ML19309A994
| ML19309A994 | |
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| Site: | Crane  |
| Issue date: | 01/25/1980 |
| From: | Rathkopf C ENERGY, DEPT. OF |
| To: | NRC COMMISSION (OCM) |
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O-Department of Energy Washington, D.C. 20585 gg1980 J
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Correspondence Referral The attached correspondence has been misdirected to this Department for reply.
Inasmuch as it appears to fall within the purview of your agency, we are referring this communication herewith for your reply.
We have informed the writer of this action.
Thank you for your attention..
Mr. Joseph A.
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MEMORANDUM:
The attached letter (s) addressed to.
the President is referred to your office for suitable acknowledgment or other appropriate handling at the earliest opportunity.
Should you receive mail that has been misdirected, please forward to the appropriate agency.
I would also appreciate knowing when you are forwarding such mail.
My phone number is 456-2717.
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Seattle Office Phone: (206) 486 9126 22327 89th AVENUE, WOODINVILLE, WASH. 98072 TWX 910-449-2810 December 3, 1979 Jimmy Carter, President The White House Pennsylvania Avenue Washington, D.C.
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Subject:
NRC MORATORIUM ON NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS
Dear Mr. President,
Attached is a letter written by Mr. Edward M. Loggins, Senior Vice President for Gulf _ States Utilities Company.
1 I sincerely,_ believeithat_this. letter, clearly _, illustrates tho impact and dilemma creatied by the recent NRC moratorium on licensing nuclear power plants.
Certainly, everyone agrees that safety is of primary impor-tance in the design, construction and licensing of nuclear plants.
However, it is of equal importance that the American public be accurately informed regarding the energy crisis that will result because of the delay of nuclear power pro-duction.
Such delays will not only create extraordinary energy burdens, but it is realistic to predict that they will trigger catastrophic economic and social disasters.
Mr. President, I urge you to embark on an extensive program, of an emergency nature, to advise the American public that nuclear power, although not altogether most favorable, is the singular temporary option that must be pursued to offset energy shortfalls and economic / social catastrophy.
eenica comassiew tscuso Jimmy Carter, President December 3, 1979 Page Two I am confident that presentation of the unadorned facts will mobilize the American people behind a sound energy program which truly recognizes our needs.
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Executive Vice President and General Manager JAL:mos Attachment cc:
Nuclear Regulatory Commission 1717 "H" Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C.
20555 Joseph M.
Hendrie, Chairman John F.
Ahearne, Commissioner Peter A. Bradford, Commissioner Victor Gilinsky, Commissioner Richard T.
Kennedy, Commissioner Harold R.
Denton, Director Nuclear Reactor Regulation Office Edward M.
Loggins, Sr. Vice President Administrative Services Gulf States Utilities Company P.O.
Box 2951 Beaumont, TX 77704
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GULF STATES UTILITIES COMPANY P O S T O F FIC E B O X 2951.SEAUMONT. TEXAS 77704 AREA C O D E 713 838 6431 EDWARD M. LOGGINS Senior Vice President g[C1 '79 Adadrnstative kruces November 19, 1979 NCL
Dear Supplier:
As a supplier for Gulf States Utilities, you have an interest in events and actions affecting our company and the electric utility industry.
In a sense, our business is your business.
I am writing to ask your help in overturning a decision that could have a profound impact not only on our industry, but on the nation as a whole.
On November 5, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission decided to stop issuing construction i
permits and operating licenses for nuclear power plants.
The freeze could last anywhere from six months to two years.
Although GSU is not directly affected by the NRC action, there will be an indirect impact because we sometimes purchase power from utilities whose plants have been put on hold.
There are seven nuclear units awaiting the licenses that would allow them to begin commercial operations.
Since a typical reactor displaces about 10 million barrels of oil a year, these nuclear facilities could be helping the United States offset the oil we are losing because of the Iranian shut-off.
Each week that one of these reactors is not in operation, consumers ultimately will have to pay $2 million in interest charges alone.
Replacement energy costs will be between
$2 million and $6 million a week, depending on whether it comes from coal, oil or a combination of those two more expensive generating fuels.
Or, looking at it another way, each " frozen" reactor deprives the nation.of enough energy to power 300',000 automobiles.
The presidential commission which investigated the Three Mile Island accident rejected precisely the kind of moratorium the NRC has imposed, suggesting instead that each nuclear unit be considered on a plant-by-plant basis.
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November 19,i1979 The NRC freeze ignores the many initiatives taken by the nuclear power industry since TMI.
Although no one was killed or injured in that mishap, the industry has taken steps that will make nuclear energy even safer.
These lessons can be, and are being, applied without a licensing moratorium.
If you agree that the NRC action was ill-advised and ill-timed, I hope you will write to President Carter and to the NRC officials whose addresses are listed below.
I would appreciate receiving a copy if you decide to express your opinion.
l Nuclear Regulatory Commission 1717 H Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C.
20555 Commissioners:
Nuclear Reactor Regulation Joseph M. Hendrie, Chairman Office John F. Ahearne Director:
Harold R. Denton Peter A. Bradford Victor Gilinsky Richard T. Kennedy Sincerely, Y
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