ML19261B250
| ML19261B250 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | South Texas  |
| Issue date: | 01/31/1979 |
| From: | Harold Denton Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
| To: | Eric Turner HOUSTON LIGHTING & POWER CO. |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 7902150091 | |
| Download: ML19261B250 (3) | |
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Technical Services Houston Lighting & Power Company P. O. Box 1700 Houston, Texas 77001
Dear Mr. Turner:
SUBJECT:
LICENSING SCHEDULE - SOUTH TEXAS PROJECT, UNITS 1 AND 2 The schedule for the radiological safety review of the South Texas Project, Units 1 and 2, was transmitted to you by letter, dated November 22, 1978.
We discussed this schedule with Mr. W. M. Menger of your staff on December 5, 1978.
In a letter, dated December 15, 1978, you commented that the above referenced schedule includes overly conservative times for (1) the preparation of NRC questions, (2) your responses to these questions, and (3) SER and SER supplement issuance.
You also indicated that the schedule leaves insufficient margin to accommodate a hearing without impacting the fuel load date. As a result, you requested us to revise our schedule to reflect a preferred schedule transmitted with your December 15, 1978 letter. Our responses to your comments and request are presented below.
Our schedule for South Texas was developed on the basis of current staff resources and work loads, and took into consideration the projected fuel load date, a potential hearing, and other case work priorities. The schedule is considered to be realistic and not overly conservative, actually reflectin; a projected decision date about four months before your current projected fuel load date of November 1, 1981 for Unit 1.
The schedule you propose is unrealistic for the following reasons. We could not meet your proposed date of January 4,1979 for providing you with our first round questions. Also, the schedule you propose does not provide any time to evaluate your responses to first round questions before establishing staff positions.
In addition, the time spans in your proposed schedule for issuance of the SER and SER supplement cannot be met without affecting other case work priorities.
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Based on the above considerations, we cannot grant your request to revise the South Texas review schedule at this time. We suggest that if, af ter completion of the first round question phase (targeted for October 1979),
you find that the review schedule is not compatible with the then projected fuel load date for Unit 1 of South Texas, you can resubmit a request for schedule improvement for our consideration at that time. By then, we would be in a better position to reassess the projected fuel load date based on the pace and status of construction. We would also be in a better position to determine the extent of effort for the hearing process, if required.
In this regard, the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board has established a date of January 11, 1979 for a special prehearing conference in Houston, Texas to discuss the admissability of th,i filed petitions.
If you have any questions regarding our response to your request, please advise us.
Sincerely, Harold R. Denton, Director Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation cc: See next page
Mr. E. A. Turner JAN 31 1979 cc:
Mr. D. G. Barker
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Mr. Troy C. Webb f*anager, South Texas Project Assistant Attorney General Houston Lighting and Power Company Environnental Protection Div.
P. O. Box 1700 P. O. Box 12548 Houston, Texas 77001 Capitol Station Austin, Texas 787(1 Mr. M. L. Borchelt Central Power and Light Compuny Mr. R. Gorden Gocch, Esq.
P. O. Box 2121 Baker & Ectts Corpus Christi, Texas 78403 1701 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D. C.
20006 Mr. R. L. Hancock City of Austin Director, Governor's Budget Electric Utility Department and Planning Office P. O. Box 1088 Executive Office Building Austin, Texas 78767 411 W. 13th Street Austin, Texas 78701 Mr. J. B. Poston Assistant General Manager for Operations City Public Service Board P. O. Box 1771 San Antonio, Texas 78296 Mr. Jack R. Neman, Esq.
Lowenstein, Newman, Axelrad & Toll 1025 Conaecticut Avenue, N. W.
Washington, D. C.
20036 Mr. Melbert Schwarz, Jr., Esq.
Baker & Botts One Shell Plaza Houston, Texas 77002 Mr. G. Hohmann Westinghouse Electric Corporation P. O. Box 355 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15230 Mr. E. R Schnidt NUS Corporation NUS-4 Research Place Rockville, Maryland 20850 Mr. J. H. Pepin Brown & Root, Inc.
P. O. Box 3 Houston, Texas 77001
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