ML20140A610

Informs That Board of Directors Adopted Preservation Plan Which Will Significantly Reduce Level of Repair Spending for Plant & Preserves Option to Restart While Board Considers Whether Plant Should Be Permanently Shut Down

ML20140A610
Person / Time
Site:	Maine Yankee
Issue date:	05/27/1997
From:	Sellman M Maine Yankee
To:	Shirley Ann Jackson, The Chairman NRC COMMISSION (OCM)
References
MN-97-71, MSB-97-32, NUDOCS 9706040314
Download: ML20140A610 (2)

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MaineYankee RE LI A B L E,E L E C I AICIT Y SINCE 1Q72 329 Bath Road Michael B. Sellman Brunswick. Maine 04011 President (207) 798-4100 May 27,1997 MN-97-71 MBS-97-32 UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Chairman Shirley A. Jackson Mail Stop O-16 GIS One White Flint North 11555 Rockville Pike Rockville MD 20852-2738

References:

(a) License No. DPR-36 (Docket No. 50-309)

Dear Chairman Jackson:

i Despite best efforts, the future operation of Maine Yankee is in doubt.

4 Today the Maine Yankee Board of Directors adopted a preservation plan which will significantly reduce the level of repair spending for the plant. The plan preserves the option to restart while the Board considers whether the plant should be permanently shut down. The Board also continues to pursue the possibility that another energy company might be interested in buying Maine Yankee.

Let me assure you that funding necessary for plant safety remains. We are committed to maintaining all staff and operations necessary for the safety and integrity of the site.

Both your staff and ours have invested considerable effort directed at restoring Maine Yankee. Through that effort we have made substantial progress and improvement. In that regard, I would particularly like to commend John Zwolinski, Dan Dorman, Rich Conte and Jimi Yerokun for their constructive, positive and objective approach to regulation in a difficult situation.

I will keep you informed of further developments.

') LO O Sincerely,

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Commissioner Kenneth C. Rogers  !

j Commissioner Greta J. Dieus l

? Commissioner Nils J.Diaz i

! Commissioner Edward McGaffigan, Jr. I Mr. Edward L. Jordan, Director, Office for Analysis & Evaluation of Operational Data j Mr. James M. Taylor, Executive Director for Operations j Mr. Leonard J. Callan, Regional Administration, Region IV  !

l Mr. Frank J. Miraglia, Acting Director of NRR i

Mr. Hugh L. Thompson, Jr., Deputy Executive Director for Nuclear Material , j i

Safety / Safeguards and Operations Supports i j Mr. Hubert J. Miller, Administrator, Region I Mr. Ellis Mershoff, Region II, Deputy Director, Division of Reactor Projects '

i Mr. Samuel L. Collins, Deputy Regional Administration, Region IV i

! Mr. John A. Zwolinski, Deputy Director of Reactor Projects

' l Mr. J. T. Yerokun, NRC Resident Inspector  !

Mr. D. H. Dorman, NRC Project Manager j Mr. Uldis Vanags, State Nuclear Safety Advisor {

F Mr. Patrick J. Dostie, State Nuclear Safety Inspector

Honorable Angus King, Govemor, State of Maine ,

Thomas M. Allen, Congressman

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