ML16340B726
| ML16340B726 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Diablo Canyon, San Onofre  |
| Issue date: | 04/10/1981 |
| From: | Kammerer C NRC OFFICE OF CONGRESSIONAL AFFAIRS (OCA) |
| To: | Lowery B HOUSE OF REP. |
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| NUDOCS 8105120423 | |
| Download: ML16340B726 (2) | |
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\\0 UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D. C. 20555 7WSZ3 <
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Dear Congressman Lowery:
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~<<Cd~jOn Thank you for your recent le..er on behalf of your constituent, Georae
- Kidd, who is concerned about NRC Iicensing delays relat d to the Diablo Canyon nuclear facility near San Luis Obispo and ihe San Onofre nuclear plant.
Following ihe accident at Three Mile Island, ihe Commission did not issue any further opera.ing licenses for over a year while a thorough review was made o
implications o
the acciden In the spring o
- 1980, the Commission approved new requirements for operaiing licenses based on he. lessons learned from Three Mile Island.
Since tha time several new opera.ing lic nses have been
- issued, ihe mos recen.
being for Farley Unit 2 in Alabama on March 31, 1981.
The diversion oi resources and he rethinking of sa eiy requiremenis following the TiiMI accident adversely affected licensing aciivity ai ihe CofnIIission.
As a result, we estimate thai in 1981 and 1982 approxif-a ely a dozen nuclear pianis will be completed frcm 1 to 12 monihs before a full power license decision can be made.
The Commission is concerned about ihis si uaiion and is takina a number o
steps io correct it.
These s.eps are cu.lined in the a iiached tes.imony given by Chairman Hendrie on Apr i 1 2 befor e ihe House Approoriations SubcoIr5it ee on Energy and Wai r Oeveiopmen..
With respect to ihe Diablo Canyon units, an updated Suoplemental Safe y
="valuation Repori (SS:R)
=or low-power operaiion was issued by ihe iIRC staff on March 5,
- 1981, Hearinas will ccmience in May wi ih a licensina decision on low-power operation expec.ed in February 1982 and on a fufl-pcwer license in Mafch 1982.
These prcjec ed decision dates would mean a thir een monih delay using ihe applicani's construction comoie ion date and an el ven month delay using the NRC siaf-,'s.
The aeologic and seismic SSFR ior San Onoire Uni is 2 and 3 was issued by ihe NRC s iaff in December
- 1980, The SER and a
SSaR on Three Mile Island-relaied maiiers was issued in February 1981.
A concurrina let er from he Advisory Commi itee on Reac.or'Safeguards was received on March 17, f981.
The hearinc cn issuance of an oceratina license is expected to s iar in July 1981 with a decision or.
a full power license projected for notil 1982.
Tne aopficant es ilma ies a cons iruc ion ccmpl e i on de ie oi June 1981 whi le NRC s taf i estima e
construe-ion will not be ccmplete until Octobef 1981.
These estimates pl cec.
a delay of beiween o and 10 monihs decending on the est,mates used.
I hope tha. ihis in orfiia icfl is helpiui in responding to your constitueni.
Sincerely, p5d>
Car 1 ton KafrIIerer, Director Office of Conaressional A, fairs
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