ML20236J752

PNS-76-044:on 760825,group Called Continental Walk for Disarmament & Social Justice Plans to Conduct Peaceful Vigil at Millstone Site.Local Police Will Be at Site to Control Crowd as Necessary.State of Connecticut Informed

ML20236J752
Person / Time
Site:	Millstone
Issue date:	08/25/1976
From:	Dreher F, Roy G, Thompson D NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE)
To:
References
PNS-76-044, PNS-76-44, NUDOCS 9807080336
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,, PRELIMINARY NOTIFICATION OF SAFEGUARDS EVENT-- PNS-76-44

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This preliminary notification constituted EARLY notice of events of POSSIBLE

_ national security or public interest significance. The information presented is as initially received without verification or evaluation and is basicallE all that is known by IE staff as of this date.

l Facility: 11111 stone Point Unita No. 1, 2, 3, (.ON 50-245/336/423) l Northeast Nuclear Energy Cortpany (NNECO) l

Subject:

DEMONSTRATION BY CONTINENTAL WALK FOR DISARE M NT AND SOCIAL JUSTICE GROUP l

In a letter to the President of NMECO, this group stated their intention l to conduct a peaceful vigil at the Millstone Site on August 25, 1976 between the hours of 2:00 and 4:00 p.m. The size of the group is not

'known.

The letter stated that the group does not intend to interfere with Millstone operations or block traffic. It stated that the group's purpose is to raise the issue of the spiraling arms race and to change national priorities from militarism to human needs. It further stated

. that the group is opposed to nuclear power because nuclear plants are '

l not safe. .

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The local police will be at the site to control the crowd as necessary.

State Police assistance will be obtained only if needed.

1 Information presented with the letter shows that the group will leave RLllstone and travel through New York, New Jersey, Delaware, and Maryland 6/ j f

and arrive in Washington, D.C. in October, 1976. No location was glven ,/

for f uture demonstra tion, lAT has been notified.

d Media intere'st is expected because of at.tention given to demonstrations N' i at nuclear facilities. The State of Connecticut has been informed. A press tclease is not planned.

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Region I, NRC, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania received r. notification of this occurrence by telephone from an NRC:I innpector on ::ite at 10:35 a m., .

( August 25, 1976. ,

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Chairmas-Rowden Commissioner Mason S. J. Chilk, SECY Commissioner Gilinsky C. C. Kammerer, CA G. F. Murphy, JCAE  !

Commissioner Kennedy l l

L. V. Gossick, EDO E. Volgenau, OIE J. A. Harris, PA )

B. C. Rusche, NRR H. K. Shapar, ELD T. J. McTiernan, AIA )

K. R. Chapman, NMSS R. G. Ryan, OSP )

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