ML20150A986

Atty General Jm Shannon Request for Hearing & Petition to Intervene Re Util Request to Eliminate Certain ECCSs & Standby Liquid Control Sys Testing Requirements.* Wishes to Participate in Proceeding.W/Certificate of Svc

ML20150A986
Person / Time
Site:	Vermont Yankee
Issue date:	02/25/1988
From:	Dean G MASSACHUSETTS, COMMONWEALTH OF
To:	NRC
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ML20150A973	List: ML20150A970 ML20150A978 ML20150A986 ML20150A998 ML20150B019
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OLA-2, NUDOCS 8803160113
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ATTORNEY GENERAL JAMES M. SiiANNON' S REQUEST FOR A HEARING AND PETITION TO INTERVENE WITH RESPECT TO VERMONT YANKEE'S REQUEST TO ELIMINATE CERTAIN ECCs AND SLCs TESTING REQUIREMENTS l

Attotney General James M. Shannon hereby requests a heating

! with respect to the license amendment presently being considered by the Commission for the Vermont Yankee Nucleat l Power Plant noticed at 53 Fed. Reg. 2114 (January 26, 1983).

Attotney General 3hannon seeks to intervene in this proceeding on behalf of the citizens of the Commonwealth of

'4assachuser.ts. Several Massachusetts communities are located within ten miles of the Vermont Yankee site (the plume exposure t

emergency planning zone), and a large portion of the Commonwealth lies within fifty miles of the site (the ingestion exposure emergency planning zone). The health and safety of Massachusetts citizens could therefore be affected by the outcome of this proceeding. Attorney General Shannon also has a tight to participate in this proceeding as a representative of an interested State putsuant to 10 C.F.R. S 2.715(c).

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The specific aspects of the subject matter of this proceeding which Attorney General Shannon seeks to address include but are not limited to the increased risks to public health and safety attending the elimination of the present requirements to test the remaining train (s) of the emergency core cooling and standby liquid control systems when one train has a component out of service. Such an elimination of testing when necessary redundancy is, by definition, lacking raises substantial safety issues which are particularly significant for the Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station because of the age of the plant and the fact that it is very vulnerable to containment failure in the event of certain accidents.

Attorney General Shannonn wishes to particpate in this proceeding with respect to the issues set forth above as well any other which may be raised by other parties hereto.

Respectfully submitted, JAMES M. SHANNON, ATTORNEY GENERAL of the COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS N

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I CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I, George B. Dean, hereby certify that on February 25, 1988 I made SHANNON'S REQUEST FOR service of the within ATTORNEY GENERAL JAMES M.

A HEARING AND PETITION TO INTERVENE WITH RESPECT TO VERMONT YAN REQUEST TO ELIMINATE CERTAIN ECCS AND SLCS TESTING REQUIREMENTS by class mail to:

mailing copies thereof, postage prepaid by first John A. Ritscher, Esq.

Docketing and Service Branch Secretary of the Commission Ropes & Gray l

United States Nuclear 225 Franklin Street Boston, MA 02110 Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555 David J. Mullet, Esq.

Office of the General Counsel Department of Public Service United States Nuclear 120 State Street Regulatory Commiss, ion Montpelier, V*

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Assistant Attorney General Nuclear safety Unit Department of the Attorney General One Ashburton Place Boston, MA 02108 (617) 727-1083 Dated: February 25, 1988

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