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As I indicated, from a practical standpoint, I do not think it is a 

 big problem. 



Mr. TiERNAN. Now, with regard to the issuing of permits and sites 

 of construction of nuclear powerplants, have you ever denied a permit 

 for construction ? 



Mr. Kamey. Yes. 



Mr. TiERNAN. When ? 



Mr. Eamey. In the case of the Malibu Atomic Power Plant, the city 

 of Los Angeles, this must have been about 4 or 5 years ago, the Com- 

 mission approved the denial of a construction permit by a Licensing 

 Board for building of that powerplant. 



Mr. Tiernan. At that particular site ? 



Mr. Kamey. Yes. 



Mr. TiERNAN. Was it built at another site ? 



Mr. Kamey. No. 



Mr. TiERNAN. How many applications have been filed for construc- 

 tion before the Commission, how many applications have been filed ? 



Mr, Kamey. I would like Mr. Price to answer that. 



Mr. Price. I think probably close to a hundred. I don't know exactly. 



That is for powerplants. 



Mr. TiERNAN. That is powerplants, generating plants. 



How many have been denied ? 



Mr. Price. I would have to check that. 



Mr. Kamey. There have been other examples, whereby in the process 

 of review, the applicant — ^the utility has withdrawn its application. 



For example. Con Edison proopsed to build a plant across the East 

 Kiver in Queens. That did not get through the Commission's Advis- 

 ory Committee on Keactor Safeguards, before they asked enough ques- 

 tions that the utility decided to withdraw the application. 



Mr. TiERNAN. Mr. Price, how many of those hundred applications 

 have been refused ? 



Mr. Pr^ce. Let me just give my best guess, and I will provide the 

 specifics for the record, but I would say that either by the staff, my 

 staff, or the ACKS telling the applicant that the site was not good 

 enough, or that the case had too many problems in it, that about six 

 to 10. 



Mr. TiERNAN. Six to 10 ? 



Mr. Price. Yes. 



Mr. TiERNAN. Could you tell me whether or not there has been 



Well, when was the first application filed with your agency? 



Mr. Price. Back in 1955 or 1956. 



Mr. TiERNAN. 1955 or 1956 ? 



Mr. Price. Yes. 



Mr. TiERNAN. Those six or seven applications. Were they recent 

 denials, or were they over the period of 1955 to 1956 ? 



Mr. Price. They are spread out, because sometimes we will have the 

 applicant come in and talk about a site, and we will say we do not 

 think that is a verv good site. 



Mr. TiERNAN. Is that Con Edison application included in those six 

 or seven ? 



Mr. Price. That is right. 



Mr. TiERNAN. Do you feel that your Commission has an objective 

 viewpoint on the applications ? 



Mr. Price. We try to, Mr. Tiernan. 



