ML19309C162
| ML19309C162 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Sequoyah  |
| Issue date: | 03/12/1980 |
| From: | Dircks W NRC OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR OPERATIONS (EDO) |
| To: | Bouquard M HOUSE OF REP. |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 8004080254 | |
| Download: ML19309C162 (2) | |
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The Honorable Marilyn Lloyd Bouquard United States House of Representatives Washington, D. C.
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Dear Congresswoman Bouquard:
Your letter of January 15, 1980, expressed concern over the delays in licensing the Sequoyah Nuclear Plant and other applications. As you probably now know, we issued a license on February 29,1980 (Enclosure 1), for fuel loading and low power testing at the Sequoyah Nuclear Plant, Unit 1.
This effort will take approximately six months to complete.
We believe this action in itself responds to your major concern on Sequoyah. We are pro-ceeding as expeditiously as possible to license several other near-term Operating Licenses on the same basis as Sequoyah.
Let me assure you that the NRC staff is continuing its intensive review of issues which need resolution in order to proceed beyond the current low power test program.
This is best illustrated by briefly describing some of the activities that have taken place and are underway.
As a result of the TMI-2 accident, the effort of the staff was concentrated on evaluating the accident and assessing the remedial measures to be required, i.e., immediate, near-term, and long-term.
In July 1979, we issued NUREG-0578, "TMI-2 Lessons Learned Task Force Status Report and Short-Term Recommendations." This early guidance by NRC was supplemented by the recommendations contained in the Kemeny Commission Report (October 1979) and the Rogovin Report (January 1980). To provide further detailed guidance to the nuclear industry, the NRC staff developed its draft document in December 1979, NUREG-0660, " Action Plan for Implementing Recommendations of the President's Commission and Other Studies Related to the TMI-2 Accident."
Revisions have subsequently taken place to take into consideration the Rogovin work, comments from the Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards, and many other sources of information.
The Action Plan represents a major ongoing effort on the part of the NRC staff to define all of the new requirements as a result of the TMI-2 accident and the appropriate methods of implementation.
A plan will be established by the Commission in the near future as formal guidance to industry.
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We believe the reports cited above, along with our continuing discussions with the ACRS and inddstry, will result in stronger safety standards for the protection of the'public health and safety.
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