ML16267A199
| ML16267A199 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Pilgrim |
| Issue date: | 09/23/2016 |
| From: | Lampert M Pilgrim Watch |
| To: | NRC/OCM |
| SECY RAS | |
| References | |
| 50-293-EA, Enforcement Action, RAS 51325 | |
| Download: ML16267A199 (4) | |
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION BEFORE THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION In the Matter of Pilgrim 50
-293-EA Entergy's Request for Extension to Comply With NRC Order EA 109, Pilgrim Station September 23, 2016 Pilgrim Watch on behalf of Co
-Petitioners requests that the Press Release, Massachusetts Delegation Calls on NRC to Reject Request to Exempt Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station from Safety Upgrades (September 2 2, 2016) and the delegation's letter to NRC chairman Stephen Burns, "Exempting Pilgrim from the NRC's safety requirements would allow Entergy to abdicate that responsibility, unjustifiably exposing Massachusetts communities to danger" be placed in the Pilgrim 50
-293-EA docket
- and hereby provides notice to all parties.
Both the Press Release and letter are attached.
Respectfully submitted by Pilgrim Watch on behalf of Co-Petitioners, (Signed (electronically) by, Mary Lampert Pilgrim Watch, Director 148 Washington Street, Duxbury, MA 02332 Tel. 781-934-0389/Email: mary.lampert@comcast.net September 23, 2016 2 ATTACHMENT Massachusetts Delegation Calls on NRC to Reject Request to Exempt Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station from Safety Upgrades Thursday, September 22, 2016 Entergy has requested extension to comply with post
-Fukushima safety updates until 2019, the date of closure Washington (September 22, 2016)
- The Massachusetts Congressional delegation yesterday sent a letter to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) asking it to deny Entergy's request for an extension for critical safety upgrades to the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station. When Entergy announced its intention to cease operations at Pilgrim by 2019, the NRC stated that the closure "will not relieve [Entergy] of the responsibility of running that plant as safely as possible until the end of its life." If approved by NRC, Entergy's request for extension would run directly counter to that responsibility, as it would increase the risk of a containment failure and a catastrophic radioactive release in the event of a terrorist attack or severe accident. In the wake of the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster, the Fukushima Near
-Term Task Force recommended a series of safety upgrades for America's nuclear fleet, including the requirement to install hardened containment vents capable of operating under severe accident conditions. Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station has the same design at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear reactor. Signing the letter are Senators Edward J. Markey and Elizabeth Warren, and Reps. Michael E. Capuano, William R. Keating, Joseph P. Kennedy, III, Stephen F. Lynch, James P. McGovern, Seth Moulton, Richard Neal, Niki Tsongas.
"Notwithstanding its intention to shut down the plant, Entergy has a paramount responsibility to minimize the risk of catastrophic accidents similar to the on e that occurred at Fukushima,"
write the delegation in the letter to NRC chairman Stephen Burns.
"Exempting Pilgrim from the NRC's safety requirements would allow Entergy to abdicate that responsibility, unjustifiably exposing Massachusetts communities to danger." A copy of the letter can be found HERE. http://www.markey.senate.gov/news/press
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