ML091550760

Letter to Mccain, Palo Verde Nuclear Power Plant (1 Page) Attaching 8/4/03 Letter to Mccain (1 Page), 8/3/03 Arizona Republic Article, A-plant Unit Down After Outage Will Resume Operation Monday (1 Page) Copyright, Fax Cover Sheet to Angel

ML091550760
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Site:	Palo Verde
Issue date:	08/05/2003
From:	- No Known Affiliation
To:	Mccain J Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, US SEN (Senate)
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08/06/2083 09:21 6822488006 STARLES PAGE 01/84 August 5, 2003 Senator John Me Cain 2400 cast Arizona Biltnore Circle, Suite 1150 Phoenix, Arizona 85015 RE: Palo Verde Nuclear Power Plant CONFIENTIAL MEMORANDIUM 17

Dear Senator John Mc Cain,

We can learn certain things from the recent "outage" at Palo Verde...

1) "Power lines" in and around the area near a Nuclear Power plant are vulnerable to "Tripping". (See arliclc: "A-Plant unit down after oua will rme oprftio Monday", by Lindsey Collum, the Arizona Republic Newspaper 8-3-2003).

This situation may represent a "systemic flaw" in the security or design of Nuclear Power plmts nationwide. One, which could be exploited by terrorists seeking to recreate or cause an "outage" situation similar to that which happened to Palo Verde.

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88/06/2883 89:21 6022488806 STAPLES PAGE: 02/04 August 4, 2003 Senator John Mc Cain 2400 east Arizona Biltmore Circle, suite 1150 Phoenix, Arizona 85016 RE: Palo Verde Nuclear Power Generating Station "shit doWn"l

Dear Senator Mc Cain,

Salt River Project workers "]bpped power lines" causing Palo Verde Nuclear Power Generating Station to "ahut down"e Meanwhile.. .Unit 3 rerruains out of commission until repairs are completed on a broken seal on a Nuclear reactor oooling pump - the cooling pump controls both the temperature in the core, and maintaili the flow of water in the reactor itself According to Arizona Public Service spokesman "a leek could have developed if power had been restored befre workers noticed the ruptured sualwi the Nuclear reactor.

The "cooling pump" apparatus is located within a containmuct area for radioactive material, which could have been released, compromising the: safety of both the plant workers and the public.

Palo Verde is expected to resume operation on Monday ,Aulus 4, 2003 (see attached article: "A-Plant unit down sfer outae will .rewsiriope*o Mgda,/, by Lindsey Colom, the Arizona Republic Newspaper, 8-03-2003).

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I Department of Energy Washington, DC 20585 August 7, 2003 Ms. Annette Vietti-Cook Secretariat Nuclear Regulatory Commission One White Flint North Building 11555 Rockville Pike Rockville, MD 20852

Dear Ms. Vietti-Cook:

Because the subject of this letter does not fall within the purview of the Department of Energy, we are forwarding it to your agency for response.

If you have any questions, please contact me on (202) 586-8923.

Brenda L. Mackall Work Group Leader Correspondence and Records Management Office of the Executive Secretariat Pfted w0hsoy ib*n, mcyid pope