ML19294B895
| ML19294B895 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Crane  |
| Issue date: | 08/01/1979 |
| From: | Lewis F MIDDLE SOUTH UTILITIES, INC. |
| To: | Hendrie J NRC COMMISSION (OCM) |
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| NUDOCS 8003060287 | |
| Download: ML19294B895 (2) | |
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Dear Mr. Hendrie:
onsibility Ad Hoc Oversight d for the purpose of taking industry resp As you know, the industry formed a major i ities, and I have been serving asbout' l the accident at Three Mile Is an for nuclear safety and other associated act vThis Comittee h f TMI-1,. d ranging review to cne very lengthy and broa - Comission with respect to the opening o rious Chairman. in addition to representing a seility inv proposal that this unit be subject h procedure reported in the press, whic, financial burden to of nuclear power. blic confidence in the Nuclear Regulatory i stainty in the public percept on lic y is a key elenent in restoring pub Our industry believes that restoring puCoc=1ssion as an e I 1 could pro-With this in mind, we believe that TM -tha ly in resolv-confidence in nuclear power. hance public confidence. i vide an opportunity for demonstrat nging a uniquely impo full operation as rapidly as possible in f developing all our available energy resou it is urgent that TMI-1 be placed into i lly support of the President's program o bstantive technical issues which m stations now being reactivated on ahnic It appears to us that TMI-1 contains no su l diff:rentiate it from the other B&W nuc earTherefore, we see no rea f a policy in the population near TMI-1 which are o l case. continual basis.need be applied again to this particu ar tility. ial concerns relating to the operating u l nature, and while they are certainly that there are serious concerns tine nature, and there may also be manager not likely to be decided upon by a rouCo i Both of these issues are of a non-techn ca deserving of review, they represent issuesCertainly, they will ultima h It is this special nature of TMI-1 whiction by the Co=missioners. staff procedure. by the NRC, and the highest priority atten sion. ~ f.~f 0.. AckreakdCcd ty cud. -more I 9
\\*' ji[%,.,b? ... w JN# 3,eph M. Hendrie t - #,g tf% sr [ gust 1, 1979 They certainly would provide assurance 1 1 that the licensing of that station is being recognize the need for new NRC hearings. The hearings would also provide an opportunity for any to the residents surrounding TM - We developed in the several studies now approached with diligence.new f acts to be presented that may have been to Finally, they would certainly provide an opportunit being completed of TMI-2. reassure the public that the managerial approac Our principal concern is with the pro-been properly considered and organized. rted in the media which appears to tracted nature of the proposed schedule repo overlook the unusual nature of the TMI-l issue. Presidential Commission, it If the TMI-2 accident justified the appointment of aifies direct hearings by the f involved. Under such circum-would appear that the TMI-l situation justComissioners, recogni at the same time pro-stances, the Comissioners would have an opportun would permit, more expeditiously than the normal proce ures - The NRC staff could continue d i tion. viding the opportunities for public partic paneeded. to be used in an advisory capacity wherever tility industry Ad Hoc Over-In support of such a special hearing procedure, our ud technical resources of ou to their sight Coc:cittee proposes to make the management anEdison as a supplement h manage-industry appropriately available to Metropolitan We believe this would relieve public concern on t ed internal organization. ment issue uniquely pertinent to TMI-1, anK request a meeting with you a t to avve rapidly in this case. discuss how such industry assistance m If there are broad generic issues of nuclear power pothis should be done sepa hdl also wish to review on a more extended sc e u e, rather than as a part of the IMI-l procedure. ch a special hearing for f expediting our national We urge that the NRC give serious consideration to suT l ble energy resources. , program in developing avai a Sincerely, j -{l ,g y Floyd W. Lewis, Chairman Ad Hoc Nuclear Oversight Committee WL:js VIA FEDERAL EXPRESS _}}