ML19224C642

Submits Text to La Congressional Delegation Urging Opposition to Delay in Issuance of OL

ML19224C642
Person / Time
Site:	Waterford
Issue date:	05/25/1979
From:	Wyatt J LOUISIANA POWER & LIGHT CO.
To:	Hendrie J NRC COMMISSION (OCM)
References
NUDOCS 7907060012
Download: ML19224C642 (2)

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TODAY THE r O LLOW I NG. TFLEGRAM WAS SE'NT TO MEM9ERS OF THE LOUIS I AN A CONCRrSSIONAL DELEGATION:

"We HAVr AN URGrNT SITUATION IN LOUISIAN4 WHICH NEEDS YOUR INDULGENCF IN THE FOLLOWING DETAILS. AS WE UNDERSTAND IT, The NUCLrAR REnot.ornRY COMMISSION STAFF RECOMMENDS THAT IT OrLAY PanCESSING AND THE SU9 SEQUENT ISSUANCE OF THE rp r R A T I NG LICENSE FOR OUR,WATERFORD-1 NUCLEAR UNIT FOR A PERIOq Or AN ADDITIONAL 6-MONTHS AND GRAND GULF UNIT ONE IN MISSISSIPPI FOR I?-MONTHS, BOTH A PART OF THE MIDDLE SOUTH UT I L I T I ES SYSTEM.

IF THESr nrrrqaALS wrRE TO .9E APPROVEC 9Y THE COMMISSION, A SUASEQurNT SHOR T AGE nF ELECTRIC ENERGY WOULD OCCUR ON THE MIDDLF SOUTH UT IL I T !rS S YSTEM IN LOUISTANA, ARMANSAS AND vlSSISSloPI AURINn THC SUMMER PEAM SEASONS IN 19P1 AND loRo ANO COULO RESULT IN 9LACKOUTS.

THIS WOULO OCCUR AS A RESULT Or THE LOSS OF SOME 2360 vrGAWATTS Or MSU 9ASFLOAD C A P AC I T Y FOR WHICH WE KNOW OF NO CECF]

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"'" 3 SIMPLY grCauSr THr NRC STAFF ALSO RECOMMENDS THE DELAY T NUCLEAR UNITS IN AREAS CONTINGUOUS TO LOUISIANA AND THIS (ch5E 2.A b k3 vr4NS OUR USUAL SOU9Cr5 OF REPLACEMENT ENERGY WOULD ALSO 3E IN OIRE CIRCUMSTANCES THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE SOUTHERN REGION. ( h

17. % S DURING THE STAFF'S PROPOSED OFLAY PERIOD, WE ESTIMATE TEAT THE ,gg;g LOST NUCLraq Capa41LITY AND ENERGY WOULD REQUIRE THE , i ci CONSUMPTION OF AN ADDITIONAL 18,000,000 9ARRELS OF OIL IF, . ;g ,

IN0EED, WE HAD SUFFICIENT FACILITIES T,0 RURN OIL UNDER ..n r 004 90ILERS. THE ruEL COST DIFFERENTIAL IN'THE TIMEFRAME or 1991 '93 WnULD Ar AT A MINIMUM, %I95,000,000 ,;g3 Ir, HOWEVrR, Tpr arPLACEMENT ENERGY MUST 9E PURCHASED evdz2 ON AN evFRGENCY RASIS FROM VARIOUS OTHER U'TILITIES, THr COSTS, <"'-

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TH OrLAYS NOW CONTr* PLATED 9Y THE STAFF WOULD ADD, 9Y CONSrRVATIVr rSTIv4TES, TO THE' CONSTRUCTION COSTS OF WATERFORD-1 C2 AND CRAND GULF ONE, ONE-THIRD OF A 91LLION DOLLARS, WHICH WOULD IRIMATrty Havr TO 9C 3ORNE AY OUR RESPECTIVE CUSTOMERS.

FURT rR, i CRANO CULF ONr CnvPLETION DATE IS DELAYED 4FYOND 0 Crv7rR 'F 1989, THE NSU-OPERATING COMPANIES .f fj q

( I NC LUD I NG LOUISIANA POWER AND LIGHT COMPANY) ARE g t: .V OR'IGATE TO PAY'AN 400!TIONAL E250,000,000 A YEAR FOR VSU SYSTrM FINANCING CHARGES.

ASI0r PROM TurSF vrNACING DOLLAR F IGURES, THE SPECTER OF THE UN AVA I LAS IL I T Y OF ELFCTRIC ENERGY IN THIS TRI-STATE AREA IS UNCONS C IO NA 9 LF . TO SAY NOTHING OF ECONOMIC CHAOS.

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i rURTHER, AS WE ARE LE0 TO 3ELIEVE, THE REASON FOR THE DELAY IN No NAY INVOLVFS THF SAFETY OF .THE RESPECTIVE PLANTS.

RAThrR, TWE PRGAOSFO OELA YS AR.E OCC AS IONED 9 Y THE HEAVY PAPER-WORK LnAn IMDOSFD nN TWO STAFF FOLLOWING THREE ISLAND THE -

' htiS U A LL Y HEAVY nEvANDS ON THE STAFF TO ADDRESS ENDLESS CANc9rSSinNAL "IARINAS AND INDIVIOUAL INQUIRIES.

ThrREFORE, We aar CONFIDENT YOU RECOGNIZE THAT IF NRC IS tlNOCRS TAFF ra TO MEET ITS PRESENT WORKLOAD, THE ANSWER TO THE PR 14 L E ." IS NOT A 0FFERRAL OF LICENSING PROCEDURES, BUT RATHER, Tur tyvEntaTr ADDITION OF SUFFICIENT PERSONNEL TO EXPEDITE RATFE9 THAN D E LA Y THPSE URGENTLY NEEDED NUCLEAR UNITS FOR ALL AREAS OF THE UNITED STATrS.

FINALLY, We 9ELIrvr YOU WILL AGREE THAT IT IS INCUM9ERT UPON F) U , FOR THE WFLL 4EING OF THE CONSUMERS IN LOUISIANA, TO INTrRCenF VITH THE NRC TO AVOID ANY ACTION OR INACTION ON THEIR PART WHICH WOULO RESULT IN T H r. PROPOSED STAFF DELAY IN Tpr a90Cr.SSING OF OPr9ATING LICENSES. WE UNDERSTAND THE NEXT NRC MFrTING WILL 9E HELO WEDNESDA Y, MAY 70TH.

FURTHrR, WE ARE CONFIDFNT YOU WILL CONTACT THE NECESSARY CONGRrSSIONAL APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEES TO PROVIDE THE ryNOS NrCESS ARY FOR THE NRC TO ACQUIRE COMPETENT STAFF PERSONNEL TO Ca99Y OUT THE CONGRFSSIONAL MANDATES TO NRC.

AS Wr OPrNrD, THIS IS URGENT TO LOUISIANS AND WE TRULY AP?lrC I A TE YOU3 INOULGENCE ANO PERSONAL ACTION IN ANSWER TO SUR 9r0UEST ON TerIR REhALF.

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