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Reiterates Position That Pilgrim Plant Should Not Be Granted Permission to Restart Until Effective Radiological Emergency Response Plan in Place
ML20204J579
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Site: Pilgrim
Issue date: 11/16/1987
From: Malaguti D
PLYMOUTH, MA
To: Murley T
Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
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Dear Dr. Murley:

Thank you for your November 2, 1987, letter As you noted in our letter of September 2, 1987, the Plymouth Board of Selectmen had arrived at a consensus that the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station ought not be granted permission to re-start until an effective Radiological Emergency Response Plan (RERP) was in place. An "effective plan" would be one acceptable to FFMA and bearing its approval.

The Board reiterates this position and, in view of the August 1987 report of the Federal Emergency Management Agency which withdrew interim approval of the existing RERP, the Board feels that the Town of Plymouth's RERP of May 1985 is not only seriously out-dated, but canr.ot be considered an adequate protection of the public safety during a time of pot ential radioloc'. sal danger to our citizens.

We, who are sworn to uphold the public safety, are in the best position to know the present status of planning and readiness in our community, and we ask you to consider our views above all others. It is our town, completely within the Emergency Planning Zone (EPZ), and our citizens, who are most at rist.

To restate our position: The RERP for Plymouth is under intense revision and updating by our Civil Defense organisation and our advisory colmittees. Our present plan dated May 1985 has serious deficiancies and it will take several months before a final draft can be brought to this Board for its consideration.

The restart of the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station under the foregoing conditions would be dangerous and not in the public welfare.

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l with the Civil Defense organizations of the Commonwee'th of l j Massachusetts, the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station, with its j past troubled history, ought not be permitted to restart. l j

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Dear Mr. Malaguti:

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rrerding that the Pilgrie Nuclear Power Statien nrt be allowed to restart ur i

an effective radielegical energency rascense plan for the in place.

j the Towr, cf Slyncuth was inedequete, but is under intense revision, l

On August 6, 1967 the Federal Energency Management Agency (FEFA) issue the I;tC a repert on the status of effsite erergency respense plans for the Pilgrin plant. The report listed six specific areas of concern in the Massachusetts er,ergency plans fer the Pilgrim 10 mile l local governrents within the 10-mile emergency planning rene, and the two j

ce runities that have emergency reception centers, with the assistance cf the Boston Edison Company, are at present engaged in improving their  ;

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plans of the 1ccal gJvernments including the Town of P1) couth, revision o Massachusotts Civil Defense Agency Areas 11 plan as well as the Comorw l

State-wide plan, the deve1coment of revised procedu in addition. Boston Edison is '

the upgrading of Energercy Operating Centers, Corcon.

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wealth in uegrading their plans and in developing a new training progra offsite eme*gency response personnel.and will continue after the nel j

NRC will not permit Pilgrim to resume operation until we determine that theTh health and safety of the public can be protected.

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Passachusetts is able to correct the deficiencies noted in the FEMA report.

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Honorable Lando Zech i Chairman Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20555

Dear Chairman Zech:

Please convey to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission the consensus of the Plymouth Board of Selectmen which, simply stated, recommends that the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station located in our community not be allowed to restart until the Radiological Emergency Response Plan of this town is in an effective form. Our present RERP is dated May 1985 and is under intense revision. It is inadequate as to response i time, evacuation procedures, and reception centers.

The recent FEMA report to the NRC documents the inadequacies of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts' RERP. The Board of Selectmen recognizes the same flaws in the operative plans of this community.

The public safety would be at risk if the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station is permitted to open without a valid j radiological emergency plan in place. -

We remind the NRC that this community of over 40,000 citizens is entirely within the ten mile emergency planning zone and that our geographic location and our few and over-burdened evacuation routes pose serious problems in any i emergency plan, whether for natural or radiological disaster. l l

The issue has been well studied and documented by the unclear Matter Advisory Committee of this town as well m by oc-Civil Defense Director.

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Page 2 The Plymouth Board of Selectmen recommends that the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station not be permitted to restart until an 1

effective, tested Radiological Emergency Response Plan is in ' .

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