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Forwards Draft Advanced Reactor Research & Development Programs 5-Yr Plan for Advanced Reactor Activities Under Energy Policy Act of 1992
ML20065M287
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Site: 05200001, 05200002, 05200003, 05200004
Issue date: 03/30/1994
From: Dreyfus D
ENERGY, DEPT. OF
To: Marcus G
Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
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Project Nos. 672 and 674 Docket Nos.52-001,:52-002,52-003, 52-004 Dr.-Gail.Marcus U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commiss. .n -

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Dear Dr. Marcus:

e Enactment of the Energy Policy Act of 1992 requires'th'at-the <

F Office of Nuclear Energy submit to Congress a 5-Year Program Plan to meet the Act's requirements. The Act requires that-comments on the draft plan be solicited from appropriate representatives of industry,-institutions' of higher education, Federal ' agencies,- ,

national laboratories, and' professional and technical societies.

- Enclosed foriyour. review and comment is the " Draft 5-Year Plan for-Advanced Reactor Activities under the Energy Policy Act of 1992,"

including schedules, milestones, and funding plans. The enclosed plan is based on the Administration's submittal for-the fiscal year 1995 budget. Congress is expected to debate the. proposed

' budget submission later this year.

  • .We have informed Congress that we will submit the plan by

< May 15, 1994. In order to support _this schedule, it is requested that U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commi~ssion review the enclosed draft -

4* plan and return comments to us by mail or fax:(301-903-5993)-

before April 11, 1994.

We will be in touch by telephone once 'you have received and '

reviewed this package to gauge your interest in attending a

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possible briefing (in Washington,.DC) on the 5-Year Program Plan for' Advanced Reactor Activities under the Energy Policy Act of 1992.  ;

9 Your cooperation and prompt response to this request would be

. greatly appreciated. A list of those organizations from which

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comments are being solicited and a copy of section 2122'of the Energy Policy Act of 1992 are also attached for 'your.information.

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Excerpt from the Energy Policy Act of 1992 H.R.776-307 sec.2123. PaocaAM, GOAtA, AND PLAN. 4 (a) PsiocaAM DIREctf0N.-%e Secretary shall conduct a pro- ,

gram to encourage the deployment of advanomd nuclear reactor e hantanies that to the manmum extent iiw=+"

(1) are cost .#racewe in compan'aan to alternative sources of commemal electne power of comparable av=i1=hility and '

reliability, taking into maalA* cation hfe cycle engsranmental costs:

(2) facilitate the design, r~a tag, construction, and oper-ation of a nuclear tant using a standardized design; (3) exhibit naha=~d features; and ,

(4) incorporate features t advance the objectives of the Nucle ar Non-Proliferation Act of 1978.

(b) PWOGRAM goals.-%e goals of the program Wakli=had  ;

under s9h=~+iaa (a) shallinclude-(1) for the near-term- .

(A) to facilitate the completion, by September 30,1996, ,

for certification by the C i-% of standardized advanced light water reactor technology designs that the Secretary determines have the charactenstics described in subacetion (a)(1) throach (4); -

(B) to facilitate th completion of snhmissions, by  ;

September 30,1996, for pr=1i=iam design approvals by

  • the Commiarion of c eandardised for the modular high-temperature gae<ooled reactor salogy and the lig-uid metal reactor *~haalagy; and (C) to evaluate by Septemher 30,1996, actinide burn  ;

technology to determine af it can nduce the volume of long-lived fission by. d ds; .l; (2) for the mid-term-(A) to facilitate increased

  • hay of *ahaa~d safety, ,

advanced light water reactors to produce electric power ,

at the lowest cost to the ma'amar;  ;

(B) to develop advanced reactar concepts that are pas-sively safe and envirnamentally acceptable; and - .  !

(C) to complete ==* man research and dev=1ap==at on high-temperature reactor *~haal and lig- >

uid metal reactor - *^1agy to support the n, by Septemhee 30,1998, of one or both of those e~hnnlogies as appropriate for pnxotype demanatration; and (3) for the long-term, to complete research and dev=_laa=*at J.

and dennonstration to scpport the design of advanood 11 actor

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electne power to a utility l grid as soon as praa+ia= but no later than the year 2010.  !

(c) PROGRAM PLAN.-Within 180 days aAer the date of enart-ment of this Act, 'he Secretary shall prepare and submit to the

- Congress a 5-year program plan to guide the activities under this ,

section. The program plan anall include schedule milestones, Fed-  !

cral funding requirements, and non Federal cost require-ments. In preparmg the program plan, the Secretary take into consideration--

(1) the need for, and the potential for future adoption i' by electric utilities or other entities of, advanad nuclear reactor technologies that are available, under development, or have the potential for bemg developed, for the generation of energy from nuclear fission:

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L H. R. 776-.308 (2) how the Federal Government, am through the Sec- '

retary, can-be effective in ensunng the availability of such technologies when they are needed; (3) how the Federal Government esa most efectively cooperate with the private sector in the accomplishment of >

the goals set forth in snha-tian (b); and ,

(4) potential alternative funding sources for carrymg out this aehan.  !

In preparing the program plan, the Secretary shall consult with eppropriate representatives ofindustry, institutions of higher edu- ,

cation, Federal agencies, includmg national laboratories, and profes- -

sional and *~hnical societies. N Secretary shall update the plan annually and submit such update to Congress. Each update shall describe any activities that are behind schedule, any fundm' g abortfalls, and any other carcumstances that might adect the ability of the Secretary to meet the goals set forth in ehn (b).

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'e ADDRESSEE LIST Mr. Cordell Reed Senior Vice President Commonwealth Edison Company P.O. Box 767 Chicago, Illinois 60690 Mr. David P. Hoffman Vice President of Nuclear Production Consumers Power Company 212 West Michigan Avenue Jackson, Michigan 49201 Mr. M. S. Tuckman Senior Vice President of Nuclear Generation Duke Power Company P.O. Box 33189 Charlotte, North Carolina 28242 Mr. John J. Taylor Vice President of Nuclear Power Electric Power Research Institute 1019 19th Street, N.W.

Suite 1000 Washington, D.C. 20036 Mr. Jerome H. Goldberg President of Nuclear Division '

Florida Power & Light P.O. Box 14000 Juno Beach, Florida 33408 ,

Mr. L. Dan Mears Gas-Cooled Reactor Associates 10240 Sorrento Valley Road Suite 300 San Diego, California 92121 i Mr., Corbin McNeill President and Chief Operating Officer Philadelphia Electric Company 2301 Market Street Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19101 1 l

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l Mr. George Hairston  !

Vice President and Chief Operating Officer

  • Southern Nuclear Operating Company 42 Inverness Center Parkway i Birmingham, Alabama 35242 l Mr. Oliver D. Kingsley Chief Nuclear Officer i Tennessee Valley Authority 400 N. Summit Hill Drive Knoxville, Tennessee 37902 i

Mr. Robert W. Keaten Vice President and Director of Technical Functions -i GPU Nuclear 1000 Interspace Parkway Parsippany, New Jersey 07054 Mr. William R. Campbell Senior Vice President of Nuclear Generation Carolina Power & Light P. O. Box 1551 Raleigh, North Carolina 27602-1551 Mr. E. E. Fitzpatrick Senior Vice President of i:uclear Generation American Electric Power Service Corporation 1 Riverdale Plaza Co'iumbus, Ohio 43215 Mr. Stephen B. Bram Vice President of Nuclear Power Consolidated Edison Company of New York 4 Irving Place New York, New York 10003 Mr. Ralph Beedle Executive Vice President of Nuclear Generation New York Power Authority  !

1633 Broadway New York, New York 10019 s  :

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< Mr. Gregory H. Rueger Senior Vice President and General Manager of Nuclear Power Pacific Gas & Electric Company 32nd Floor 77 Beale Street San Francisco, California 94106 Mr. Steven Miltenberger Vice President and Chief Nuclear Officer Public Service Electric & Gas Company MCT-4B P.O. Box 570 Newark, New Jersey 07101 Mr. Bill Cahill Group Vice President of Nuclear Licensing Texas Utilities Electric Company 3 Mail Stop 1900 - BT 2001 Bryan Tower Dallas, Texas 75201 Mr. Robert Lindk Vice President of Nuclear Power Wisconsin Electric Power Company Mail Code P314 P.O. Box 2046 Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201-2046 Mr. William F. Countiss Senior Vice President Oak Ridge Associated Universities P.O. Box 117 Oak Ridge, TN 37831-00117 Mr. Sherwood H. Smith, Jr.

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer '

Carolina Power and Light Company P.O. Box 1551 i Raleigh, North Carolina 27602 Mr. Joseph Santucci Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) 3412 Hillview Avenue ,

Palo Alto, California 94303

'Mr. Gerri Eisenberg.

Secretary, American Society of Mechanical Engineers Boiler and Pressure Vessel Committee ASME Headquarters 345 East 47th. Street New York, New York 10017 Mr. Pat Murphy American Nuclear Society 10 Floor 370 L' Enfant Promenade Washington, D.C. 20024 Mr. James E. Thomas Incoming Chief of Nuclear Power Engineering Committee Institute of Electronic and Electrical Engineers Duke Power Company 4900 Concord Road, Mail Stop CN040 York, South Carolina 29745-Mr. Dan Becker Washington Director of Energy Programs Sierra Club 408 C Street, NE Washington, DC 20002 Mr. Tom Cochran Natural Resource Defense Council 1350 New York Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20005 Mr. Tom Clements Greenpeace 1436 U Street, NW Washington, DC 20009 Dr. A. W. Trivelpiece Director Oak Ridge National Laboratory P.O. Box 2008 Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831

.. Mr. J. C. Okeson General Manager Idaho National Engineering Laboratory EG&G Idaho, Inc.

P.O. Box 1625 l Idaho Falls, Idaho 83415 l

Mr. N. P. Samios Director Brookhaven National Laboratory ,

!- Associated Universities, Inc.

! Upton, New York 11973 Mr. Albert Narath President Sandia National Laboratories P.O. Box 5800 Albuquerque, New Mexico 87185-5800 Mr. Siegfried S. Hecker Director Los Alamos National Laboratory University of California P.O. Box 1663 Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545 Dr. Alan Schriesheim Director Argonne National Laboratory 9700 South Cass Avenue Argonne, Illinois 60439 Mr. John H. Nuckolls Director Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory University of California 7000 East Avenue P.O. Box 808, L-1 Livermore, California 94550 Mr. Roger McCandless General Electric Nuclear Mail Code 781 175 Curtner Avenue San Jose, California 95125 1

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Mr. Joseph Quirk -

General Electric Nuclear Mail Code 782 175 Curtner Avenue San Jose, California 95125 Mr. Robert C. Berglund ,

General Electric Company Building J, Room 1020 175 Curtner Avenue San Jose, California 95125 Mr. George Davis ABB-Combustion Engineering 1000 Prospect Hill Road Windsor, Connecticut 06095 Mr. Howard Brusche Westinghouse Electric Corporation Energy Center Room 4648, Mail Stop ECE-4-31 4350 Northern Pike Monroeville, Pennsylvania 15146 Ms. Salma El-Safwany Project Manager GT-MHR and ALMR DOE Oakland Operations Office 1301 Clay Street' Room 700N Oakland, California 94612-5208 Mr. George Bramblett Director GT-MHR-NE Program General Atomics MS15-128 P. O. Box 85608 San Diego, California 92186-9784 f

Mr. Walter Parker Stone & Webster Engineering Company 245 Summer Street

' Boston, Massa'chusetts 02107

. Mr. Sten Caspersson l Project Manager Commercial GT-MHR i Combustion Engineering i 1000 Prospect Hill Road Windsor, Connecticut 06095 l

Mr. Ray Mills '

Director GT-MHR Plant Design Control Office 3206 Tower Oaks Boulevard Suite 300 Rockville, Maryland 20852 Mr. Phil Rittenhouse Director, GT-MHR Programs Oak Ridge National Laboratory P. O. 2009, Building 4500-S Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831-8038 Mr. James E. Quinn Manager, ALMR Projects General Electric Company -

175 Curtner Avenue, M/C 465 San Jose, California 95125-1088 Mr. Sunil Ghose Project Engineering Manager Bechtel National Incorporated 50 Beale Street San Francisco, California 94119 Dr. Yoon Chang ,

General Manager, IFR Program '

Argonne National Laboratory (East) 1 9700 South Cass Avenue Argonne, Illinois 60439 Dr. Alan E. Waltar Manager of Nuclear Applications i Westinghouse Hanford Company )

P. O. Box 1970  :

Richland, Washington 99352 '

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Mr. James Hooper Deputy Area Manager

} U.S. Department of Energy  !

L Argonne Area Office i 9800 South Cass Avenue Argonne, Illinois 60439 t

Mr. Rod Almquist U.S. Department of Energy Richland Field Office P. O. Box 550 Richland, Washington 99352 l

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! Dr. James White Technical Director of LMR/ LWR Programs Oak Ridge National Laboratory I&C Division, Bldg. 3500, M/S 6009 Oak Ridge, Tennessee 27831-6009 l

Dr. Gail Marcus U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission PDAR-llD23 )

Washington, D.C. 20555-0001 l

Martha Cass  !

U.S. Department of Energy Oak Ridge Operations Office P.O. Box 2001 Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831 M. Douglas Todd Battelle Corporation 901 D Street, Southwest Suite 900 Washington, D.C. 20024-2115 Mr. Mark Holt Congressional Research Service LM-423 Library of Congress Washington, D.C. 20540-7450 Mr. Felix M. Killar, Jr.

' Director, Nuclear Programs U.S. Council for Energy Awareness 1776 I' Street, Northwest Suite 400 Washington, D.C. 20006-2495 '

4 Mr. Robert D. Pollard Union of Concerned Scientists 1616 P Street, Northwest Suite 310 Washington, D.C. 20036 Mr. Gary L. Vine Electric Power Research Institute 2000 L Street, Northwest Suite 805 Washington, D.C. 20036 Dr. Peter B. Ulrich Cassini Program Manager National Aeronautics and Space Administration Code SSED, NASA Headquarters Washington, D.C. 20546 Mr. Bill Magavern Director Critical Mass Energy Project Public Citizen Company 215 Pennsylvania Avenue, Southeast Washington, D.C. 20003 Ms. Jennifer A. Schafer Van Fleet, Metzner & Meredith 499 South Capitol Street, Southwest Suite 520 Washington, D.C. 20003 Mr. Richard A. Becker Manager, Nuclear Energy Projects General Electric Nuclear Energy 12300 Twinbrook Parkway Suite 315 Rockville, Maryland 20852 Mr. M. Tsutsumi Power Reactor and Nuclear Fuel Development Corporation 2600 Virginia Avenue, Northwest Suite 715 Washington, D.C. 20037 Mr. Patrick MacDonald Executive Director Advanced Reactor Corporation SCS Building,, Room 518 ARC Bin B854 Post Office Box 2625 Birmingham, Alabama 35202

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