ML13304B081

Ack Receipt of 810427 Resolution Supporting Licensing of Facilities & Development of Alternate Energy Forms

ML13304B081
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Site:	San Onofre
Issue date:	06/29/1981
From:	Eisenhut D Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
To:	Schlosser P City of Rancho Cucamonga, Mayor
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NUDOCS 8107140106
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JUN 2 9 1981 Phillip D. Schlosser, Mayor City of Rancho Cucamonga P. 0. Box 807 Cucamonga, California 91730

Dear Mayor Schlosser:

The April 27, 1981 resolution (No. 81-48) of the Rancho Cucamonga Council, supporting the licensing of the San Onofre 2 and 3 nuclear power plants has been referred to me for reply. I am pleased to provide the following information regarding nuclear power plant licensing in general, and licensing of San Onofre 2 and 3 in particular.

Currently, the overall picture is one of a licensing process that is returning to predictability at a considerably enhanced level of safety. However, the implementation of this enhanced level of safety has raised a number of potential new issues in the contested hearings for both operating licenses and construction permits around the country. Some of these units were substantially complete at the time of the Three Mile Island accident or have been completed since then.

However, we are confident the actions we have taken since TMI 2 and those we will take will provide major improvements in licensing schedules without compromising the regulatory requirements for safety.

With regard to licensing of San Onofre Units 2 and 3, the staff has completed the major part of its review. Staff safety evaluations were issued on December 31, 1980, February 6, 1981, February 25, 1981, and May 8, 1981. The review of the San Onofre Units 2 and 3 by the Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards was completed on March 12, 1981.

The Final Environmental Statement was issued by the NRC staff in April, 1981.

The hearing on this project commenced on June 22, 1981.

We appreciate your interest in the San Onofre project.

Please be assured that the NRC is taking every reasonable action to expedite the licensing process, consistent with our commitment to ensure the public health and safety.

Sincerely Original signed by Darrell G. Eisenhut Darrell G. Eisenhut, Director Division of Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation 8107140106 810629 PDR ADOCK 05000361 H

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RESOLUTION NO. 81-48 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF.

RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CALIFORNIA, SUPPORTING THE LICENSING OF THE SAN ONOFRE NUCLEAR GENERATING STATION UNITS.

WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Rancho Cucamonga, California, is vitally concerned that the economic, environmental and social well-being of the State of California be maintained; and WHEREAS, an adequate supply of energy is critical to meeting California's economic and social needs while preserving the environmental gains of the pasatdecade;L and_.----

WHEREAS, this nation's continued overdependence on foreign oil has caused major adverse economic impacts; and.

WHEREAS, there is a probability that instability in the Middle East will, at some near future time, result in reduced supplies of oil, thereby causing further social and economic chaos here at home; and WHEREAS, there must be a strong commitment to conservation of the nation's limited resources and development of efficient and secure new sources of energy here at-ome; and WHEREAS, regulatory delays in the planning and licensing of needed energy facilities are costly to the consumer, damaging to the environment, and result in greater importation of foreign oil.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Rancho Cucamonga supports:

1. licensing San Onofre Units II and III nuclear power plants.

2. developing-alternative forms of energy such as: solar, geothermal, and wind.

3. a continued commitment to conservation of our energy resources.

PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED this 15th day of April, 1981.

AYES: Frost, Mikels, Palombo, Bridge, and Schlosser.

NOES: None.

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