ML20196C283

Responds to Re Incident During Commission 881014 Meeting.Meeting Scheduled for 881209 Re Status of Emergency Plans & Readiness of Local Communities to Protect Public in Event of Emergency

ML20196C283
Person / Time
Site:	Pilgrim
Issue date:	11/28/1988
From:	Zech L NRC COMMISSION (OCM)
To:	Dowd P, Hamadeh A, Vogler D DUXBURY, MA
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p CHAIRMAN November 28, 1988 4

t Ms. fatricia A. Dowd, Chairman l' Mr. David J. Yogler Mr. Abdulkader C. Hamadeh office of Selectmen Town of Duxbury, Massachusetts 874 Tremont Street Duxbury, Massachusetts 02332

Dear Chairman Dowd and Members Vogler and Hamadeh:

I am responding to your letter of October 19, 1988 concerning the incident that occurred during the Commission meeting on October i 14, 1988. In a letter to Mr. Agnes on the same day. I expressed I i

my regret for his expulsion. l i:

The Commission is interested in hearing the views of local l

- officials and citizens on issues associated with the restart of i the Pilgrim facility, including the statut of emergency planning

. in the towns surrounding the p' ant. Prior to the Commission's i October 14 meeting, the Nucitar Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff

had conducted a series of meetings in the vicinity of the Pilgrim i j facility to hear the views of the public on the possible restart [

of Pilgrim. During the October 14 meeting, the Commit,sion heard  !

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the views of elected representatives from Massachusetts, including  !

l Lt. Governor Murphy, Senator Kennedy, and Repetsentative Studds, t i As a result of the Commission's own concern aoout the status of i i emergency planning, we postponed any decision on the restart of i i the plant to further evaluate this issue. To that end, I informed i 1 Mr. Agnes that NRC staff members wocid be pisased to meet with him  :

!. in his office to hear his views. In addition, staff representa- i j tives recently met with Civil Defense Directors and other local i j officials in the seven emergency planning zone and reception i i center communities around Pilgrim. including the Town of Duxbury. [

These meetings were held to enable the NRC to obtain first-hand t

information on the status of the local emergency plans and i

! procedures and to hear the concerns cf loca' officials.  !

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i The Commission has decided to hold a public meeting in our  !

i Rockville, Maryland, headquarters building to hear from local l I officials regarding the status of emergency plans and the readt- l i

ness of local communities to protect the public in the event of ,

an emergency. This meeting has been scheduled for 2:00 p.m. on (

December 9, 1988. By 6 separate letter to you dated November 21, t

i 1988, from our Office of the Secreta.'y, you have been invited to l>

participate in this meeting. In order to fully consider all of this information, the Commission does no* plan to reach a i

i decision on the restart of the Pilgrim , . ant at this meeting. j

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2 I know that you, 2nd your colleagues in the surrounding com-munities, are taking your responsibilities to protect the health and safety of your citizens very seriously, and I commend you for your efforts to put in place effective emergency plans and procedures. I can assure you that the Commission takes its l

responsibilities equally seriously, and that we will not authorire l the Pilgrim plant to restart unless we are convinced that it can l be operated safaly and that the public health and safety will be protected.

l Sincerely, 1

MU &, fR I r, Lando W. Zeh,Jrg 4

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