ML17139A617

Advises That Natural Gas Pipeline in Vicinity of Facility Needs to Be Relocated to Distance Where Rupture Will Have No Adverse Effects Upon Plant,In Response to Util 820121 Response to NRC 811222 Request for Addl Info

ML17139A617
Person / Time
Site:	Susquehanna
Issue date:	03/30/1982
From:	Tedesco R Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
To:	Curtis N PENNSYLVANIA POWER & LIGHT CO.
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NUDOCS 8204130481
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~I Ap 3 o f98'ocket Nos. 50-387f j and 50-388' Mr. Norman W. Curtis, Vice President Engineering 5 Construction - Nuclear Pennsylvania Power 8 Light Company 2 North Ninth Street Allentown, Pennsyl vania 18101

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g4t ~~y II Natural Gas Pipeline in the Vicinity of the Susqueha Rcf1ity On November 24, 1981, Pennsylvania Power

& Light Company (PPSL) in NRC staff that the Pennsylvania Gas and Hater Company has installed a

new natural gas pipeline along Township Road T419 just north of the Susquehanna plant.

.On December 22, 1981, the NRC staff requested additional information concerning the natural gas pipeline which was forwarded by PP8L in a letter dated January 21, 1982.

A meeting was subsequently held in Bethesda,

Maryland, on March 17, 1982, at which PPSL presented the basis on which its analysis was conducted.

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.NRC staff, prior to the March 17, 1982 meeting, had.. performed an independent

, analysis which showed the applicant's analysis to be non-conservative, particularly in the areas of initial gas expansion with a resulting cooldow'n and reduced

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buoyance, as well as the considerable uncertainty associated with the predicted heights of 'rise -given by the plume rise formulas and the complex topography represented by the pipeline and plant. configuration.

The information provided at the March 17, 1982 meeting did not alter the NRC staff position.

Sincerely, L:L RLTedesco 03/3 0'82 RVol 1mer 3/2f/82 C obert L. Tedesco,:-A'ssitant Director

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See next page gb The current NRC staff position is that the pipeline, in the absence of a conservative analysis which addresses and satisfactorily resolves the staff

concern, needs to be relocated to a distance where a rupture will have no adverse effects upon the plant.

The latest date by which, the pipeline should be moved will be largely dependent upon the quality of the gas pipeline including materials used and measures taken such as cathodic protection, as well as any quality control/

quality assurance performed during the installation process.

This information concerning the pipeline should be provided to the NRC staff including your proposal and bases for a date by which the pipeline should be moved.

This information should be provided as soon as possible to avoid any adverse impact on the current operating schedule for Susquehanna.

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Norman M. Curtis Vice President Engineering 5 Const'ruction - Nuclear PennsyTVania Power 5 Light Company 2 North Ninth~Street Allentown, PA 18101

Subject:

Susquehanna team Electric Station, Units 1

and 2: Natural Gas Pipeline i the Vicinityof the Susquehanna Facility sy(sa.nim rom) v l.(Skk Comlpssnc/

On November 24, 1981, PAL i ormed the NgC staff that the Pennsylvania Gas and Mater Company hs's inst lied a ne(dtinatural gas pipeline along

'fownsh(p goad T419.just/R6rth o ythe Susquehanna plant.

On December 22, 1981, the NRC staff requested additional infofmation concerning the natural gas pipeline which was forwarded by PPS i'n a letter dated January 21, 1982, A meeting was subsequently held in Be hesda, Md., on ftarch 17, 1982 at which PP8L presented the basis on which its 5 alysis was conducted.

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ecting, had performed an independent analysis which showed the applichnt's analy s to be non-canservative, particularly in the areas of i itial gas expa pion with a resulting cooldown and reduced

buoyancy, as well as the considerabi e uncertainty associated

'~ith the predicted hei)Ilats ofrri e given. by the, plume rise formulas and the complex topography represented by t e pipeline and plant c nfiguration.

The informa'tion prov(dad at the Narch 17, 1982 meeting did not alter the NRC staff pos itlon.

The current NRC staff p siii on is that the pipeline, in the absence of a conservattve analysts (sh(ch addresses and sattsfactortl resolves the staff concern:,

needs to be relocated to a distance where a rup ure will have no adverse effects upop the plant.

The latest date by which the pipeline should be moved will be la'rgely dependent upon the quality of the ghs pipeline including materials used and measures taken such as cathodic pr ot ation, las well as any qualfty control/qualtty assurance performed during'the lnstallatlnn process.

This information concerning the pipeline should be provided to"tahe NRC staff including your proposal and bases for a date by which the pipelline should be moved.,

Thi,s information should'e provided as soon as possibl'e'o avoid any adverse impact on the curmnt operating schedule for Susquehanna.

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