ML20129A653

Responds to Inquiry Re Licensing of Facility in West Feliciana Parish,La.Nrc in Final Stages of Reviewing Application for Ol.Number of Key Issues Need Resolution Before Decision on Issuance of OL Reached

ML20129A653
Person / Time
Site:	River Bend
Issue date:	05/21/1985
From:	Dircks W NRC OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR OPERATIONS (EDO)
To:	Bentsen L SENATE
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NUDOCS 8506040694
Download: ML20129A653 (2)

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The Honorable Lloyd Bentsen United States Senator 961 Federal Building Austin, Texas 78701

Dear Senator Bentsen:

This letter is in response to an inquiry to your office by Mr. Paul W. Murrill, Chairman of Gulf States Utilities, concerning the licensing of the River Bend Station, a nuclear plant in West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana.

The NRC staff is now in the final stages,of reviewing the application by Gulf States Utilities for an operating license for the River Bend Station.

Senior officials from Gulf States Utilities and the NRC staff met on March 26, 1985 to review progress on the River Bend Station application. The Director, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation and senior staff also met with Gulf States Utilities at the River Bend Site on May 13 and 14,1985 to assess the plant's readiness for an operating license. While a number of key issues remain to be resolved on the River Bend Station, the NRC staff is giving the appropriate priority to the applicant's request for a timely decision on issuance of an operating license.

The requisite staff resources to complete review of key licensing issues as

.'well as required.onsite inspections have been made available to issue an operating license for the River Bend Station just as soon as the plant's construction status and operational readiness warrants its issuance.

Sincerely, (Signe@ William J.Dircle William J. Dircks Executive Director for Operations

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