ML20134L001

Responds to Recipient 850615 Request to CC Kammerer for Status Rept on Plant.Sser Will Be Issued Following Receipt of Plant Mods Responsive to NRC Comments & Comments from Intervenor

ML20134L001
Person / Time
Site:	Comanche Peak
Issue date:	08/22/1985
From:	Dircks W NRC OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR OPERATIONS (EDO)
To:	Bentsen L SENATE
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ML20134L006	List: ML20134L001 ML20134L024
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United States Senator i 961 Federal Building Austin, Texas 78701

Dear Senator Bentsen:

t This .is in response to your letter of July 15, 1985, to Mr. Carlton C. Kammerer, Director, Office of Congressional Affairs, requesting a status report on the Comanche Peak Nuclear Power Plant, and the letter of your constituents Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Bashaw who expressed concern about comments made in a newspaper article regarding the licensability of Comanche Peak. -

As construction of the Comanche Peak Steam Electric Station (CPSES) Unit I was ,

nearing completion, numerous concerns were raised on both design and construc-tion of the plant. Primarily, these concerns were raised through 1) issues in contention before the NRC's Atomic Safety and Licensing Board (ASLB), 2) the staff's review of technical concerns and allegations regarding design and con-struction of the plant which are documented in Supplemental Safety Evaluation Reports, and 3) Cygna Energy Services who performed an Independent Assessment Program of design and construction at Comanche Peak.

Following identification of these concerns, the applicants prepared and sub-mitted to the NRC staff for review, portions of a program plan which applicants l propose to implement for resolution of all existing or future issues raised by  ;

external sources (e.g. ASLB hearings, NRC, Cygna, etc.). The NRC staff has completed its initial review of the programatic aspects of the portions of ,

the Comanche Peak Program Plan submitted to date and finds those portions of

• the plan to be comprehensive in scope and to provide a structure capable of I addressing existing issues and future issues identified by external sources. ,

The plan also contains applicants' comitment to a set of self-initiated programs intended to demonstrate the adequacy of design and construction of the Comanche Peak Project. The staff's evaluation of the plan has identified certain programatic concerns which have been forwarded to the applicants and intervenor. The staff will also be providing coments on specific issues .

being addressed in the plan. Following receipt of (1) plan modifications responsive to staff comments on both programmatic aspects and specific issues, (2) the remaining portions of the plan, and (3) coments from the intervenor, '

the staff will finalize its evaluation and findings in a Supplemental Safety Evaluation Report.

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. The Honorable Lloyd Bentsen The ASLB hearings have been deferred at the request of both the applicants and the staff until the applicants can appropriately respond to the outstanding technical questions on construction and design. The applicants have filed their management plan for resolution of all issues in the ASLB hearings. The interve-nor and the staff have responded to the applicants' management plan. Hearings will resume on a schedule to be developed after the Board reaches a conclusion regarding the management plan and on the matters to be litigated in the hearing. The applicants' schedule indicates all plant modifications should be completed by the second quarter of 1986.

Construction of Comanche Peak Unit 2 is approximately 75% complete and the applicants expect to be completed by January 1987.

We trust that this status on the licensing of Comanche Peak will be helpful to .

you and your constituents. Let us know should you need further information. I Sincerely, (tlptgWilliam1.O William J. Dircks Executive Director for Operations

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This is in response to yo\ ur letter of July ,15 1985, to Mr. Carlton C. Kammerer, Director, Office of Congres'sional Affairs,/ req,uesting a status report on the Comanche Peak Nuclear Power PJant, and the letter of your constituents Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Bashaw who expressAd concern about coments made in a newspaper article regarding the licensea6 ity of/ Comanche Peak.

As construction of the Comanche Peak Steam Electric Station (CPSES) Unit I was nearing completion, numerous concerns /were raised on both design and construc-tion of the plant. Primarily, thesd concerns were raised through 1) issues in contentionbeforetheNRC'sAtomicp(af,etyandLicensingBoard(ASLB),2)the staff's review of technical concerrys and allegations regarding design and con-struction of the plant which are documented in Supplemental Safety Evaluation Reports, and 3) Cygna Energy Services whosperformed an Independent Assessment j

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Following identification of thes/e concerns,'he t applicants prepared and sub-mitted to the NRC staff for review, a program' plan which includes resolution of all issues raised by external / sources (e.g. ASLB hearings, NRC, Cygna, etc.),

as well as a set of self-ini$1ated actions. Thex NRC staff has completed its initial review of the programatic aspects of the\ portions of the Comanche Peak Program Plan submitted to da'te and find those portions of the plan to be compre-hensive in scope and to provide a structure capablei o f addressing all existing issues and any future issuns identified by external sources. The plan also contains applicants' comm/tment to a set of self-initiated programs intended to demonstrate the adequacy /of design and construction of'the Comanche Peak Project.

Thestaff'sevaluationoftheplanhasidentifiedcertainprogrammaticconcerns which have been forwarded to the applicants and intervenor. The staff will also be providing comments on specific issues being addressed in the plan.

Following receipt of (1) plan modifications responsive to staff comments on both programatic aspects and specific issues, (2) the remaining portions of the plan, and (3) comments from the intervenor, the staff will finalize its evalu-ation and findings in a Supplemental Safety Evaluation Report.

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The Honorable Lloyd Bentsen The ASLB hearings have been deferred at the request of both the applicants and the staff until the applicants can appropriately respond to the outstanding technical questions on construction and design. The applicants have filed their management plan for resolution of all issues in the ASLB hearings. The interve-nor and the staff have responded to the applicants' management plan. Hearings will resume when the Board fonnally expresses its decision regarding the manage-ment plan and on the matters to be litigated in the hearing. The applicants' schedule indicates all plant modifications should be completed by the second quarter of 1986.

t Construction of Comanche Peak Unit 2 is approximately 75% complete and the applicants expect to be completed by January 1987.

We trust that this status on the licensing of Comanche Peak will be helpful to you and your constituents. Let us know should you need further information.

Sincerely, William J. Dircks Executive Director for Operations

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Construction of Comanche Peak Unit 2 is appro ately 75% complete and the applicants expect to be completed by Janua 1987.

We trust that this status on the lic ing of Comanche Peak will be helpful to you and your constituents. Let u now should you need further information.

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DOC DT: 07/15/85 SEN. LLOYD BENTSEN (l'  % FINAL REPLY:

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ENCLOSES ARTICLE FROM H. L. B N RE COMANCHE DENTON PEAK AND REQUESTS AN UP-DATED STATUS REPORT ON GCUNNINGHAM COMANCHE PEAK DATE: 07/29/85 94 M ASSIGNED TO: 3ptt M Q CONTACT: .iRMikfis M N SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS OR. REMARKS:

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