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The Honorable Alfonse D'Amato
-i United States Senate Washington,-D.C.
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Dear Senator D'Amato:
Thank you for your letter dated April 7,1981 on behalf of your constituent.
. Mary Wager, who is concerned about resumption of operations at the Indian Point nuclear power station.
As you may know, the Union of Concerned Scientists filed a petition with U
'the Nuclear Regulatory. Comission raising a number of safety issues.related' to'the Indian Point station.
This petition was granted in part and denied t
- in pirt by the Director of flRC's Office of Huclear Reactor Regulation.
On May 30,1980, the Comission issued an order announcing its intention.to hold
.a discretionary adjudication for the resolution of safety issues concerning the plants and initiated an infomallproceeding to determine the questions to be answered as well as the' criteria to be applied.
,1 On January 8,1981, the Comission issued a further order concerning the interim operation of Indian Point Units 2 and 3 (Unit 1 is shutdown indefinitely) during' the time it takes to-complete the-adjudicatory hearing.
Unit 2 is and has been for some months shut down for repair of the fan cooler units and refueling.
The Comission stated that, prior to resumption of i
operations, it would make a further detemination as to whether interim L
. operation would be permitted.
The Comission decided to permit continued
' operation of Unit 3 noting that Unit 3lhas additional safety features not L
present in Unit'2 and that the two units are owned and operated by separate p
antities.
I am enclosing for your information a copy of the January 8 order of the-L Comission.
l Sincerely, l
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E Carlton Kamerer,. Director Office of Congressional Affairs 9'o03090469 900226 C
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