ML16340B294
| ML16340B294 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Diablo Canyon  |
| Issue date: | 12/11/1980 |
| From: | Miraglia F Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
| To: | Reichenberg B AFFILIATION NOT ASSIGNED |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 8012310178 | |
| Download: ML16340B294 (6) | |
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N3'ggIj Mrs. Beryl Reichenberg 308 Longview Lane San Luis Obispo, California 93401
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Let me first express my regrets for the delay in responding to your April 2, 1979 letter addressed to the Nuclear Regulatory Cormission (NRC) regarding the Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant.
A large number of letters came to the NRC following the accident at the Three Mile Island (TMI) plant, all of which we are trying to answer
= as fast as our resources permit.
Your letter has been referred to me for reply and I am pleased to make this response.
Let me assure you that the NRC has reacted positively to improve the safety of all nuclear power plants in operation and under construction based-on the lessons learned from the Three Mile Island accident.
Based on the findings of the President's Commission on the accident (The Kemeny Commission), the recommendations of the Special Inquiry Group directed by Mitchell Rogovin, recommendations developed by internal NRC special task forces, and recommendations from other sources including the Advisory Comittee on Reactor Safeguards, a comprehensive NRC Action Plan (NUREG-0660) developed as a
result of the TMI-2 accident, was prepared and published in Hay 1980.
Consistent with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission guidance, the NRC staff is requiring all applicants for new operating licenses to modify the design and
'peration of their nuclear plants to conform to TMI-related requirements.
NUREG-0694, published in June 1980, identified these requirements and provided a
schedule by which they must be implemented.
We have re-examined the Diablo Canyon facility for conformance to the NUREG-0694 requirements as they apply to fuel loading and low power (below 5 percent) testi'ng and on August 6, 1980 issued our safety evaluation on these matters.
Before the NRC staff can issue a license to load fuel and conduct low power tests, all of these requirements must be met, the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board for Diablo Canyon must rule favorably, and the Corrmission itself will review the record.
In addition, following the TMI accident, Intervenors moved to reopen the record on Class 9 accidents and emergency planning.
On June 5, 1979 the Licensing Board stated th'at it would not rule on the motion until it received the NRC staff's supplemental safety evaluation report on the effects of TMI related to full power license for Diablo Canyon.
This report will be issued early in 1981.
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The LPDR is located at the California Polytechnic State University Library, Documents and Maps Department, San Luis Obispo, California 93407.
I trust that this information is responsive to your request.
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The LPDR is located at the California Polytechnic State University Library, Documents and Maps Department, San Luis Obispo, California 93407.
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