ML19220B888
| ML19220B888 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Crane  |
| Issue date: | 02/10/1978 |
| From: | Kopeck J NRC OFFICE OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS (OPA) |
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| PR-780210, NUDOCS 7904270593 | |
| Download: ML19220B888 (1) | |
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78-30 FOR DNEDIATE RELEASE
Contact:
John Kopeck (Mailed - February 10, 1978)
Tel.
301/492-7715 NRC ISSUES OPERATING LICENSE FOR UNIT 2 0F THREE MILE ISLAND NUCLEAR PLANT IN PENNSYLVANIA A license authorizing operation of Unit 2 of the Three Mile Island Nuclear Station in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, was issued on February 3 to Metropolitan Edison Company, Jersey Central Power and Light Company and Pennsylvania Electric Company by tha Nuclear Regulatory Commission's Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
Unit 2 uses a pressurized water reactor and at full power will have an electrical output of about 900 megawatts.
The station is located on Three Mile Island in the Susquehanna River in Londonderry Township, about 10 miles southeast of Harrisburg.
The adjacent Unit 1, which has an electrical output of about 919 megawatts, has been licensed for operation since April 1974.
While the license authori:es full power operation, license conditions call for certain preoperational tests, startup tests and other items, some of which must have further Commission approval, to be completed before entering the various operational modes required to reach full power.
Issuance of the license was authorized by a December 19, 197 7 decision of the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board which conducted a public hearing on the operating license applica-tion.
Before the license was issued, the facility was inspected by NRC representatives to assure that the facility has been satisfactorily constructed and is ready for fuel loading and operation under the specified conditions.
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