ML20204C404

Request Addl Info Prior to Meeting W/Nrc Re Commonwealth of Ma 860715 Petition to Show Cause Re Util Mgt Deficiencies. Commission Failure to Respond to Petition in Timely Manner Unacceptable.Response Requested by 870325

ML20204C404
Person / Time
Site:	Pilgrim
Issue date:	02/25/1987
From:	Golden W, Hildt B, Shimshak R MASSACHUSETTS, COMMONWEALTH OF
To:	Murley T NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I)
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Thomas E. Murley , Regional Administrator U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Region 1-631 park Avenue -

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Dear Dr. Murley ,

I Thank you for your letter of February 20, 1987 suggesting a meeting regarding a restart of the Pilgrim reactor.

It has been more than seven months since we submitted our petition for~Show Cause. To date, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission has f ailed to respond to critical technical or management de-ficiencies cited by that petition. Nor has the Commission scheduled a public hearing to determine whether Boston Edison's license to

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operate should be suspended or revoked.

The Commission's f ailure to respond to these issues in either a. timely or substantive manner is unacceptable. Your close and continuous communication with the licensee stands in sharp contrast to the manner in which you disregard the petition submitted by elected public of ficials and interest groups. Frankly, this attitude calls into question the willingness of the NRC to act as the neutral-forum for the resolution of public safety issues envisioned by Congress in its enabling legislation.

Unless the issues raised in the July 15, 1986 petition for Show Cause are addressed, and a hearing scheduled prior to a restart of pilgrim, we must conclude that the NRC has, prejudged our petition and denied its contentions on a de f acto basis without a full and fair opportunity for the petitioners to be

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In response to your recent letter, there are several questions which must be addressed prior to our agreeing to meet.

First, it is not c1. car from your letter with whom you intend to meet. Is it your intention to meet with all the co-petitioners or a smaller group? Would the licensee be invited to attend?

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9 page 'l Second, who will represent the NRC in this meeting? We cannot determine from your letter whether or not NRC personnel qualified to respond to technical issues will attend. Will we be able to ask questions of staf f ? What specific issues are to be discussed at this meeting? Do you intend to generate a transcript of this meeting?

What relationship will this meeting have to the NRC's formal response to our petition for Show Cause? We eagerly await the report of Boston Edison documenting its ef fort to improve conditions at Pilgirm. The licensee's report, however, is no sub-stitute for an NRC response to substantive issues raised in our petition. It is the responsibility of the NRC to respond to our inquiry. As a matter of common sense, and a matter of law, the licensee cannot substitute its action for that of the Commission.

We would deeply appreciate clarification of the issues referred to in this letter by March 25, 1987.

Sincerely,

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Senator William Golden Rachel Shimshak Massachusetts Public Interest

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4 f.tJW CAUSE PETITION REGARDING THE PILGRIM 1 NUCLEAR POWER STATION Primarv Pe:uioners Attorney General James Shannon Senator William Golden Representative Barbara liildt Representative Frank flynes R.2chel Shirshak, Massachusetts Public Interest Research Group Willia Abb: t t , Plymouth County Nuclear Information Committee, Inc.

Gail Reed, ?ilgrim Alliance Jo Ann Shatwell Co-Petiticcers Lieutenant Gcvernor Evelyn Murphy Senator Gecrge Bachrach Senator Richard Kraus Sena tor Salvatore Albano Senator Gerard D' Amico Senator Jack Backman Senator Nicholas Costello Senator Frederick Berry Senator Lois Pines Senator Martin Reilly Senator Robert Wetmore Representative Mary Jane Gibson Representative Lawrence Alexander Representative William Nagle Representative Robert Durand Representative Thomas Gallagher Representative Ste"en Angelo Representative Geoffrey Beckwith Representative Joseph Hermann Representative Gregory Sullivan Representative Marie-Louise Kehoe Representative Stephen Duran Representative Joan Menard Representative Susan Tucker Representative Susan Schur i Representative Theodore Spelictis Representative Robert Cerasoli Representative Paul Caron Representative William Moriarty Representative John Businger Representative Frances Alevander Representative Gloria Fox Representative Patricia Fiero Representative John MacCovetn Representative Robert Jakubcwicz Represer itive Saundra Graham Representattve Mtric Howe Represer.tative P..ul Rollaos Xe; resei.;.it tve D tvid Cohen Re;:: e.,et.! i t ive L r y Jeane t t e Mur ray Re;. r e st tat.ve Themas Br ewi. ell Rep te ,rnta t ive Den ts Lawtence Re; re.sei..a t tre M tc h iel McG lynn

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• co-pet tt. c.e:s cont inued Represen:,:ive !!ichaci McGlynn Representative John Bradford Representative John 5tcDonough Representative Christopher llodgkins Representative Suzanne Bump Representative Barbara Gray Representative Carmen Buell Representative Eleanor Myerson Representative William Flynn Joan Barry, Pilgrim Alliance Mindy Lubber, MASSPIRG Michael Mariotte, Nuclear Information and Resouru . Service Richard Parrish, Environmental Task Force Jane Parker, Lower Cape Citizens for Peaceful Alternatives Stephen Cook, Mass. Safe Energy Alliance Bob French, Greater New Bedford Jobs for Peace Anna Gracia, Greater New Bedford Area Nuclear Weapons Freeze Group Geraldine Camburd, Human Ecology Center of South Eastern Mass. University Pat Grar.ahan, Responsible Energy Alternative Coalition of Hingh im Mary Louie, Boston Rainbow Coalition Susan Fernandez, Keep Freetown Hazard Free Jack.. Oliver, Coalition of Vietnam Veterans Susan Walker, Action for Nuclear Disarmament, Cape Cod Carol Chichetta, Resource Center for Peace Mel r;ing Dr. William Caldicott Dr. Helen Caldicott Diane Dagle Buckbee, Plymouth Resident Kathleen Leslie, M.D. , Plymouth Resident Harriet Darsch, Plymouth Resident William Darsh, Plymouth Resident t