ML19259A725

Ack Receipt of NRC 781109 Ltr Providing Summary of Outstanding Items.Asserts That DOE Is Statutorily Obligated to Continue to Design Facility & Manufacture Hardware on Order,But Is Proceeding Along Path of Prudent Management

ML19259A725
Person / Time
Site:	Clinch River
Issue date:	01/03/1979
From:	Caffey L ENERGY, DEPT. OF, CLINCH RIVER BREEDER REACTOR PLANT
To:	Boyd R Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
References
05.10, 5.10, NUDOCS 7901100215
Download: ML19259A725 (2)

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Department of Energy Clinch River BreederReactor .

Plant Project Office P.O. Box U Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37830 Docket No. 50-537 File No. 05.10 January 3, 1979 Mr. Roger S. Boyd, Director Division of Project Management Office of Nuclear Re3ctor Regulation U. S. i;uclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20555

Dear Mr. Boyd:

CRBRP LICENSING STATUS

References:

1. uetter, W. P. Gammill to L. W. Caffey, " Summary of Outstanding Items," dated November 9, 1978.

2. Letter, L. W. Caffey to R. S. Boyd, "CRBRP Licensing Emphasis," PS:77:525, dated May 5,1977.

3. Letter, L. W. Caffey to R. S. Boyd, "CRBP.P Licensing Status," PS:L:77:703, dated July 22, 1977.

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4. Letter, R. L. Copeland to R. S. Boyd, "CRBRP Licensing Status," PS:L:78:163, dated May 24, 1978.

This letter acknowledges receipt of Reference 1, whic 4 is helpful in providing us a summary of the NRC technical staff po itions. Since the suspension of the Environmental Hearings and the ce' . tion of interaction with the technical staff on the safety review of ti rRBRP design, the Project has continued to pursue the resolution of tcen licensing items as evidenced by the continued submittal of amendments to the PSAR and previous statements of the Project's intentions in References 2, 3, and 4.

It is statutorily incumbent upon us to continue to design the Plant and to manufacture the more than $400 million of hardware that has been on order since mid-1977, albeit ..e are proceeding along a path of prudent management, deferring to a later date most new starts of hardware fabrica-tion, and endeavoring to minimize the cost risk of continuing design and fabrication without effective interchange of ideas and resolution of design topics with the NRC technical staff.

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Mr Roger S. Boyd January 3, 1979 We shall soon conclude an evaluation of the staff positions expressed in Reference 1 in the light bf' thb PSAR and other design documentation submitted to NRC to date, and that which we have under preparation, and shall be advising you subsequently of our plans for further progress on the design and of our assessment of the resolvability of open items.

Sincerely, v

/ PcY Iaffey,$b LochTin .

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