ML19331A539
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| Site: | Palisades, Midland  |
| Issue date: | 11/05/1974 |
| From: | Anthony Giambusso US ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION (AEC) |
| To: | Griffin R SENATE |
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50-330 and 50-255 Honorable Robert P. Griffin United States Senate
Dear Senator Griffin:
referral of an I am pleased to respond to your October 15,1974 October 1,1974 letter from one.of your constituents, Neil D. Brown.
As you requested, I am returning this letter to you.
Mr. Brown's letter refers to two Consumers Power Co npany nuclear The South power facilities for generating electri power in Michigan.The Atomic Energy Haven plant he refers to is the Palisades Plant. Commission (AEC) is 1967 following a full public hearing. Upon completion of construction, The other facility is we issued an operating license in October 1972.
the Midland Plant, Units 1 and 2, which are under construction justWe outside Midland adjacent to the Dow Chemical Company property.
issued construction permits for the Midland facility in December 1972, following extensive public hearings.
The two plants, while both of conventionallight water reactor design, The reactor at Palisades was designed and built are not duplicates.
by the Combustion Engineering Corporation and is rated to operate at 2200 megawatts thermal power to deliver 715 megawatts o These are being delivered by the Babcock & Wilcox Company (B&W).
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B&W reactors are each rated to operate at 2452 megawatts thermal power and are expected to deliver about 75% of their combined output, 1,300 megawatts electric, to electrical users and the remain the nearby Dow Chemical Company plant.
We certainly take exception to Mr. Brown's inference that the AEC is in any way ccntrolled by the nuclear power industry which we are charged by law to regulate in the interest of the public's health in regard to these two plants will convince any impartial pe safety.
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1 With respect to the Midland Plant, the lengthy public hearings extending over a periori of two years speak to the openness and fullness cf our review of this plant prior to issuing ccnstruction permits. Following issuance of the construction permits, we have continued to monitor activities et thia plant : wo do at all Oth0r plants that are under constructien. Upoa. fis-covery of wnat we con.idered to be deficiencies in implementing the quality assurance program, we issued an order requiring the Cen::nmora Power Company to snow cause way construction snould not be ter ninated and even temporarily directed the company to halt certain constraction ac:inties until corrective actions were taken. Again, a public hearing was neRI to resolve tnis matter.
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I am pleased to respond to your October 15,1974 referral of an October 1,1974 letter ircm one of your constituents, Neil L. Erown.
As you requested, I am returnmg tais letter to you.
Mr. Brown's ietter reiers to.wo Cua.umera Power Comuey aucle.e p0rer facilitice fer gene stia; electric pc' er in Michig m.
The W.itn Haven olant he refers to is tne niisades i'lant. The atomic Energy Commission (AEC) issued a construction permit for this plant inMarch 1967 following a full public hearing; Upon completion of construction,
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II;c at.w r Jaci;ity Ao the Midland Plant, Units 1 and 2, which are under construction just outside Midland adjacent to the Low Chmical Campany property. 7ie issueu construction permits for toe Midland facility in lacemoer t57'd, following extensive public hearings.
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15, 1974 referral of an I am pleased toxresocnd to your October 1
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As you requested, I am returning this letter to you.
..ir. Brown's letter ' refers to two COncumer? mwr Cmno.aly nuc1 car l
The Scuth power facilitica for generating electric power in 3iichigan.
3 The atomic Energy Haven plant he refers t'o is the Palicades Flant.
Commission (AEC) issued a construction permit for this plant in Idarch 10S7 following a tullpunic hearin.; an ! later, upcn com pletion i
The of construction, we issued an operating license in 0 tooer 1972.
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Again, the ensuing hearing on this nytter was public and a full tran-script c1 me nearing u a inauer ut p.;.uc recera.
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