ML20236T745
| ML20236T745 | |
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| Issue date: | 05/31/1994 |
| From: | Rathbun D NRC OFFICE OF CONGRESSIONAL AFFAIRS (OCA) |
| To: | Moseleybraun SENATE |
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| FOIA-98-156 NUDOCS 9807280363 | |
| Download: ML20236T745 (1) | |
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230 South Dearborn Street Chicago, IL 60604
Dear Senator Moseley-Braun:
This is to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated 13, 1994, transmitting correspondence from your constituent -
restrding the security at Commonwealth Edison. h--
Please be assured that we are working on a response and reply will be forwarded to you as soon as possible.
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June 17, 1994 M The able Carol Moseley-Braun n ted States Senator 230 South Dearborn Street Chicago, Illinois 60604*
Dear Senator Hoseley-Braun:
I am responding to your letters dated May 13, and May 27, 1994, in which you forwarded concerns raised by several of your constituents -regarding the Commonwealth Edison Company (Ceco, the licensee) proposal to modify security plans for Ceco nuclear facilities.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) regulations allow licensees to make changes to their security plans, which include physical security plans, contingency response plans, and guard training and qualification plans, in two ways, First, licensees can make changes that do not decrease the effectiveness of the current plan without getting prior NRC approval. These changes must, however, be reported to the NRC within two months so that the NRC staff may evaluate the changes and verify that they do, indeed, not reduce effectiveness.
Second, licensees can make changes that do decrease the effectiveness of the current plan, but they must get NRC approval befor.e they can implement the l changed plan.
The NRC staff has held public meetings with Ceco regarding these issues on August 17, 1993, and March 30, 1994. On March 30, 1994, Ceco proposed changes to its security plan, stating that the changes did not decrease the effectiveness of existing plans. The licensee had not, however, implemented many of the more significant changes. Following the NRC staff review, the NRC l advised Ceco, by letter dated April 26, 1994, that some of the proposed changes (1) appeared to decrease the effectiveness of the security plan or (2)-did not contain sufficient information for the NRC staff to make the determination that the change did not decrease effectiveness. The April 26, 1994, letter also advised the licensee that several of the changes could be resubmitted as an application for a license amendment. To date, no such amendment pertaining to Ceco security plan revisions has been received.
L With respect to security plan changes-that have been implemented, the NRC
!- . staff has been monitoring licensee and guard force performance throughout the L Ceco system. We have discussed the impact of changes with licensee management and guards. There has been no noted decline in performance affecting the protection of the public~ related directly to these issues. Our staff will continue to make onsite evaluations of guard force and management performance relating to NRC-regulated activities.
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l As you may already know, the NRC receives more than 800 allegations a year, l many of which call valid issues to NRC's attention. In this case, the staff i
! was already aware of CECO's proposal to alter its nuclear plant security l l programs and we have ensured that any actions taken by the licensee are consistent with our regulatory requirements.
Although the NRC encourages employees to raise safety issues first to their l employers, employees must also feel free to raise safety concerns at any time I
directly to the NRC. The NRC, therefore, places a high value on employees in the nuclear industry feeling free to raise potential safet'y issue Therefore, we are especially concerned about the issues raised b that Burns Security and Ceco took actions that could be viewed as retaliat on against the General Service Employees-Uniorm NRC regulations prohibit licensees, or a contractor or subcontractor of a licensee, from discriminating E)/ 4 against an employee for engaging in protected activities such as raising _
potential safety issues. I assure you that the NRC takes concerns of discrimination or retaliation very seriously. '
, NRC ff has taken appropriate action to evaluate the validity od oncer U the -
completion of our review of this matter, we wif. inform you and of the results. _
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Mr. James M favlor Executive Director For Operations l U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20555-0001 Dear Mr. Taylors enclosing a copy of an inquiry that I received from M'.$//
Because of this office's desire to be res'ponsive to all communications, your consideration of the attached is requested.
Your f ndings and views will be appreciated, and I will pass them [ g on to Please Respond To: _ ,
Anne L. Ruhle Constituent Assistant Carol Moseley-Braun, U.S.S.
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Dear Senator Moseley-Braun:
1 As a resident of nordwn Blinois, I want to register my conarn about Commonwealth Edison's (CECO) plans to reduce security at its LaSalle, Dresden and Zion nudear plants.
At the time CECO pushed hard to construct more nudear reactors in northern l Illinois than anywhere else in the country, they made a commitment to the Nudear Regulatory Commission (NRC), and more importantly, to us that they would ==la+=ta. -
tha highest level of safety and seemity possible to protect us.
They have already reduced the number of security officers by 20% Now that all -
their reactors are finished, CECO is telling us they want to save money by taking highly trained armed security officers and making them unarmed guards so they can pay them less money. This, at a time when terrorist threats have hit doser to home than at any time in our recent history. _
They have said publidy that they should be allowed to reduce sburity at their plants because other plants such as Three Mlle Island get away with it.
We don't want another Three Niile Island type el plant here in Blinois. Please help us protect ourselves and families from the threat of nudear disaster in Blinois' Please help us stop this plan by CECO. Make them put people over proSts this time.
I look forward to your response to my plea for assistance.
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