ML13308A727
| ML13308A727 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | San Onofre  |
| Issue date: | 08/13/1981 |
| From: | Harold Denton Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
| To: | Nader R Center for Progressive Law |
| References | |
| LSO5-81-08-029, LSO5-81-8-29, NUDOCS 8109030318 | |
| Download: ML13308A727 (6) | |
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August 13, 1981 Docket No. 50-206 LS05-81-08-029 V3 f
Mr. Ralph Nader 9
Center for Progressive Law Post Office Box 19367 9
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Dear Mr. Nader:
By letter dated August 6, 1981, I acknowledged receipt of your letter, dated July 10, 1981, and informed you that the staff would respond to the concerns raised in your letter prior to the San Onofre Unit 1 Nuclear Generating Station resuming power operation.
The major issues raised in your letter dealt with the seismic design of the facility and the emergency plans.
The staff.has completed a preliminary review of the licensee's seismic reevaluation program for the San Onofre Unit I facility along with Southern California Edison's justification for the conclusion that con tinued operation is justified until the seismic reevaluation program and any necessary upgrading is complete.
The staff has also reviewed new seismic analysis by the licensee and NRC consultants and details of design modifications for seismic upgrading scheduled to be implemented by June 1982. We have found that, for the seismic concerns you raised, operation of San Onofre Unit 1, pending documentation of our final decision on your request, does not pose an undue risk to public health and safety.
The licensee has been involved in the seismic reevaluation and upgrading of Unit 1 since the early 1970's. The staff has been following the licensee's program since that time. With the initiation of the Systematic Evaluation Program in 1978, staff efforts in this area were substantially increased.
This has included site visits, meetings and substantial correspondence between the licensee and the staff. These efforts have led us to the conclusion listed above relative to continued operation of San Onofre Unit 1.
We have prepared a draft evaluation of the seismic capability of the San Onofre Unit 1 facility. The draft report covers long and near term seismic hazard considerations, the seismic resistance of the structures, systems, and components, the activities proposed to improve seismic resistance, and the justification for continued plant operation until June 1982 when additional seismic upgrading will be done.
This evaluation will be included in our final response to your request.
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Mr. Ralph Nader August 13, 1981 The staff has conferred with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and NRC emergency planning experts concerning the San Onofre Unit 1 emergency plan and exercise held in May 1981.
Based on the NRC staff's previous evalua tion of the current emergency plan, the licensee's commitments to upgrade the emergency preparedness, and their response to the FEMA concerns, we find that operation of San Onofre Unit 1, pending a final decision on your request, does not pose an undue risk to public health and safety.
It is our understanding that San Onofre Unit I will commence power operation within a few days. Our final response to your request and the bases for our conclusions will be issued in approximately one month.
Sincerely, Original Sigana by H. R. Denton Harold R. Denton, Director Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation cc:
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o WASHINGTON. D. C. 20555 0C August 13, 1981 Docket No. 50-206 LS05-81-08-029 Mr. Ralph Nader Center for Progressive Law Post Office Box 19367 Washington, D. C. 20036
Dear Mr. Nader:
By letter dated August 6, 1981, I acknowledged receipt of your letter dated July 10, 1981, and informed you that the staff would respond to the concerns raised in your letter prior to the San Onofre Unit 1 Nuclear Generating Station resuming power operation. The major issues raised in your letter dealt with the seismic design of the facility and the emergency plans.
The staff has completed a preliminary review of the licensee's seismic reevaluation program for the San Onofre Unit 1 facility along with Southern California Edison's justification for the conclusion that con tinued operation is justified until the seismic reevaluation program and any necessary upgrading is complete. The staff has also reviewed new seismic analysis by the licensee and NRC consultants and details of design modifications for seismic upgrading scheduled to be implemented by June 1982. We have found that, for the seismic concerns you raised, operation of San Onofre Unit 1, pending documentation of our final decision on your request, does not pose an undue risk to public health and safety.
The licensee has been involved in the seismic reevaluation and upgrading of Unit 1 since the early 1970's. The staff has been following the licensee's program since that time. With the initiation of the Systematic Evaluation Program in 1978, staff efforts in this area were substantially increased.
This has included site visits, meetings and substantial correspondence between the licensee and the staff. These efforts have led us to the conclusion listed above relative to continued operation of San Onofre Unit 1.
We have prepared a draft evaluation of the'seismic capability of the San Onofre Unit 1 facility. The draft report covers long and near term seismic hazard considerations, the seismic resistance of the structures, systems, and components, the activities proposed to improve seismic resistance, and the justification for continued plant operation until June 1982 when additional seismic upgrading will be done. This evaluation will be included in our final response to your request.
Mr. Ralph Nader August 13, 1981 The staff has conferred with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and NRC emergency planning experts concerning the San Onofre Unit 1 emergency plan and exercise held in May 1981.
Based on the NRC staff's previous evalua tion of the current emergency plan, the licensee's commitments to upgrade the emergency preparedness, and their response to the FEMA concerns, we find that operation of San Onofre Unit 1, pending a final decision on your request, does not pose an undue risk to public health and safety.
It is our understanding that San Onofre Unit 1 will commence power operation within a few days. Our final response to your request and the bases for our conclusions will be issued in approximately one month.
Sincerely, Harold R. Denton, Director Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation cc:
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Mr. Ralph Nader August 13, 1981 cc:
Charles R. Kocher, Assistant Mr. R. bietch, Vice President General Counsel Nuclear Engineering and Operations James Beoletto, Esquire Southern California Edison Company Southern California Edison Company 2244 Walnut Grove Avenue Post Office Box 800 Rosemead, California 91770 Rosemead, California 91170 David R. Pigott Governor Edmund G. Brown Chickering & Gregory State Capitol Three Embarcadero Center Sacramento, California 95814 Twenty-Third Floor San Francisco, California 94111 Harry B. Stoehr San Diego Gas & Electric Company P. 0. Box 1831 San Diego, California 92112 Resident Inspector/San Onofre NPS c/o U. S. NRC P. 0. Box 4329 San Clemente, California 92672 Mission Viejo Branch Library 24851 Chrisanta Drive Mission Viejo, California 92676 Mayor City of San Clemente San Clemente, California 92672 Chai rman Board of Supervisors County of San Diego San Diego, California 92101 California Department of Health ATTN: Chief, Environmental Radiation Control Unit Radiological Health Section 714 P Street, Room 498 Sacramento, California 95814 U. S. Environmental Protection Agency Region IX Office ATTN: EIS COORDINATOR 215 Freemont Street San Francisco, California 94111