ML19318A794

Ack Receipt of Ltr Expressing Concern About Delay in TMI-1 Restart.Commission Ordered That TMI-1 Remain in Cold Shutdown Condition Until Further Order by NRC & Stated That Public Hearing Be Held Prior to Restart

ML19318A794
Person / Time
Site:	Crane
Issue date:	06/10/1980
From:	Harold Denton Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
To:	Pofahl A AFFILIATION NOT ASSIGNED
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[ ^ ' ' ' ~ p June 10, 1980 Dockets tios. 50-289 and 50,320_' Mr. Armin Pofahl 1561 Mesa Dr. #115 Santa Ana, CA 92707

Dear Mr. Pofahl:

Thank you for your recent letter expressing concern about the delay in placing TMI-l back into service. On July 2,- 1979, the Commission ordered that TMI-1 remain in a cold shutdown condition until further order by the Comission itself and stated that a public hearing would be held prior to restart of THI-1. The Commission believes that public participation is a vital ingredient dealing with those matters related to the TMI-l restart. On August 9,1979, the Comission issued an additional Order on TMI 1 specifying the basis for. the Shutdown Order and the procedures to goverr the hearing regarding any TMI-l restart. On the basis of this hearing, the Commission will determine whether any further operation of TMI-l will be permitted and, if so, under what conditions. I have enclosed a copy of the August 9,1979 Order for your information. The Commission's Order also identifies a number of items that must be resolved prior to restart. These items, which are listed on pages 5-7 of the Order, include but go beyond that required for restart of other Babcock & Wilcox design pressurized water reactors similar to TMI Units 1 and 2. Included in these additional items are items recommended by the Lessons Learned Task Force, which studied the TMI accident. The Commission carefully considered the time required for completing all tasks related to the Order on TMI-l and which must be completed prior to any restart of TMI-1. A Commission schedule calling for expeditious handling of the necessary fiRC staff actions and procedural actions required for the hearing process is provided on the last page of the Commission's Order. THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS POOR QUAUTY PAGES s000240IW a

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Mr. 'Annin Pofahl

~ 2.- June 10, 1980 IJam pleased to provide you with this information. Sincerely, t Harold R. Denton, Director Office of Nuclear-Reactor Regulation

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Qc.,. 4s -i Vic::r 3flinsky r-- 4 n.w...,y .q a*C ar t. a-y p e.,qJp [1 Peter A. 3radford e,,/ s. q,@ Jchn.:. Jhearne M l IM ) In the Mattar of ) ) METRCPOLITAN IDI5CN CCMP.iflY Oceke: ?;o. 50-EE9 (Three Mile Island Nuclear Station, ) Uni: No.1) ) ) CRDER AND NOTICE CF HEARING I. The Metre:cli an Edison C:=:any (the ifcansee),is hel:ier of Facility C:eratin; License No. 0?R-50 which authori:es the 0;eration of the nuclear pwer reacter kncwn as 7"nree Mile Island Nuclear Statien, Unit No.1 (the facility er TMI-1), a-staady stata power lavels nct in exesss of 2535 cegawat:s ther=al (ra ad ;cwer). The facility is.a Eatecek and Wile x (EaW) designed Pressuri:ed star react:r (FWR) Iccated at the licensee's sita tan.r.iles scutheast cf Harris =ur;, Penn:yi-vania. II. On July 2,1979, the C.xmission ordered that the facility recsain in a cold shutdewn c:nditi:n until further order of the C.=tissice and statad that a hearin: will he c:nducted price :s any rsstart cf the facility. Cn the basis of that hearing ne C:==ission will datar=ine whether any fur se-coeration will be :er- =1::ac and, if s:, under what c:nditions. The C:==tsien hersin s:ecifies the l basis for its c:ncerns and the ;receduras to g:ver- ---.er prec.eedir.;s in nis .2: ar. Fcr the raas:ns la.ar se: f:rth, the C. has detar=ints-.na

A satisfact:ry ccepletion of certain shcrt-term actiens and resoTu fon of various c:ncerns described herein are recuired :: previce reasonaM e assurance :ha-the fscility can be cceratsd withou; encangering :ne health and safecy of :he pubite. The Cc.missien has deter.cined that certain additicnal icng-tar:n acticns are, fer the reasons given below, recuired to be c:cpiated as prc= ly as practicable, and that reascnable prcgress en the c:cpletien of such acticns pricr to res art is recuired, in order to prcvide reasonable assurance that the facility can be c;erated safely over the long ter=. Tnis Order and notica cf hearing further establishes precedures for a hearing and decision en-the particular issues identified in Section V of this Order. Tne Cc=ission has detar=ined that hearing and decision with review thereof (as previded in Se.::foms V and 7I belcw) en the issues specified in this order is recuired a=d that such hearing, decision and review an the issues relating to the actions ecuired price to restart of the facility must he c:maleted prier :: any Cc:r:ission Order lifting the suscensien cf cp.ratien. Accordingly, the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board designated to conduct this pro-caeding should give priority to censideration of :hese issues which are related directly to suspension of operation. To the extent feasible, the Board should defer full review of the issues related to the icnger-ters actions until after the rendering cf a partial initial decision regarding the suscnnsien-related issues. The Commission's July 2,1979 Order recitad tha: "the Cc=nission presently lacks the recuisite reasonable assurance that the... Licensee's Three Mile Island Unit No.1. acility... can be acerated without endangeMng the health and safety of the :ublic." Tne bases for that cenclusten (which re.ains valid) are:

i 3 In the course cf its evaluatien to data of the ac:fdent a ; ce Tn: ee Mile Island Uni: No. 2 factitty, wht:n utili:es a 31;! designed ?WR, 2-e 'fuelear ?.egula :ry C rmissi:n s:sff has 13:er:2ined ca: 374 designed reac:c s a: pea:- :: he unusually .seasitive to certain eff-ncmal transient c:nditi:ns originating in the sac:ndary systam. "Ne features of the 31'd design tha: ::ntribute ta this sensitivi y are: (1) design of the steam cenera:crs to cperate witn relatively smaIl licuid volume in the sac:ndary side; (2) the lack of direct initiatien f reactor trip upcn the oc:urrence of off-nor al c:nditions in the feedwatar system; (2) reif anca en an integrated centrol system (IC3) t: au :=atically regulats feedwata.r ficw; (4) actuaticn ' efore rea:::r. trip of a pilot-operated relief valve en tne primary system pressuri:er (wnich, if the valve sticks c en, can agg:ava :e the event); and (5) a icw steam generatcr elevatien (relative tc the : sac *ar viessel) which pr:vides a smaller drivin; head f:r natural cir:ulaticn. Because of these feaEres, 51W designed reac ces placa mere relian::a en the reliability and performan:e chars::aristics of the auxiliary feedw. star systam, the integrated centrol system, and the emergency core cooling systam ( ECCS) perfomanca to recover fr:m frecuent anticipa ad ransients, such as less of effsita power and less of normal feedwater, than do other PWR designs. Tnir, in turn, places a lar;e burden on the plant c;erators in the even of off-nomal system behavior during suci anticipated transients. As a result of a preli:inary review cf the Tnree Mile Island Unit t'c. 2 ac:ident

hrenolcgy, tho ?iRC staff inittaily identified several human ermrs 2a: cc:urred during -he ac:ident ar.d ::ntributad significantly s its severity.

All hol ers of c:erating licenses, exca:t Fe:recclitan Edison, wnese plar.:s were already shut-dcun, were subsecuently ins.uc:ad : take a number of ic=edia a acticns to avoid e

4 repetition of errors, in acccrdar.ca with bulletins issued by the Cemission's Office cf Inscec:fon and~ Enferca ent (II). In additien, tne NRC staff begart an icrediate reevaluatica cf :ne design features of 31;i reactors to ce arnine whe-her additional safety corrections or icprevecents were necessary with respect c tese reae:crs. This evaluatien invcived numercus cee ings wid 33W and cr.etain of the affec:ed licensees. The evaluation identified design features as discussed above which indicated that BaW designed reacters are unusually sensitive to certain off-normal trans rent ccnditiens originating in :ne seccndary system. As a result, an additional bulletin was issued by IE which instructed hoiders of ecerating licenses for 31W designed reac crs to take further acticro, including i=ediate changes to decrease the reac:cr hi;P pressure tric ceint and -increase the pressuri:er pilot-c::eraced reif ef valve setting. Also, as a result cf this' evaluation, the NRC skaff identified certain c her safety cencerns that warranted aeditional shcrt-term design and crecedural changes at ccerating facilities having 31W designed reac crs. Tnese were identified as itams (a).through (e) en page 1-7 i cf the Office of "uclear Reac:cr.egulation Status Re;:or: to the Cemission of Acril 25,1979. In addition :: the ite=s identified for the other S&W reactors, the unique circum-stances at lliI recuire that additional safety cencerns icentified by the NRC staff [ de resolved prior to restart. Tnese cencerns result frc:n (1) potential inter-I action between Unit 1 and the damaged Unit 2, (2) cuestions about te canagemen cacabilities and technical resources cf Metre;cliun Ediscn, incTuding te o imcact of :ne Unit 2 acciden: en -hese, (3) the potentiaT effect of cperations

necessary to de::ntacinata the Unit 2 facility on Unit 1, and (4) rec:gni:ed deficiencies in eter;sn:y :ians and stati n c:erating precadures. Based en the above, the Cc af ssi:n's Cirec:ce of "uclear React:r Reguia:fcn (NRE) has r2c: - mended tnat tne felicwing acticns (the "snor:-tern actier.s") be requirec of =e licansas to resolve tha ::ncerns stated herein and permit a finding cf reasonable assurance that the facility can safely resume operation. 1. Tne licensee shall take the folicwing ac icns with res=ect to 24I-1: (a) Upgrade the timeliness and reliability of the Emerger::y.reedwater (E?W) system by perfer-ing the itens s:ecified in Encicsure I cf the licensee's June 23,1979 l e tter. Changes in design will be sub=dtted ts the NRC staff for review. (b) Devel:p and i :lemen: c;erating precadures for initfacing and con: rolling ER: inde:enden: Of *ntegrated Control System (ICS) c=ntrol. (c) Install a hard-wired centrol grade react:r trip on Tess of ma-in feedwater and/or en uroine trip. (d) C:cplete analyses for potantial small breaks and develop and implement operating instructions to define acerator action. (e) Aug=en: the retraining cf all Reactor Operators and Senior Reacter C;erators assigned to the control reca including trai:ning in the areas of natural circulatien and s all break loss of c:olast ac=idents includ-ing revisad precedures and =e il1I-2 accident. All caers: Ors will also receive training a: he 5&W simulator or :he IIiI-2 a :ide:t and ne licensee will ::nduct a 100 ;er:ent reexacination of r.11 cperators ia thes: areas. NRC will administar c:=;ie:a exa=inaticas to all ifcansed pers:nnel in ac::rdan:a wth 10 C.R 55.2C-22.. 9

6 2. Tne licenses shall previde fer NRC review anc approval of all applicable actions s:ecified in II Eulletins 79-05A, 79-053, and 79-05C. 2. Tne licensee shall impreve his emergency preparedness in accordance with

na folicwing:

(a) Upgrade emergency plans to satisfy Regulatory Guide 1.101 with special attentien to acticn level criteria based en plant para =eters. (b) Establish an Energency Operatiens Center for.:ederal, State and Local Officials and designate a 1ccation and an alternate location and pro-vide ce==unicatiens to plant. (:) U: grade offsite menitoring ca; ability, including additional thermo-lu:.inescent desimeters er ecuivalent. (i) Assess the relationship of Stata/Lecal plans to 'he licensee plans so as to assure the capability to take emergency actions. (e) Cendue: a test exercise of its emergency plan. Tne licenses shall de=enstrate that decentarination and/or restoration c;erations at TMI-2 will not affect safe operations at TMI-1. The licensee shall provide separation and/or isolatien of 114I 1/2 radioactive liquid transfer lines, fuel handling areas, ventilation systems, and sampling Tines. Effluent ceni : ring instruments shall have the capability of discriminating between ef'luents resulting ft:m Unit 1 cr Unit 2 operations. 5. The licensee shall demonstrate that the wasta management capability, including s:: rage and precessing, for solid, licuid, and gasecus wastes is adecuata a

7 assure safe c;eration of MI-1, anc that UtI-l waste handling capability is ne relied en by ::eratiens 1: D:I-2. 5. Tne licensee shall de :nstrata his managerial :2: ability and rescur:ss to

erate Unit 1 whfie maintaining "att 2 in a safe c

nfiguratien and carrying cut planned decentaminatica and/:r rest:ratica activities.

Issues t: he addressed include the adecuacy of gr ups providing safety review and cperational advice, the management and tachnical capability and training of cperations staff, the adecuacy of the c;erational Cuality Assurance program and the facility precedures, and the capability of 1 ;:rtant su;;crt'crgani:ations such as health Physics and ?lan Maintenance. 7 Tne licensee shall der:nstrate his financial cualificatic :s :: :he ex ent relevant to his ability to cperate Di*-1 safely. i 3. Toe licensee shall c:eply wita he Ca:egory A rec::=endatiens as sce:ified in Table 2-1 cf ? UREG-0575. Tna C:==ission has additicnal e n: erns, which, ther;n they need not be resolved prior to resumption of cperation at Tnree "fle *sland Unit I, must be satisfac-t:rily addressed in a timely =anner. The Ccmissien's Otractor of Nuclear Reactor Regulatien (NRR) has rec:=nended that th: followi' actions (the 'hg-teris actiens") be. rt;uired of the licensee to resclve mese c:ncarns and pemit a finding of reasonable assurance of the safety of icng-tem cperation. These are: l. subcit a failure ::de and effects analysis of the ICS to the NRC saff as scen as practicable;

8 2. give c:n inued attention to transien; analysis and precedures for management Of s:all breaks by a formal pr: gram set up := assure timely ac ica cf these ca::ars; 3.

moly with the Category 3 ree =endations as specified in Table 3-1 of.':L'RELC5~3; and, 4

1:;reve emergency preparedness in ac:ordance with the felicwing: (a) =cdify emergency plans :: address changing capabilities of plant instrumen:stien, (b) extend the capability t: ake appr:griate emergency acciens for the ;cpulation around t.5e site Oc a dis-tance cf tan =ile:. III. Ac::rdingly, pursuant to the A:::ic Energy Act of 1954, as acended, and

ne C:= :issien's rules and requia:icns in 10 CFR, it fs hereby ordered that:

(1) -he ifcenses shall maintain UtI-l in a cold shu:dewn c:nditica until fur:ner order of the Ccanission which will be issued falicwing satis-factory c:mpletion of the recuired short-tenn actions and reasonable progress t: ward satisfactory ::mpletion of those required long-tar:t actions referred to in sectica IV (such short-tar:s and Tong-tarm ac:fons :s be censidered "rscuired" for purposas of this clause which are detennined by the ~, =nission, after review of the Licensing Icard's decisien, :: be necassary and sufficiant to pr vide adequate

re: action of -he public heal:h and safety); and l

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9 (2) the licenses snall satisfacterfly cce;1e a the icng-tem actions listad in Table 2-1 :f WF.E3-c57? cn the s:heduie se: cut in such table and such ::her icng am actions listad abcVe as pr=p:ly as prac:fcable. IV. Tne C =ission has detamined that, in light of :::e c:ncerns listed above, tne public health, safety and intarest require that the portien of the order referrec :: in clause (1) of Secticn III shall be i=ediataly effective. Tne 1:ng-tem actions referred to in such clause snail be these Teng-tem acti:ns listed in section II as to which the Cc= mission, pricr to the data of this crder, has issued i=ediately effective Orders against cther licensees. If the C ::nissicn issues fr:rediately effective orde'rs against c :her licarsae.a icosi,ng recuirements with respec: to other long-term actions, it will, to tre extent a:precria e in the cir:u= stances, issue orders, effective i=ediately, to recuire that the licensee demonstrata renanable pr:gress t: ward c==letten f such cther actions as a c:ndi-tion to restart. If the Scard detamines th.'. oceratien can be resumed ucen c:mple-tion of certain specific short-tem actions by the licenses, it shall consider the extent to wnich the licensee has demonstrated reas:nable pr:gress toward c:cpletion of the long-tem actions described in this section. If it finds that the licensee has demonstrated reasonable pregress, it shall race.M resumption of cperatien upon c:mpletion of the short-tam actions. If it cannot make such a finding, it shall rec:=cend that cceration be resumed a: a date that it believes apcre;riataly I reflects the impcrtanca cf the action involved, the ti== lost because such :r:gress had not been made on the prescribed schedule and tne everidir.g need to ;r: vide adecuate protaction f:r the ::ublic health and safe y.

10 An A::=ic Safety and Licansing Scard censisting cf Ivan 'r!. Smith, sc., Chair-an, :r. Wal er H. %crian, Member, and Or. Linda '<l. Lir.le, " Enter. f: hereby es a:11shed to r.:le en ;e itions :: in arvene, :: ::nduct the hearing crdered herein, and to rencer an initial facision in at::rdance with 10 CFR 2.750. Be 2::=fe Safety and Licansing 5 card will issue a further Order specifying the data and place of the hearing and any prehearing c:n erences. 4ne Scard should held its sessicas in the vicinity of the facility and it'shculd attac;; to cchedule s::e of it. sessiens in the evening er en weekends to pernit the axf=== ::ssible

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atter. dance.

Be hearing will be c:nducted in a:::rdance with the a:clicacia pr:visiens of sub: art G cf the C:==ission's Rules of Practica set fer.n in 10 073. Pa:- 2. The pr: visions of 10 CFR 2.715a (censolidation of parties), 2.751a (s:acial prehear-ing c:nference and ejer), 2.752 (prehearing conference and crder) shat 1 a: ply to

nis ;recaeding.

De C:==ission's primary c==itment is to a fair and thorough hearing and decision. C-iven this everriding f= perative, it is the Comission's ex:ectati:n that the 3 card will c:nduct the proceeding expeditiously. The Scard should as early as p ssible publish an appr:priate schedule and attempt to meet it. A tar:tative schedule cec;osed by the Ccmmission is attached for the Board's possibTe use, aI:hougn :ne 3 card shculd not be c:nstrained by it. Tns 5 card is instr;c:ad to I ex;iore c:;c-: unities to shortan the ti=e limits provided in the Eules cursuant

10 CFR 2.711. The Licensing Scard is hereby ins: ucted :s ::ns:!idata

articipa:icn of ;anies pursuant to 10 CFR 2.7154 :: the maximu= ax:ent prac-o ticatie c:nsistant with the previsicas of that regulation.

In its review of the Initial Cecision, the C:mmissicn will invoke 10 CFR Z.711 to sher an ti=e limits i 1

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t is hereby directed, pursuant to 2.760(a), that, upon iss:.tanca Of the initia: da:ist:n (:r ;artial initial decision) in $is atter, the m:rd be certified o ne C:=ission 1 :eif for final decision.

Any party ay ake an a:;eal dire::1y with the ::missien by filing ence;::fcns :: the initial dacisien (Or partial 1.itial decist:n) in 2 ::rdance wi-h the ; revisions of 10 CFR 2.762.

=ission review of the initial decisten will be ::nd:::ad in ac:crdanca with 1 n. e.r-o. 2.,s ~i..

n de ::ndu:: c' this :r::eeding the Licensing Scard sneuld exercise it: authert:y

seek :: ensure.na: it receives all infomatien necessary to a ther: ugh investi-ga:icn an: esolu-icn cf the cuestions before it.

Fewever, it should use its autneri:y ur. der 10 CFR 2.757 to prevent any undue delay t: the pr:ceeding resulting

1. :- any :r:ss-examina-icn ac: recuired for the full and true. disclosure of the

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1. r: c:ner scur:es centicned in that section.

The :rovisi:ns for pre-hearing dise:very set forth in 70 C:, 2.740-2.742 shall a:;1y t: -his pre:eeding. Furthe=cre, in several Icca:1ces, including the C:m- -issi:n's Pub *.1: ::cument F. cm and ne ili! Local Cocumen Rec in Harrisbu g, t' e

=f ssict wi'l maintain and c:ntinucusly update a ce=cilatien cf all publicly available inferta:icn en the Three Mile Island accident and related matters, and it will als: :er=it infor al access to tiRC staff consideratiens of the issues

\\ involved in this hearing in the manner in which such access is pemitted in eact:r licensing crc eedings.

shall be an adecuate res;:cnse to any dis-

very recues: :s s:2:a 22: -he infomation er d:cument requested is availabie the :ubli: ::::11atica and : :r:vice sufficient infor.atien :: 1cca:e one d-

'*:reover, as providad by 10 0.:R 2.73.O(c) and 10 C:R

uce.: :r infer atien.

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12 2.740(d), the licensing beard cay and shculd, when not inconsistent with fairness to all ;sr:1es, 11=f: :ne exten: :r c:ntrol :ne secuence of disc:very tus ;reven: undue delay or imposition :f an undue burden en any par:y. ~he subjects to be c:nsidered at the hearia; saali include: (1) Whether the "short tern actions" rec:: ended by the Direc:cr cf Nuclear Rea::Or Regulation (set f:rth in Secticn II of this Crdar) are necessary and sufficient to ;r: vide reas nable assurance tha: One Three Mile Island Unit 1 facility can be cperated withcut: endangering the health and safety of :he cublic, and should be required bef:re resurptien of Oceratien shculd be permitted. (I) Whether the "long-ter: actions" recc : ended by the Director cf Nuclear Reac::r Regula: Ten (se; f:rth in Section II of :ris Order) are necessary and sufficient to provide reascnable assurance that the facility can be cperated for the long tern withcut endancering the health and safety of the public, and shculd be recuired of the licensee as scen as practicable. As to the issue of financial qualifications mentioned above, a party wishing to raise this subject as a centention must clearly indicate why the licensee's financial condition might undermine the licansee's ability to acerata tdue plan: safely. Parties raising this issue should do so before the 5:ecial Pr1ahearing Conference. o

13 k'hiis real Lnd sucs:1nziai c:ncern a:: aches to issues such as psychoicgi al di::rsss and ::hers arising fr:a :ne ::n-inuing i pact Of aspects of the Three Mile : stand acciden; unrelated directly to exposure to radiatien en the

ar. of :1:1: ens living near the plant, the Cc=issien has not determined wne:her such issues can legally be relevant :: this prcceeding. Any party wishing raise suen subjects as cententiens, or as as;ects of separata contentions, should brief the At:mic Energy Act and Nationai Enviren=entai Felicy Act issues ne believes a:pec:ria:a :: the Scard as part of tne contentien ac:eptance pr: cess se: c; in :he Cc.nissicn's regulaticas.

The ? card saculd :* en cartify such issues to tr.e Cc=ission for final decision prior to the issuance of its pre-nearir; c:n'erenca order :u suant to 10 CF?. 2.752(c), either with.cr without its -e:~m enda:'en on such issues, as it deems ap;recriate under t1e circumstances. 4: :ne :fre the C:=ission reaches a decision en these issues, it will also c:n-3 ider whe:her i can and shculd grant financial assistance t:, car-ies seeking to -af se :hese issues in this case. Ia-isfac::ry ::c;1etion of the required acticns will be deternined by the Direct:r

f nuclear F.enctor Fegulation.

However, prior to issuin; its decision the Ecard shai.1 have authcrity to require staff to inform it of the detailed steps staff

elieves necessary to implement actions the 3aard may recuire and to accreve er cisa: prove cf the adecuacy cf such measures. With respec: to any une:mpleted

' a s the Ica.-d sna11 have authority similar to that provided in 10 CFR 50.57(b)

aka su: acticas cr :: impose such limitations or c:nditions as it helieves j

e:essary :: :retac: the :ublic health and safety: provided, that, as ;r:vided t-l l l l l

14 elsewnere in :nis crder, restar: snali not be ;emi::ed until satisfact:ry c:n.

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f all une:::leted sher:-:e.

ac fons. .ny affirca:fve datermina:ica by the Direc:cr will be based ucon his finding that the actions specified by the 3:ard, or by the Cc=missien en review, have been :sken, :nat the s:ecified i::leen:ing ;recedures ecloyed are apprepria:e, tha: tne licensee satisfies the financial qualification criteria imposed en an a;:elicant for an cperating license, and :nat there is reasonable assurance that the facility can safeiy nesume ccera-ti:n. 4 h nc:ed above, the A::mic Safety and Licensing 3 card snculd ac::rd priority to the c:nsideration of ma :ers relatirig to the need fer c:ntinued sus:e:tsien of

erating authority. Within the !icitatiens of 10 CFR 50.59 and 2.717(b) cf the C:==issien's regulatisns, the licensee may ccccence c:difications, su=h as these secx. ended above by the Director of Nuclear Reacter Regula:icn, durine the

endency of this prcceeding at its Own rf:k.

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f the Licensing Board should issue a decision authorizing resu=ptica cf ccaration upon empletion of certain short-term actions by the licensee and a finding that in its judgment the licensee is making reasonable progress t: ward

moletion of the long-tem actions scecified in this order as to which the Cem-

-issicn has issued im=ediately effective orde s against other ifcensees, and subsecuently if staff certifies that those short-term actions have been c:mcietec

its satisfaction, the C:::=issien will issue an crder within 35 days after su:n certifica icn deciding whether the Or;visien of this c..er recuir-ing

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ne licenses :o remain shu dcwn shall remain i=adiately effective.

.iny =:icns relating :: :ne lifting cf i=cedia:a effectiveness musc be received by tne Secretary cf the Cc==issien within 10 days of issuance of the certifica:icn, and any res:ensas t: such rati:ns mus: be received by -% ' =--e' r / 7 days later. Tne C:=issien shall issue an order lifting imediate effectiveness if it de:armines

nat the ;ublic health, safety or interest no lenger require ice.ediate effective.

ess. Tne C:::issien's decision en that cuestien shall not affect its direct a::ella:a review f :ne marits of de 3 card's decisicn. Y*I. By Secta cer 4,1973, the licensee may file a writtan answer to this Cedar and any ;ersen whose interest may be affec:ad by this pr:ceedirig ray file a .eri::an pe:it en to interiene. Fe:itions for leave to interiene must be filed d in a:::rdance wie tne C:::issien's " Rules of Practice f:r I'on:estic Licensing "r:ceedings" in 10 CFR Par: 2. If a petitien for leave o intervene is filed by

ne a::v's data, the A::cic Safety and Licensing Board es.ablished by this Crder

.ili r.:le en de ;etition and issue an appropriata further.crder. An order 4:lly denying a ;a:itten for leave to intervene shall be aspealable by tne

etitioner to the Cem.ission itsa.lf within ten days after sar-sica of the order.

An criar granting a petition for leave to intervene shall be appealable to the

.missien itself by a party other than the petitioner en the cuestion of whether es pe:ition should have been wholly denied.

as re:uired by 10 CFR 2.712, a petition for leave to in u tene shall sa: forth with :arti:ulari:y the in:arest Of the petiti:ner in the ;receeding, and how i e

15 tha: 'nteres: ?.sy be affected by :ne results of :ne :recaeding. The pe:ition

n:uid s:acifically ex;iain the reascns why in:arventien shculd be pe: nittad wit:

articular reference to the follcwing factors

(1) the nature of the petitiener's right under the Atc=ic Energy "c: to' be made a party to the pr:ceeding; [') the nature and extent of the :etitioner's Orc:erty, financial, or c:her intarest in the pre:eeding; and (2)

he :cssible effect Of any order which may be entered in the

recaecing on the petitioner's interest.

The petitten shculd identify the specific as:ect(s) of the subject =arter of :he

r:ceeding as to which petitioner wishes to intervene.

Not later than fifteen days prior to tne first prenearing c:nference scheduled in the :receeding, the petitioner shall file a supplement to the pe:itiert to inter-vene which cust include a list of contentions which are scught to be litigated in the matter, and the bases for each concern set forth with reasonable specificity. A ;etitioner who fails to file such a supplement which satisfies these recuire-cents with respect to at least ene contantion will not be permitted to particicata ~ as a par:y. O e

17 ans er :c :.is Crder er ;e:i:icn f:r Isave te in arvene s:culd te fileo wi-h . e Secre ary of :ne Cec =f ssion, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Cc=f ssien, Washing:c-C.C. 20S55, At:antion: Cocketing and Semice Section, or =ay be delivered. to the Cc=issien's Fublic Cccuren: Eccm,1717 H Street, N.W., Washingten, D.C. by See: amber 4,1979. A copy of the ;etiticn shculd be sent to the Executive Legal Director, U.S. tiuclear F.egulatory Cc=ission, Washing on, D.C. 20555 and to Mr. Geer;e F. Tr:wcriege, Shaw, Pit:=an, :c::: and Tecwbric;e,18C0 M Street, fl.W., Wasning:en, D.C. 20056, at:ceney for :he if cansee. Any questions or recuests for adcitional information regarding the content of this Notice should be addressed to the Chief Hearing Counsel, Offica of the ?.xecutive Legai Oirecter, U.S. Nuclear Regula cry Cc=ission, Was.ington, D.C. 2C555.

en-icely filings of heti:icns for leave to in ervene, arended petitions or suspienen:a1 petiticns will net be en:er ained absen: a deter =ination that the ce-itiener has made a substantial shcwing of gced cause fcr the granting of a later :eti icn.

i~nat deter-inatien will be based en a taTancing of the facters s;ecified in 10 CFR 2.714(a)(i)-(v) and 2.71.t(d). V:If. Cepies of the follcwing documents are available for inspection a:

he Cc=nission's Public Cccu=ent Reem at 1717 H Street, ti.V., Washingten, D.C.

and are being placad in the Cc=ission's 1ccal public document roem a: the State Library of Pennsylvania, C-overncen: Fublications See:fcn, Education Suilding, c=enwealth and Walnut St sets, Harrisburg, Dennsylvania U125. e

18 Augus: 1 C:r nissien Orter April 15 L:r. :ierbein :: Cer.::n (prier notice wili :e give.. Sef:re r2 start) June 23 Ltr. l4erbein :: Cen::n (: edifications t: he c: :!stad bef:re D1I-l rsstart) June 23 NRC Staff Meeting su=ary en DiI-1 restart MUREC-0578 I&E Eulletins 79-05A 79 053 -nn -.s:u For tne C =1ssien i / s i. i b $e Q. 5/#UEL J.. Ch;L:: 4 Secre:ary of the 2=fssicm a i Ca ted a: *n'esningt:n, D.C. this 9:5 cay of accus: , 1979.

Miles :ne Tf e Censumed Total Days Into (Days) Proceeding Fublicatica cf Noti:a 0 0 (Detailec Order) Filing cf In artenti:n 20 20 Peti icns Answers t: Petitions li 35 Time for Anending Petitions 25 50 anc for Negotiations re Conten-ions Time between filing Acended 15 75 Fe:itions and Cententiens and Scecial Prehearing C:nference Publication of Special Prehearing 5 80 Conference Ord;r (Discovery begins) Disc:very c:=pietad 50 .140 During discovery period: -Cbjections to 5:ecial Prehearing Conference Orcer 10 days -P:ssible furtner refinecent of c:ntentions ? rehearing C:nference 140 Prehearing Conference Order 5 145 Filing of Testimony 20 155 (Assumes objections to prehear-ing Conference Order filed simultaneously) 5egin Hearings 15 180 0 =plete Hearings 50 240 I Filing of Frecosed Findings 40 250 Recly to Precosed Findings 10 290 Cecisien by 5 card 45 225

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