ML19248D735
| ML19248D735 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Issue date: | 07/12/1979 |
| From: | Grimes B Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
| To: | Taylor J BABCOCK & WILCOX CO. |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 7908170301 | |
| Download: ML19248D735 (2) | |
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July 12,1979 Mr. J. H. Tay1 or Manager, Licensing Babcock & Wilcox Company Nuclear Power Generation Box 1260 Lynchburg, Virginia 24505
Dear Mr. Taylor:
RE: UPGRADED STANDARD TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS (STS) BASES PROGRAM As you know, we initiated a program to upgrade the bases section of the STS during Ayust 1977. We thank you for the support you have previously indi-cated for this program. The program has made only slight progress to date.
However, based on infonnal contacts with staff members of one NSSS vendor, we understand renewed efforts are being made by this vendor and his affected utilities to implement this program. Recently, a concern was expressed re-garding the applicability of license fees for amendments which may result fram this upgrading program.
In response to this concern, we have sought and obtained approval for exempting from fees, amendments in fee Classes I, II, and III which result directly from this upgrading program. We currently expect all amendments under this program to fall in one of these fee classes.
We hope that this exemption fran fees will provide additional incentive for the program. We are also notifying the affected utilities of this fee exemption approval.
We would appreciate hearing from you within the next few weeks regarding the status of the arrangements you have worked out thus far. This information would be most helpful to us end would enable us to better fonnulate a schedule for accomplishing the upgrciing of tN STS bases - a project that I know you agree would be beneficial to all parties concerned.
If you have any questions about the program or wish to discuss it further, please call Donald 3rinkman at (301) 492-7306.
Sincerely,
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Mr. J. H. Taylor July 17, 1979 IDENTICAL LETTERS SENT T0:
Mr. T. M. Anderson, Manager Nuclear Safety Department Westinghouse Nuclear Energy Systems Box 355 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15230 Mr. A. Edward Scherer Licensing Manager Nuclear Power Systems C-E Power Systems Combustion Engineerin., Inc.
Windsor, Connecticut 06095 Mr. Glen G. Sherwood Manager, Safety and Licensing General Electric Company 175 Curtner Avenue San Jose, California 95125 9
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