ML19341B792

Urges Commission to Reinstate Previous Schedule for Review of Plant So Public Hearing Can Be Held & OL Proceedings Completed in 1981

ML19341B792
Person / Time
Site:	Summer
Issue date:	02/19/1981
From:	Derrick B, Holland K, Thurmond S HOUSE OF REP., SENATE
To:	Ahearne J NRC COMMISSION (OCM)
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NUDOCS 8102270596
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We are deeply concerned by your January 30, 1981 reper to the ]

Ecuse A..:rOriati ns Subec=ittee en Inerev. and Water Oevelc. rent. It is cur understanding that the schedule which you repersed for consideration by ycur agency of licensing of the Virgil C. Su: :er 1;uclear Unit may well ces: the cens=ers of South Carolina over One hundred mill:0n dellars, and may imperil the rel:.able and adequate energy supply so necessary for a healthy e:Oncmy in Our state.

As we understand the slippage revealed in your report, it is not eccasioned by the need to censider any dramatic new safety or environmental issue: Indeed the slippage does not seem to relate to any =atter of sub-stance.  : appears to predic procedural delays in administrative pre-cessing, decision =aking, and reviews.

Setween them, the owners of the Su==er Unit, South Carolina Electri and Gas Company and Santee-Cocper, serve more than 34% of the .

censumers and 36% of the lead in our state. Each sys,t,g ..is nonetheless relatively small en a national scale, and the 600 = egawa,ttsd=:er would-a *

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We are told that power frem the Su=er Unit will be vitally ..

necessary by the early su==er of 1982 to serve load, displace oil, and ..;.

minimize c.Ost increases. It has been repcrted to urthat the Su=er - -.;

Unit will be :: plete and ready to load fuel by the late su=er of this year. It is our understanding that an extensive period of testing follows fuel leading and that abcut six =cntns will be required to achieve ce=er-cial c.ceration. Hence, it will be ne:essary for the licensing process to be cc ;1ete by the late fall of this year, assuming', of course, that no

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sube-=-- ve reason cer. itted to y0ur discretion and" expertise precludes. .

su L a senedule. C:herwise, the Sur er Unit will not be available..for..._... ..

the heavy demand cf ne sa mer months.

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.::::ess tn 1951. Add tionall.v, we are requesting of the Secretarv. Of Enerr..e that his Oepar ent review the impact of the . crc.,e:ted delav. in terr.s of costs, capacity, and energy to the two systems and to the cre than 375,000 cust0cers they serve, and report to Congress his findings and the positien of the Ad=inistratien in cases cf this kind.

~4e want to werk with ycu and our Cc11eagues to move f rward with review of the Su= er Unit and we ur3e that our request be given favorahle -

c:nsideration.

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