ML20128Q745
| ML20128Q745 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Callaway, 05000000 |
| Issue date: | 12/07/1984 |
| From: | Asselstine J NRC COMMISSION (OCM) |
| To: | Steinmeier W MISSOURI, STATE OF |
| Shared Package | |
| ML20128Q694 | List:
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| References | |
| FOIA-84-354, FOIA-84-355, FOIA-84-356, FOIA-85-354, FOIA-85-355, FOIA-85-356 NUDOCS 8507270043 | |
| Download: ML20128Q745 (1) | |
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T NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
,j., o,E y, g WASHIN GTON, D.C. 20555 Q*.Gff OFFICE OF THE CoMMIS$10NER December 7, 1984 Chairman William D. Stcinneier Missouri Public Service Comission Post Office Box 360 Jefferson City, MO 65102
Dear Chairman Steirmeier:
I enjoyed meeting with you in Los Angeles last weck.
As I mentioned to you, prior te receiving your letter, I had been under the impression that the Pisscuri Public Service Commission had implercnted an incentive program to ersure that Callercy l.' nit I would be completed at an early date.
I now realize that the economic incentives for early ccmpletion arise from the procedural posture of tFe rtte case rather than from such an incentive prcgram.
I was heartened by the efforts you described in your letter to reduce any potential negative safety impact of your rate-setting procedures in the Callaway case. As I mentioned in my remarks to the NARUC annual convention, I think that state utility regulators should be sensitive to the potential for creating safety disincentives in the rate-setting process, whether through speci#ic incentive regulation programs or by virtue of the operation of the rate-setting process itself.
While I appreciate the confidence you expressed in NRC's safety regulation, I nust tell you that I continue to be leery of e# forts to speed up plant construction.
Ever urder the best of circumstances, our inspectors can only audit a fraction of the work done by the utility end its contractors.
In ny view, plants are particularly vulnerable during the final stages of construction, when preoperational testing end adjustment are carried out.
Flease do not hesitate to let me kncu if I can be of any assistance in this er ary other matter.
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