ML19323A230

Responds to Regarding Encl a & D Thompson Ltr of Concern Re Delay in Restart.Commission 790809 Order Identifies Items That Must Be Resolved Prior to Restart.Time Needed to Resolve Items Will Delay Restart Until Late 1980

ML19323A230
Person / Time
Site:	Crane
Issue date:	03/31/1980
From:	Dircks W NRC OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR OPERATIONS (EDO)
To:	Proxmire W SENATE
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FOIA-80-274 NUDOCS 8004180114
Download: ML19323A230 (5)

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GR 311980 The Honorable William Proxmire United States Senate Washington, D. C.

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Dear Senator Proxmire:

I am writing in response to your note of February 28, 1980, to Mr. Carlton Kamerer regarding the letter of February 18, 1980, from your constituents, Annette and Orville Thompson. The Thompsons expressed their concern about the delay in placing Three Mile Island, Unit 1, back in operation.

On July 2,1979, the Comission ordered that THI-1 remain in a cold shutdown condition until further order by the Comission and stated that a public hearing would be held prior to restart of TMI-1. The Comission believes that public participation is a vital ingredient in matters related to TMI-l restart plans, On August 9,1979, the Comission issued an additional Order on THI-1 specifying the basis for the Shutdown Order and the procedures to govern the hearing regarding restart. On the basis of this hearing, the Comission..

will determine whether any further operation of TMI-1 will be permitted f

and, if so, under what conditions.

I have enclosed a copy of the August 9,1979, Order for your infomation.

The Comission's Order also identifies a number of items that must be resolved prior to restart. These items, which are listed on pages 5-7 of the Order, include but go beyond those required for restart of other Babcock & Wilcox-design pressurized water reactors similar to THI Units 1 & 2.

These additional items included those recomended by the Lessons Learned Task Force, which studied the TMI accident.

The Commission carefully considered the time required for completing all tasks related to the Order.

(A Comission Schedule calling for expeditious handling of the necessary NRC staff and procedural actions required for the hearing process is provided on the last page of the Commission's Order.)

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I trust that this information adequately responds to Mr. and Mrs Thompsons' concerns.

Sincerely,

.(S1 aed) E. Kevin Cornell 6

William J. Dircks Acting Executive Director for Operations Enclosures :

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