ML20154M921

Comment Opposing Proposed Rule 10CFR50 Re Emergency Planning Rules Releasing Need to Install Siren Warning Sys Prior to Obtaining Low Power License

ML20154M921
Person / Time
Site:	Seabrook
Issue date:	04/29/1988
From:	Mavroules N HOUSE OF REP.
To:	Zech L NRC COMMISSION (OCM)
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References
CON-#288-6250, FRN-53FR16435, RULE-PR-50 53FR16435, OL-1, NUDOCS 8806020127
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April 29, 1988 The Honorable Lando W. Zech, Jr.

Chairman U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 1717 H Street, N. W.

Washington, D. C. 20555

Dear Chairman Zech:

I understand a senior NRC official has acknowledged that this agency is preparing to change its emergency planning rules so that Seabrook Station would no longer need to install a siren warning system prior to obtaining a low-power license. This prompts me to raise an unequivocal objection to what I view as an ill-advised and unacceptable course of action on tae part of the NRC.

Should the NRC commissioners approve this staff proposal, it will only serve to confirm what a growing number of concerned Members of Congress have already concluded - that is, the Commission's denials to the contrary, safety is no longer the NRC's primary concern. And if the NRC allows this new rule, I would then defy the commissioners to prove that they are not regulating to please the nuclear industry.

I ask the NRC to act responsibly and in accordance with its mandate as originally envisioned by the Congress and the American people. I ask the commissioners to put safety first and to distance the agency from the industry it regulates. I ask the NRC commissioners to categorically reject this proposed rule change.

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Nicholas Mavroules Member of Congress NM/eb 8806020127 080524 PDR PR 50 53FRibA35 PDR