ML20041A401
| ML20041A401 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Crane  |
| Issue date: | 01/26/1982 |
| From: | Palladino N NRC COMMISSION (OCM) |
| To: | Bowsher C GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE |
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| NUDOCS 8202220092 | |
| Download: ML20041A401 (2) | |
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CHAIRMAN danuary 26, 1982
.i The Honorable Charles A. Bowsher.
Comptroller General of the United States General Accounting Office Washington, D.
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Dear Mr. Bowsher:
This letter responds to the recommendations made by the General Accounting Office (GA0) in its report ' entitled,
" Greater Commitment Needed 'to Solve Continuing Problems at Three Mile Island."
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission, in response to the first GA0 recommendation' to NRC, notes that it has published a
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i proposed rule which_would require power ~ reactor licensees to maintain the maximum amount of commercially available onsite j
property damage insurance.
A voluntary insurance program may be available within.the next several months that would cover cleanup costs for damage comparable to that suffered at Three Mile Island -- that is, about $1 billion.
If this-level of _ coverage is not obtained ' through the voluntary actions of the industry, the Commission believes that such i,
action should be mandated.
In response to the second GA0 recommendation to NRC, the Commission has directed its staff to develop the scope of-guidelines to f acilitate recovery efforts in the event' of nuclea r-related acciden ts. _ Af ter evaluating the proposed scope, the Commission will decide whether to proceed further.
Specific comments on the GA0 recommendations to the NRC are presented in En' closure 1.
In addi tion, Commission comments relating to other findings of the GA0 study are ' presented in.
j With respect to the present situation at Three Mile Island, the Commission will assure that NRC attention to TMI-2 1
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Honorable Charles A. Bowsher cleanup efforts remains at a high level of priority until the problem is solved.
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Enclosures:
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Responses to GA0 Recommendations to the NRC 2.
Commission Comments on Other GA0 Recommendations i
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