ML20205B796
| ML20205B796 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Issue date: | 02/02/1999 |
| From: | Mcgaffigan E NRC COMMISSION (OCM) |
| To: | Hoyle J NRC OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY (SECY) |
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| ML20205B764 | List: |
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| SECY-98-296-C, NUDOCS 9903310367 | |
| Download: ML20205B796 (2) | |
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NOTATION VOTE Revised vote - see next page.
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RESPONSE SHEET TO:
John C. Hoyle, Secretary FROM:
COMMISSIONER MCGAFFIGAN
SUBJECT:
SECY-98-296 - AGENCY POLICY REGARDING LICENSEE RECAPTURE OF LOW-POWER TESTING OR SHUTDOWN TIME FOR NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS Approved /
Disapproved Abstain '
Not Participating COMMENTS:
See attached comments.
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)f41 DATE Enterad on "AS" Yes
- No 338 a84 7J88 CORRESPONDENCE PDR l
Commissioner McGaffican's Comments on SECY-98-296 l
I approve the recommendation to grant the Grand Gulf license amendment request l
to amend the expiration date of the license to recover the time spent in an extended low-power testing condition before receiving the FPOL.
I approve the recommendation to gr nt similar requests from other licensees a
provided that 40-year license term began with the LPOL and a separate FPOL was issued.
l I approve'the recommendation to continue to grant requests to amend the expiration date of the license to recover time spent in construction in cases where the 40-year license term began with the construction date.
I also approve the recommendation to deny granting license amendment requests to amend the expiration date of the license to recover time spent in a shutdown condition.
In addition to the staff's reasoning for denying such license amendment requests. I would note the clear possibility that allowing recovery of time spent in a shutdown condition would, in many circumstances, j
constitute a policy of rewarding licensees for poor performance.
It also strikes me that allowing recapture of time spent in a shutdown condition could create u.. desirable complexities for license renewal aging determinations.
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