ML19029A426

10/05/1976 Letter Transportation of Solid Radioactive Wastes

ML19029A426
Person / Time
Site:	Salem
Issue date:	10/05/1976
From:	Hughes W US HR (House of Representatives)
To:	Rawden M NRC/Chairman
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SELEcT COMMITTEE ON AGING masffJington, ii).. 20515 V&Nll..AND. Nzw Jr.R~fY (609) 696-3Z6!1 Of\360 AD HOC SELECT COMMITTEE ON 1!11 Noon'>< Bl'IO ... r>WAY OCS RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT P£HN$VIU..C. NEW J>RSEY 08070 (609) 676-33:13 October 5, 1976 Honorable Marcus Rawden Chairman Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D. C. 20555

Dear Chairman Rawden:

I am enclosing, for your evaluation, a communication which I recently received from my constituent, Mr. Alfre.d C. Coleman, con-cerning the Salem Nuclear Generating Station.

I would appreciate any comments you might have on the apparent discrepancy which my constituent has pointed out.

With kind personal regards.

WJH:ems

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president Ralph W. l"\t>usler. the clr:i.sllc Getty Oil St~b~idiary seismic criteria change onlercd by the Nu*

cleilr R<"r.111atory O>mmls.~ion this year Says~It '"'on't f{eopen ""crealecl doubt over whether or not 11'11:

plant could ever be lirensed for l'Ommcrclnl

~.N uclear-.Fue,ls Facili.ty reprocessing.**

Nuclear Fuel Srrvices ~;aid It has **,.c1-

' : ;  :. .!"; . . ;: . ~.4 . vl:<t'd its ri,proi:e:<sing c:u.~tom .. rs or Its <led*

' .si*Jll. nch*(~ing them or thl' impraclic 1hillty lJ 11 n \\'ALI. STR i:ET Jfll"ll!'<AL ,q111/f Rrpurlrr of reprocessing at We.st Valley 11nd excrcis*

ROCKVILLE. Mr!. *-Getty Oil Co.'s 83'.i* ing N"uc!ear Fuel S*ervice*.s rli:hts or l~rml*

ownrtl Nuc-lenr Fuel Service.~ Inc. suhsicliary natil)n under th" n*pror.c!<!iing contracts."'

nrmounc-cd that. ns rxpetted. it ls \\ithr:lrnw- . A spoke:<miln .said the 1*omp:1ny ha.o: "'12 lng from the nuclear {11el reprocessing uu~l or 13 .. sue:!- ru:<tomcrs. He s:iic.I .. there*s a ness. question nbout whether on!" or lhr contract~

The company ha.'! t!;e only rnmrnercinl was actu:olly In force:* He <l<'clir:l'd to list nuclcnr fuel rcprocc!>sinr, rncllity !.'Ver to "P* thl' ru~tomcrs or r,ivc lhe !0!:1! \'al11e or !he.

eratP. In the U.S. TI1e plant. ;1t West Valley contracts, which arc tx*llcn*d lo run Into the In wcstern New York Stale. pro<.:csscd nhout huuclrerls or millions or dollars.

600 metric tons 12.20-l.6 pounds each! be* As previously reported. Nuclear Fuel tween April 19~6. anrl early 1!172. wh"n the !'icrviec told cus!Qmer,; rarli('r this year that facility was closed for modernization nnd it was r.onsiclcring v.~U1drawal rrnm the

• exp:inslon. West Vall<'y operation :u1d hacl promisec! a The company c.iled huge :iddilional co~t rinal deci!'>ion later in the year. * '

requirements and delays that v:ould be 11ec- One customer. 0Jn-;umcrs Power C.o. o{

cssary to bring the \Vest Valley plant back Jackson. :Mich .. "s11NJ Nucle:ir 1'1Jel, Sen*in~.

. Into production. ll blamed drnslltally in Federal District Court, Buffalo. i:lcmand-cha111;ed regulatory requlremenL~. espet!ally ing that It deli\';* .. r<'prnr.e!<.~ed rue! under a a Nuclear Regulatory.* C.ommbsion nilinr, 1n10 contract. The pre\'iously reported court; last April that imposes ~harply more stri11* case still is p<'ncling.

• gent design rt>qulrements to protect against Nuclenr Fur.I 8ervlt:e sa.icl ye~tcrday that earth tremors. it will conliuue its activities al a specialty~

The* company ::n!cl that whf'n the plant 11uclenr furl:; facility ll op<:ralcs in Endn.

i;uspcndccl opcrntions in 1972. It was ex-, Tenn.

pcctc<I t(l be able to resume output two yc;irs later. after !nveslinr, Sl5 million to

\ double capacity to (/.f.I rn~trir. tons a year and 1:111kl11g plant e!!idcncy improvements.

, However. in view* o! lhc uig- rl'gulatory

• changes. d~lays and in!lation. lhe ~tty tmll

• estimates It would tu!1e an acklitional Invest*

m<'nt of more thnn SG00 million and take n dozen ye;1rs lo return the pla.nt lo prorluc*

lion. Indeed. said Nucle:tr Puc! Soun;es