ML19029A426

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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'VILLIAM.J. HUGH"-!>

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• CO~Ml'TTF.CS1 COMMITTEE ON nrc: JUDICIARY

&UBCOMMITTT.E ON CRIME SU!JCOMMITT!'.I.'. ON MONOPOLIES

/\\t~D COMMCJICIAL LAW SELEcT COMMITTEE ON AGING eI:ongre.55 of tbe ~lniteb ~tute.5

~)ou!Je of l\\cprenentntiues-masffJington, ii).. 20515 AD HOC SELECT COMMITTEE ON OCS RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT Honorable Marcus Rawden Chairman Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D. C.

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Dear Chairman Rawden:

October 5, 1976 327 CA.NNOfot HOU'!K. o,., 1(.Y. J"llJIU>INU W.u><1H070H, D.C. ;*o,1:)

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V&Nll..AND. Nzw Jr.R~fY Of\\360 (609) 696-3Z6!1 1!11 Noon'>< Bl'IO... r>WAY P£HN$VIU..C. NEW J>RSEY 08070 (609) 676-33:13 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.

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

With kind personal regards.

WJH:ems Enclosure

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Getty Oil St~b~idiary Says~It '"'on't f{eopen

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

~.4 lJ 11 n \\\\'ALI. STR i:ET Jfll"ll!'<AL,q111/f Rrpurlrr ROCKVILLE. Mr!. *-Getty Oil Co.'s 83'.i*

ownrtl Nuc-lenr Fuel Service.~ Inc. suhsicliary nrmounc-cd that. ns rxpetted. it ls \\\\ithr:lrnw-lng from the nuclear {11el reprocessing uu~l ness.

The company ha.'! t!;e only rnmrnercinl nuclcnr fuel rcprocc!>sinr, rncllity !.'Ver to "P*

eratP. In the U.S. TI1e plant. ;1t West Valley In wcstern New York Stale. pro<.:csscd nhout 600 metric tons 12.20-l.6 pounds each! be*

tween April 19~6. anrl early 1!172. wh"n the facility was closed for modernization nnd

• exp:inslon.

The company c.iled huge :iddilional co~t requirements and delays that v:ould be 11ec-cssary to bring the \\Vest Valley plant back

. Into production.

ll blamed drnslltally cha111;ed regulatory requlremenL~. espet!ally a Nuclear Regulatory.* C.ommbsion nilinr, last April that imposes ~harply more stri11*

gent design rt>qulrements to protect against earth tremors.

The* company ::n!cl that whf'n the plant i;uspcndccl opcrntions in 1972. It was ex-,

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 president Ralph W. l"\\t>usler. the clr:i.sllc seismic criteria change onlercd by the Nu*

cleilr R<"r.111atory O>mmls.~ion this year

""crealecl doubt over whether or not 11'11:

plant could ever be lirensed for l'Ommcrclnl reprocessing.**

Nuclear Fuel Srrvices ~;aid It has **,.c1-vl:<t'd its ri,proi:e:<sing c:u.~tom.. rs or Its <led*

.si*Jll. nch*(~ing them or thl' impraclic 1hillty of reprocessing at We.st Valley 11nd excrcis*

ing N"uc!ear Fuel S*ervice*.s rli:hts or l~rml*

natil)n under th" n*pror.c!<!iing contracts."'

. A spoke:<miln.said the 1*omp:1ny ha.o: "'12 or 13.. sue:!- ru:<tomcrs. He s:iic.I.. there*s a question nbout whether on!" or lhr contract~

was actu:olly In force:* He <l<'clir:l'd to list thl' ru~tomcrs or r,ivc lhe !0!:1! \\'al11e or !he.

contracts, which arc tx*llcn*d lo run Into the huuclrerls or millions or dollars.

As previously reported. Nuclear Fuel

!'icrviec told cus!Qmer,; rarli('r this year that it was r.onsiclcring v.~U1drawal rrnm the West Vall<'y operation :u1d hacl promisec! a rinal deci!'>ion later in the year.

One customer. 0Jn-;umcrs Power C.o. o{

Jackson. :Mich.. "s11NJ Nucle:ir 1'1Jel, Sen*in~.

in Federal District Court, Buffalo. i:lcmand-ing that It deli\\';*.. r<'prnr.e!<.~ed rue! under a 1n10 contract. The pre\\'iously reported court; case still is p<'ncling.

Nuclenr Fur.I 8ervlt:e sa.icl ye~tcrday that it will conliuue its activities al a specialty~

11uclenr furl:; facility ll op<:ralcs in Endn.

Tenn.