ML20207E374
| ML20207E374 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Seabrook  |
| Issue date: | 12/24/1986 |
| From: | Zech L NRC COMMISSION (OCM) |
| To: | Atkins C HOUSE OF REP. |
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| NUDOCS 8701020163 | |
| Download: ML20207E374 (1) | |
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December 24, 1986 CHAIRMAN The Honorable Chester G. Atkins United States House of Representatives Washington, D. C.
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Dear Congressman Atkins:
I am responding to your letter of November 25, 1986 signed by you and other members of the Massachusetts Delegation concerning emer,incy planning at the Seabrook Nuclear Power Plant.
I am enclosing a staff sumary on the issues on emergency preparedness
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which were raised by the Congressional delegations of New Hampshire and Massachusetts.
The ouestion of whether a low power license should be issued and resolution of offsite emergency planning issues have been raised in the Seabrook licensing proceeding and may come before the Commission as part of the adjudicatory process. Accordingly, I regret that no nore specific response to these issues can be provided at this time. The Commission's licensing decisions for nuclear reactors are rade in on-the-record adjudications with due respect paid to the rights of all the parties to the proceeding.
If this issue should come before the Commission, the Commission will carefully consider all the arguments of the parties before issuing a decision.
It is essential to the integrity of the process that the Commission not comment on such matters without first hearing from the par +ies and issue its decision on the adjudicatory record.
I appreciate receiving your views and assure you that consideration of the matters you identified will conform with the Commission's understanding of the reouirements imposed on the NRC through the Atonic Energy Act and other applicable federal laws.
Sincerely, WS Lando W. Z ch,ilr.
Enclosure:
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