ML20133C677
| ML20133C677 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Prairie Island  |
| Issue date: | 12/20/1996 |
| From: | Jennings L MINNESOTA, STATE OF |
| To: | Haughney C NRC OFFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY & SAFEGUARDS (NMSS) |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 9701080042 | |
| Download: ML20133C677 (1) | |
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Loren G. Jennings Minnesota State Representative House of District 188 Chisago and Pine Counties Representatives COMMITTEES: HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES; HUMAN SERVICES FINANCE DIVisloN; REGULATED INDUSTRIES AND ENERGY; FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS AND INSURANCE December 20,1996 Mr. Charles J. Haughney, Acting Director Spent Fuel Projects Office Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20555
Dear Mr. Haughney,
I am the Chair of the Regulated Industries and Energy Committee in the Minnesota House of Representatives. This committee has jurisdiction over the dry cask storage project at the Northern States Power Company Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant. Recently, several groups have made allegations that the TN-40 casks used at Prairie Island to store spent nuclear fuel cannot be safely unloaded. Specifically they allege that 1) the unloading procedures are inadequate, and 2) that no spent fuel cask has ever been unloaded so there is no experience to demonstrate that casks can be safely unloaded.
I would like you or one of your staff members to clarify this situation. I would be dismayed to learn that NRC would license and allow Prairie Island to load a cask that was incapable of being safely unloaded.
I regard these allegations as extremely serious and would appreciate your prompt reply. I would certainly like to have this information before the legislative session begins on January 7,1997.
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