ML20207E381
| ML20207E381 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Seabrook  |
| Issue date: | 12/24/1986 |
| From: | Zech L NRC COMMISSION (OCM) |
| To: | Erin Kennedy SENATE |
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| ML20207E315 | List: |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 8701020167 | |
| Download: ML20207E381 (1) | |
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December 24, 1986 CHAIRMAN The Honorable Edward M. Kennedy United States Senate Washington, D. C.
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Dear Senator Kennedy:
I am responding to your letter of November 25, 1986 signed by you and other members of the itassachusetts Delecation concerning emergency planning at the Seabrook Nuclear Power Plant.
I am enclosing a staff summary on the issues on emergency preparedness which were raised by the Congressional delegations of New Hampshire and Massachusetts.
The question 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 befcre the Commission as part of the adjudicatory process. Accordingly, I regret that no more specific response to these issues can be provided at this time. The Commission's licensing decisions for nuclear reactors are made in on-the-record adjudications with due respect paid to the rights of all the parties to the proceeding.
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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 parties and issue its decision on the ad.iudicatory record.
I appreciate receiving your views and assure you that consideration of the matters you identified will confom with the Commission's understanding of the reouirements imposed on the NRC throuch the Atomic Energy Act and other applicable federal laws.
Sincerely, O
d Lando W. Ze
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Enclosure:
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