ML19323B246

Responds to Re Facility Operation.Assurance That Public Health & Safety Will Be Protected Precludes Resumption of Unit 1 Operation.Unit 2 Not Expected to Be Operable for Some Time

ML19323B246
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Site:	Indian Point, Limerick, Zion, Crane
Issue date:	04/21/1980
From:	Harold Denton Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
To:	Comp D, Digosia B, Hamm K, Hyden T, Larry Jones, Witman G AFFILIATION NOT ASSIGNED
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THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS Mr. Dale A. Comp POOR QUAUTY PAGES R. D. #7, Box 142 Carlisle, Pennsylvania 17013

Dear Mr. Comp:

This is.in reply to your letter of March 17, 1980, concerning the operation of the Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Station. TMI Unit 2, where the accident occurred, is not operable and won't be for a long time to come. Unit 1 is shut down in accordance with an Order of July 2, 1979, by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, which said:

"In view of the variety of issues raised by the accident at the Three Mile Island Unit No. 2 facility, the Commission presently lacks the requisite reasonable assurance that the same licensee's Three Mile Island Unit No.1 facility, a nuclear power reactor of similar design, can be operated without endangering the health and safety of the public. Accordingly, we direct that the Unit No. 1 facility, presently in a shutdown condition, shall remain shut down until further order of the Commission itself. The Commission has further determined that it is in the public interest that a hearing precede restart of the facility."

The Commission's Order and Notice of Hearing on August 9,1979, stated:

"In addition to the items identified for the other B&W reactors, the unique circumstances at TMI require that additional safety concerns identified by the NRC staff be resolved prior to restart.

These concerns result from (1) potential interaction between Unit 1 and the damaged Unit 2, (2) questions about the management cap-abilities and technical resources of Metropolitan Edison, including the impact of the Unit 2 accident on these, (3) the potential effect of operations necessary to decontaminate the Unit 2 facility on Unit 1 and (4) recognized deficiencies in emergency plans and station operating procedures."

There have been prehearing conferences, but the hearing itself has not yet started.

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission must be assured that the public health and safety will be protected before Three Mile Island Unit 1 can be allowed to resume operation.

Sincerely, fN Harold R. Denton, Director Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation

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