ML20153H206
| ML20153H206 | |
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| Issue date: | 02/19/1986 |
| From: | Harold Denton Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
| To: | Vaughan J ENERGY, DEPT. OF |
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| NUDOCS 8602280703 | |
| Download: ML20153H206 (4) | |
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FEB 19 1986 Mr. James W. Vaughan, Jr.
Acting Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Energy Department of Energy Washington, D.C.
20585 Dear Mr. Vaughan In letters to you dated July 11, 1985 and September 13, 1985 we committed, as part of our work in the advanced reactor area, to the review of a Department of Energy sponsored advanced High Temperature Gas-Cooled Reactor (HTGR) conceptual design and two advanced Liquid Metal Reactor (LMR) conceptual designs.
As planned these reviews would take place over approximately a two year time period (1986-1987) and would conclude with the issuance by NRC of a Safety Evaluation Report and a licensability letter on each concept, based upon our review of the Preliminary Safety Information Documents (PSIDs) submitted for review on each of the designs.
As stated in the above letters our commitments were contingent upon our receiving sufficient resources to support the planned reviews.
Subsequently, as result of the Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) review, our resources have been reduced.
The purpose of this letter is to inform you that, due to FY 1986 and FY 1987 budget reductions, we must reassess our previous commitments in the advanced reactor area.
The plans and schedules for our review, which we had previously discussed with your staff, were based upon our applyin.1 about $1.2 million of technical assistance funds and four to six professional staff years of effort in both FY 1986 and FY 1987. With current available resources, we will only be able to apply about two professional staff years in each fiscal year and minimal technical assistance funds to these reviews.
Therefore, we can no longer commit to review the PSIDs or the key issues associated with these concepts on the schedules agreed to with your staff and I request that our staffs meet as soon as possible to discuss plans, schedules and priorities for future work in the advanced reactor area. Our point of contact for these discussions is Mr. T. L. King, Section Leader, Division of Safety Review and Oversight, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation (492-7014).
If I can be of any assistance regarding this matter, please do not hesitate to contact me.
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Mr. James W. Vaughan, Jr.
Acting Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Energy Department of Energy Washington, D.C.
20585 Dear Mr. Vaughan In letters to you dated July 11, 1985 and September 13, 1985 we committed, as part of our work in the advanced reactor area, to the review of a Department of Energy sponsored advanced High Temperature Gas-Cooled Reactor (HTGR) conceptual design and two advanced Liquid Metal Reactor (LMR) conceptual designs.
As planned these reviews would take place over approximately a two year time period (1986-1987) and would conclude with the issuance by NRC of a Safety Evaluation Report and a licensability letter on each concept, based upon our review of the Preliminary Safety Information Documents (PSIDs) submitted for review or, each of the designs. As stated in the above letters our commitments were contingent upon our receiving sufficient resources to support the planned reviews. Subsequently, as result of the Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) review, our resources have been reduced.
The purpose of this letter is to inform you that, due to FY 1986 and FY 1987 budget reductions, we must reassess our previous commitments in the advanced reactor area. The plans and schedules for our review, which we had previously discussed with you-staff, were based upon our applying about $1.2 million of technical assistance funds and four to six professional staff-years of effort in both FY 1986 and FY 1987. With current available resources, we will only be able to apply about two professional staff-ycars in each fiscal year and minimal technical assistance funds to these reviews.
Therefore, we can no longer commit to review the PSIDs or the key issues associated with these concepts on the schedules agreed to with your staff and I request that our staffs mect as soon as possible to discuss plans, schedules and priorities for future work in the advanced reactor area. Our point of contact for these discussions is Mr. T. L. King, Section Leader, Division of Safety Review and Oversight, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation (492-7014).
If I can be of any assistance regarding this matter, please do not hesitate to contact me.
Sincerely, Victor Stello, Jr.
Acting Executive Director for Operations V
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Mr. James W. Vaughan, Jr.
Acting Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Energy Department of Energy Washington, D.C.
20585
Dear Mr. Vaughan:
In letters to you dated July 11, 1985 and September 13, 1985 we comitted, as part of our work in the advanced reactor area, to the review of a Department of Energy sponsored advanced High Temperature Gas-Cooled Reactor (HTGR) conceptual design and two advanced Liquid Metal Reactor (LPR) ccnceptual designs. As planned these reviews would take place over approximately a two year time period (1986-1987) and would conclude with the issuance by NRC of a Safety Evaluation Report and a licensability letter on each concept, based upon cur review of the Preliminary Safety Information Documents, PSIDs, submitted for review on each of the designs. As stated in the above letters our commitments were contingent upon our receiving sufficient resources to support the planned reviews.
The' purpose of this letter is to inform you that, due to projected FY'86 and FY'87 budget constraints, we nust reassess our previous ccmitments in this area. The plans and schedules for our review, which we had previously agreed to with your staff, were based upon our applying approximately $1.2 million dollars of technical assistance resources and five to six professional staff years of effort from the NRC in both FY'86 and FY'87.
With current budget constraints, it appears that we will only be able to apply approximately two professional staff-years in each fiscal year and minimal technical assistance resources to these reviews. Therefore, we can no longer commit to review of the PSIDs or to the review of key issues associated with these concepts on the schedules agreed to with your staff.
Our plans in these areas must be significantly reduced and I request that our staffs meet as soon as possible to discuss plans, schedules and priorities for future work in the advanced reactor area. Our point of contact for these discussions is Mr. T. L. King, Section Leader, Division of Safety Review and Oversight, NRR (492-7014).
If I can be of any assistance regarding this matter please do not hesitate to contact me.
Victor Stello, Jr.
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