ML20010H570

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Urges Commission to Undertake Full Review of Issues Re Low Power Licensing
ML20010H570
Person / Time
Site: Diablo Canyon  Pacific Gas & Electric icon.png
Issue date: 09/10/1981
From: Panetta L
HOUSE OF REP.
To: Palladino N
NRC COMMISSION (OCM)
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Download: ML20010H570 (1)


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DEAR. CHAIRMAN PALLADINO: ___25 IN YOUR RECENT RESPONSE TO MY LETTERS OF JUNE 9 AND

-JULY 10, YOU STATED THAT THi TIME LIMITS FOR REVIEVING LC-V

, POWER DECISIONS ARE "ESTAbLIS1tED AS A GOAL..AN'D NAY BE EXCEEDED IF NECESSARY.." IT IS NECESSARY AND IMPERATIVE THAT THE NRC NOV UNDERTAKE A FULL REVIEV 0F THE ISSUES SURROUNDING THE LOV POVER LICENSING OF THE .DI ABLO CANYON NUCLEAR PLANT. TO ALLOV THE LICENSING BOARD'S APPROVAL.0F A LOV FGVER LICENSE TO BE IMMEDIATELY EFFECTIVE VOULD DENY THE CITIZENS IN THE AFFECTED AREA THE CONFIDENCE'IN DIABLO'S SAFETY VHICH IS SO NECESSARY TO.ITS SUCCESSFUL OPERATION. THE NRC HAS THE RESPONSIBILITY TO THOROLGHLY REVIEV AND RESOLVE THE OUTSTANDING ISSUES SURROUNDING DIAELO, PARTICULARLY THE SEISMIC AND EMERGENCY PLANNING QUESTIONS VHICH sAVE NOT BEEN FULLY RESOLVED TO DATE, BEFORE A LOW POVER ,

LICENSE IS GRANTED.

FULL COMMISSION RFNIEV COULD BE IMPLEMENTED VII'1_LITTLE NEGATIVE EFFECT ON THE TIME-FRAME FOR A LICENFING DECISION.

INDEED, THE LITIGATION VHICH COULD RESULT FROM THE NRC NOT .

ONDERTAKING A FULL REVIEV COULD DELAY THE LICENSING OF DIABLO -

CANYON MORE THAN VOU!.D THE COMMISSION'S RESOLUTION OF THE SUBSTANTIVE ISSUES SURROUNDING THE PLANT'S LICENSING I T S ELF ,.

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I VOULD URGE THE COMMISSION TO UTI.LIZE THE PROCEDURES IT IMPLEMENTED AFTER THE ACCIDENT AT THREE MILE ISLAND IN REVIEVING THIS DECISION, DUE,TO DIABLC CANYON'S UNIQUE HISTORY, ITS RP0XIMITY TO AN ACTIVE EARTHQUAXE FAULT, THE ACKNOWLEDGED LACK OF AN ADEQUATE EMERGENCY PLAN, AND THE HIGH LEVEL OF CONCERN IN THE COMMUNITY. I APPRECIATE YOUR CONSIDERATION OF THIS REQUEST, AND LOOK FORVARD TO BEING INFORMED OF YOUR DECISION IN THIS MATTER

'AT THE EARLIEST POSSIBLE OPPORTUNITY.

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