ML16340A674
| ML16340A674 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Diablo Canyon  |
| Issue date: | 10/26/1979 |
| From: | NRC OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY (SECY) |
| To: | NRC OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY (SECY) |
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| NUDOCS 7912050173 | |
| Download: ML16340A674 (6) | |
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~P,g ABACI Wp UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, O. C. 20555 Docket Nos.
50-275 OL 50-323 OL October 26, l979 NOTE TO PARTIES Commissioner Kennedy has requested that, the attached Memorandum of Conversation be served on all parties in the Diablo Canyon proceeding.
Docketing and Service Branch Office of the Secretary Encl osur e:
Memorandum of Conversation dated October 23, l 979
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0 p'p' OFFICE OF iHE CO~ilibIISSIOAER UNlTEDSTATES NUCI EAR REGULATORY COIVlIVIISSION WASHlhlGTOl4, O.C. 20555 October 19, 19?9
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Y~V MEHORAi]DUi'I OF COIIVERSATION On Friday, October 19, I mei in my office wi.h Frederick Mielke, Chairman of the Board of Pacific Gas 5 Electric (PGPE), Bart Shackelford, President PG~E, and Gene Blanc also of PGKE.
They had called my office earlier in the day and requested the opportunity to introduce to me ilr. Mielke, PGSE's new Board Chairman.
'fter a few minutes of introductions and exchange of pleasantries, Mr. Mielke indicaied that there were some aspects of the Commission's approach to licensing in the aftermath of Three Miile Island that he would like to discuss.
I told Mr. Mielke that while I would be happy to discuss generally with him the licensing process and how it might be changing following Ti)I, it would be inappropriate for me to discuss issues as they affec. any particular proceeding.
Mr. Mielke indicated thai he understood but that there were some generic matters which he would like to discuss.
He weni on to indicate that he Ivas concerned thai now licensing procedures,
'whaiever they might be, would significantly delay proceedings already underway.
Nr. Mielke noted that since TMI the I'lRC staff personnel who had previously been working on specific cases had been moved to other duties thus delaying the staff's consid-eration of those cases such as Diablo Canyon.
He noted further that with respect to the Diablo Canyon proceeding that he was concerned
. that it was not receiving the same treatment as other proceedings.
He indicated, as an example, that the ACRS has not yet received answers from the staff to its specific questions on Diablo Canyon.
Mr. Mielke stressed that PG5E felt that it had accomplished everything asked of ii by the staff and that th Licensing Board had already reached a
favorable (to PGKE) conclusion.
I told Nr. Mielke that I, too, am concerned that the l!RC and its staff ld y~diyl II lgd dig.
Ildll I I and delays in licensing proceedings following TMI were clearly inevitable, it is'my intent that the Commission look carefully at the possible impacts these changes will have on the licensing process as a whole, As for concerns that the NRC staff's processing of individual cases had been hampered following TMI, I assured Mr. Nielke that I believed the staff had returned to such work and that, as far as I knew, all proceedings were being treated equally.
Finally, I indicated that whi1e I was under the impression that the Board had reached or was near a conclusion in Diablo Canyon, I could review the case only when the Board's decision and the record was brought before the Commission.
Mr. Mielke, Mr. Shackelford and Mr. Blanc said that they appreciated the opportunity to meet me, and E indicated that I was pleased to have the opportunity to meet Mr. Hi lke.
R. T. Kennedy Notes of October 19, transcribed,-, reviewed by, and approved by Commissioner Kennedy on October 26.