ML033430176

G20030723/LTR-03-0764 - Richard Ottinger Ltr Re 2.206 - Indian Point

ML033430176
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Site:	Indian Point
Issue date:	09/18/2003
From:	Ottinger R Pace Univ
To:	Diaz N NRC/Chairman
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EDO Principal Correspondence Control FROM:

DUE: 01/09/04 EDO CONTROL: G20030723 DOC DT: 09/18/03 FINAL REPLY:

Richard L. Ottinger Pace University Chairman Diaz FOR SIGNATURE OF :

• • GRN CRC NO: 03-0764 Dyer, NRR DESC:

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Indian Point Travers Norry Paperiello Kane Collins Dean Burns Miller, RI Cyr, OGC Skay, NRR Goldberg, OGC DATE: 12/05/03 ASSIGNED TO:

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Dyer SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS OR REMARKS:

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Richard Ottinger NY

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Indian Point ACTION:

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PACE UNIVERSITY NEW YORK CITY. WESTCHESTER SCHOOL OF LAW 78 NORTH BROADWAY RICHARD L. OTTINGER WHITE PLAINS, NY 10603 DEAN EMERITUS TEL: (914) 4224121 FAX: (914) 422-4180 EMAIL: rottinger(law.pace.edu httP://www.Iaw.Pace.edu September 18, 2003 The Honorable Nils J. Diaz, Ph.D.

Chairman United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20555

Dear Mr. Chairman:

I am writing to urge the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission to order the immediate shutdown of the Indian Point nuclear power plant in accordance with the primary request made in the September 8, 2003 petition that was submitted by the Union of Concerned Scientists and Riverkeeper, Inc. The focus of the UCS-Riverkeeper petition is the pumps in Indian Point's containment buildings that provide the primary source of coolant in case of a major pipe break at the reactors.

If such a pipe break were to occur, hot water pouring from the system would instantly turn to steam, which would eventually condense in a huge pool on the floor of the containment building. The sump pumps are designed to re-circulate the water back through the reactors to prevent a fuel meltdown and possible release of radiation. However, agency studies have found that the superheated steam could cause the insulation to disintegrate and possibly clog the sump pumps. If that happened, the water could not be re-circulated and a meltdown and subsequent radioactive release could occur. A study prepared for the NRC by the Los Alamos National Laboratory concluded that that the chances of a reactor meltdown increase by nearly a factor of 1 00 at Indian Point because the plant's containment sumps are "almost certain" to be blocked with debris during an accident. The Los Alamos study rejects the possibility that clogging in the event of a loss of coolant accident at Indian Point could be prevented by other safety measures. "The indicated outcome is almost certain," the report said. "Consideration of all identified uncertainties has been made, and none has been found to have a credible effect on the outcome." I again urge the NRC to order the immediate shutdown of Indian Point.

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