ML19257B961
| ML19257B961 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Crane  |
| Issue date: | 12/05/1979 |
| From: | Harold Denton Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
| To: | Whittier G AFFILIATION NOT ASSIGNED |
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DEC 5 1979 Ms. Gale Whittier 402 Lyons Rd.
Chapel Hill, NC 27514
Dear Gale,
Thank you far your letter of April 3.
1 apologize for not providing this response to you sooner but, as you are aware, the Cor::sission and staff have been occupied with continued support of the efforts at Three Mile Island, Orders to other facilities, appearances before the President's Coemission and various co xsittees of Congress that are investigating the Three Mile Island accident, and the realign =ent of our own resources and priorities to give i= mediate attention to the problems resulting from the accident.
We have taken a nu=ber of actions with respect to all nu: lear power plants as a result of the Three Mile Island Incident. Specifically, full-time inspec-tors have been assigned to each operating plant utilizing Babcock and Wilcox pressurized water reactors like those at Three Milt 4 Island. In addition, all ach plants were shut down and the licensees of each plant were instructed to provide us with additional information about their facilities in light of the Three Mile Island incident. After review of the information provided, orders were issued to the licensees that required them to make immediate plant moda-fications, to provide additional operator training, and to revise. certain operating procedures. Additional long-term actions were ordered to further upgrade certain plant systems and operator training and pre,cedures. All of these plants, except of course the Three Mile Island plant, have complied with the orders and have been permitted to resume operation.
In addition, licensees of all operating plants utilizing pressurized water reactors have been instructed to take specific actions with' regard to the status of certain equipment, plant procedures, operator actions and facility designs. Licensees of all operating plants, including those utilizing boiling water reactors, have been instructed to provide us with additional information with regard to their facilities in light of the Three Mile Island incident.
We are currently reviewing the information provided. As soon as our review is complete, ceders for modificaticus, as appropriate, will be issued to provide additional protection to the health and safety of the public.
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. As a result of DII-2, in addition to the actions outlined above, studies were initiated in the areas of emergency preparedness, operator licensing reassess-ment, loss of feedwater event, small-break loss of coolant accidenta, and lessons learned from the incident. In a number of areas work has progressed to the point where additional license requirements have been recommended. A number of these recommendations have been approved and efforts have begun to implement them.
We appreciate your concerns and assure you that every effort is being made to ensure the continued protection of the health and safety of the public, not only at the Three liile Island Station, but also at all nuclear power plants.
Sincerely, e
Harold R. Denton, Director Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
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