ML20235S628
| ML20235S628 | |
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| Site: | Oconee, Crystal River, Rancho Seco, Bellefonte, 05000000, Crane |
| Issue date: | 10/01/1987 |
| From: | Murley T Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
| To: | Connelly L SACRAMENTO, CA |
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| NUDOCS 8710090069 | |
| Download: ML20235S628 (2) | |
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d Mr. Lloyd G. Connelly Member of the Legislature i
i Sixth Assembly District 2705 K Street, Suite 6 Sacramento, California 95816
Dear Mr. Connelly:
I have been asked to respond to your letter dated August 27, 1987 to Chairman Lando Zech.
In your letter you support the recent request from Sacramento Municipal Utility District _(}3 LID) members John Kehoe and Edward Smeloff that the Commission hold an adjudi~cTtory hearing in Sacramento regarding the safety of Babcock and Wilcox-designed nuclear plants.
We received the request from Messrs. Kehoe and Smeloff in a letter dated August 12, 1987, and I replied to them in identical separate letters dated September 16, 1987.
In my response I replied that the very issues they raised were the same as those raised in a petition filed by the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) and that the NRC staff's pending response to the UCS will address those concerns.
As I told them, when the NRC staff's response to the UCS petition is issued,I will also send them a copy.
I trust that the NRC staff's response to the UCS petition will adequately address your concerns, as well as those of Messrs. Kehoe and Smeloff, regarding the safety of Babcock and Wilcox-designed plants.
Sincerely, Orit:inal signed by 1homas E. Murley Thomas E. Murley, Director Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
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Dear Mr. Connelly:
I have been asked to respond to your letter dated August 27, 1987 to Chairman Lando Zech.
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Mr. John Kehoe Director, Ward 11 Sacramento Municipal Utility District P. O. Box 15830 Sacramento, CA 95852-1830
Dear Mr. Kehoe:
I am responding to your letter dated August 12, 1987, addressed to Chairman Lando Zech.
In that letter you requested that the Nuclear Regulatory Comission (NRC) hold a hearing in the Sacramento area to address the design flaws in each of the five specific systems that were identified in the Union of Concerned Scientists' petition, and the ability of the NRC to evaluate and assess the level of danger inherent in the continued operation of Babcock and Wilcox-designed plants.
The petition to which you referred was submitted by the Union of Concerned Scientists on February 10, 1987 pursuant to 10 CFR 2.206. The petition was then referred to the NRC Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation for appropriate action, in accordance with usual Comission practice.
The petition requested the Comission to (1) require all utilities operating or building nuclear power reactors designed by B&W to modify (their nuclear generating facilities to correct alleged safety deficiencies; ciency of these modifications to correct the alleged deficiencies; and (3) revoke the operating license or construction pemit of any utility that does not meet the proposed requirements that emerge from (1) and (2) above.
In addition, the petition requested that NRC imediately suspend the operating licenses and construction pemits of any utility operating or building nuclear power reactors designed by B&W. By letter dated March 13, 1987, the Director, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, infomed the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) that the concerns expressed in the petition did not warrent inwdf ate suspension of the operating licenses and construction permits in question.
The NRC staff is continuing to review the petition, and a fornal decision on the requests stated in the petition is scheduled to be issued in the near future. The staff's decision will be subject to the Comission's review.
The NRC staff has reviewed your requests and detemined that the issues are the same as those contained in the UCS petition. When the NRC staff's response to the UCS petition is issued, you will be sent a copy.
I trust the NRC staff's response to the UCS petition will adequately address your concerns.
Sincerely, Thomas E. Murley, D cto Of fice of Nuclear Reactor Regulation 1
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