ML19331A784
| ML19331A784 | |
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| Site: | Midland |
| Issue date: | 11/02/1977 |
| From: | Gossick L NRC OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR OPERATIONS (EDO) |
| To: | Griffin R SENATE |
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e s ./ NOV f 2 877 i c 9 De Honorable Robert P. Griffin 5'O.329 United States Senate Washington, DC 20510' Dear Senator Griffin I as pleased to respond to your referral of October 11,1977, which forwarded the October 5,1977 letter of your constituent, Mr. Neil C. Brown. Mr. Brown has indicated his concern regarding Units 1 and 2 i . of the Midland Plant dich are currently under construction and their financial impact upon the Dow Chemical company whi::h is to receive process atsam from Unit 1. Mr. Brown's concern for the financial 1spect to Dow is hamad upon an article which he forwarded from the Midland Daily News. The article is primarily a summary of the Order of the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board issued Septes.ber 23, 1977, dich declined to modify or suspmd the Con-struction Permits pending the outcome of the ongoing proceeding on certain i remanded inan==. We feel it would be helpful for Mr. Bronst to 'have the actual Board's Order and have enclosed a copy to this end (Enclosure No. 1). 2 e Board's Order deals with Mr. Brown's expressed ccmcern, since one of the remanded j isrues before the Board involved an inquiry as to whether circumstances haw changed regarding Dow's need for process steam. In particular, Mr.' Brown's allegation that "the cost of power will put Dow Chemical out.).x of consission as far as any progress in Midland
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'\\ i Paragra[ts 19 through 22 of the Order. In Paragraph 13, the Doord finda j' i l that, following an earlier decision by Dow that the Consumer's contract was no longer advantageous, a sucsequent corporate review concluded that the Dow-Consumers ~ relationship retained a cost advantage over a Dow-owned %j" coal-fired plant, even thoegh the original advantage had narrowed. Paragraph { 20 finds that Dow concluded that the relationship should continue after l also considering a potential law suit should Dow fail to take steam. l Paragraph 21 finds that new fuel costs may increase the cost of steam l to Dow still further. Dow's position, as found by the Board in Phragraph 22, is one of keeping its options open. However, at this point, Dow remains committed to tne proMt. Mr. Brown repeats several concerns from his earlier letters to you for which we have previously responded. His ballef that any nuclear i pir.nt is unaafe was expressed in his October IL 1976 letter to wnich we responried on Nowater 22, 1976. His concerns for siting of the // 1 plant within city limits, for the lack of water, and fcr the disposal --or weste. wore excreamed in his letter of September 6,1976, to whien --.---....-.w._.___ 8007280 g
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