ML20206B195

Notation Vote Approving with Comment SECY-99-109 Re Recovery of Millstone Nuclear Power Station,Unit 2

ML20206B195
Person / Time
Site:	Millstone
Issue date:	04/22/1999
From:	Diaz N NRC COMMISSION (OCM)
To:	Vietticook A NRC OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY (SECY)
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SECY-99-109-C, NUDOCS 9904290179
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NOTATION VOTE RESPONSE SHEET i

TO: Annette Vietti-Cook, Secretary I FROM: COMMISSIONER DIAZ

SUBJECT:

SECY-99-109 - RECOVERY OF MILLSTONE NUCLEAR POWER STATION, UNIT 2 )

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Not Participating 1 COMMENTS:

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COMMISSIONER DIAZ' COMMENTS ON SECY-99-109 I have carefully reviewed the staff analysis in SECY-99-109, the many Millstone related l

documents and reports, and the information provided by the staff, the licensee, Parsons, and the concerned interest groups during the April 14,1999, Commission briefing, including the subsequent information regarding the 50-mile ingestion pathway. As a result, I agree with the staff's conclusions that (1) Northeast Nuclear Energy Company (NNECO) has satisfied the August 14,1996, Independent Corrective Action Verification Program (ICAVP) Order and the Order should be closed; and (2) NNECO has taken appropriate corrective actions to support restart of Millstone Unit 2. I also gove the restart of Millstone Unit 2 under the conditions recommended by the NRC staff.

I like to reiterate that the Millstone units should be permitted to operate in accordance with their licenses and to return to normal regional oversight, as soon as conditions warrant. The Millstone units should stand on their own without extraordinary oversight by either the NRC or a third party. It is incumbent on the NRC to be able to assess the performance of the licensee under

" normal" conditions.

I praise the staff's effort in working through the huge number of technical and regulatory issues associated with the Millstone station and in carrying out the extraordinary oversight exerted in the past three years.