ML19345D030
| ML19345D030 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Crane  |
| Issue date: | 10/30/1980 |
| From: | Snyder B Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
| To: | Cosgrove J AFFILIATION NOT ASSIGNED |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 8012080803 | |
| Download: ML19345D030 (3) | |
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T30E Docket No. 50-320 t
Mr. John P. Cosgrove i
845 Locust Grove Road Middletown, PA 17057
Dear Mr. Cosgrove:
Your letter of September 26, 1980 to President Carter, regarding the operation of Three Mile Island Unit 1, and funding for the cleanup of Unit 2, has been referred to me for response.
On July 2,1979, the Comission ordered that TMI-1 remain in a cold shutdown condition until further order by the Comission and stated that a public hearing would be held prior to restart.
l On August 9,1979, the Commission issued an additional Order on 1MI-1 specifying the basis for the shutdown order, and the procedures to govern the hearing regarding restart. On the basis of this hearing, the Commission l
will detemine whether further operation of TMI-1 will be pemitted, and if so, under what conditions.
I have enclosed a copy of the August 9,1979, j
Order for your information.
The Commission's Order also identifies a number of items that must be resolved prior to restart. These items, which are listed on pages 5-7 of the Order, i
include and go beyond those required for restart of other Babcock & Wilcox-i design pressurized water reactors similiar to TMI Units 1 and 2.
These addi-tional items included those recommended by the Lessons Learned Task Force l
which studied the TMI accident and made recomendations for improvements to existing and new nuclear power plants.
The TMI-1 hearing began October 15, 1980, at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission Hearing Room, 25 North Court Street Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, and is currently i
in progress.
j With regard to Federal funding of TMI-2 cleanup activities, under the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, NRC has the statutory authority to ensure that i
the public health and safety will be protected should Metropolitan Edison Company be unable to carry out its responsibility for decontamination operations at TMI-2.
A number of options are possible, including NRC licensing another organization to run the ' facility or NRC operating the facility itself. NRC is currently i
preparing a contingency study considering this possibility. At present, however, l
the resources necessary for NRC to implement its direct involvement in Metropolitan Edison activities are not authorized and our existing statutory authority does l
not provide a basis for governmental assistance to GPU.
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L,T 3 0 $30 Mr. John P. Cosgrove I appreciate your concerns and assure you that every effort is being made to ensure the continued protection of the health and safety of the public, not only at the Three Mile Island Station, but also at all nuclear power plants.
Sincerely, b/
Bernard J. Snyder, Program Director TMI Program Office Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
Enclosure:
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26 Ceptember 1980 Mr. President:
I em e retired eray officer livinc and working in the vicinity of Three Eile Islend.
Up to the present time (heving been thru three wors) I haven't let the treume of lost voors nucleer eccident bother me from o stress fcctor, or (hopefully) not to effect thet of iny wife.
' e have been tr:7ing to settle do :n in our eventuel retirement home, building some eaulty efter all those nomedic militnry years.
But now I heve to edrit, the situotion et Three I:ile Islend is cettinc to me.
?e need help.
To Lose Everythine we own (end nossibly our lives) because. qf._creones
_TJbf~~TbETbf *6'6hcern, or downricht stupidity, would to me be
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en unrerdonnble sin.
It eppeers from the Intest reports that the URC has declered the undsreced Reactor #1 unsefe, until me;jor correctionn ere mede.
I:e t ~d ': e c edmitted skimrinc on the clean un ectivities of Reector 72 un to now because of the C.
lech of funds.
I think it is ebout time thet the 7ederel Goverrrent sterred in to' help cleen up the err et ""nree l'ile Islend,
?nd emin essure the
- ericen "cenle t%t our future is
[kindeedinEuclear~nercv.
Cell it e boil out or whetever, we need help.
%cre is no uny, in r orinion, vou will be able.t.o._cucco- "ully rush Eucleer Energy 3itho.ut. N vst.cleanine un-neee-; lle
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