ML20087B269
| ML20087B269 | |
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| Site: | Crane  |
| Issue date: | 12/12/1983 |
| From: | Gaydos J, Kolter J, Murphy A HOUSE OF REP. |
| To: | Gillinsky V, Palladino N, Roberts T NRC COMMISSION (OCM) |
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| Download: ML20087B269 (2) | |
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o Congressof tfjehitebfatatest Moi:Se of Representatibed Elastinston, D.C. 20515 December 12, 1983 Th? Honorable Nunzio Palladino, Chairman The Honorable Victor GillirM.y, Commissioner The Honorable Thomas Pobeen, Commissioner The !!onorable James Ansels. tine, Commissioner The lionorable Fred Bernthal, Commissioner Nuclear Regul. tory Commission 1717 H Street, NW 3
Washington, DC 20555 Gentlemen:
As elected representatives of Pennsylvania, we are extremely concerned about the protracted time period for resolution of the issues surrounding Three Mile Island Unit I restart.
It is our understanding that the Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff recommended on December 5 that TMI Unit I be permitted to restart and operate at a reduced power level pending the outcome of ongoing investigations of management competence and integrity. Staff has based its recommendation on a number of studies in your possession concerning GPU Nuclear's new management as it exists today. Obviously, this group of highly qualified professicaals believes the Commission has sufficient information to make a decision r.ow.
The initial decisions of the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board of 19S1 and 1982 which are favorable to restart, reports by the Institute of Nuclear Power Operations, NRC's own SALP team reviews, and the Alternative Approach propos'ed by GPU on November 28, 1983, provide an adequate basis upon which the Commission can make a decision on this issue.
We are asare also that Admiral H. G. Rickover recently concluded af ter several months of study of GPU Nuclear that "the corporation has the management competence and integrity to safely operate TMI I."
The assessment by Admiral Rickover and his team was conducted by reviewing numerous documents describing the management structure and its current performance; by inspecting TMI I and other facilities; by interviewing some 50 employees from GPU's Chairman to the operators; and by applying the principles of operation and related criteria to the information obtained.
In considering the question of allowing Unit 1 to resume operation, you of course should place primary emphasis on the ability of TMI 1 to be operated safely by the present management of GPU Nuclear. We also urge you to consider the cost of approximately $65 million per year to Pennsylvania's citizens when Unit 1 does not operate.
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We urge you to resolve this problem as expeditiously as is possible.
Delays ultimately hurt all parties. We understand you have a meeting scheduled for December 19, 1983 to discuss this subject.
Please advise us promptly after that date as to the status of this case.
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J hn P. Murtha, M. C.
N Ab Jos l 'h P. Kolter, M. C.
William F. Clinger, Jr'., M. C.
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Don Ritter, M. C.'
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