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The Honorable Leon E. Panetta Member, United States House of Representatives 380 Alvarado Street
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Dear Congressman Panetta:
I am pleased to respond to your letter of January 31, 1986, to Chairman Palladino. Enclosed in your letter was a request from your constituent, Mr. Allen Polsgrove, for any Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) reports on the uranium release at the Sequoyah Fuels facility near Gore, Oklahoma. The NRC has established an ad hoc comittee to prepare a report on the public health impacts of this incident. The report is scheduled to be completed in early March and a copy will be fomarded to you.
If we can be of further assistance in this matter, please let me know.
Sincerely, Original signed by i Victor Stelle j Victor Stello, Jr.
Acting Executive Director for Operations
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Mr. Joseph M. Farley' President Alabama Power Co.
P. O. Box 2641 Bimingham, AL 35291
Dear Mr. Farley:
. The purpose of this letter is to infonn you of the revised NRC staff program for managing plant-specific backfitting of nuclear power plants. This revised 4 program is consistent with the recently issued NRC regulation on backfitting j (10 CFR 50.109). The program applies to all facets of NRC operations in which plant-specific backfitting may occur, and applies to all NRC offices involved l in plant-specific backfitting (i.e., Nuclear Reactor Regulation, Nuclear !
Material Safety and Safeguards, Inspection and Enforcement and the Regional Offices).
- It should be recognized that backfitting of new or modified NRC rules and staff positions on existing plants is a necessary part of the regulatory process.
However, the backfitting of a facility should be imposed by NRC only if there is a substantial increase in the overall protection of public health and safety or the common defense and security derived from the backfit and the direct and indirect costs of implementation for that facility are justified in view of the increased protection. Thus, the program for identification and implementation of backfitting must be well defined, clearly understood by the NRC and licensees and properly managed.
As you are aware, in the wake of the many requirements that were issued following the TMI accident, the Commission determined that positive steps had to be taken to bring the issuance of new or modified rules and staff positions
- under closer management control. Because of its broad impact on the industry, i generic backfitting was addressed first. This resulted in the establishment of i the Cmini.ttee to Review Generic Requirements (CRGR). In its 4 years of i existence, the CRGR has made substantial progress in establishing a philosophy which has resulted in major improvements in the NRC's management of the imposi- '
! tion of generic requirements. In 1983, it was determined that additional NRC management attention should also be focused on the management of plant-specific
. backfitting. Consequently, in February 1984, the Commission approved the first I
{ staff proposed policy and procedures (NRC Manual Chapter 0514) for managing '
plant-specific backfitting for operating reactors.
4 NRC Manual Chapter 0514 has recently been revised to conform to the provisions l of the September 1985 backfit rule. A copy of the current Manual Chapter is enclosed. This issuance supersedes the documents sent to you in Generic Letter 84-08. The Manual Chapter clearly defines actions which constitute a backfit, provides for a focused management of NRC activities pertinent to backfits,
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requires a regulatory analysis prior to backfit im osition, improves the NRC's capability to identify and manage backfits, and establishes appeal processes ,
l available to nuclear power plant licensees. l I call your attention to the requirements for identifying potential backfit !
issues and the appeals processes set forth in Sections 042 and 044, respec-tively, of the Manual Chapter. Licensees and applicants wishing to identify a potential backfit issue or to appeal the imposition of a backfit to NRC management should do so consistent with those sections of the Manual Chapter.
My staff is working with the Atomic Industrial Forum to coordinate several NRC-sponsored regional workshops planned for April-May 1986. At these work-shops we plan to fully explain the new backfit rule and associated staff processes to the industry. I urge you to have appropriate senior level managers from both your headquarters and plant management staffs participate l in these workshops.
I recomend that you and your staff become familiar with the revised plant-
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specific backfit program so that it can be implemented in an efficient and effective manner. If you or your staff have any questions or coments regarding i this Manual Chapter, please feel free to contact Mr. James H. Sniezek, Acting Deputy Executive Director for Regional Operations and Generic Requirements, at 301/492-9704.
Sincerely, Original signed by Victor Stallo .
Victor Stello, J..
Acting Executive Director for Operations
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Address List of CEOs for Backfit Manual Chapter Mr. Joseph M. Farley President, Alabama Power Co.
P. O. Box 2641 Birmingham, AL 35291 Mr. Keith L. Turley Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer Arizona Public Service Co.
P. O. Box 52034 Phoenix, AZ 85072 Mr. Jerry L. Maulden President, Arkansas Power &
, Light Co.
j P. O. Box 551 Little Rock, AR 72203 Mr. George V. McGowan President, Baltimore Gas and Electric Co.
P. O. Box 1475 Baltimore, MD 21203 Mr. Stephen J. Sweeney i President and Chief Executive Officer
. Boston Edison
- 25 Braintree Hill Park l
- Braintree, MA 02184 Mr. Sherwood H. Smith, Jr. 4 Chairman / President, Carolina Power and Light P. O. Box 1551 Raleigh, NC 27602 i Mr. Robert M. Ginn President, Cleveland Electric Illuminating Co.
P. O. Box 5000 Cleveland, OH 44101 Mr. Janes J. O'Connor President, Commonwealth Edison P. O. Box 767 Chicago, IL 60690 Mr. James Ferland Chairman and Chief Operations Officer Connecticut Yankee Atomic Power Co.
P. O. Box 270 Hartford, CT 06141
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Mr. Arthur Hauspurg Chairman of the Board Consolidated Edison of New York 4 Irving Place New York, NY 10003 Mr. William T. McCormick, Jr.
Presider.t cnd Chief Executive Officer Consumers Power Co.
194/ W 'arnall Rd.
Jacksc- MI 49201 Mr. James M. Taylor General Manager, Dairyland Power ?: e tive 2615 E: .ae S Lacrosse 64001 Mr. Charles <.; del President, Ce : . cit Edison Co.
6400 North Dixie Highway Newport, MI 48166 Mr. William S. Lee l Chainnan of the Board and Chief
- Executive Officer
! Duke Power Co.
P. O. Box 33189 Charlotte, NC 28242 i Mr. John M. Arthur Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer Duquesne Light Co.
435 6th Ave, i Pittsburgh, PA 15219 Mr. Lee H. Scott
! President, Florida Power Corp.
P. O. Box 14042
{ St. Petersburg, FL 33733 i l
Mr. John J. Hudiburg President and Chief Executive Officer, Florida Power and Light Co.
P. O. Box 029100 j
Miami, FL 33102 l Mr. Phillip Clark l President, GPU Nuclear Corp.
4 100 Interpace Parkway Parsippany, NJ 07054
Mr. Robert W. Scherer Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer Georgia Power Co.
P. O. Box 4545 Atlanta, GA 30302 Mr. Paul W. Murrill Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer Gulf States Utilities P. O. Box 2951 Beaumont, TX 77704 Mr. Donald D. Jordan Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer Houston Lighting and Power Co.
P. O. Box 1700 Houston, TX 77001 Mr. 'Wendell J. Kelley President, Illinois Power Co.
P. O. Box 678 V-920 Clinton, IL 61727 Mr. W. S. White, Jr.
President, Indiana and Michigan
! Electric Co.
1 Riverside Plaza Columbus, OH 43216 Mr. Lee Liu President, Iowa Electric Light and Power Co.
P. O. Box 351 Cedar Rapids, IA 52406 Mr. Wilson K. Cadman President, Kansas Gas and Electric Co.
P. O. Box 208 Wichita, KS 67201 Dr. W. J. Catacosinos Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer Long Island Lighting Co.
175 East Old Country Rd.
Hicksville, NY 11801
i Mr. James M. Cain President, Louisiana Power and Light Co. ,
142 Delaronde St.
New Orleans, LA 70174 Mr. Charles E. Monty President, Maine Yankee Atomic Power Co.
83 Edison Drive Augusta, ME 04336 Mr. William Cavanaugh, III President and Chief Operating Officer Mississippi Power and Light Co.
P. O. Box 1640 Jackson, MS 39215-1640 Mr. Donald E. Schaufelberger General Manager, Nebraska Public Power District
- P. O. Box 499 Columbus, NE 68601 Mr. Leroy W. Sinclair President, New York Power Authority 123 Main St.
White Plains, NY 10601 Mr. William Donlon President, Niagara Mohawk Power Corp.
300 Erie Blvd. W Syracuse, NY 13202 Mr. William B. Ellis Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer Northeast Utilitie:;
Service Co.
P. O. Box 270 Hartford, CT 06141 Mr. Bruce A. Richard ;
President, Northern States I Power Co.
414 Nicollet Mall Minneapolis, MN 55401 l l
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Mr. B. W. Reznicek President, Omaha Public ,
Power District 1623 Harney St.
Omaha, NE 68102 Mr. Frederick W. Mielke, Jr.
Chariman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer Pacific Gas and Electric Co.
P. O. Box 7442 San Francisco, CA 94120
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' Mr. Robert K. Campbell President and Chief Executive Officer J Pennsylvania Power and Light Co. 1 2 North 9th St.
Allentown, PA 18101 Mr. John Austin President, Philadelphia Electric Co.
2301 Market St.
Philadelphia, PA 19101 Mr. Robert H. Short Chairman of the Board & President Portland General Electric Co.
121 SW Salmon St.
, Portland, OR 97204 1
l Mr. Richard F. Walker
- President and Chief Executive Officer 1
Public Service Co.
of Colorado P. O. Box 840 Denver, CO 80201 Mr. Robert J. Harrison President and Chief Executive Officer Public Service Co. of New Hampshire 1000 Elm St.
P. O. Box 330 Manchester, NH 03105 Mr. Harold W. Sonn President, Public Service Electric and Gas Co.
l 80 Park Plaza Newark, NJ 07101
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- Mr. Keith W. Amish
! President, Rochester Gas and i Electric Corp.
89 East Ave. '
Rochester, NY 14649 )
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l Mr. Dewey Lowe !
- General Manager, Sacramento Municipal
! Utility District
, 6201 South St.
Sacramento, CA 95817 i
Mr. Virgil C. Summer Chairman of the Board )
South Carolina Electric and Gas Co. ;
P. O. Box 764 Columbia, SC 29218 Mr. Howard P. Allen
- Chairman of Board and Chief i Executive Officer l l
Southern California Edison Co.
1 2244 Walnut Grove Ave.
J P. O. Box 800 Rosemead, CA 91770 Mr. Charles H. Dean, Jr.
Chairman of the Board of Directors Tennessee Valley Authority E12A7 400 W Sumit Hill Dr.
Knoxville, TN 37902 Mr. M. D. Spence President, Texas Utilities Generating Co.
Skyway Tower 400 North Olive St.
LB 81 Dallas, TX 75201 Mr. John P. Williamson President, Toledo Edison Co.
300 Madison Ave.
712 Toledo, OH 43652 Mr. William E. Cornelius President, Union Electric Co. ,
P. O. Box 149 '
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RD 5, Box 169 Ferry Rd.
Brattleboro, VT 05301 Mr. William W. Berry Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer Virginia Power Co.
P. O. Box 26666 .
Richmond, VA 23261 l Mr. D. W. Mazur Managing Director, Washington Public Power Supply Systems P. O. Box 968 387 Richland, WA 99352 Mr. Russell W. Britt President Wisconsin Electric Power Co.
231 W Michigan St.
Milwaukee, WI 53201 Mr. Paul D. Ziemer President, Wisconsin Public Service Corp.
600 North Adams Green Bay, WI 54305 Mr. James E. Tribble President, Yankee Atomic Electric Co.
1671 Worce' ster Rd.
Framingham, MA 01701
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