ML20006B753
| ML20006B753 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Seabrook  |
| Issue date: | 01/06/1990 |
| From: | Carr K NRC COMMISSION (OCM) |
| To: | Kostmayer P HOUSE OF REP., INTERIOR & INSULAR AFFAIRS |
| Shared Package | |
| ML20005H003 | List: |
| References | |
| CCS, KOSTMAYE-900106, NUDOCS 9002050322 | |
| Download: ML20006B753 (1) | |
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1 00ESTION 1.
Does the NRC agree that it is legally required to j
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-deny an operating license to a new plant for which a state, local or utility plan meeting the " reasonable assurance" standard legislated in-the 1980 Authorization bill has not been approved?-
- ANSWER.
-l The Commiission's' emergency planning regulations include a " reasonable' assurance" standard for the issuance of an operating license (" reasonable assurance.that adequate protective measures can and will be taken in the event.
ofaradiologicalemergency").(see10CFR50.47(a)(1)). The regulations also include a provision, 10 CFR i 50.47(c)(1), which states that failure to meet i
the standards set forth.in 10 CFR 5 50.47(b) for determining the adequacy of
.an emergency plan may result in denial of an operating license but that the i
applicant will have an opportunity to demonstrate to the satisfaction of the Commission that the deficiencies in the plan are not significant-for the plant.
-that adequate interim compensating measures have been or will be-taken promptly, ~or that-there are other compelling reasons to permit plant operation.
.-In considering these matters, the Commission has, from the outset, indicated T
that it will detemine whether deficiencies in a plan (state, local, or utility)-can be compensated for by provisions in another plan for that site.
See 45 FR 55402.(August 19, 1980) and 52 FR 42078 (November 3, 1987).
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