State sounds alarm over sale of Pilgrim for decommissioning
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Message frm Mary Lampert of Pilgrim Watch:
Date: February 20, 2019 at 10:35 AM
Subject: Pilgrim Watch Motion to Intervene 50-293 72-1044LT
Hello:
Today, Pilgrim Watch filed a Motion to Intervene [linked here] in the request for license transfer from Entergy to Holtec International.
As described in the Federal Register, 84, No. 21, January 31, 2019, the NRC is considering whether to approve the transfers of Renewed Facility Operating License No. DPR–35 for Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station (Pilgrim) and the general license for Pilgrim Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation (ISFSI) from the current licensees to Holtec International and Holtec Decommissioning International, LLC.
We established standing and filed two contentions.
Contention 1. The Applicant’s LTA does not provide the required financial assurance. It does not show that either HDI or Holtec Pilgrim is financially responsible, or that either has or has access to adequate funds for decommissioning. Neither does the LTA provide any reasonable assurance that Holtec Pilgrim and HDI have, or will have, the financial resources required to deal with environmental impacts that would place the public health, safety, and the environment at risk.
Contention 2. The license transfer and amendment request does not include the environmental report required by 10 CFR 51.53(d), and has not undergone the environmental review required by the National Environmental Policy Act.
Last, we also petitioned to ADOPT in full measure the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Contentions I and II as stated and together with all supporting argument and evidence by reference. Should the state, for any reason, have to drop either of these contentions, Pilgrim Watch requests to take the contentions forward.
Thank you.