ML18023B287
| ML18023B287 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Susquehanna  |
| Issue date: | 03/26/1975 |
| From: | Kauffman J Pennsylvania Power & Light Co |
| To: | Anders W NRC/Chairman |
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| Download: ML18023B287 (12) | |
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Dear Hr. Chairman:
It has been brought to my attention by Hr. Ralph Deustex, President of hucl.eax Fuel Services, Inc.
(HFS) that two major.events have taken place recently which may seriously delay start-up of the NPS reprocessing plant and, in turn, have a serious detrimental effect on the supply of" reload fuel for our Susquehanna Plant.
These events are the letter of Hr. Edson Case of the ilRC relating to the possibility that the NFS final
'nviron eptal statement may not be issued until the GEST action is completed and the letter by Hr. R. V. Peterson stating that the Council on Environmental Quality believes that the GES~IO Draft Impact Statement does not meet the requirements of the LIational Environmental Policy Act.,
Ve are not in a position to discuss the merits of these two actions, but we feel tne issues should be attacked on an urgent basis and with" considera-tion of tne total impact on the U.S.
Energy Supply.
he have already seen hFS'rojected operating date delayed by a year since we began negotiations with them last September (culminating in a contract signed in Janua~).
That delay, plus those which the above two letters might provo'ke, could prevent us from obtaining hoped for plutonium purchases in 1982 or recycle of our own plutonium in 1984.
,Me would then need additional U308 and enrichment with both the prices and sources uncertain.
A negative ruling on plutonium recycle would also considerably increase our needs for U308 even though the need for additional enrichment would then be satisfied by the contingency plan in our enrichment contracts.
These problems are recognized as common in the industry just as it is recognized that reasonable caution in the utilization of plutonium is necessary.
He admit that readily acceptable solutions axe hard to find and we assume you are already using all due
effort to schedule the heaxings and make the judgments necessary to get plutoni~ recycle approved and reprocessing plants licensed under proper conditions
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and for guarding the reprocessing plants and fabrication facilities.
Right now, a large enough force could be dedicated so that it would be
~ immediately clear to all that it would be'.adequate.
As time went on, more detailed studies and'hearings could;perhaps justify a major reduction in the force.
Meanwhile, the plants could be in operation and the resultant electrical energy available.
As another suggestion, we believe that reprocessing plants could be licensed without waiting for the GEST decision.
Although this would result in production of plutonium which could partially frustrate a negative decision on plutonium recycle, the plutonium would then be located only in a few, very easy to guard, plants.
Also, a negative GERS decision should be regarded as only a temporary situation because better safeguards technology or future acute need for plutonium could provide the impetus to reverse such a negative decision.
It is, of course, possible that without plutonium recycle some reprocessors would not want to go ahead with their plans.
However, the way should be paved for reprocessing licenses on their own merits so that a significant amount of time could be saved if the reprocessor does decide to go
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Thank you for your consideration in these matters.
Very truly yours, John T. Kauffman Vice President System Power
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Dear Mr. Plood:
This is in response to your inquiry regarding the impact of enact-ment of a billintroduced by Congress'man YIlaldie on the construction of the Susquehanna Steam Electric Station, Uni& 1 and 2, by the Pennsylvania Power and Light Company near Berwicl-, Pennsylvania.
The billreferred to, H.R. 13716, was introduced on March 25, 1974.
The billwould, ifenacted, impose a moratorium on issuance of cons truction permits for civilian nuclear fission power plants by AEC until action by the Congress following a Qve year study and submission of a report on the nuclear fuel cycle by the Office of Technology Assessment.
Since Pennsylvania Power and Light Company has already received construction permits for the Susque-hanna nuclear power station, the prohibition would not apply and plant construction could proceed in the event H.R. 13716 were enacted in its present form.
A copy of AEC comments on a related bill, H.R. 11079, are enclosed for your information.
Sincerely, Orr<8~nal s-gyes b villiam0 Daub V~illiarAO. Doub Commissioner
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her. Edwar'd J. Bauser Executive Director Joint Committee on Atomic Energy Congress of the United States
Dear Mr. Bauser:
This is in x csponse to your request for AEC's comments on H.R, 11079, a bill
~ (t3o authorise an independent study of the civilnuclear povrer functions and
'pecial industrial operations of the Atomic Energy Commission".
AEC is strongly opposed to enactment of this bill. The billwould impose a
~ 'oratorium on issuance of construction permits for nuclear power plants by AEC pending completion and submission of a report on civilian nuclear povrer by the National Academy of Sciences.
Such a moratorium, vrhich under the i
terms of the biIIvrould last about one year, cannot be justified, The application of peaceful uses of nuclear fission to povrer generation has from the very be-ginning been subject to stringent licensing and regulation under the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended.
The safety record of the nuclear industry has been outstanding.
Civilian nuclear power reactors have accumulated over 175 years of operation vrithout a single radiation fatality and without resulting in exposure of any member of the public to radiation in excess of stringent radia"
. tion pxotection standards.
The process of determining the acceptability of civilian nuclear power plants is more rigorous and mare open to public parti-cipation than for any comparable industrial enterprise.
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Furthermore, such a moratorium cauld have serious consequences in terms of meeting energy needs in the late 1970's and carly 1980's.
For example, present licensing review schedules indicate that should P..R. 11079 be enacted into Iaw in March 1974, decisions on construction permit issuance for twenty-seven nuclear power reactors representing over twenty-seven millionkilowatts of electric power could be affected by the moratorium.
Ne question vrhether a study of civilian nuclear power conducted by the National Academy of Sciences under an arrangement vrith the Joint Committee as called for by H.R. 11079 is needed at this time. Extensive hearings on this subject were conducted by thc Joint Committee on Atomic Energy recently in 1969, 1970, 1971 and 1972> and hearings are currently in progress before the
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En addition, AEC has recently completed a com-prehensive study on this subject entitled "The Safety of tfuclear Povrer Reactors and Related Facilitie's", EVASH-1250, July 1973.
The Office of Management and Budget has advised that there is nd objection to thejpresentation of this report from the standpoint of the Administration's pro>>
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