ML19322D507
| ML19322D507 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Crane  |
| Issue date: | 01/24/1980 |
| From: | Harold Denton Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
| To: | Chong L AFFILIATION NOT ASSIGNED |
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| Download: ML19322D507 (1) | |
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DISTR 1BUT10i1 Docket 50-289/50-320
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HBerkow/WRussell RIngram MGroff (NRR-3295)
Dear Ms. Chong:
'NERA Your postcard to Comissioner Hendrie regarding the pemanent shutdown of the
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Three Mile Island nuclear station has been referred to me for response.
I re-gret that this answer has been. delayed. The accident and its consequences have created a substantial increase in the agency's workload, which has prevented us from responding to you as promptly as we would have liked.
The Comission has ordered that a public hearing be conducted to detemine whether Three Mile Island Unit 1 should be operated and, if so, under what con-
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ditions 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
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licensee in the presence of the public, and the public will be given the oppor-tunity to raise questions and to make statements.
During the hearing, the technical issues that are appropriate to assure the public health and safety
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will also be addressed.
In addition, the Hearing Board may consider the psychological impact of future operation on the nearby comunities. A copy of the Commission Order that outlines the issues to be considered is enclosed for your infomation.
4 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
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studies.
It is not possible at this time to detemine when such proposals for recovery may be sutznitted or how much time will be needed for the required re-views and approvals in connection with Unit 2's recovery.
I would note, how-ever, that the licensee's authority to operate Unit 2, except for those actions necessary to keep the reactor shut down, was suspended by Order of July 20, 1979.
We appreciate your concerns and assure you that every effort is being made to ensure the continued protection of the health end safety of the public.
Sincerely,
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liarold R. Denton, Director l
Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation l
Enclosure:
Comission Order dated August 9,1979 TMI/TF TM rt NRR:D/D,
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