ML20005B331

Informs That 810529 Ltr Forwarding Constituent 810320 Comments on Proposed Rule 10CFR2 Allowing Interim Licensing of Nuclear Reactors Before Safety Procedure Completion Has Been Sent to NRC

ML20005B331
Person / Time
Site:	Wolf Creek
Issue date:	05/29/1981
From:	Betancourt B ENERGY, DEPT. OF
To:	Jeffries J HOUSE OF REP.
References
FRN-46FR20215, RULE-PR-2 46FR20215-110A, NUDOCS 8107070207
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Dear Mr. Jeffries:

This will acknowledge your recent letter in which y0u re# erred . le::er

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Enclosed please finc' > copy of a letter I received from Mr. Arthur Doyle, President of Kansas City Power and Light Company regarding the licensing of nuclear power plants. I would appreciate your comments on this situ-ation and whether the new Administration is making any attempts to expedite this process.

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Dear Mr. Jeffries:

A bout a year ago we b"cugr- . sur attention the pctential delay by the NRC in processing an Operate ;: License 'o r our Wolf Creek Nuclear Generating Unit. Since then, dt. - in part to c' perceived NRC delay and in part to construction delays, the scheculed fu- Icad date for Wolf Creek has l

been deferred six months to Apell 1983 and' .ne commercial date of operation has been deferred 12 months to April 1984.

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As indicated by the attached letter dated February 17, 1981, from the Chairman of the Atomic Industrial Fcrum to the Chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, it appears that our concern about the potential NRC delay was and is warranted. We are now concerned that the impact of the current NRC backicg in processing operating licenses will trigger Gelays in

• the 1983-84 period unless significant changes are made promptly NRC procedures and caselcad assignments. It is cur understanding that the NRC's license review program is now begged down, under-staffed and will result in l completed plants crasting seme $2 billion each to remain idle pending N R C's Staff reviews. This is a disservice to the public, for each year of delay adds some 5250 million of carrying charges to the completed cost of each plant. Those additional costs must be borne by electric ratepayers. During the delay, required electric energy must be generated, in p a rt, by cur scarce fcssil fuels--oil and natural gas.

Cn ::ehalf of the public we serve, I ask your help, as a member of

__ Con g res's , ~ te rec;uire NRC to expecitt: its licensing of nuclear pcwer plants, pa-ticularly the operating licenses for completed plants, se that our Missouri j

anc Kansas customers will not have to pay a cear price for any NRC delay in

! licensing Wolf Creek for the 1983-84 s ta rtu p .

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