ML19329D406
| ML19329D406 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Davis Besse  |
| Issue date: | 02/06/1973 |
| From: | Taft R SENATE |
| To: | US ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION (AEC) |
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| NUDOCS 8003050993 | |
| Download: ML19329D406 (4) | |
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~Any application for a construction pemit or operating, license for a nuclear power reactor is subjected to an intensive review by the Atomfc Energy Commission's (A.E.C.) Regulatory staff with the protection of the public health and safety and the environment as the m in considerations. A copy of the Safety Evaluation on the Davis-Desse application prepared by the Division of Reactor Licensing (now the Directorate of Licensing) of the AEC is enclosed for your information,and use.
l The A.E.C. is also required, under the fiational Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA), to perfom an evaluation of the
. potential environmental impact of the proposed plant and balance the benefits derived against possible risk to the environment.
In the case of the Davis-Besse plant, we have asked for conr.cnts on our Draft Environmental Statement. After these are received from interested Federal, State, and local agencies, and the public, a Final Environmental Statement, addressing all significant environmental matters, will be prepared by the A.E.C.
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and made available to the public.
Three booklets are enclosed which further describe the procedural aspects of the commission's consideration of applications to construct and operate nuclear power plants, as well as our continuing review of a plant once it is in operation.
Sincerely, i
l A. Giambusso, Deputy Director for Reactor Projects Directorate of Licensing DISTRIBUTION
Enclosures:
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Check-list RP Reading EHughes 2.
Safety Evaluation L Reading JCook, DR i
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" Licensing of Power Reactors" PWR-4 Reading OCR (3) 4.
" Atomic Power Safety" MGroff Reading
- Licensing Ass't will 5.
" Nuclear Power and the Environment" J0' Leary assume followup action 6.
JCAE Press Release fio. 686 Chairman Ray (2) 7.
Rep Ashley's Referral 2/6/73 note AGiambusso GErtter(DR#5245)
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~i Dea'r. Senator Taft:
Your letter of February 6,1973, to the Chair /
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l man of the Atomic Energy Comission, enclosing a letter from fis. Kathy Kearns con-l cerning the Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Plant and the safety of nuclear reactors, has been referred to me for reply.
As you know, the civilian nuclear power industry has an im-pressive safety record.
President Nixon pointed this out in 'is Clean Energy Message of last year in which he stated, "... the j
safety record of civilian power reactors in this country is extraordinary in the history of technological advances.
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more than a quarter century -- since the first nuclear chain reaction took place -- no member of the public has been injured by the failure of a reactor or by an accidental release of radioactivity."
The industry's safety record is due in large part to the defense-in-depth concept applied to the construction and operation of nuclear power paints. This involves high quality materials and workmanship, and safety systems designea both to prevent serious j
accidents and to limit the consequences in the small chance that they occur. The safety features built into reactors are l
redundant which means that in the remote event one system fails to function properly, one of the backup systems would be activated.
In dealing with a technology as complex as that for nuclear power reactors, it can be expected that technical and scientific questions on which viewpoints differ will be raised. However, Congress has established a regulatory program which assures careful and knowledgeable consideration of these matters, a progran v.iiich i
provides not only for comprehensive continuing review by a Government agency with expertise in the technolcgy, but also for a hearing process wherein the views of the interested public l
can be considered in making safety decisions.
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l Any application for a construction permit or operating license i
for a nuclear power reactor is subjected to an intensive review by the Atomic Energy Connaission's (A.E.C.) Regulatory staff with the protection of the public health and safety and the environment as the main considerations. A copy of the Safety Evaluation on the Davis-Besse application prepared by the Division of haetor Licensing (now the Directorate of Licensing) of the A.E.C. is enclosed for your information and use.
The A.E.C. is al5o required, under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA), to perform an evaluation of the potential environmental impact of the proposed plant and balance the benefits derived against possibic risk to the environment.
In the case of the Davis-Besse plant, we have asked for cot:= cuts on our. Draft. Environmental Statement.
Af ter thece are received from interested Federal, State, and local agencies, and the j
public, a Final Environmental Statement, addressing all significant environmental matters, will be prepared by the A.E.C.
i and made available to the public.
l Three booklets are enclosed which further describe the procedural aspects of the commission's consideration of applications to construct and operate nuclear power plants, as well as our continuing review of a plant once it is in operation.
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for a nuclear power reactor is subjected to an intensive review by the Atomic Energy Consnission's (A.E.C.) Regulatory staff with the protection of the public health and safety and the environment as the main considerations. A copy of the Safety l
Evaluation on the Davis-Besse application prepared by the j
Division of Reactor Licensing (now the Directorate of Licensing) t of the A.E.C. is enclosed for your information and use.
The A.E.C. is also required, under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA), to perform an evaluation of the potential env1ronmental impact of the proposed plant and balance the benefits derived against possible risk to the environment.
j In 'the case of the ' Davis-besse plant,' we 'have asked for coac:ents on our Draft Environmental Statement. After these are received from interested Federal, State, and local agencies, and the public, a Final Environmental Statement, addressing all significant environmental catters, will be prepared by the A.E.C.
and made available to the public, t
Three booklets are enclosed which further describe the procedural aspects of the consnission's consideration of applications to construct and operate nuclear power plants, as well as our i
continuing review of a plant once it is in operation.
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A'?** bum _j A. Girunbusso, Deputy ' Director for Reactor Projects Directorate of Licensing DISTRIBUTION j
Enclosures:
Docket File JCook, DR i
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Safety Evaluation RP Reading ASchwencer 2.
" Licensing of Power Reactors"L Reading OCR (3) l 3.
" Atomic Power Safety" Pim-4 Reading i
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" Nuclear Power and the Environment" MGroff Reading J0' Leary Chairman Ray (2)
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