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CHAIRMAN VStello JTaylor TRehm DMossburg TMI-2 GT File The Honorable John Heinz MMasnik WRussell United States Senate WTravers' RI.
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Dear Senator Heinz:
I am responding to your letter of October 5, 1987, regarding Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staffing at Three Mile Island i
Unit.2 (TMI-2).
Specifically, your letter expressed concern that
.possible NRC staff reductions at TMI-2 could adversely impact cleanup operations at the facility.
Since the March 28, 1979 accident at TMI-2, the Commission-has placed a high priority on ensuring that the cleanup of the facility is carr.ied out safely and expeditiously.
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members located at the TMI-2 site, at Headquarters, and in our Region I office have provided coordinated and thorough regulatory i
oversight.of the cleanup activities.
As the cleanup has progressed and the potential health and safety risks have been reduced. the number of NRC personnel assigned exclusively to TMI-2 has been gradually reduced.
In recognition'of both the current. status-of the cleanup and the agency's need to use its limited resources efficiently. a reorganization of NRC staffing at the TMI-2 site is planned for implementation on February 1, The enclosed press release, which was previously provided 1988.
to your staff, contains additional information on this reorganization plan.
Although staff reductions are involved, I am confident that our plans can be implemented with no significant impact on the safety of the remaining cleanup activities.
I hope you find this information useful.
Sincerely, k W.
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NRC PLANNED REORGANIZATION OF TMI-2 CLEANUP STAFFING The U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Connission (NRC) has announced a planned reorganization of its staffing at Three Mile Island Unit 2 The includes seven nuclear engineers and health physicists.Beginning February 1, 1988 N assigned to TMI-1, are also stationed at TM1).
One, a resident onsite staffing at TMI-2 will be reduced to two engineers.
inspector, will carry out inspections of continuing cleanup operations and will be supported by staff, including health physicists, from the agency's The second engineer will be a Region I office in King of Prussia, PA. licensing engineer, who w i
evaluations of major cleanup activities. supported by NRC proje headquarters in Washington, DC.
The planned reorganization has been designed to maintain effective NRC oversight of the remaining cleanup activities and to utilize NRC sta resources efficiently.
made with recognition of the current and projected sta which have greatly reduced the potential public health and safety riskAll of associated with the damaged facility. released into the reactor and a The reactor coolant system treated to remove the bulk of the contamination.(RCS) has b Facility decontamination efforts active RCS cooling is no longer required.
have been successful in returning most areas of the auxiliary and Additionally, fuel-handling buildings to pre-accident radiological leveli Highly radioactive wastes that are not over the course of the cleanup.
suitable for commercial disposal are being accepted by the Department of Energy (DOE), in accordance with an NRC/D0E Memorandum of Undersf research and development activities.
l The most significant cleanup progress has been made in efforts to defuel Approximately 65 percent of the fuel has now been removed from the vessel and the experience to date indicates that the licensee's the reactor core.
defueling system is highly effective in minimizing both accident routine worker radiation dose. Additional defueling in the lower regions of the be defueled by December 1987.
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vessel and the remainder of the RCS is scheduled to be completed by Novem The core debris is being shipped by DOE from the TMI site to the Idaho National Engineering Laboratory where it is being examined and stored pend 1988.
The entire core is scheduled to be removed from TMI by early 1989 and the licensee plans to place the facility in storage by mid-1989.
disposal.
that the licensee has been carrying out cleanup opera generally been in conformance with applicable NRC reg As a measure of this, manner with a conservative approach to ensuring safety.
offsite radiological releases throughout the cleanup have bee been faced with complex post-accident and radiological hazards has also bee below NRC limits.
successful in limiting the radiation dose received by cleanup workers.
Information on the planned NRC site staffing reorganization has been provided to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the The Advisory Panel will be briefed on the N
Decontamination of THI-2.
13,1988 at 7:00 p.m. '.. t reorganization at its next meeting on January Holiday Inn, Second and Chestnut Streets, Harrisburg, PA.
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