ML20236W438
| ML20236W438 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Pilgrim |
| Issue date: | 11/20/1987 |
| From: | Zech L NRC COMMISSION (OCM) |
| To: | Erin Kennedy SENATE |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 8712080030 | |
| Download: ML20236W438 (2) | |
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DearSenatorKennedy:
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/Iam' responding;toyourSeptember:17,11987 letter, in which you and:
. Congressman 1Studds: urged the; Nuclear _ Regulatory Commission to convenej
- a'formallandicomprehensive hearing'on1the restart of the' Pilgrim Nuclear-LPower; Station' - The: Commission 'is. fully aware of public concern regarding
!c' Lrestart of the Pilgrim facility'and has gon'e to unusua1Llengths to assure,
' broad public participation,in.the' restart decision.
LTheiNRC" staff andjlocal; officials in Massachusetts'have engaged inJa a
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n continuing: dialogue on the Pilgrim situation.. This dialogue has' included 3 at :least1three. public. meetings withi he' Plymouth Board of? Selectmen, as:
t well as'. meetings. with the Plymouth Chamber. of Commerce. -the. Duxbury Board:
of Selectmen,Lthe-Massachusetts Joint Committee on Energy, thec.
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.of the Pilgrim Station the. Town ofL Plymouth Advisory Comittee on:
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Nuclea'r Matters,T and 'others. ; Most 'recently, the;NRC: staff participated f
in a public forum-on' the Pilgrim. situation at _the Duxbury High School'on October 29 1987. - This meeting was sponsored byfthe Duxb.ury Board of-
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RepresentativesLfrom some of.these groups'also.:have participated in NRC.
Region I!manageme.nt meetings dealing with.the Pilgrim facility including the Systematic Assessment of Licensee Performance.(SALP) meeting held on May,7, 1987. 'On October.8~, 1987, the NRC met with representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts'in-our RegionLI office. This meeting,.which-was open to the public, was held'to discuss agenda items' proposed' by the Commonwealth, including emergency preparedness issues, the status of'various NRC. technical reviews, and inspection activities expected in
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As the NRC proceeds with deliberations regarding restart of the Pilgrim reactor, additional public meetings will be held in lieu of the
' evidentiary hearing you have requested. These meetings will be formal, transcribed sessions'wherc the public's' testimony will be heard by NRC m
management.- The following meetings are planned:
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- comments onithe Boston Edison Restart Plan...:This meeting will be scheduled:after:the NRC has received the details of<the entire plan and:af_ter.it has beenLplaced-in;1ocal-. libraries for~public review..
- NRC stafffwill also accept wri_tten testimony from those' unable to attendLthe meeting. -NRC will consider these coments, as appropriate.
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!for enhancing NRC review and-inspection activities.-
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.m 2,; - A second,public meeting will be held in;the. Plymouth.~ area:to=discussi Lthe disposition of comments and' concerns raised duringLthe firsti L a:
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Before"a position on restart of the plant'is developed in.. final-
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- form.1a public meeting'will be held between NRC senior. staff and State Senator William Golden'and the..other. petitioners'who submitted t
n' the-' July 1986 10.CFR 2.206 Petition.; This meeting.will discuss' L',
- NRC's' actions-regarding the Pilgrim; plant 2and-answer questions of the.
~ petitioners.'
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1 Other public ' meetings,.. including those with Boston. Edison, will'be. held as circumstances warrant.: These~ meetings will be-announced pursuant to NRC.
staff policy on open meetings (43 FR 28058). After the staff completes its: reviews and'before the NRC allows Pilgrim to restart, the Comission will hold a meeting to be~ briefed by the. staff on the readiness of
-Pilgrim to' resume' operations.
' The Comission' believes it has ' demonstrated its comitment:to comprehensive public participation in the Pilgrim restart decision. Moreover,.it is n
our view that when the. series of planned meetings is completed, we will have heard and considered the. views:of more concerned citizens than would'have been likely in a formal hearing; 4c,:
Sincerely,.
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Lando W. Zec Jr.
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