ML19323B519
| ML19323B519 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Crane  |
| Issue date: | 04/11/1980 |
| From: | Harold Denton Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
| To: | Spittel G AFFILIATION NOT ASSIGNED |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 8005120528 | |
| Download: ML19323B519 (3) | |
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Mr. Gordon H. Spittel POOR QM pggs 1
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Dear Mr. Spittel:
This is in reply to your letter of February 23, 1980, to President Carter as regards item 1 on nuclear power plants.
A statement by President Carter on December 7,1979, about the Report of the President's Commission on the Accident at Three Mile Island Ghe Keneny Commission) included the following:
" Finally, I would like to discuss how we manage the transition period during which the Kemeny recommendations are being imple-nented. There are a number of new nuclear plants now awaiting operating licenses or construction pernits.
" Licensing decisions rest with the NRC and, as the Keneny Concission noted, it has the authority to proceed with licensing these plants on a case-by-case basis, which may be used as circumstances surrounding a plant dictate. The NRC has in-dicated, however, that it will pause in issuing new licenses and construction permits in order to devote its full attention to putting its house in order.
I endorse the approach the NRC has adooted, but I urge the i;RC to complete its work as quickly as possible, and in any event no later than six months from today.
"Once we have instituted the necessary reforms to assure safety, we nust resune the licensing process prom;:tly so that ne new plants which we need to reduce our dependence on forei;n oil can be built and operated."
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 aporoach to safety.
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has found that actions reconnended by its own staff and oy the President's Commission on the Accident at Three Mile Island in the areas of human factors, ooerational safety, energency olanning, nuclear acuer plant design and siting, health effects, ano public infor ation are necessary and feasible.
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Mr. Gordon H. Spittel 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.
It will include new or improved safety ob-jactives, detailed criteria for their implementation, and various implementation deadlines. As soon as the Action Plan is completed and approved, the resulting regulatory requirements will be trans-mitted to all utilities concerned.
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 operating licenses by the dates previously anticipated, and every effort is being made to avoid unnecessary delays. With this objective, the Commissioners approved on February 28, 1930, the issuance of an !!RC license to the Tennessee Valley Authority for the Sequoyah Nuclear Plant Unit 1 to load fuel and, under specified conditions, to operate at low power levels for testing. Several other similar cases are under consid-eration.
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