ML20154M921
| ML20154M921 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Seabrook  |
| Issue date: | 04/29/1988 |
| From: | Mavroules N HOUSE OF REP. |
| To: | Zech L NRC COMMISSION (OCM) |
| Shared Package | |
| ML20154M906 | List: |
| References | |
| CON-#288-6250, FRN-53FR16435, RULE-PR-50 53FR16435, OL-1, NUDOCS 8806020127 | |
| Download: ML20154M921 (1) | |
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April 29, 1988 The Honorable Lando W.
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Chairman U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 1717 H Street, N. W.
Washington, D. C.
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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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