ML20153B891

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Ack Receipt of Ltr Re Plant.Commission Decision Authorizing Low Power Testing & Fuel Loading First Step in Review. Earthquake-related Issues Will Be Addressed in Detail by Commission
ML20153B891
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Site: Diablo Canyon  Pacific Gas & Electric icon.png
Issue date: 10/13/1981
From: Bradford P
NRC COMMISSION (OCM)
To: Calhoun K
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opres op rMs commisSioNam Ms. Karen Calhoun 1521 E. Canfield Lane, #16 Anaheim, CA 92805

Dear Ms. Calhoun:

Thank you very much for your letter regarding Diablo Canyon. The recent Comission decision authorizing low-power testing gnd fuel loading is only the first step in Comission review of this plant. Specifically, the earthquake-related issues that distinguish Diablo Canyon from most other nuclear units have not yet been addressed in detail by the Comission.

They will be reviewed before operation above five percent power is authorized.

While it may have some symbolic importance, a decision to authorize low-power testing poses very little danger to the public. The power level is so low that the operators have more than ample time to react to any problems in the plant, and the amount of radioactivity existing in the core does not begin to build up until the plant has operated for .

quite a while.

i Sincerely, Peter A. Bradfo Comi ssioner l l

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