ML19322D532
| ML19322D532 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Crane  |
| Issue date: | 01/21/1980 |
| From: | Harold Denton Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
| To: | Fleck S AFFILIATION NOT ASSIGNED |
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Docket 50-289/50-320 NRC PDR Local PDR i
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SMiner RReid Mrs. Samuel W. Fleck HDenton
-DDilanni 3759 Chambers Hill Road Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17111 e ow/WRussell r
(NRR=3299)
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Dear Mrs. Fleck:
Your postcards to Chaiman Ahearne and to Cocmissioners Gilinsky. Hendrie, and Bradford regarding the pemanent shutdown of the Three Mile Island nuclear sta-tion have been referred to me for response.
I regret 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 Commission has ordered that a public hearing'be conducted to detemine whether Three Mile Island Unit I should be operated and, if so, under what conditions the restart would take place. Prior to start of the hearings, the NRC staff will con-duct 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
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presence of the public, and the public will be given the opppLriunity to_ raise questions and to make statements.
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 opera-t:.
tion on the nearby comunities. A copy of the Comission Order that outlines the h.
issues to be considered is enclosed for your information.
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With regard to Unit 2, the licensee has not yet submitted to the NRC a proposal
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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 sutnitted 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.
We appreciate your concerns and assure you that every effort is being made to l
ensure the continued protection of the health and safety of the public.
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