ML19309A459
| ML19309A459 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Crane  |
| Issue date: | 03/03/1980 |
| From: | Harold Denton Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
| To: | Roehrig C EMVUSSTA |
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| NUDOCS 8003310157 | |
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C WASHINGTON. O. C. 20555 MAR 0 3 icgg Mr. Charles R. Roehrig Assistant Contracting Manager American Bridge P.O. Box 1590 Houston, Texas 77001
Dear Mr. Roehrig:
This is in reply to your letter of January 8, 1980, about licensing of nuclear powe.r plants.
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is committed to protect the public health and safety. The Three Mile Island accident resulted in a need for changes in the apprcach to safety. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has found that actions reco. mended by its own staff and by the President's Commission on the Accident at Three Mile Island in the areas of human factors, operational safety, emergency planning, nuclear power plant design and siting, health effects, and public information are necessary and feasible.
At this time we are preparing for review and approval by the Nuclear Regula-tory Commission an Action Plan that will specify the precise actions to be taken.
It vill include new or improved safety objectives, detailed criteria
. for their implementation, and various implementation deadlines. As soon as the Action Plan is completed nd approved, the resulting regulatory require-ments will be transmitted to all utilities concerned.
It is recognized that there will be a significant effect on the availability of power generating capacity if those plants now in the final stages of construction do not receive operating licenses by the dates previously anticipated, and every effort is being made to avoid unnecessary delays.
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