ML17158A321
| ML17158A321 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Susquehanna  |
| Issue date: | 06/07/1994 |
| From: | Taylor J NRC OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR OPERATIONS (EDO) |
| To: | Nunn S SENATE |
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| CCS, NUDOCS 9406130089 | |
| Download: ML17158A321 (8) | |
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The Honorable Sam Honi United States Senator 75 Spring Street, S.W.
Suite 1700 Atlanta, Georgia 30303 Dear Senator Nunn:
June 7, 1994 I
am responding to your letter dated Hay 5, 1994, in which you relayed the concerns of a constituent regarding cooling of stored spent fuel at the Susquehanna Steam Electric Station and other nuclear power plants, including the two units at the Edwin I. Hatch Nuclear Plant near Baxley, Georgia.
In your letter, you requested that the NRC review these concerns and provide a
report to you.
The NRC is aware of the issues on spent fuel pool cooling raised by Messrs.
Lochbaum and Prevatte and is currently evaluating the safety significance of those concerns.
The staff's preliminary review 'has determined the loss of spent fuel pool cooling issues raised by Messrs.
Lochbaum and Prevatte to be of low safety significance.
Specifically, the staff considered a loss-of-coolant accident or loss-of-offsite power coupled with the subsequent failure of numerous reactor cove cooling systems and the failure of, or inability to restore cooling to, the spent fuel storage pool to be a low probability sequence of events.
The staff is conducting a thorough, comprehensive evaluation of the issues to confirm its preliminary assessment.
As part of the comprehensive review, the staff will evaluate the applicability of the issues raised to other nuclear power plants throughout the United States.
To date, the staff has issued an information notice informing all boiling water reactor (BWR) licensees of the potential for the loss of spent fuel pool cooling (Information Notice 93-83, "Potential Loss of Spent Fuel Pool Cooling Following a Loss of Coolant Accident (LOCA)").
In addition, the staff requested and received from the BWR Owners Group a generic assessment, dated March 4, 1994, of the spent fuel pool cooling concerns.
If, as a result of its review of the postulated safety hazard at the Susquehanna Steam Electric
- Station, the staff determines that further generic action is warranted, it will take appropriate action.
I trust this letter is responsive to your concerns.
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HO'Brien JShea CHiller 5/25/94 5/25/94 5/25/94 Sincerely, Orlglnal signed by James M. Taylor James H. Taylor Executive Director for Operations TECH EDITOR*
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Susquehanna Steam Electric Station, Units 1
& 2 CC:
Jay Silberg, Esq.
- Shaw, Pittman, Potts
& Trowbridge 2300 N Street N.W.
Washington, D.C.
20037 Bryan A. Snapp, Esq.
Assistant Corporate Counsel Pennsylvania Power
& Light Company 2 North,Ninth Street Allentown, Pennsylvania 18101 Nr. J.
N. Kenny Licensing Group Supervisor Pennsylvania Power
& Light Company 2 North Ninth Street Allentown, Pennsylvania 18101 Hr. Scott Barber Senior Resident Inspector U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission P.O.
Box 35 Berwick, Pennsylvania 18603-0035 Hr. William P. Dornsife, Director Bureau of Radiation Protection Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Resources P. 0.
Box 8469 Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17105-8469 Nr. Jesse C. Tilton, III Allegheny Elec. Cooperative, Inc.
212 Locust Street P.O.
Box 1266 Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17108-1266 Nr. Donald C. Prevatte 7924 Woodsbluff Run Fogelsville, PA 18051
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Regional Admirlistra'tor, Region I U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 475 Allendale Road King of Prussia, Pennsylvania 19406 Hr. Harold G. Stanley Superintendent of Plant Susquehanna Steam Electric Station Pennsylvania Power and Light Company Box 467 Berwick, Pennsylvania 18603 Hr. Herbert D. Woodeshick Special Office of the President Pennsylvania Power and Light Company Rural Route 1,
Box 1797 Berwick, Pennsylvania 18603 Hr. George T. Jones Manager-Engineering Pennsylvania Power and Light Company 2 North Ninth Street Allentown, Pennsylvania 18101 Hr. Robert G.
Byram Senior Vice President-Nuclear Pennsylvania Power
& Light Company 2 North Ninth Street Allentown, Pennsylvania 18101 Hr. David A. Lochbaum 80 Tuttle Road
- Watchung, NJ 07060
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V EDO Principal Correspondence Control FROM Sen.
Sam Nunn DUE: 05/31/94 EDO CONTROL: 0010074 DOC DT: 05/05/94 FINAL REPLY:
TO:
Dennis Rathbun FOR SIGNATURE OF Executive Director CRC NO: 94-0467 DESC:
ROUTING:
ENCLOSES LETTER FROM DAVID A.
LOCHBAUM AND DONALD C.
PREVATTTE CONCERNING SAFETY HAZARD INVOLVING DESIGN OF THE SUSQUEHANNA STEAM ELECTRIC STATION AND OTHER PLANTS WITH SIMILAR DESIGN Taylor Milhoan Thompson Blaha TTMartin, RI DATE: 05/18/94 ASSIGNED TO:
CONTACT:
NRR Russell SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS OR REMARKS:
Ref.
EDO 10053.
Reply to Atlanta, GA office.
Mark envelope ATTN: Patricia Murphy.
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NRR ACTION:
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OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY CORRESPONDENCE CONTROL TICKET PAPER NUMBER:
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CRC-94-0467 EDO LOGGING DATE: May 17 94 AUTHOR AFFILIATION ADDRESSEE:
LETTER DATE:
SUBJECT:
SEN SAM NUNN U.S.
SENATE RATHBUN May 5 94 FILE CODE:
SUBSTANTIAL NUCLEAR SAFETY HAZARD IN CONTAINMENT DESIGN AT SUSQUEHANNA AND POSSIBLY OTHER NUCLEAR FACILITIES ACTION DISTRIBUTION:
Signature of EDO COMRS g OCA TO ACK SPECIAL HANDLING: NONE CONSTITUENT:
NOTES:
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