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/.Jha Honorable Alfonse D'Amato United States Senate Washington, D.C.
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Dear Senator D'Amato:
Thank you for your letter dated May 28, 1981 on behalf of your constituent,-
P. A. Powers, who is concerned about resumption of operations at the Indian Point nuclear power station.
l As you may know, the Union of Concerned Scientists filed a petition with.
the Nuclear Regulatory Comission raising a number of safety issues related
'1 to the Indian Nint station. This petition was granted in part and denied in part by the Director of NRC's.0ffice of Nuclear Reactor Regulation. On May 30,1980, the Commission issued an order announcing its intention to hold a discretionary adjudication for the resolution of safety issues concerning the plants and initiated an informal proceeding to determine the questions to-be answered as well as the criteria to be applied.
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 had been shut down for repair of the fan cooler units and refueling.
The Comission stated that, prior to msumption of operations, it would make a further detemination as to whether interim operation would be pemitted.
At an open meeting on April 7,1981. the Commission heard from the staff on the aftemath of the containment flooding at Unit 2 and, among other things.
on the adequacy of emergency planning at Indian Point.
By a vote of 3-l',
the Comission determined that its decision of July 1980 to permit continued operation of the two units remained valid. On April 22. the staff briefed the Comission further on the state of emergency preparedness around Indian Point, and two days later, the staff wrote to all nuclear licensees.
in New York State, including Con Ed and PASNY. requesting that the deficiencies identified by FEMA in their emergency plans be corrected within 120 days.
On May 21.- 1981. Unit 2 received authorization from NRC to restart following the refueling and maintainance outage..
I. am enclosing for your information a copy of the January 8 order of the Commission.
Sincerely, Carlton Kammerer. Director Office of Congressional Affairs January 3 Order l
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Please Issue FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Region 1 (Friday, July 10, 1981)
NOTE TO EDITORS -- ACRS MEETING ON SHOREHAM POSTPONED
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A technical meeting of a subcomittee of the Advisory Comittee on Reactor Safeguards, scheduled for July 21 in Washington, D.C., to discuss Long Island Lighting Company's application for an operating license for the Shoreham Nuclear Power Station in Suffolk County, New York, has been postponed.
.The meeting will be rescheduled at a later date..
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The Honorable Ri. chard Ottinger, Chairman
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Rep. Carlos MooYhead The Honorable Toby Moffett, Chairman ec:
Rep. Joel Deckard The Honorable Alan Simposn, Chairman ec:
Sen. Gary Hart i
- l. San..Alfonse D'Amato Sen. Daniel Moynihan i
Rep. Joseph Addabbo Rep. William Carney Rep.-John LeBoutillier Rep. Richard Ottinger The Honorable Morris Udall, Chairman cc:
Rep. Manuel Lufan
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