Posted on 04 October 2011. Tags: Exelon Corp., Limerick Generating Station, Lower Pottsgrove Board of Commissioners, Lower Pottsgrove Police Department, nuclear reactors, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, re-licensing, Sunnybrook Ballroom
SANATOGA PA – The “anticipation of potential civil disturbance issues over the controversial topic” of the federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) license review for Exelon Corp.’s Limerick Generating Station created 32 hours of overtime staffing for the Lower Pottsgrove (PA) Township Police Department, the Board of Commissioners learned Monday (Oct. 3, 2011).
The Nuclear Reulartory Commission held hearings Sept. 22 at Sunnybrook Ballroom on the re-licensing of Limerick Generating Station
The NRC has already paid the township to cover the $1,468 cost of its added manpower, police Chief Michael Shade reported. “I just received its check,” he told board members during their first of two monthly meetings.
The NRC held two hearings Sept. 22 at Sunnybrook Ballroom, 50 Sunnybrook Rd., Sanatoga PA, for public comments related to environmental and safety concerns over whether the nuclear reactor facilities should be re-licensed to operate for another 20-year period. The police department provided a substantial presence, with at least four officers stationed inside the ballroom for each session.
Both went smoothly, and commenters were orderly and generally courteous, NRC representatives agree. Although there was no indication the hearings were deemed a situation that required emergency management, they were significant enough to be the lead subject of the October monthly report submitted to commissioners by township emergency management coordinator (EMC) and police Lt. Michael Foltz.
As part of the increased security detail, Foltz wrote, an off-site EMC command post was set up at Sunnybrook and voluntarily manned for more than eight hours by Deputy Coordinator Chris Wilcox. Wilcox “monitored and logged activities” a part of his duties, Foltz wrote. The lieutenant himself was part of the police detail.
The police presence was not lost among some in attendance. State Rep. Tom Quigley, who testified during the Sept. 22 afternoon session, sent Shade an e-mail the following day to personally thank him and his officers for being available. “You can never tell with issues like this,” Quigley wrote, “so better safe than sorry. I still maintain that just the presence of the police has a calming effect on most people.”
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Posted on 23 September 2011. Tags: Exelon Corp., Limerick Generating Station, nuclear reactors, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, re-licensing, Sunnybrook Ballroom
SANATOGA PA – About 150 people arrived Thursday (Sept. 22, 2011) for two hearings at Sunnybrook Ballroom in Sanatoga over whether the federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) should allow the twin nuclear reactors at Exelon Corp.’s Limerick Generating Station to be licensed for operation beyond 2024, more than a decade from now. And just as the size of the crowd was about evenly divided between the meetings, so too, it seemed, were its opinions.
Some praised the Limerick operation, its safety record, and its positive effects on the economy. Others openly worried about environmental safety, the inability to evacuate area residents if an emergency arose, and the storage and disposal of spent fuel rods.
The evening meeting, which began at 7 and followed an afternoon session that began at 2, appeared well controlled. People were there for a serious purpose, many said, but they smiled and waved at neighbors they knew, looked at several display tables and talked with representatives staffing them, and generally treated differing opinions respectfully.
There was, however, a significant law enforcement presence to ensure the meetings were orderly. The Lower Pottsgrove Police Department placed four officers inside the ballroom during the evening proceeding as a precaution. No trouble was expected, one officer said, “but you never know and you don’t want to take chances,” he added.
The 13-year time lag between Thursday’s meetings and the expiration of current licenses at Limerick, in 2024 and 2029 respectively, was mentioned by several commenters as a concern. They wondered how the NRC could adequately judge, so far in advance, if Exelon would be a suitable candidate for relicensing.
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Posted on 20 September 2011. Tags: Exelon Corp., Exelon Nuclear, Limerick Generating Station, nuclear reactors, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, re-licensing, Sunnybrook Ballroom
WASHINGTON DC – Two public meetings to be conducted by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), which are intended to give area residents an opportunity to comment on environmental issues they think the NRC should consider as it contemplates requests to renew operating licenses for Exelon Nuclear’s Limerick Generating Station, will be held Thursday (Sept. 22, 2011) at 2 and 7 p.m. in Sunnybrook Ballroom, 50 Sunnybrook Rd., Sanatoga PA, the commission announced.
An open house, during which residents can also personally meet with NRC staff members, will be held for an hour before each of the two meetings, at 1 and 6 p.m. respectively. Also at the meetings, staff members will describe the license renewal review process.
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Editor’s Note: The graphic at top was submitted to The Sanatoga Post by Ikeda King, a licensing assistant in the NRC’s Division of License Renewal, along with a request for our publication’s quote for the cost of advertising what her letter described as the above “legal notice.” Although The Post accepts, and receives revenue from, all kinds of advertisements, it notified King that it will report the announcement of these meetings as news and will not charge the NRC an advertising fee.
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Posted on 08 September 2011. Tags: Exelon Corp., Exelon Nuclear, Limerick Generating Station, nuclear reactors, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, re-licensing, Sunnybrook Ballroom
WASHINGTON DC – Two public meetings to be conducted by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), which are intended to give area residents an opportunity to comment on environmental issues they think the NRC should consider as it contemplates requests to renew operating licenses for Exelon Nuclear’s Limerick Generating Station, will be held Sept. 22 (2011; Thursday) at 2 and 7 p.m. in Sunnybrook Ballroom, 50 Sunnybrook Rd., Sanatoga PA, the commission announced.
An open house, during which residents can also personally meet with NRC staff members, will be held for an hour before each of the two meetings, at 1 and 6 p.m. respectively. Also at the meetings, staff members will describe the license renewal review process.
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Editor’s Note: The graphic at top was submitted to The Sanatoga Post by Ikeda King, a licensing assistant in the NRC’s Division of License Renewal, along with a request for our publication’s quote for the cost of advertising what her letter described as the above “legal notice.” Although The Post accepts, and receives revenue from, all kinds of advertisements, it notified King that it will report the announcement of these meetings as news and will not charge the NRC an advertising fee. The graphic will also appear in The Post on Sept. 20, also without an advertising fee.
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Posted on 30 August 2011. Tags: Exelon Corp., Exelon Nuclear, Limerick Generating Station, nuclear reactors, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, re-licensing, Sunnybrook Ballroom
WASHINGTON DC – Two public meetings to be conducted by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), which are intended to give area residents an opportunity to comment on environmental issues they think the NRC should consider as it contemplates requests to renew operating licenses for Exelon Nuclear’s Limerick Generating Station, will be held Sept. 22 (2011; Thursday) at 2 and 7 p.m. in Sunnybrook Ballroom, 50 Sunnybrook Rd., Sanatoga PA, the commission announced.
An open house, during which residents can also personally meet with NRC staff members, will be held for an hour before each of the two meetings, at 1 and 6 p.m. respectively. Also at the meetings, staff members will describe the license renewal review process.
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Editor’s Note: The graphic at top was submitted to The Sanatoga Post by Ikeda King, a licensing assistant in the NRC’s Division of License Renewal, along with a request for our publication’s quote for the cost of advertising what her letter described as the above “legal notice.” Although The Post accepts, and receives revenue from, all kinds of advertisements, on Monday (Aug. 29) it notified King that it will report the announcement of these meetings as news and will not charge the NRC an advertising fee. The graphic will appear in The Post on two other days, Sept. 8 and 20, also without an advertising fee.
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