ML19309C774
| ML19309C774 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Black Fox |
| Issue date: | 03/20/1980 |
| From: | Stolz J Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
| To: | Friend E AFFILIATION NOT ASSIGNED |
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MAR 2 0 G80 Ms.. Erika Friend 4112 South Elm Avenue Broken Arrow, Oklahoma 74102
Dear Ms. Friend:
Your recent letter to President Carter asking why work has stopped on the Black Fox Station was forwarded to us at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to answer.
Our rules and regulations require that utilities that want to build nuclear power plants, like Public Service Company of Oklahoma, obtain licenses from us called Construction Permits before they can begin to build their plants.
Before we can issue a Construction Permit to a utility, we must carefully review the design of the plant and the site at which it is to be built.
This is to make sure that the plant can be built and operated safely and without harming the environment.
This review process is very detailed and usually takes several years to complete. We have not yet completed all of the steps required to be able to issue Construction Permits for the Black Fox Station.
However, our rules and regulations do allow us to issue a permit called a Limited Work Authorization before all of the steps required to issue Con-struction Permits have been completed. A Limited Work Authorization allows utilities to do some of the work that must be completed before actual work on the plant itself can be started.
The type of work allowed by a Limited Work Authorization includes site preparation, excavation, and the construction of facilities that will not affect the safety of the plant. After completing all of the required steps, we issued a Limited Work Authorization to Public Service Company of Oklahoma on July 26, 1978.
Public Service Company of Oklahoma has told us that it has completed nearly all of the work that it is allowed to do by its Limited Work Authorization.
We must issue Construction Permits to Public Service Company of Oklahoma before it can do any more work on the Black Fox Station. Before we can issue these Construction Permits, however, we must complete several other steps including studying how the March 28, 1979 accident at the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant in Pennsylvania might affect the Black Fox Station.
We thank you for your interest in the Black Fox Station and hope that we have answered your question.
Sincerely, or n F. Stolz, Chiefj
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