ML20003A296
| ML20003A296 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Crane  |
| Issue date: | 01/16/1981 |
| From: | Kammerer C NRC OFFICE OF CONGRESSIONAL AFFAIRS (OCA) |
| To: | Bedell B HOUSE OF REP. |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 8102030443 | |
| Download: ML20003A296 (1) | |
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Dear Congressman Bedell:
Thank you for your letter on behalf of Mr. William H. Rackle concerning the restart of the Three Mile Island Unit 1.
Unit 1 was down for refueling at the time of the accident at TMI-2 in late March 1979.
On July 2,1979, the Commission ordered that the facility remain in cold shutdown until further crder of the Commission, stating that "the Commission presently lacks the requisite reasonable assurance that the... Licensee's Three Mile Island Unit No. 1 Facility...can be operated without endangering the health and safety of the public."
the Commission stated that public hearings would be conducted to deter-Further, mine whether TMI-l should be allowed to resume operation and, if so, under what conditions.
In a subsequent order issued August 9, the Commission established procedures for the hearings and decision on the issues.
The hearings began before an NRC Atomic Safety and Licensi,qg.5 card in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania on October 15, 1980.
ThecurrentestipCeisthataBoarddecisionwillnot be made before mid-1981.
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announcement that the NRC received from its Advisory Committee on Reactor l
Safeguards and the Committee's status report on the restart of TMI-1.
I hope that this information is helpful in responding to Mr. Rackle.
l Sincerely, W
M Carlton Kame or Office of Conire'ssional Affairs
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