ML18079A668
| ML18079A668 | |
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| Site: | Salem  |
| Issue date: | 07/02/1979 |
| From: | Harold Denton Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
| To: | Barbour G NEW JERSEY, STATE OF |
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Board of Public Utilities Newark, New Jersey 07102
Dear Mr. Barbour:
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Attorney, OELD G. Ertter (#06584)
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JUL 2 _ 1979
. -In your letter of June 13, 1979 to Chairman Hendrie, you urged the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to act expediel"!tly in. issuing an operating JiCense for the Salerrr.Unif 2 nuclear facility if the Commission is satisfied that the reactor and its ~perat~o~ poses no undue ~isk to ~he public saf~ty and we 11 being.
Since rulings and decisions relating to the Salem Nuclear Generating Station, Unit 2 could be subject to revie\\iJ.by Chairman Hendrie.and o:ther Commissioners,'
it vmuld not be appropriate for Chairman Hendrie to comment _at this time *.
Accordingly," your letter of June i3, 1979 has been referred.-to me for response.
As you knm*1, the,NRC staff is.currently conducting a thoro_ugh *investigation of the March 28, 1.979 incident at.the Three Mile Island Power Plant, Unit 2.~
This fovestigation includes studies. of the potential design deficiencies-in the plant, operator response to the accident including operator errors ~nd/or*
misinterpretation of plant i.fistrumentation and all other aspects' of the
- accident \\'lhich might lead to information that would improve the safety of nuclear.pov.er plants~ The major emphasis of the current staff effort is*
focused on nuclear power plants that are presently licensed to operate.
- Hb~..ever, the results of these investigations will also be applied Jo_plants that are currently under construction and fof which*operatirig licenses.
have been applied for but'not yet issued such as the Salem t*;uclear Generating Station, Unit 2.
Any new safety.requirements arising from these investigations
\\'Jill be evaluated to determine whether they,are applicable to the Salem Nuclear Generating Station, Unit 2*and \\.'/ill be applied to.Unit 2 accordingly.
t~e recognize that *these investigations V>:ill dela.Y the issuance of an* operati.ng license for Unit 2 and that the interest of the Ne\\1i Jersey electric consumers could
,be affected.
However; we are p)~oceeding*on the basi? that*prin:iary consideration should be giveia to the pub*lic 1 s health and safety, and that our investigation of the Three Mile Island incident should progress t_o the point, where' the*
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~ 2 implications regarding-that incident could be assessed to determine the i1npact, if any, on the. Sal~m f<uclear Generating Stati,on, Unit 2.'
You can_ be assured that the Nuclear Regulatory_Corrmission staff will act as expeditiously as *possible to make a decision concerning the-issuance of an operating license for the Salem Nuclear Generating Station*, Unit 2.
Please advise-us if yoLi have any questions-regarding this matter..
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Harold R. ffenton, Di rector
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