ML19322C983
| ML19322C983 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Crane  |
| Issue date: | 01/11/1980 |
| From: | Harold Denton Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
| To: | Robey B AFFILIATION NOT ASSIGNED |
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Mr. B. M. Robey, Controller Southern States, Incorporated Hampton, Georgia 30228
Dear Mr. Robey:
This is in reply to your letter of December 11, 1979, about licensing of 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 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.
At this time we are preparing for review and approval by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission an Action Plan that will specify the prec se actions to be taken.
This Action Plan will include new or improved safety objectives, detailed criteria for their implementation, and various implenentation deadlines. Our goal is to have approved NRC requirements available t3 all utilities shortly after February 15, 1980.
It is recognized that there will be a sign 111 cant 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.
Sincerely, f
l Harold R. Denton, Director Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation 070IIO 8002