ML19317H359
| ML19317H359 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Crane  |
| Issue date: | 04/21/1980 |
| From: | Harold Denton Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
| To: | Darron H AFFILIATION NOT ASSIGNED |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 8005290630 | |
| Download: ML19317H359 (3) | |
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Dear Mrs. Darron:
This is in reply to your letter of January 30, 1980, to President Carter about licensing nuclear power plants.
A statement by President Carter on December 7,1979, about the Report of the President's Commission on the Accident at Three Mile Island (the Kemeny Commission) included the following:
" Finally, I would like to discuss hw we manage.the transition period during which the Kemeny recommendations are ;1ing imple-mented.
There are a nunber of new nuclear plants now awaiting operating licenses or construction pennits.
" Licensing decisions rest with the NRC and, as the Kemeny Commission noted, it has the authority to proceed with licensing these plants on a case-by-case basis, which may be used as The NRC has in-circumstances surrounding a plant dictate.
dicated, however, that it will pause in issuing new licenses and construction permits in order to devote its full attention to putting its house in order.
I endorse the app.oach the NRC has adopted, but I urge the NRC to complete its work as quickly l
as possible, and in any event no later than six months from today.
"Once we have instituted the necessary reforms to assure safety, we must resume the licensing process promptly so that the new plants which we need to reduce our dependence on foreign oil can l
be built and operated."
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is committed to protect the public The Three Mile Island accident resulted in a need health and safety.
for changes in the approach to safety.
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has found that actions recommended by its own staff and by the President's Commission on the Accident at Three Mile Island in the areas of human factors, operational safety, emergency planning, nuclear power plant design and siting, health effects, and public information are necessary and feasible.
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Mrs. H. G. Darron At this time we are preparing for review and approval by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission an Action Plan that will specify the precise It will include new or improved safety ob-actions to be taken.
jectives, detailed criteria for their implementation, and various As soon as the Action Plan is completed implementation deadlines.
and approved, the resulting regulatory requirements will be trans-mitted to all utilities concerned.
It is recognized that there will be a significant effect on the availability of power generating capacity if those plants now in the final stages of construction do not receive operating licenses by the dates previously anticipated, and every effort is being made to avoid unnecessary delays. ; lith this objective, the Commissioners approved on February 28, 1980, the issuance of an NRC license to the Tennessee Val?9y Authority for the Sequoyah !!uclear Plant Unit 1 to load fuel and, under specified conditions, to operate at lou power Several other similar cases are under consid-levels for testing.
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Sincerely, dray Harold R. Denton, Director Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
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