ML19257D659
| ML19257D659 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Crane  |
| Issue date: | 01/08/1980 |
| From: | Harold Denton Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
| To: | Petrosky A AFFILIATION NOT ASSIGNED |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 8002050271 | |
| Download: ML19257D659 (2) | |
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Dear Mrs. Petrosky:
I am writing in response to your postcard regarding your concerns about Three Mile Island.
I regret that this answer to your letter has been delayed.
The accident and its consequences have cre a substantial increase in the agency's workload, which ha<. e.cvented me from responding to you as promptly as 1 would have liked to.
With regard to your comments concerning the poseible future operation of Three Mile Island, the Commission has ordered that a public hearing be conducted to determine whether the facility should be operated and, if so, under what conditions restart of Unit 1 would take place.
Prior to start of the hearings, the hRC staff will couduct a review of technical information concerring the restart of Unit 1.
As part of this review, the NRC staff will conduer meetings with the licensee in the presence of the public, and the public will be given the opportunity to ra'se questions and to make state-ments.
During the hearing, the technical issues which are appropriate to assure the public health and safety will also be addressed.
In addition, the Hearing Board may consider the psychological impact of future operation on the nearby communities. A copy of the Commission Order which outlines the issues to be considered is enclosed for your information.
With regard to Three Mile Island Unit 2, the licensee has not yet sent to the NRC a proposal for plant recovery, although the licensee is conducting feasi-bility studies.
It is not possible at this time to determine when such pro-posals for recovery may be submitted or how much time will be needed for tl.e required reviews and approvals in connection with Unit 2's recovery.
I would note, however, that the licensee's authority to operate Unit 2, except for those actions necessary to keep the reactor shut down, was suspended by Order of July 20, 1979.
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J4tt 2-g 7ggg The emergency plans of all power reactor licensees have been reviewed by the staff in the past for their conformance with NRC regulations (Appendix E to 10 Code of Federal Regulations Part 50),
llowever, the most recent guidance on emergency planning, primarily that given in Regulatory Guide 1.101, " Emergency Planning for Nuclear Power Plants," has not yet be n fully implemented by most reactor licensees Further, there are some additional areas vhere improve-ments in emergency planning have been highlighted as particularly significant by the Three Mile Island accident.
The NRC has undertaken extensive effort to imp ove licensee emergency prepared-ness at all operating power reactors and at those reactors scheduled for an operating license decision within the next year.
Meetings were held at our regional offices to discuss the recent impacts of emergency planning and current regulations.
In additio-a team of NRC Emergency Planning Task Force members will visit every operating reactor site in the country to evaluate whether the s i t e 's er..ergency p lanning needs upgrading.
These site visits will be conpleted by June 1980. This effort will be closely coordinated with a similar effort by NRC's Office of State Programs to improve otate and local response plans through the concurrence process and NRC's Office of Inspection and Enforcement efforts to verify proper implementation of licensee emergency preparedness activities.
I 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 Mile Island Station, but also at all nuclear power plants.
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Denton, Director Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Encl: Commission Order, Docket No. 50-289 1875 005
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