ML20214S032

Ack Receipt of Encl Re Plant.Author Comment on Issues Inappropriate Due to Current Licensing Hearings.Aslb Denial of Util Petition for Waiver of Rule Requiring 10-mile EPZ Noted.Served on 870602

ML20214S032
Person / Time
Site:	Seabrook
Issue date:	06/02/1987
From:	Carr K NRC COMMISSION (OCM)
To:	Ranco S AFFILIATION NOT ASSIGNED
References
CON-#287-3646 OL, NUDOCS 8706090099
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'87 JN -2 A9 :30 COMMISSIONE R GFF!d. 2 -u DOCKEUN '. ; v't.i B wc-Mr. Steven L. Ranco SERVED JUN -21987 37 Farrington Avenue Conway, New Hampshire 03818

Dear Mr. Ranco:

Thank you for your recent letter concerning the Seabrook Nuclear Station.

Since the Seabrook Station is currently the subject of licensing hearings before the Comission, it is inappropriate for me to coment on the merits of the issues. You may be assured, however, that protection of the public health and safety will be the paramount consideration in decisions I may make on the hearing record when reviewing decisions of the Comission's Atomic Safety and Licensing Board and Atomic Safety and Licensing Appeal Board.

I would note that the Commission's Atomic Safety and Licensing Board recently denied the Seabrook applicants' petition for a waiver of the Commission regulation that establishes a 10-mile radius for emergency planning zones around nuclear power plants. A copy of the Board's decision is enclosed for your information.

I appreciate and welcome your views on the Comission's responsibilities.

Sincerely, M

Kenneth M. Carr Comissioner cc: Seabrook Service list 8706090099 870602 PDR ADOCK 05000443 PDR G

1 Nuclear Regulatory Commission 1717 H Street NW, Wahington, DC 20555 May 19, 1987 (f ,

TO: Commissioners James Asselstine, Frederick Bernthal, Kenneth Carr Thomas Roberts, and Chairman Lando Zech.

RE: Proposal to reduce evacuation zone.

Commissioners, Your proposal to compromise saftey in order to expedite putting the Seabrook nuclear power plant on-line jeopardizes,the integrity of your supposed " watchdog" agency.

Without doubt, the ten mile radius should remain intact as part of the evacuation plan. A radius of any less is irresponsiblea and demonstrates the weakness of the NRC. .

. You seem to have lost touch with the mission of the NRC. An agency which advocates the reduction of safety standards simply v to circumvent a political setback diminishes itself to nothing more than a group helpless and manipulatable bureaucrats. Your job is_ to represent the public interest, not PSNH. This'is what we, as taxpayers, expect from your agency. Your goal is'!to maintein-a high standard in a precarious industry. Nobody has to reml?id 'you ?,

of the Chernobyl tragedy. Why not excercise some caution? ' ,

Don't make your agency the pawn of a few when the decisions you nake affect many.

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