied to any part of the requested materials, please supply the following information:
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Identify the withheld or deleted material and specify the statutory basis for the denial, as well as your reasons for believing that an exemption applies, as required by 10 C.F.R. 6 9.10(b).
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Segregate the nonexempt from the allegedly exempt portions of all materials and release the former, as required by 10 C.F.R. $ 9.5(b).
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Supply a detailed statement of the content of the c.
withheld or deleted material, along with the date on which the material was written; its title or section heading; its author; the author's title; and an identification of any persons or entities who have received copies of such material, as required by applicable case law.
Vaughn v. Rosen, 484 F.2d 820, 826-27 (D.C. Cir. 1973).
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Separately state your reason (s) for not invoking your discretionary power to release the allegedly exempt mate-rials.
10 C.F.R. s 9.9.
The undersigned is willing to inspect the requested material prior to its reproduction in order to identify specific material for reproduction.
The undersigned will pay charges for search time and copying fees, as provided by Commission regulation 10 C.F,R. $ 9.14.
If search and copying fees to be incurred by the undersigned will exceed $500.00, please notify the undersigned before this sum is exceeded.
We expect to receive your renponse to thib FOIA request within ten (10) working days of your receipt of this request, as a
required under the FOIA and as set out Sin r ly, Aa Robert R.
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