ML19056A454

Comment from Andrew Willemsen Regarding the Emergency Petition Filed by C-10 on February 13, 2019

ML19056A454
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Site:	Seabrook
Issue date:	02/25/2019
From:	Willemsen A - No Known Affiliation
To:	Jeff Baran, Stephen Burns, Annie Caputo, Kristine Svinicki, David Wright NRC/Chairman, NRC/OCM, NRC/SECY
SECY/RAS
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From: Andrew Willemsen To: CHAIRMAN Resource

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[External_Sender] Seabrook Station Date: Monday, February 25, 2019 10:36:56 AM

Dear Chairman Svinicki and NRC Commissioners:

As a neighbor to Seabrook Station nuclear power plant, I am writing to urge you to seriously consider the Emergency Petition filed by C-10 on February 13, and to take no further action

on the requested license amendment or extension until the full resolution of the contentions

brought by C-10 relative to the plant's degraded concrete.

C-10 has raised serious concerns about the ability of Seabrook's concrete to continue

protecting the public, and the inadequacy of the testing and analysis that underpin Seabrook's

concrete aging management plans. C-10 is preparing for a hearing granted by NRC's Atomic

Safety and Licensing Board, where they will provide the only independent peer review of the

concrete testing methodology behind the plant's license amendment request, which is based on

a completely unprecedented approach to monitoring and managing alkali-silica reaction at a

nuclear reactor.

The seriousness of this matter demands more caution, independent review and transparency than it has received. With 11 more years on Seabrook's current operating license, there is time

for the NRC to do it right. Please permit the democratic process to proceed. While NRC

representatives have stated that C-10 will get their hearing later this year, we urge you

to wait on any rulings relative to the plant's license amendment request, or license extension, until C-10's contentions are heard and evaluated by the ASLB. On behalf of my family, thank

you.Sincerely, Andrew Willemsen

78 Purchase Street, Newburyport, MA