ML20115A493
| ML20115A493 | |
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| Site: | Indian Point  |
| Issue date: | 09/17/1971 |
| From: | Luce C CONSOLIDATED EDISON CO. OF NEW YORK, INC. |
| To: | Schlesinger J US ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION (AEC) |
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| NUDOCS 9210140336 | |
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The Honorable James R. Schlesinger Chairman U.S. Atomic Energy Commission Washington, D.C.
20545 Dear Cnaiman Schlesinger I deeply appreciate your willingness to have heard my plea that' the general regulations of the Atomic Energy coinmission be amended to assure, so far as possible, that Indian Point-
- 2 will be available for-the summer of 1972; l
and that, in addition, the commission call a top level conference of all parties and concerned agencies to sock agreement on special procedures. in the Indian Point #2 operating license case that would accomplish this objective.
It remains our belief that, unless Indian Point #2 is available next summer, the proba-bility of a major power emergency in New York City and Westchester County is very high.
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means that, if such a dangerous exposure is to be avoided, whatever regulations or special procedures are adopted should-make it possible for Indian Point #2 to go critical not later-than January 1, 1972, and proceed thereafter without licensing delay through a continuous
' testing period lto substantially full' operation.
Such a testing period will require, we estimate, a'mut six months af ter thc' date of criticality.
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i 2-In our discussion on Septc:nber 15, a question was raised whether the State of New York and the city of New York had publicly recognized the gravity of the powcr supply situation and i
j the necessity for special procedures to expedite Indian Point #2.
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this question to the appropriate State officials, and we enclose clippings from various area newspapers which reflect press understanding
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of the City's position.
We also enclose re-prints of recent editorial com. ment on the Indian Point 42 situation from three of the four daily newspapers which have large circula-tion in New York City u
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Unexpect:Jiy cool weather has spared New York City r..:ijor bre:.hdowt.s in its elecitical power supply thus Ist t;ls sum ner. Det pwer cuts and fallures remt.in t.
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constatt threat un;il adequate c:.pacity can be tsaa:cd
'h throu;.h r.ctivation,of new generators. Putchase of pavect j
fnam o.her sources bec0mes increasin;ly difflet.h now th:.t the si ort ;c has become a national proh: era. !.ne ;l 4
p!ar.ts t.re oMolescent :.nd overburdencd. D!; Al;ie. is b:ina nursed silon;. but at the cost of runnin; the giant j
generator r.t less than full c:pacity.
All th.se fartnrs have given special urgerry to Con.
halid..ted I.l.wn's effvels to nctivate.w sooa 4.s p.m j
3,ible 1ts sicarly comp'eted second nue car power p'..ait i
st Ir.dian Point in Westchester Count). The f.cihty..
heing built under a constructic.a liccasa pante:: by
- the Atomic Ener;y Commission in -1N3. would not.
m.!!y hr.vc r(ceived its operating Ucense.h tSc c;n.
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.ciation of at senes of public hearm;s now in. their fa.21
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i That s:bedule, however, has been upset by r.cs delays and uncertalatics. As an aftermath of a. court ru!!r.;
in the c:sc of another nucicar plant la Daltimore. the i
commission has issued new re;ulations and Vil: follow these with revised environmentt.! guiddines, on n
'r.ational basis, the new approach should prove helpful 4
in keep'n; the AIC from H;toct!n; cco c;ict.1 safe.
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for an expedacd schedule of hearm;s ur.dcr the r.ew puidellaes, to be followed by en interim Ucense to operc.tc at 20 per. cent of the new phmt's capacity.
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, obstruction, without sacrificing safety. The city % asers 4 f oi ciectric power. including virtually alt its vital serv.ecs.
cannat indefiniteiy rely oa a source of supply kept func.
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. !nedeft.tten of fatitu.tes,by.'jl'.t%erra C11D. ica anel ptrtly because t.!! the generators worked.
has spearacand m.ny batt!cs a;uu ncw pentrat-
'. Bat just because we were lucky th!s 1;me doesn't 'ing plants, and the AEC, which has u;ually ' pat
' rnean the energy crisis is any ! css serious. If ny. power fint r.nd environment l'ast,if nt all.
thin;;. It is worse and will co!ninue to worsen until 71.c Sierra Club plans a reappraisal of its pos!Gcn there is raore power. That's whypprp.q;3,C) sonst.wht rtJs.Wi(W' Atomic Erlergy Cocam.iW"h tnd hns ca;1ed a inceting of its !caders with other J
- 3 C.y icnth; tientd to galchly, wind t.p'ho c; @ consumer and conschatton groups to sech s "re b<w.n.n md rem'T n m...
- ..a d, Hs ne#ing.Jtic" nationwide appronch to the encrpy controv: sy.
f f'olnt.fic.in.icicar.pl.pn c n ;A..lu isc:s!5iU The club, which hn pLyed n vital rota in protectina i
kiJ.T*?.M1 a.reaftr.:11c'and,v?.(1jc'ypi'QQy..the er.vironment f rom governmental r nd priv.itc despoilers, has,mdicated that tt w31 settic for d3Ill.'.IUf G ne.hgantChe Str.tc Env,rormentalConservanen Dcpartment has cert!fied that the "
more power can be demonart.tec' Dan Rosenber;.
. facility will not violate wi.tcr standtrds. Now theAEC must dec:de some additional environ only opposed to b;ind progren: not pic;rcss itsoif."
issues and verify that the p!r nt will meet all rad!o, Da the othcr hand, the new AEC ch:.irman, Lt.
logical 5:;fety and health standards.
James *t. SchlW.npr, has t.ald he sccks :. 'cetter While the environraental issues must ;'ct the
' closest'stratiny, chT!'MKddi'-in3rChf?:5, relstiencip with the conservatic.nists and wi;l hsue revised re;uhtions fcr m. ticar power plaras. "We LW5GaifMle 16a;gc. tina t;nJ mapH3t.
lng!!c:f.se be gnnted one'c.th64.fetyls deltrn'8.Q intend to be in n position to be more respom.isc
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proups as well as other raembers of the paht;c. At 4abjw.
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' np. fic'h st.ra;,ng..wouia abodIde".compiG"qthe same time, we are also examinin; stcra that
- dnthie nnother b73,rXN lrilo_wem d;; y]op;.fr3,can be taken to reconelle a proper reptd for the i
for twelin:: the 47hM.h*t,J.tKc calls "the _cgett1 rg:;g.gg environment with the necessitynation's growin;; requ iThe use of the new plant yould not only save
'on a timely basis."
the company-and therefore its ct.stomers---seme Sach recognition of the nation'8 ne:ds oad the
,54 million a month, but it will permit Coa Ed to respons'hihties of :pvernment r.nd the pubh sh:uid
. reduce usa;c of its older facilitics.
help ccd ll.a impar.se that has brou;ht tJcnct de
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Even the opening of the Indian Point facility and the controversial expansion of the Raver.swood. power cnsis.
plant will not satisfy our rc; ion's appa.cntly
. ins:.tlabic demand for energy. The Storm King Mountain nuclear plant, which will increato Con Ed's capachy by 2 million kilowatts if and when it is cver built, would go a lon;t way toward meet-ing the demand. But therraonuclear fusion remains a clouded c;uestion, is it the safest, etennest, most
'cificient source of e!cetticity that sch:nce now can
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The ecmmission on Friday l,
. ordetect the Indian Point and 95 :
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pending resiew of their possible effects.
In a P!!er to the cemmission.
Miltor, Musicus, chairman of
' thw gro>p and City Municloal Sernce Administrator. reportedt 1 the followwg developments:
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%The 525.033. kilowatt Bow.
Itine Point project has been de.
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, facturtr of its turbine, so thati "there is now serious doubt as.
4 to v hether the plant can be on sthe Ime as of its scheduled op*! !
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mtion date of 1972. The ce ment vestercev ur.til it couldl 4
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fired generatmg unit is bemg;;'get a full text'of the new teha Imilt jointly by Consolidated H!ations. The utth;V had c I j'dison and Orange and Rock.; joperatih:tered on Aug.16 to accept an;
. land l'tilities. with two thirds Ocense for the Vir.;
or its output slated for Con
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( subj,ect to revocation :n case off GThe million kilowatt Dig Al.'.a new environmental resiew. l i
. lis generator at Rat ensv. cod.'
Tre commissen tromised to, iQueens, has been " shut down. consider whether e;eration of for maintenance cierv v'eekend a plant durin: a review mt;htI
. bs August thus far' because of,. foreclose design Cnanges, and!
" vibration of the insin shaft' De-what tre costs of delay would
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and it *will not be cons:dcred.
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cornplete ovi rNul" through ore Au:ast. 'e(kendl Ar. Musieurs letter, dated but had been taken e.ff the kne last Taesday, was sent lefere a: sin this w eekend for "obret.
the Atomic Energy Comm;suon va tion."
I on - Friday bowed to Federal.*
Mr. Musicus said in his ap.
court orders and called for new peal that the peak electric de.1 reports M the thermal. pods...r".Ind for next summer herel tion effe:ts of 95 new and.wouH grow to S.$50.030 kilo.
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rending nuclear plants. in:ludaiwatts, with a possibil:ty that aing !ndian Pmn: No. 2....];393.000 could ba purchasedi,
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t>,tr.)ssion. >!usicos utred that
[%[. h.gp* r hg}f 1I ge apj act prompti " on vor Ed a pending license or In.
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dien Point 2 because, he s id. It dq ta
is needed to asert a power erb
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31 ore rau. **11 in Auri. than
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In stic etber n ath i A years, 6 rnan of 3!ayor Lindsay's Interr!..
the National %. '.er Service vartmer.tal Ccmmittee cr. Public reported yeste aN Rainfall
', Utilities, said that the unreliabil latt me nth t.aled U.Ainches.
- Ity of Elr Allis, the ut!!ity's which-is 4 inches at,c Q os.
2 al. A t' 41 of S.x inches 1 1,000 megawatt unit in Queens, last * : day anii Saturday,N 1 1.t0 intnes dumped tg
- was one reason why indian Pe nt i
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t Con Ei! is to provide the peak
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' demsnd of E.550 megawatts fort-
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chanan, N.Y., is operatit.c. >!u.
lle said Big Al!Is has been sleus said.
4~ahut down eeerr weekerd this
.T!unirus said that Con Ed had un m it.as ben, unsn.
. nonth for rumintenance work and ter4M in buyine rnere power for will r.ot be considered reliable' nut year and that a strike will until it is completely overhauled.. <! clay ti.e openinr of the 525 meg.
',This cannot be done until Indisn. swatt Bowline Po' int plant which
'. Point 2, a 673.merawatt nuclear j had besa scheduled for early riest
, owered f.er.eratir';. plant in Bu. year.
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@d power p. ant built shortly, the city will face a serious-on 1
power crisis in 1972.
Musicus said 33 of Con Ed's generating units are ob-solete and unreliabic tr.achines" and that the Dig Allis generator in P,avenswood continues to give trouble and has to be shut down for tnalntenance every weekend.
, The AEC is studying environtnental effects of the
{ proposed second nuclear power plant end Musicus urged lt to give top priority consideration to the plan.
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couldn't se<' where we can A spxtesmen for Abrams
_? draw on th0 Authocity's pre. critichiI.lusicut' hack of ca.
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r t%;m:..pmver problerad. en million kilowatts." 11e said Desphe L:nds.ay's call for nc.
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4 day ru;cd ov.t any Iramediate the agency sectned best able rotle.t'ent, "the Nayor stu:
court nchon t: force the to hr.!p so ve the c;ty's power seems 1 asical'y uncommitted
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.1; tate Power Authority to prols:cmd, "mainly on it long. to a a", orc.as and $N ieus
'sdl the city 2.8 inillion kno. term bas.b.
light to t.ccuve puhW pow er
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Musicus, who is t.lso city for.New York City " the tri:ity.
Municipal Serv! es :.dminib spokec.an s:Jd.
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l!(vor l! wo;'d nud ap; nova; T rs ' w.th secondt.ry n nds 4
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capable of turn!ng out power statemcnt ha,ued after :'es+
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Mayor Lindsay vrged tropnd the clock, t s contrast, terday's mccting said, "wn!!c
. tuesday that the city be;!n ed to peak load fac;i!!y which. the Authority is tmmous to negotiations to bu>> electri, operatc3 only during hours copperr.te it it unfertunate of heavy power deraand[.nir' th:.1 there is htt!c cencein' j
alty from the Foret Author.
The city can now t,ar Ing which we can t.egotiate."
, ity. And yesterday Musicus Ier PASXY ' e I e e t ri c1 I' N * "*'**"~'** P "U*L started the 1,argainin** by ihanks to a contreet, pushed
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meoting with authority by Drom Dorough President 4-chairman James Fittpatrick.
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But Abrams wanted that promise, because he believed cral law to a portion of the the city was entitled by fed.
i-ciectricity now reacrated by the Authority. Federal law, Abrams said.gives c:t:es pref.
for tc t power over other customers.
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. rtitics, New York CMy bhould
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.' go to court if necmany to get its share. IIe ewlimated that because PASNY is n l
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Continued trouble with the h
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O 31ilten blus!cus, chairman
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.inegawatts for the surnmer of 1972.
We are advised by Con Edison that its 2000mega-watt unit. Big Altis,'has con.
tlnued to expcrience vibra.
tion of the main shaft of the h3gh pressure machlt.c." 31u.
sleus said in a letter to James Schier,lnger, AEC chaftman.
Weekend Shutdown
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. Tnis unit will no; be consid-cred rcliable until it under.
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goes a complete overhaut"
%!usicus said that tecause Con Ed had insufficient gen.
- erating capacity, it could not extensively overhaul " Big Al.
lis" until Indian Point No. O was in service.
Also citir.g the inability of Con Ed to buv ndditiogfa t
power,, *FTIWs rcid th-withtV!the 1+ n-J nue?r:ttr plar : ' ? c::
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The AEC hnids hearicts on '
bility of Corn Ed's " Big Allis" all requests for construction generator tn Queens as one of
'the reasons the second nuclear licenses but ho:ds tcanngs on operattng Ikecses only when plant shoit!d be liecosed by the there is op;os. tion, the spAes '
commission.
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equate to me<t the anticipated demand of 8.55 milhon kilo-
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ison that its 1.000 megawatt 1
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' ' chine." he said in a letter to JameA Schleuinger. AEC chairman.
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This unit wDI not be consid-tred reliable untilit undergoes a comp;cte mer.ba.u.l."
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S ep t er.:b er 24, 1971 07 ".. e.,.
a lir. Peter II. F1&nigen As si c t an t to the President The Uhite liouse Washington, D. C. 20500
Dear Pete:
Confireing our recent telephone conversation, I an enclosing a "chite paper" prepared by Commonwenith Edison in connection wi th the urgent need to go foruard uith the '-
licensing on four of the very ]crge necicar plants that are ready to go on the line.
The plcats in question are Palisades 1 ouned by Censumers Po,:er, Qund Cities 1 orned by Cor monucal th Edison, Poin t Decch 1 crned by Misconsin '.*1chigan Pouer Compcny and Indian Point 2 ouned by Consolidated Edison of New York.
Also enclosed is a copy of a 1cgn). opinion prepared by 'the Coconuecith Edison lacycrs, uhich states the case for it.cediate action by the AEC.
Dest ret;nrds.
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