ML19241A602

Submits Revised Schedule for Fuel Loading Dates Due to Impact of TMI Incident

ML19241A602
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Site:	05000599, 05000600
Issue date:	06/27/1979
From:	Reed C COMMONWEALTH EDISON CO.
To:	Harold Denton Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
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NUDOCS 7907050330
Download: ML19241A602 (3)

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Commonwealth Edison ore Fest Nat:cnal Plaza. Ch:cago, !lhnois Address Reply to: Post Office Box 767 Chicago, lihnois 60690 June 27, 1979 Mr. Harold R. Denton, Director Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 70555

Subject:

Carroll County Station Units 1 and 2 Change in Fuel Load Date NRC Docket Nos. S50-599 and 550-600

Dear Mr. Denton:

On May 24, 1979, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) ccmmissioners apprc'od your plan (SECY .79-344 dated May 19, 1979) for an inte. _a reorganization of the NRC Staff to deal with the impacts of the Three Mile Island (TMI) Incident.

In this plan, Commonwealth Edison company's construction permit review for Carroll County Station Units 1 and 2 has been postponed although the early site review effort will continue.

Mr. Roger Boyd, Director of Project Management, indicated that optimistically the review of Carroll County can begin again in early 1981. Although one section of the plan, SECY-79-344, states that the Carroll County review vould be delayed by twelve (12) months, there is no basis for this state-ment. However, commonwealth Edison's analysis indicates that Carroll County's licensing delay will result in a two year delay in the fuel load dates.

The table in Attachment I shows the original and revised licensing review schedules. The two year delay results from the following two considerations. First, it appears that due to the impacts of TMI, the PSAR docketing will be delayed by one year. Second, Carroll County was originally intended to be reviewed under NUREG-0292, " Nuclear Powcr Plant Licensing:

Opportunities for Improvement," which involved working meetings between the applicant and the NRC Staff before the PSAR was docketed. These working meetings would expedite the review by reducing the time required from docketing of the PSAR until a construction permit is issued. Mr. Boyd indicated that once the Carroll County review resumes, it would be unrealistic to believe the review could be conducted under an expedited process.

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Commonwealth Edison NRC Docket Nos. S50-599 S50-600 Mr. Harold R. Denton: June 27, 1979 Therefore, the normal review process is assumed with a three year time period between docketing of the PSAR to SER. This assumption adds an edditional year to the fuel load dates.

Thus, the fuel load cates have been changed to the following:

Original Revised Station Fuel Load Dates Fuel Load Dates Carroll County Unit 1 April 1988 April 1990 Carroll County Unit 2 April 1989 April 1991 Please address any questions that you might have to this office.

Very truly yours, C. W X Cordell Reed Assistant Vice-President attachment 309 355

Commonwealth Edison NRC Docket Nos. S50-599 S50-600 ATTACHMENT I Q RROLL COUNTY STATION LICENSING REVIEW SCHEDULE Carroll County Original Schedule Revised Schedule Submit PSAR January 1980 tary 1981 Docket PSAR April 1980 April 1981 Construction Permit April 1982 April 1984 Fuel Load April 1988 April 1990 309 356