ML20052D569
| ML20052D569 | |
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| Issue date: | 03/19/1982 |
| From: | Palladino N NRC COMMISSION (OCM) |
| To: | Simpson A SENATE, ENVIRONMENT & PUBLIC WORKS |
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| NUDOCS 8205060590 | |
| Download: ML20052D569 (2) | |
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Dear Mr. Chairman:
Thank you for your letter of March 8,1982, requesting a report on the current status of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's (NRC) plans for
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consolidation.
Your understanding of the lack of progress toward solving NRC's housing situation is correct. After months of planning and preparation for the consolidation of major organizational elements of NRC in the Matomic Building,1717 H Street, N.W., with actual moves scheduled for March 1982, the General Services Administration (GSA) reversed its position relative to the assignment of space to this agency and withdrew the building from consideration for NRC consolidation.
In a January 15, 1982 letter, (cooy attached), Mr. Bertrand G. Berube, Regiont' Administrator, National Capital Region, GSA, advised Mr. William J.
Dircks, Executive Director for Operations, NRC, that in the short term only two alternatives remained; those being to maintain NRC housing as it is at this time or to lease space in Bethesda to relocate the Commissioners and their staffs to suburban Maryland. This second " solution," which had already been rejected by the Commission as uriacceptable, would only add to our problem and require yet another NRC building.
More recently, on March 5,1982, Mr. Berube wrote me concerning GSA's proposal to request FY 1984 GSA funds to construct a building for NRC in Silver Spring, Maryland. Previous funding for such a proposal was already deleted by OMB.
Furthermore, I understand that even if FY 1984 funds were approved, a building probably would not be available until the 1990's.
While we would welcome a suitably located building which would house the entire agency, a building in Silver Spring which will not be available for at least 8 years is unacceptable.
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The Honorable Alan Simpson The NRC has been comitted to the concept of consolidation, as you correctly 4
noted, ever since the NRC was created, and we have attempted with no success to accomplish that goal.
I must admit that the GSA reversal came as a considerable surprise and has left me with increasing concerns as to our ability to perform our critical mission if we continue to be dispersed in ten separate buildings. The recent steam generator tube rupture at the Ginna plant near Rochester, New York, gave a very real illustration of the problem.
It took me nearly an hour after being notified until I was able to reach our command center in Bethesda.
In a fast-moving emergency, these kinds of delays cannot be tolerated.
Given the increasing challenges confronting NRC, it is absolutely essential that we be provided with an expeditious solution to our consolidation requirements in Washington, DC.
Our recent setback with GSA leaves us with no alternative but to appeal to you and the Subcommittee for help.
In this regard, it appears to me that if the Congress were to grant the NRC independent leasing authority, we would be in a better position to directly pursue a solution to our housing problems.
I would be pleased to meet with you and other members of the Subcommittee to discuss these issues further.
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