ML20070R445
| ML20070R445 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Clinch River |
| Issue date: | 07/30/1982 |
| From: | Coughlin L, Udall M, Wolpe H HOUSE OF REP. |
| To: | Gilinsky V, Palladino N, Roberts T NRC COMMISSION (OCM) |
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| FOIA-82-516 NUDOCS 8302030029 | |
| Download: ML20070R445 (4) | |
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20515 July 30, 1982 The Honorable Nunzio J. Palladino The Honorable James K. Asselstine Chairman Commissioner
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Nuclear Regulatory Commission Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C.
20555 Washington, D.C.
20555 The Honorable Victor Gilinsky The Honorable John F. Ahearne Commissioner Commissioner Nuclear Regulatory Commission Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C.
20555 Washington, D.C.
20555 The Honorable Thomas F.
Roberts Commissioner Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C.
20555 Re:
Clinch River Breeder Reactor Project Docket No. 50-537 (Section 50.12 Recuest)
Gentlemen:
We are writing to urge you to deny the July 1,198'2 riquest from the Department of Energy for an emergency exemption from Nuclear Regulatory Commission ' licensing procedures which wnuld al. low the Department to conduct site preparation activities for the Clinch River Breeder Reactor Project prior to the issuance of a construc-tion permit or limited work authorization.
The Department has provided no new signifigant evidence in support of this request since the Commission first denied it in March and then rejected its reconsideration in May of this year.
9 In his letter to the Commission of July 1, 1982, Acting Secretary W.
Kenneth Davis claims that approval of the exemption would result in a 6 to 12 month acceleration of the project which would yield programmatic and informational benefits, as well as savings for the American taxpayer.
These claims raise two questions which must be closely examined.
E First, can it be demonstrated tnat a 6 to 12 month acceleration of E ' the Clinch River project would result in signifigant benefits and 5
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