ML19225C488
| ML19225C488 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | 05000463, 05000464 |
| Issue date: | 06/29/1979 |
| From: | Gossick L NRC OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR OPERATIONS (EDO) |
| To: | Schweiker R SENATE |
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| NUDOCS 7907310091 | |
| Download: ML19225C488 (2) | |
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JUN 2 91979 Docket Nos. 50-463 and 50-464 The Honorable Richard S. Schweiker United States Senate Washington, D. C.
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Dear Senator Schweiker:
This responds to your letter of May 29, if 3, to Chairman Hendrie suggesting that the NRC deny the application for an early site review for the Fulton site.
It would be inappropriate for Chairman Hendrie to reply directly since he may be called upon to review the rulings and decisions of the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board before which the Fulton application is now pending. Accordingly, your letter was referred to me for reply.
The Philadelphia Electric Company submitted an application for an early site review of the proposed Fulton Generating Station site or, January 2,1979.
The end result of this review will be a staff position on the suitability of the Fulton site for a facility of the general size and type proposed by Philadelphia Electric Company.
It will not provide the Company authority to commence any construction. This application is undergoing an acceptance review to determine whether it is sufficiently complete for our staff to begin its detailed early site review. NRC regulations do not provide for the staff, en its own initiative, to decline to conduct an early site review for which proper application has been made. To do so would amount to prejudging an application before all of the facts about it were known.
We believe that a fairer assessment of the suitability of a site for a nuclear plant can be made by following the normal review procedure. This procedure provides ample opportunity for residents of Lancaster County to express their views about additional nuclear plants in their area.
We appreciate the psychological impact of the Three Mile Island accident on residents of this area. The NRC staff is engaged at present in an extensive evaluation of the safety implications of the accident.
In addition, several other groups, including Congressional committees and the President's Commission, are investigating the accident. The results of these studies will provide a basis for actions which will reduce the likelihood of future accidents of the type that occurred at Three Mile Island.
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The Honorable Ri:..ard S. Schweiker I trust these consents have been responsive to your concerns.
In accordance with your request, we shall notify you in the event that the Fulton application for an early site review is accepted for docketing.
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