ML20197G856
| ML20197G856 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Seabrook, 05000000, Shoreham |
| Issue date: | 06/02/1988 |
| From: | Jeffery Grant AFFILIATION NOT ASSIGNED |
| To: | NRC OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY (SECY) |
| References | |
| FRN-53FR16435, RULE-PR-50 53FR16435-00321, 53FR16435-321, NUDOCS 8806150354 | |
| Download: ML20197G856 (1) | |
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Jane B. Grant N,U;;C Rt.. 2 M
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'85 J:: -6 LL :n Secretary, Tuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20555
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u Re: Emergency Planning and PreparednesE Requirements for Nuclear Power plant fuel loading and initial i
low-power operations. Comment:
Basing your proposed rule primarily on the relatively low risk to the public of low-power testing overlooks several in-portent reasons for keeping the present rule.
Foremost is the fact that the plant will become radio-active, as is the case with Shoreham, Once this becomes a realit:,
the olcnt can never be converted to another use. In the case of S abrook, with the enrgency planning process in such disarray, it is hs.r0 for me to conceive that the owners would propose low-cower testing, thus cancelling the option for conversion which richt well be their only course.
Unrcsolved financial and safety questions also add to my objections to low-power testing at Seabrook. Should the plant never ; o on line, how could a company in bankruptcy pay for de-com=issioning?
Although the proposed lowering of standards for emergency preparedness is stated as applying to all plan,ts, it is. obvious
... ry ;.., s that the situation at Seabrook prompted this proposal. Any lower-
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ing of standards points indubitably to utility,and agency press-ure to speed up the licensing process, a very poor reason for chan ginc the rule. 1 see this as another example of the Commission favoring promotion over regulation. My cohment thus,,is.a strong m
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