ML19326C991
| ML19326C991 | |
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| Site: | Arkansas Nuclear  |
| Issue date: | 11/26/1971 |
| From: | Muntzing L US ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION (AEC) |
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50-313 ARKANSAS POWER AND LIGHT COMPANY
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DETERMIN, TION NOT TO SUSPEND CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES AT THE ARKANSAS NUCLEAR ONE PLANT UNIT 1 AUTHORIZED PURSUANT TO CPPR-57 PENDING COMPLETION OF NEPA ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW The Arkansas Power and Light Company (t_2 licensee) is the holder of i
Construction Permit No. CPPR-57 (the construction permit), issued by the Atomic Energy Commission on December 6,1968. The construction permit i
authorizes the licensee to construct a pressurized water nuclear power reactor designated as Arkansas Nuclear One, Unit 1 (formerly the Russellville Nuclear Unit) at the licensee's site in Popa. County, Arkansas.
The facility is designed for initic3 operation at approximately 2452 megawatts (thermal).
In accordance with section E.3 of the Commission's regulations implement-ing the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA), Appendix D of 10 CFR Part 50 (Appendix D), the licensee has furnished to the Commission a written statement of reasons, with supporting factual submission, why the construction permit should not be suspended, in whole or in part, pending completion of the NEPA environmantal review. This statement of reasons.was furnished to the Commission on October 18, 1971.
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l The Director of Regulation has considered the licensee's' submission in f
light of the criteria set out in section E.2 of Appendix D, and has deter-mined, after considering and balancing the criteria in section E.2 of Appendix D, that construction activities at Arkansas Nuclear One, Unit 1 authorized pursuant to CPPR-57 should not be suspended pending completion of the NEPA environmental review.
Further details of this determination are set for'th in a document entitled
" Discussion and Findings by the Division of Reactor Licensing, U. S. Atomic Energy Commission, Relating to Consideration of Suspension Pending NEPA Environmental Review of the Construction Permit for Arkansas Nuclear One, Unit 1, Docket No. 50-313."
Pending completion of the full NEPA review, the holder of Construction Permit No. CPPR-57' proceeds with construction at its own risk. The determination herein and the discussion and findings hereinabove referred to do not pre-clude the Commission, as a result of its ongoing environmental review, from continuing, modifying or terminating the construction permit or from appropriately conditioning the permit to protect environmental values.
Any person whose interest.may be affected by this proceeding, other than the licensee, may file a request for a hearing within thirty (30) days af ter publication of this determination in the FEDERAL REGISTER.
Such a request shall set forth the matters, with reference to the factors set out in section E.2 of Appendix D, alle ged to warrant a determination other than
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If the Commission determines that the matters stated in such request warrant a hearing, a notice of hearing will be published in the FEDERAL REGISTER.
The licensee's statement.of reasons, furnished pursuant to section E.3 of Appendix D, as to why the construction permit should not be suspended pending completion of the NEPA environmental review, and the document entitled
" Discussion and Findings by the Division of Reactor Licensing, U. S. Atomic Energy Commission, Relating to Consideration o5 Suspension Pending NEPA Envir,nmental Review of the Construction Permit for Arkansas Nuclear One, Unit 1, Docket No. 50-313," are available for public inspection at the l
Commission's Public Document Room, 1717 H Street, N.W., Washington, D.
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and at the Arkansas River Valley Region:1 Library, Dardanelle, Arkansas 72834. Copies of the " Discussion and Findings" document may be obtained upon request addressed to the Atomic Energy Commission, Washington, D. C.
20545, Attention: Director,. Division of Reactor Licensing.
FOR THE ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION (signed) L Manning M"DU L. Manning Muntzing Director of Regulation Dated at Bethesda,. Maryland, this 2 6 day of 710 W 1971.
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