ML19317H286
| ML19317H286 | |
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|---|---|
| Site: | Crane, Sequoyah  |
| Issue date: | 03/31/1980 |
| From: | Harold Denton Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
| To: | Stovall C AFFILIATION NOT ASSIGNED |
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NRC PDR LPDR MAR 311380 HRDenton EGCase PFine MASB R/F Mr. C. N. Stovall 10302 Holly Springs Houston, Texas 77042
Dear !ir. Stovall:
This is in reply to your letter of January 15, 1980, about operation of nuclear power 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 approach to safety. The Nuclear Regulatory Co:anission nas found that actions reconnended by its own staff and by the President's Comission on the Accident at Three Mile Island in the areas of hunan 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 Regulatory Commission an Action Plan that will specify the precise actions to be taken.
It will include new or traproved safety objectives, detailed criteria for their inpleaentation, and various implementation deadlines. As soon as the Action Plan is completed and approved, the resulting regulatory requirements will be transmitted to all utilities concerned.
It is recognized that there will be a sign.ificant effect on the availability of pow 2r ger. crating capacity if those plants now in the final stages of construction do not receive operating licenses by the dates previously anticipated, and every effort 13 being made to avoid unnecessary delays.
With this objective, the Comissioners approved on February 29, 1980, the issuance of an NRC license to the Tennessee Valley Authority for the Sequoyah Nuclear Plant Unit 1 to load fuel and, under specified conditions, to operate at low power levels for testing. Several other similar cases are under consideration.
Sincerely, v.L. se[n e.,
Harold R. Denton, Director Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation x
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