ML20009B423
| ML20009B423 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Seabrook  |
| Issue date: | 06/30/1981 |
| From: | Zech G Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
| To: | Weymouth S AFFILIATION NOT ASSIGNED |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 8107150415 | |
| Download: ML20009B423 (5) | |
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(f opf JUN 3 01981 Docket Hos. 50-443 and 50-444 Hr. Steward C. Weymouth R.F.D. 6 Walnut Hill Road Derry, New Hampshire 03038
Dear Hr. Weymouth:
Your letter to the President on April 10, 1981, has recently been referred to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
You expressed concern about the rate of progress of nuclear power and of the Seabrook nuclear power plant, in particular.
There are about 70 operating nuclear power plants 19e the United States. They generated about 250 million kilowatt-hours of electrical energy in 1980 or about 11 percent of the total generation in the country.
In addition, there are about 80 permits in effect for the construction of nuclear power plants.
Neither in the United States nor in foreign coutries has nuclear power grown as rapidly as. predicted in the past. Delays in completion of construction have been common.
No new orders for nuclear power plants have been placed in the United States since 1978, and a number of plants previously ordered have been cancelled or deferred. One of the reasons is that forecasts by electric utilities of the rate of growth of electrical requirements have been substantially reduced because of slackening of the economy, rising costs, and conservation by customers. The high cost of constructing nuclear power plants niakes them especially sensitive to high interest rates.
The time required before a nuclear plant can be approved and constructed is also important.
- However, those utilities operating nuclear plants have found that their low fuel costs generally make them more economical than other plants converting heat to electrici ty.
With regard to the Seabrook plant, the Public Service Company of New Hampshire estimated as of March 31, 1981, that construction of Unit I was 47% completed and of Unit 2 was 8% completed. ~ We understand that a share of the plant is being sold to a group of New England utilities and that this will make funds available to increase the size of the construction force so that construction of _ Unit 2 can resume. Further information on these matters can be provided by the Public Service Company of New Hampshire.
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