ML19305B425

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Urges Commission to Immediately Begin Considering Applications for New Licenses.Delay in Licensing Will Place Economic Burden on Tx Ratepayers
ML19305B425
Person / Time
Site: Comanche Peak  Luminant icon.png
Issue date: 12/11/1979
From: Cowden G, Morris G, Rollins H
TEXAS, STATE OF
To: Hendrie J
NRC COMMISSION (OCM)
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HONORABLE TOM LOEFFLER US MOUSE OF REP

( 1213 LONGNORTH HOUSE OFFICE BLOG WAS@INGTON DC 20515' DEAR CHAIRMAN HENDRIE:

' IT- IS OUR UNDERSTANDING THAT THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY CUMMISSION HAS SUSPENDED THE CONSIDERATION OF NEW LICENSES FOR NUCLEAR PUWLR PLANTS UNTIL AT LEAST THE SPRING OF 1980 THERE EXISTS A REAL PUSI IBILITY THAT THE COMANCHE PEAK STEAM ELECTRIC STATION OF THE TEXAS UTILITIES COMPANY, WHICH REPRESENTS AN INVESTMENT OF APPA0XIMATELY 51.7 BILLION AND SCHEDULED FOR OCTOBER 1961 AND OCTUBER 1983 COMMERCIAL OPERATION FOR UNIT 1 AND UNIT 2 RESPECTIVELY, HAY'BE AFFECTED BY THIS ACTION. FUEL LOADING TO SUPPORT THE ABOYE SCHEDULE WOULD OCCUR DURING THE SPRING OF 1981 FOR UNIT 1 THIS IS ONLY ONE YEAR FROM THE DATE THE NRC CLAIMS NORMAL LICENSING PROCEEDINGS WILL RESUME. ESTIMATES 2 TO STUDY SUCH AN IMPURTANT ISSUE COULD EASILY BE PROLONGED. ANY DELAY IN LICLNSING THIS UNIT WILL PLACE AN UNDULY LARGE ECONOMIC BURDEN ON THE"RATEPAYERS OF TEXAS.

I AM SURE YOU ARE AWARE THAT THE INDUSTRY HAS ALREADY IMPLEMENTED MORE STRINGENT REGULATIONS ON ITSELF. IN ADDITION, THE' TEXAS UTILITIES COMPANY HAS JUST COMPLETED A 6-MONTH'S

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REVIEH OF THE TMI INCIDENT AND HAS ACCORDINGLY MADE NUMEROUS CHANGES

. _ _ Ik UESIGN, OPERATING AND TRAINING PROCEDURES. J AE URGE THE CONHISSION TO RESCIND ITS POLICY AND IMMEDIATELY BtGIN'CONSIDERING APPLICATIONS FOR NEW LICENSES. THE ALREADY TNORD INATELY LONG LICENSING AND CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULE FOR HUCCEAR POWER PLANTS IS ANPLE TIME FOR PARTICULAR PROBLEMS FU bE REVIEWED AND RESOLVED.

(LOPILS SENT TO ALL MEMBERS OF TEXAS CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION)

PDBCIC UTILITY COMMISSION OF TfXAS GEORGE M. CONDEN, CHAIRMAN H '. NA ROLLINS, COMMISSIONER

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