ML20032B982
| ML20032B982 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Crane  |
| Issue date: | 10/27/1981 |
| From: | Dewitt D AFFILIATION NOT ASSIGNED |
| To: | Ottinger R HOUSE OF REP. |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 8111060578 | |
| Download: ML20032B982 (1) | |
Text
n.N
. &.... 2..
00' KETEi L"itx Rep. Richard Ottinger October 27, 1981 pkX House of Representitives
'81 M 30 P3:12 1 4 Albright Rd.
4 Wa shington, D. C.
Oak Ridge, Tn. g gr*
OFFICE Or dECREM -
I. I Li_)
- i's DOCKEitt10 & SERvit-
Dear Rep. Ottinger:
Re: CleiWAM) at Three Mile Island, Pa.
aj NOVO G 1981 f.
u.s. nmara asuamn sowaltsCA
- I Last night in the Oak R'idger, our local newspa th e J'
Y enclosed artical appeared. I was very upset to think that you would h totally negative reaction to any effort to straighten out the situation at Th
]
Mile Island. After two and a half years of delay by the NRC, regulatory agencies, and others it seems that some help should be given to get the utility industry back on its feet. Practically all activities in b nuclear generation have been so influenced that their costs have skyrocketed to a point where many of the pojects that are under ennstruction have become marginal or losing propositions before they are even conSeted.
Gov. Thornburg's suggestion that the Federal Government,
y, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, the nuclear generating utilities and General Public f
Utiliti>s a11 share in getting this mess straightened out.
That it be considered y
a learning experience and base revised regulation manuals on the experience Q
gained in the accident to help prevent a repetition somewhere else.
Undoubtedly it is true that the Federal Budget does need to be cut, but this accident will not go away by itself and it is quite evident that GPU is not able to shoulder the total expense alone. The alternatives are bleak at best. Please hele gt the utility industry off dead center with this ud program! ! !
I I hope that you don't mind if I send copies of this letter to several people who I would also appreciate if they might help in this regard.
Yours truly, 4
Donald M. DeWitt cc-Pres. Reagan NRC Would boil out Three Mile Wm. Kuhns, GPU James Edwards, Sect. DOE WASHINGTON (AP) - The the damaged Pennsylvania Marilyn Bouquard, H.of Repr.
Reagan admimstrauon is pro-facihty. His panel has junsdic-posing a " budget-busting bau tion over the nation's energy Gov. Thornburg, Harrisburg, Pa.
out of a privately owned utility" policy.
with its plan to contribute $123 The administration announced millicntoward thedecontamina its plan last week to seek con-tion of the Three Mue Island gressional approval for the nuclear plant, says Rep. clean-up funds. But Ottinger, in Rictard Ottinaer, a letter over the weekend to Energy Secretary James Ed-h The New York Democrat, wards. said he is " astonished gg 1 578 811027 h
chairman of the House Energy and outraged" that the proposal PD CK 05000289 hgQ and Commerce subcommittee is coming"while the president is PDR on energy conservation and calling upon the Congress to H
power,is vowing to oppose spen-make further reductions in other ding the money for cleaning up programs."
-,,.,-.,,w
- - - -, + -.
n
-