ML19322C917
| ML19322C917 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Crane  |
| Issue date: | 01/24/1980 |
| From: | Harold Denton Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
| To: | Russell D AFFILIATION NOT ASSIGNED |
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| NUDOCS 8002050276 | |
| Download: ML19322C917 (2) | |
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Dear Ms. Russell:
Your letter to Commissioner Bradford has been referred to me for response.
I regret that this answer has been delayad. The accident and its consequences have created a substantial increase in the agency's workload, which has pre-vented us from responding to you as promptly as we would have liked.
With regard to your desire to close TMI pemanently, the Commission has ordered that a public hearing be conducted to detemine whether Three Mile Island Unit 1 should be operated and, if so, under what conditions the restart would take place.
Prior to start of the hearings, the NRC staff will conduct a review of technical infomation concerning the restart of Unit 1.
As part of this review, the NRC staff will conduct meetings with the licensee in the presence of the public, and the public will be given the opportunity to raise questions and to make state-ments.
During the hearing, the technical issues that are appropriate to assure the public health and safety will also be addressed.
In addition, the Hearing Board may consider the psychological impact of future operation on the nearby communities. A copy of the Comission Order that outlines the issues to be con-sidered is enclosed for your information.
With regard to Unit 2, the licensee has not yet submitted to the NRC a proposal for overall plant recovery, although the licensee is conducting feasibility studies.
It is not possible at this time to detemine when such proposals for recovery may be submitted or how much time will be needed for the required re-views and approvals in connection with Unit 2's recovery.
I would note, however, that the licensee's authority to operate Unit 2 except for those actions neces-sary to keep the reactor shut down, was suspended by Order of July 20, 1979.
With regard to your concern about the release of contam.aated water, except for releases to the Susquehanna River of liquids containing only low or nondetectable levels of radioactivity, such releases are not currently pemitted. Before such releases take place, NRC will evaluate the impact and the evaluation will be made available to the public. By this course of action, we will assure that a thorough assessment is completed prior to release of the contaminated liquids and j
that the health and safety of the offsite population will be protected.
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2-Ms. Deborah Russell As a result of releases containing only low or nondetectable levels of radio-activity. the levels of radioactivity in the Susquehanna are indistinguishable from existing background levels at public water supply intakes from the river.
These levels have been confirmed by independent measursnents made by the NRC, the Environmental Protection Agency, and the Comonwealth of Pennsylvania.
i We appreciate your concerns and assure you that every effort is being made to ensure the continued protection of the health and safety of the public.
Sincerely.
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