ML19312C802

Endorses Facility Installation.Certificate of Svc Encl

ML19312C802
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Site:	Oconee
Issue date:	08/10/1967
From:	Mcnair R SOUTH CAROLINA, STATE OF
To:	Jensch S Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel
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9 00CKETED S USiEC Mr. Samuel W. Jensch  ; 40

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l Re: Duke Power Company, Public Hearing Docket Nos. 50-269, 50-270 and 50-287

Dear Mr. Jensch:

South Carolina is vitally inter < sted in the develop-ment of the private atomic energy industry. Our people have quietly acclimated themselves to atomic energy interests and operations since 1950 when the U. S. Atomic Energy Cornmission announced and began construction of its Savannah River Plant. The later installation of facilities at Charleston for servicing nuclear-powered naval vessels, and the operation of the prototype 17 megawat+ nuclear-electric generating station at Parr by the CARVA group of utilities have each received our strong support. In May of this year cur Legislature enacted South Carolina's new Atomic Energy and Radiation Control Act to indicate that our state desires to provide the means for discharging its proper functions ,

for promoting the optimum growth of private atomic energy facilities 4 consonant with the full consideration of the health e.nd safety requirements of our people.

Thus, we are pleased, but not surprised, with the '

surge of announcements during 1966 and 1967 from private utilities to build

. major nuclear-electric generating stations at two locations in South Carolina and at five additional locations in Virginia, Alabama, Georgia and Florida. This spectacular growth of nw genarating stations in the southeast is based on sound econcmics, and it is indicative of the signifiAant changes taking place in our region wherein the utility companies are preparing themselves for meeting the anticipated greater energy demands of our people over the next several decades. 1 l

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, On behalf of all South Carolinians, I warmly endorse

. foresight shown by Duke Power Company and by Carolina Power and r;;ht Company to place their initial nuclear power stations within our irders. We find from our careful analyses of each of the programs of

.erk to be undertaken by these two firms that all possible diligence has en exercised to protect the safety of the public and that there is nothing he questioned on our part as to the suitability of the nuclear electric enerating structures for their prospective uses.

The installation of these nuc1 car power stations in

..r%idst together with South Carolina's existing resources in atomic energy mens a full spectrum of new opportunities that are essential to out future

. conomic growth. Our state can gain additional sophisticated facilitics based

, . n the full nuclear fuel cycle wherein the manufacture of power reactor l omponents will be coordinated closely with the fabrication of nuclear fuel elements and with the chemical regeneration of spent nuclear reactor charges.

These with other supporting science-based industries and also research and

, evelopment laboratories will offer richly rewarding careers to our young people and to those from other states in diverse applied science and engineering Jields. South Carolinians must and will rise to accept these future challenging r e sponsibilitie s.

In recognizing the importance of the nuclear-electric

. enerating stations to our economy, we are particularly impressed with additional tangible benefits which will accrue to South Carolina from the large investment by Duke Power Company in its Keowee-Toxaway project. Enhanced recreational resources will be provided for our people in Oconee and Pickens Countie s. Improved water supplies can be made available to our cities and towns adjacent to the lakes impounded by the project. Exp.,.nded opportunities for proficient management of wildlife resource"s are evident, and new areas of unparalleled scenic beauty will be opened for our people to enjoy.

Personnel of Duke Power Company and of the con-tracting firms participating in the construction of the Keowee-Toxaway project are assured of our full support and services whenever these may be necessa: y.

South Carolinians are indeed proud and appreciative of their efforts.

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE from Governor of South Carolina to ChairmanI, 1967 hereby c Board and (2) Letter dated August 14, 1967, Atomic Safety & Licensing from Ernest Cooler, Executive Secretary stating that Senator Earl ssion, E. MorrisDirecto S. C. to appearance at hearing, both in captioned matter, vere served, Jr. vish following by deposit in the United States Mail on the l this sixteenth day of August 1967: , air or first class,

' Samuel W. Jensch, Esq., Chairman Atomic Safety & Licensing Board William H. Grigg, Esq.

U. S. Atomic Energy Commission Assistant General Counsel

. Washington, D.C. 20545 Duke Power Company j 422 South Church Street Dr. John Henry Buck Charlotte, North Carolina 28201 Vice President & General Manager

Instruments Division Roy B. Snapp, Esq.

The Budd Company 1725 K Street, NW Box 245 Suite 512 Phoenixville, Pennsylvania 19460 Washington, D.C. 20006 Dr. Hugh C. Paxton Mr. William S. Lee Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory Vice President, Engineering Los Alamos, New Mexico 87544 Duke Power Company General Office

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Dr. Clark Williams Charlotte, North Carolina 28201 l Reccarch Administrator

! Regional Marine Resources Council Honorable Robert McNair g Nassau Suffolk Regional Planning Board Covernor, State of South Carolina Veterans Memorial Highway State House 4 Hauppauge, L. Columbia. South Carolina 29201 I., New York .11787 Thc=as F. Engelhardt, Esq. and Harry M. Lightsey, Jr., Esq.

Robert E. Turtz, Esq. Assistent Attorney General Regulatory Staff State of South Carolina U. S. Atomic Energy Cc= mission 1213 Lady Street Washington, D.C. 20545 Columbia, South Carolina 29201

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e Dr. E. Kenneth Aycock Mr. Henry C. Schultze, Director Stat.e llcalth Officer Develop:acnt Reccarch Center State Doard of Health State Development Board J. Marion Sime Building P. O. Box 9:f(

Columbia, South Carolina 29201 Columbia, South Carolina 29202 Mr. W. T. Linton Carl Horn, Jr., Ecq.

Executive Director of Pollution 422 South Church Street Control Authority Charlotte, North Carolina 28201 State Board of Health Columbia, South Carolina 29201 Mr. William F. Fonder

, Co:.niccioner Department of Labor 1416 Senate Street P. O. Box 1137 Columbia, South Carolina 29201

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