ML19296B192
| ML19296B192 | |
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| Issue date: | 01/02/1980 |
| From: | Harold Denton Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
| To: | Ahearne J NRC COMMISSION (OCM) |
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I January 2,1950 MEMORANDUM FOR:
Chairman Ahearne FROM:
Harold R. Denton, Director Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
SUBJECT:
CONVERSATION REGARDING CONGRESSMAN BINGHAM'S AMENDMENT I have received a copy of a letter to you from Congressman Udall, dated December 14, 1979 regarding a recent conversation I had with Mr. Bill Lee of Duke Power.
Because Congressman Udall expressed the concern that there may be a question of propriety in my discussion with Mr. L>ee, I wanted to apprise you of the circumstances of this conversation.
The purpose of my call to Bill Lee on December 10, 1979 was to seek a coordinated utility estimate of the technical manpower implications for the industry of the TMI Action Plan.
As you recall, the Staff was scheduled to brief the Commission on the Action Pian on the following day, and the Plan placed substantial resource requirements on the industry.
During the course of this discussion with Mr. Lee regarding technical manpower availability wi'.hin the industry, I also mentioned to him that in considering manpower requirements, he should also be aware that presently pending befort the Congress was an amendment proposed by Congressman Eingham which would require within the next 120 days a considerable effort on the part of both the NRR and the industry.
While I do not now recall my exact remarks to Mr. Lee regarding the Bingham amendment, I dic indicate to him a preference for concentrating the Staff's limited resources on implementing the recommendations of the President's Commission and other TMI studies.
However, in making such a remark, I certainly did not intend either to suggest that he make any representation to Congress of my personal views on the merits of the amendment, or to purport to speak on behalf of the Comission on this matter.
I can now see ir retrospect how my remarks may have been misconstrued and this I regret.
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I am hopeful that the above discussion will place in context my conversation with Mr. Lee and better explain the limited nature of the conversation.
With regard to the safety objective of the amenc ent, tne TMI Action Plan contains an alternate proposal for comparing operating plants against current safety standards.
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A Harold R. Denton, Director Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation cc:
Commissioner Gilinsky
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