ML20091G695

Expresses Shock Re 840502 Ltr to Congressman Bevill Promoting Cliches Re Licensing Delay Rather than Dealing W/Reality of Failures.Record Should Be Officially Corrected

ML20091G695
Person / Time
Site:	Shoreham File:Long Island Lighting Company icon.png
Issue date:	05/23/1984
From:	Jones F SUFFOLK COUNTY, NY
To:	Palladino N NRC COMMISSION (OCM)
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OL, NUDOCS 8406040347
Download: ML20091G695 (2)

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DEPUTY COUNTY EXECUTIVE May 23, 1984 Mr. Nunzio Palladino, Chairman United States Nuclear Regulatory 0"CF.IT: F 7 -

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Dear Mr. Chairman:

Had I not seen a copy of your letter dated May 2, 1984, to Congressman Bevill concerning " licensing delay" in the Shoreham proceeding,.I would have never believed such a letter could have been written by you. Despite the seriousness of the safety issues pending before the Commission in the Shoreham case, despite the U.S. District Court's order restraining the unconscionable hearing schedule of your Licensing Board, despite the Board's blatent misin ,

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GDC 17, despite the NRC Staff's unwholesome actions in running " legal interference" for LILCO, and despite your manifestly poor judgment in having personally involved yourself with the Staff and Chief Judge on pending adjudicatory issues, you persist in writing about Shoreham in terms of " licensing delay."

What does it take, Mr. Chairman, to get across the simple fact that there is no " licensing delay" in the Shoreham case. In reality, Shoreham is still not physically complete, because -- as you and everyone else who has knowledge of Shoreham knows -- the diesel generators installed there by LILCO do not work. Any so-called " delay,"

the'refore, is LILCO's delay and not that attributable to the NRC, its regulatory process, or anyone else.

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With all that has happen d. in the Shoreham case with regard - to the insensitivity and ' indifference of the NRC to the rights of Suffolk County and to the merits of the pending safety issues, I-suppose I shouldn't be but I am, nevertheless, shocked that your May 2 letter persists in promoting cliches about " licensing delay" rather than dealing with the reality of LILCO's failures at Shoreham. Common  !

courtesy would dictate that you at least attempt to correct l the record officially.

Sincerely, wJbb Frank R. Jones '

Deputy County Executive ,

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cc: The Honorable Mario M. Cuomo Commissioner Victor Gilinsky I Commissioner Thomas M. Roberts Commissioner James K. Asselstine V Commissioner Frederick M. Bernthal .

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