ML20148A899

FOIA Request for All Correspondence on or After 790328, Wherein Possibility of Delay of OL Proceedings Was Communicated to Parties Other than NRC

ML20148A899
Person / Time
Site:	Waterford
Issue date:	06/07/1979
From:	Irving S PUBLIC LAW UTILITIES GROUP
To:	Hendrie J NRC COMMISSION (OCM)
References
FOIA-79-217 NUDOCS 7908030418
Download: ML20148A899 (2)

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Doris Falkenheiner, Asistant Director CERTIFIED MAIL NO. 928216

' June 7, 1979 FREEDOM OP INFORMATION 1 ACT REQUEST Mr. Joseph Hendrie,. Chairman U.S. Nuclear' Regulatory Commission fdy,4 'M c)/7 '

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RE: ' Louisiana Power and Light Company - Waterford Steam Electric Station, Unit 3; Docket No. 50-382

Dear Mr. Hendrie:

I received a copy of a telegram on June 1 which was sent by Mr. James M. Wyatt, President of Louisiana Power and Light Company to you on May 25,-1979 at 6:30 p.m. (copy enclosed). The telegram asserts that

" the Commission is going to delay the above proceeding for a period of six months to complete the Three Mile Island investigation. The tele-Bram contains a vehement objection to this delay and makes an assertion as to its cost.

1 We are quite distressed that Louisiana Power and Light has been advised I of this delay and the intervenors were not privy to this discussion. i As best I can dotermine, there has been no formal notice of the pro- 1 posed' delay. I have discussed this situation with other intervenors and they, too, have heard protests from the respective applicant with-out any communication from the Commission as to any proposal for the i delay. It appears that in.those cases, also, there were communications which lawful intervenors' were not privy to.

.I request that the Commission notify me in writing as soon as possible of'any proposal to. delay this proceeding. I further request that the

.Commisslon- provide. me 'with copies, under the Freedom of Information Act, '

, 'of:a11 1etters, telegrams, memos, memorandums, notes of telephone calls,

.or meetings made,or: written on or after March 28,. 1979 wherein the  ;

possibility'of:a. delay in the'above. proceeding or in'any group of pro- I ceedings that'might include the above proceeding was communicated to any party, other than direct employees :o/ the Commission, specifically j

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TODAY THE.FOLLOWING. TELEORAM W@S SE'NT TO MEM9ERS OF THE

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i4 h "WE MAVP. AN URGENT SkTUATION'I LOUISTANA WHICH NEEDSLYOUT3 INDULGENCE IN THE FOt. LOWING DE AILS. AS Wt UNDERSTAND IT, THr. NUCLEAR REGULATONY COMMISS ON STAFF RE' COMMENDS THAT IT d ' C q OELAY PROCESSING AND THE.SU9SE UENT ISSUANCE OF'THE rPERATING LICENSE FOR 00RiWATEhFORD-1 NUCLE'AR UNIT .

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FOR A PER100 0F AN ADDIT 10NAL 4-MONTHS ANO GRAND GULF UNIT +

ONE IN MISSISSIPPI'FOR I -MONT 15 , DO H'[PARTOF THE MIDDLE' SOUTH UT ILI T IRS SYSTEM. .

IF THESE DEFERRALS 'h. E TO .9E APPROVED. NY .THE COMMISSION, A  !

Sil9SEQUFNT SHORTAGE 0F ELECTRI ENERGY WOULO OCCUR ON THE MIDDLE SOUTH tlTILITl FS SYSTEM N LOUISTANA. AftHANSAS AND '

PISSISSIPPI OllR I NG T 4R SUMMER CAH SEASONS.'IN 1981 AND 190 ANO COULO RESULT IN ALACHOUTS. a I '

THIS WOULO OCCUR AS; A E.SULT OF THE LOSS OF3 SONE 2160 ,

Fr0AWA TTS OF' MSU 94$ELrl AD C AP Ap t TY ' FOR WHICW WE MNOW O F. N O j

,5009CE OF. AroLACFMENT AT ThE PRESENT TIME. . WHY?

SIMPLY 9ECa;.3E THr NRC STAFFAhSORECOMMENDSTHEDELAY '

CF NUOLEAR UNITS IN. AREAS CONTINGUOUS TO LOUIS 1ANA AND THIS ..

Mr. ANS OUR USUAL SOUNCES OF REP ACEMENT ENERGY Wdul'D ALSO GE I, I IN DIRE CIRCUMSTANCES THROUGHOUT TH'E ENTIRE SOUTHERN REGION. I,

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OllRING THE STAFF'S OROPOSED DE'AY PE'R100, WE ESTIMATE THAT THE ,

i LDST NUCLrAR C APAq IkITY AND ENT.RGY WOULD REQUIRE THE' <

CONSUMPT ION OF AN ADDITIONAL 1 3,00h,000 BARRELS OF O IL IF, '

INORED, WE HAD SUFFICIENT FAC1  ! TIES T,0 ,9 URN OIL UNDER  ;

OUR 90fLERS. THE FUEL COST DIFTERENTIAL IN'T.HE TIMEFRAME {

09 1981 'p9 WOULD Ar AT 4 ta lN I 4U M , 5195,000,000 '

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THR GrL AYS NOW CONTEMPLATED 9Y THE STAFF WOULO A00, 9Y

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TURTHER, AS' WE ARE LED TO 3F:1 I' EVE . THE F 30N J '1 THE DE). A Y IN No WAY INVOLVES THE SAFETY OF ;T HE R F.S r r 'E l- NTS.

R A THrR , E DU.Asie 9Y 1 HE liEAVY PAPER-WORK LnA0 IMPOSRO THE P70POS ON THE STAFF FO nELA FOLl YS AR'09'- THREE ISUND THE ,

IriUSUALLY HEAVY DEMANDS ON T H E, ' TO ADDRESS ENDLESS CnNoarS3 gnNat agga rNe; AND I N D,I t 1 INGUIRIES.

THEREFORE, WE ARE CONFIDENT YOU h. 3'< N I ZE THAT IF NRC IS L INo rR S TA F F r 0 TO MrET }T3 PRESEpi WCitkLOAD, Tite ANSWER TO THE MonLEM IS NO T A DEFERRAL OF LjlCENSING PROCEDURES, BUT RATHER, THF IMMEDI ATr 400!T ION OF SliFF lC I ENT PERSONNEL TO EXPEDITE RATHE1 i

THAN DFlA Y THrSE URGENTLY NEEDED NUCLEAR UNITS FOR ALL SREAS OF

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FINALLY, WE 9EltEVE YOU WILL 0 3REE THAT 17. I S INCUM9ERT UPON .

'A U , FOR THE WFLL 4FING OF THE CONSlJMERS IN LOUISLANA, TO '

INTERCrnE WI TH THE NRC TO AVo l' ANY AC T I'ON OR INACTION ON '

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' THEIR PART WHICH WOULO RESULT' N'THE PROPOSED STAFF.0ELAY IN \

TbE PROCESSING OF OPRRATING LICENSFS. WE UNDERSTAND TIR NEXT NRC MFFTING WILL BE HELD WEDNESDAY, MAY .10TH. -

FURTHER, WE AHE CONkl0ENT YOU WILL CONTACT THE NECESSARY CONORFSSIONAL APPROPRIATIONS C MMITTEES.TO PROVIDE THE '

FUNnS NFCESS AR Y FOR THE NRC TO ACQUIRE COMPETENT STAFF" PERSONNEL. TO CASRY 007 THE CONORFSSIONAL MA DATES TO NRC.

AS Wr OPryro, T HIS IS URGENT T LOUIS!ANS AND WE TRULY APPR EC I A T E YOUR INGULCENCE AND PERSONAL ACTION IN ANSWER TO OUR 9ECUEST ON THEIR BEHALF.

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