ML19322D048
| ML19322D048 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Crane  |
| Issue date: | 01/09/1980 |
| From: | Harold Denton Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
| To: | Falkenstein E AFFILIATION NOT ASSIGNED |
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e JAN 9 t=so Mr. Edward J. Falkenstein 30 Kilcrease Circle Paradise, California 95969
Dear Mr. Falkenstein:
This is in reply to your letter of August 24, 1979, to the Chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission urging that certain nuclear power plants be permitted to begin operation.
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 precise actions to be taken.
This Action Plan will include new or improved safety objectives, detailed criteria for their implementation, and various implementation deadlines. Our goal is to have approved NRC requirements available to all utilities shortly after February 15, 1980.
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 opertting licenses by the dates previously anticipated, and every effoi t is being made to avoid unnecessary delays.
Si ncerely, A
Harold R. Denton, Director Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation l
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