ML20003G176
| ML20003G176 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Crane  |
| Issue date: | 04/19/1981 |
| From: | Eisenhut D Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
| To: | Stotz J AFFILIATION NOT ASSIGNED |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 8104280427 | |
| Download: ML20003G176 (2) | |
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Your March 31, 1981 letter to Harold Denton, Director, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation included the resolution that the Middletown Area Association urges the return of service of TMI Unit One.
As you are aware, the public hearing regarding restart of TMI Unit One is continuing in Harrisburg. The majority of staff technical support for the hearing process, which includes preparing evaluation reports and testimony, and the litigation is essentially completed on the major contention groupings of plant design and modification, separation of Units 1 and 2, management capability and resources, and onsite emergency planning and preparedness. A few issues in these areas remain to be litigated. Litigation in the major area of offsite emergency planning and preparedness remains. The Federal Emergency Management Agency has primary responsibility for providing the evaluation and testimony for offsite activities. The staff is giving a high priority to resolving the remaining items so that staff documents supporting restart, including evaluation report supplements and testimony, may be thorough and timely.
The Commission issued a March 23, 1981 Order which included a discussion of various means which could expedite the TMI-1 restart proceeding (Attachment 1). In that Order, the Commission reversed the position taken in its August 9,1979 Order regarding the need to litigate the licensee's financial qualifications, and is removing the financial qualification issue from the proceeding. The March 23 Order also stated that we would permit the licensee to begin hot functional testing of TMI-1 systems and equipment using non-nuclear heat, subject to appropriate staff review, and that the Commission would issue its decision on the effectiveness of the ASLB's decision within 35 days after the issuance of the TMI-1 licensing board decision.
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. I trust that this information will adequately describe our efforts regarding expediting the TMI-1 restart proceeding. Based on the expected dates for closing the hearing record and appropriate time spans for subsequent actions in connection with the hearing (proposed findings, initial decision, Commission decision), the Commission decision on restart can be expected in the September-October time frame.
The comments of your Association on this issue are appreciated.
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Darre G. E s n ut, rector Division of Licensing
Enclosure:
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