ML19209C668
| ML19209C668 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Crane  |
| Issue date: | 10/01/1979 |
| From: | Harold Denton Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
| To: | Boudreau J SENATE, ENVIRONMENT & PUBLIC WORKS |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 7910170198 | |
| Download: ML19209C668 (3) | |
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's,,.....,o OCT 1 1979 Mr. Jay Boudreau Three Mile Island Investigation Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works 4204 Dirksen Senate Office Building Washington, D.C.
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Dear Mr. Boudreau:
During my appearance before the Subcommittee Investigation Team on September 21, 1979, a number of requests were made for additional in-fonnation. Enclosed are my responses to these requests. is a list of dates and groups (i.e., Congress or investigating teams) to whom I presented testimony, depositions or interviews on TMI. contains a copy of memoranda addressing the Comission's decision-making authority relative to evacuations and emergency response. contains a copy of the letters sent out to the licensees by the Comission that address the various recommen-dations of the NRC Task Forces (i.e., TMI Les:ons Learned, Bulletins and Orders, Emergency Planning and Reactor Operators ). contains the results of the radionuclide analyses of the initial water samples collected from the TMI-2 containment building sump. is a copy of NUREG-0591 " Environmental Assessment -
Use of EPICOR-II at Three Mile Island, Unit 2." is a copy of a letter to Congressman Robert S. Walker which provides a brief preliminary identification and discussion of options for the disposal and handling of the containment water at Three Mile Island.
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Mr. Jay Boudreau OCT 1 1979 Enclosu" 7 is a schedule of the hearing and various associated actions on the issue of restart of Three Mile Island, Unit 1.
In addition to the information presented in the Enclosures, there remain some requests for infonnation on subjects that are currently on-going or for which results are not innediately available. These requests and my responses are as follows:
A copy of the critique of an emergency drill conducted in 1978 by Federal agencies, includiag NRC, was requested.
Th's critique, a document classified as " confidential", is entitied
" REX 78 - Final Critique" (July 1979) and is available from the originator, the Federal Preparedness Agency.
A copy of the staff paper of the NRC health physics task force (re personnel protection) was requested. This effort, under the
-direction of Mr. Richard Vollmer, is currently underway.
It is expected that the task force repor" will be available by the end of the calendar year. A copy of the report will be forwarded when available.
A copy of the staff papers on cleanup and recovery of TMI or an TCC analysis of the Bechtel report on recovery was requerted.
Staff efforts in this area are directed towards an analysis of the Bechtel report. The results of the analysis are tentatively expected to be available about the end of October 1979. As tnese iasults become available, copies will be sent to the Senate Subcomittee on TMI.
A remest was made for a copy of documents or analyses that add";ss the options for treatment and disposal of the contuminated water at TMI. These analyses are currently on going.
It is estimated that feasible options for the handling of these waters will be identified by the end of November 1979, based on receipt of infonnation from Metropolitan Edison by the end of September 1979.
Infonnation developed by the staff will be forwarded to the Senate Subcommittee on TMI when the complete set of options are identified for consideration.
In the interim, a preliminary dis-cussion of some handling options are provided in Enclosure 6.
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Mr. Jay Boudreau OCT 1 1979 Should you have any questions regarding the enclosed material or sh: Jld you require additional infonnation regarding Three Mile Island, I otld be pleased to supply it upon request.
Sincerely, fAr Harold R. Denton, Director Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
Enclosures:
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TMI Statement Dates 2.
Comnission Papers Addressing Evacutions 3.
Task Force Reconnendation Ltrs tc Licensees 4.
Radionuclide Analyses of TMI Containment Water 5.
NUREG-C591 6.
Letter to Congressman Walker 7.
TMI-l Hearing Schedule
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