ML17037B758

Nine Mile Point Unit 1 - Letter Replying to the 11/11/1974 Letter Regarding AEC Licenses Issued for a Construction And/Or Operation of Nine Mile Point Units 1 and 2 and the Fitzpatrick Plant

ML17037B758
Person / Time
Site:	Nine Mile Point, FitzPatrick
Issue date:	12/04/1974
From:	Case E G US Atomic Energy Commission (AEC)
To:	Caplan R Ecology Action of Oswego
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DeartlsCaplan:

'YourletterofNovember11,1974,addressedto.theDirectorofRegulation,regardingtheAEClicensesissuedfortheconstructionand/oroperationofNineHilePointUnits1and2andtheFitzpatrickplanthasbeentreatedasarequestforactionundertheprovisionsof10CFR52.206oftheCommission'sRulesofPractice.Acopyofthissectionisenclosedforyourinformation.YourrequestisbasedonanarticleappearingonNovember10.1974,intheNewYorkTimes.ThatarticlewasbasedoninformationmadepubliclyavailablebytheCommissioninthesumerof1973.Enclosed.foryourinformationisacopyofalette~datedAugust24,1973fromtheSecretaryoftheCommissiontoHr.HyronCherrywhichshouldpro-videyouwithusefulbackgroundinformationregardingthe)1ASH-740reporttowhichyoureferandthesubsequentworkperformedinconnec-tionwithupdatinginformationcontainedinthatreport.TheNewYorkTimesarticledidnotmentionthemorerecentRasmussenreport(HASH-1400)whichwascompletedandreleasedtothepubliclastsummer.ThiswasamuchmorecomprehensivestudyofreactorsafetythanltASH-740.LastyeartheCoomissionappointedProfessorNormanRasmussenoftheHassachusettsInstituteofTechnologytoconductanindepthstudyoftheprobabilitiesandconsequencesofaseriousaccidentatanuclearpowerplant.Attheconclusionofthestudyadraftreportwasissuedforcommentbyinterestedmembersofthepublic.Copiesofpressreleasesrelatingtothisstudyareenclosed.Licensingproceedingsrequireextensiveanalysisandevaluationofsafetyfactors.Tojustifytherevocationproceedingsyourequest,itisnecessarytoshowfactswhichwerenotconsideredintheoriginalOPPICC~6VRNAMCWOATSIPFormAEC.3l8(RcT.9-53)AECM02404U,6,OOVKRHMEHTPRINTINOOPPICCIIST4S26I64 Ruth,Caplan*2'4~4Cproceedingandwhichhaveasignificantimpactonhealth,safetyand'elfare.Yourletterdoesnot.presentsuchfactsnordoesitpresentanybasesforustotaketherequestedaction.TheNineNilePointproceedings(NineflileI(os.182andFitzpatrick)involvedextensivefindingsmadeinfullrecognitionoftheexistenceoftheabove-mentionedtheoreticalstudies.Forthesereasonsnoproceedingswillbeinstitutedinwholeorinpartwithrespecttoyourrequest.-Sincerely,.Origin".1S!gl'-d8E.Q.CaseEdsonG.CaseActing.DirectorofLicensing

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