ML20023E076
| ML20023E076 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Salem  |
| Issue date: | 06/01/1983 |
| From: | Uderitz R, Uderitz R Public Service Enterprise Group |
| To: | Deyoung R NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE) |
| References | |
| RTR-NUREG-0977, RTR-NUREG-1000, RTR-NUREG-977 NUDOCS 8306070177 | |
| Download: ML20023E076 (2) | |
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I O PSEG Public Service Electric and Gas Cornpany P.O. Box 236, Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038 609 935-6010 i
Richard A. Uderitz Vice President - Nuclear June 1,1983 Mr. Richard DeYoung Director, Office of Inspection and Enforcement U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20555 In the Matter of Public Service Electric and Gas Company (Salem Nuclear Generating Station, Units I and 2)
Docket Nos. 50-272, 50-311
Dear Mr. DeYoung:
By letter dated May 5,1983, you transmitted to the Licensee, Public Service Electric and Gas Campany, et al, a " Notice of Violation and Proposed Imposition of Civil Penalties" in the captioned matter. The notice provided, inter alia, that pursuant to the provisions of 10 C.F.R. Section 2.201, the Licensee is i
required to submit its response to your office within 30 days of the date of the notice. The letter also specified that consideration would be given to extending the response time for good cause shown.
The purpose of this letter is to request that the time for responding to i
the notice be ex' ended 30 days. As you are aware, the civil penalty proposed by i
the NRC on May 5,1983 is the largest to date for any facility. The additional time is needed becatase of the complexity of the issues involved which is requiring extensive review of factual and legal issues and consideration of the available options as stated in the notice. The notice includes three categories of violations and associated penalties, with several subcategories, at Severity Levels I, II and III, any one of which would alone involve intensive review by the Licensee and l
consideration of alternative courses of action.
Since receipt of' the notice, the Licensee has been making diligent efforts to complete its review and analysis of the available information to respond to the allegations. Much of this information was previously available and has been shared with the Staff and Commission resulting in the intensive Staff investigation documented in NUREG-0977, "NRC Fact-Finding Task Force Report on the ATWS Events at Salem Nuclear Generating Station Unit 1, on February 22 and 25,1983."
In addition, new inbemation which may bear on the response has recently become available, such as NUREG-1000, " Generic Implications of ATWS Events at the i
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June 1,1983 Page 2 Salem Nuclear Power Plant" made available with the public issuance of SECY 158 on May 12,1983 and the report prepared by Basic Energy Technology Associates, Inc., which the Company has just received.
In order to assure that the Company's reply is complete and properly responds to all allegations concerning these events, the Licensee requests an I
extension of time of 30 days to and including July 5,1983 to respond.
If you have any questions, please call me.
l Sincerely, la 7W R. A. Uderitz Vice President - Nuclear CC R. W.
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