ML20041A473

Forwards Util Press Release Announcing Facility Cost & 3-month Delay in Fuel Load Date.Svc List Encl.Related Correspondence

ML20041A473
Person / Time
Site:	Waterford
Issue date:	02/16/1982
From:	Blake E LOUISIANA POWER & LIGHT CO., SHAW, PITTMAN, POTTS & TROWBRIDGE
To:	Foreman H, Jordan W, Wolfe S Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel
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NUDOCS 8202220197
Download: ML20041A473 (3)

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Minneapolis, MN 55455 Dr. Walter-H. Jordan .

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881 West Outer Drive Oak Ridge, TN 37830 In the Matter of a

Louisiana Power & Light Company Waterford Steam Electric Station, Unit 3 Docket No. 50-382

Dear' Chairman Wolfe and Drs. Foreman and Jordan:

During the conference call earlier today with Chairman Wolfe and the other' parties, I reported that Applicant had just announced an increase in the cost of the Waterford 3 plant and i a three-month delay in its fuel loading date. I enclose for the l

information of the Board and the parties a related LP&L news release of this same date.

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- Contact Jim Fort at (504) 363-8827 A three-month delay in the completion of Waterford 3. Louisiana Power k Light Company's nuclear generating plant being constructed 25 miles upriver from New Orleans in St. Charles Parish, was announced today by the Company.

J. M. Wyatt, president of LP&L, said the delay in construction will postpone completion of the facility to July, 1983, when it is scheduled to be placed in commercial operation. .

Wyatt said the delay is being caused principally by additional retrofitting and safety requirements prescribed by the Nuclear Regulatory Co= mission.

Wyatt stated that the total cost is expected to increase to 31,808,000,000 .

as a result of these changes and the subsequent delay.

"We are extremely disappointed in the further delay of this important generating facility," Wyatt said, "but Waterford 3, even with this additional cost, is expected to be completed at a lower cost per kilowatt than most nuclear plants being constructed over the nation. It is still expected to be an economical source of generation when compared to the alternative fuel sources of the 1980's."

The LFEL chief executive said fuel loading had been scheduled for h ober, but has now been postponed until January,1983.

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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Before the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board In'the Matter of )

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LOUISIANA POWER & LIGHT COMPANY )' Docket No. 50-382

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Station, Unit 3) )

-4 SERVICE LIST Sheldon J. Wolfe, Esquire Lyman L. Jones, Jr., Esquire Administrative Judge Post Office Box 9216 Chairman, Atomic Safety and Metairie, LA 70055 Licensing Board

/ U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Luke B. Fontana, Esquire Commission 824 Esplanade Avenue Washington, D.C. 20555 New (7rleans, LA 70116 -

Dr. Harry Foreman Atomic Safety and Licensing Administrative Judge Board Panel i Director, Center for U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Population Studies Commission Box 395, Mayo Washington, D.C. 20555 University of Minnesota l Minneapolis, MN 55455 Atomic Safety and Licensing Appeal Board Panel Dr. Walter H. Jordan U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Administrative Judge Commission 881 West Outer Drive Washington, D.C. 20555 Oak Ridge, TN 37830 Docketing & Service Section (3)

Sherwin E. Turk, Esquire (4) Office of the Secretary Office of the Executive U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Legal Director Commission U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Washington, D.C. 20555 l Commission L Washington, D.C. 20555 i

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