ML17223B123
| ML17223B123 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Saint Lucie  |
| Issue date: | 02/28/1991 |
| From: | Sager D FLORIDA POWER & LIGHT CO. |
| To: | NRC OFFICE OF INFORMATION RESOURCES MANAGEMENT (IRM) |
| References | |
| L-91-62, NUDOCS 9103080315 | |
| Download: ML17223B123 (3) | |
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ACCELERATED DIS RIBUTION DEMONSTRATION SYSTEM io
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REGULATORY XNFORMATION DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM (RIDS)
ACCESSION NBR: 9103080315 DOC. DATE: 91/02/28 NOTARIZED:
NO FACIL:50-335 St. Lucie Plant, Unit 1, Florida Power 6 Light Co.
50-389 St. Lucie Plant, Unit 2, Florida Power 6 Light Co.
AUTH.NAME AUTHOR AFFILIATION SAGER,D.A.
Florida Power 6 Light Co.
RECXP.NAME RECIPXENT AFFXLIATION Document Control Branch (Document Control Desk)
DOCKET 05000335 05000389
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SUBJECT:
Advises that on 910201,plant personnel notified by Applied Biology,Inc that adult Nest Indian Manatee observed swimming in condenser cooling water intake canal. Canal surveillance increased. Plans to remove manatee underway.
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TITLE: Environmental Event Report (per Tech Specs)
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P.O. Sox 12$, Ft. Pierce, FL 34954-0128 FEB 2 8 199I L-91-62 U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Attn:
Document Control Desk Washington, DC 20555 Gentlemen:
Re:
St. Lucie Units 1 and 2
Docket Nos.
50-335 and 50-389 Manatee in St. Lucie Plant Coolin Water Intake Canal The following event is submitted in accordance with Section 4.1 of the Environmental Protection Plan.
Should you have any questions concerning this event, please contact us.
Very truly yours, D.
A ager Vice esident St. Lucie Plant DAS:JJB:kw Attachment cc: Stewart D. Ebneter, Regional Administrator, Region II, USNRC Senior Resident Inspector, USNRC, St. Lucie Plant DAS/PSL 4370 i
'103080315 910223 PDR ADOCK 05000335 P
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EVENT DESCRIPTION MANATEE IN PSL COOLING WATER INTAKE CANAL On February 1,
- 1991, at approximately 1000
- hours, Environmental Affairs personnel were notified by Applied Biology, Inc.
personnel, biological consultants working for
- FPL, that an adult West Indian Manatee had been observed swimming in the plant's condenser cooling water intake canal.
The animal appeared to be healthy and was not at immediate risk as a result of being in the
- canal, nor were any plant operations being impacted by the presence of the animal.
The manatee appears to have entered the intake canal through one of the cooling systems intake pipes which connect the canal to the Atlantic Ocean.
While swimming close to the intake pipe
- area, the animal may have investigated the structure and entered.
Several of the concrete panels on the upper portion of the velocity cap structures had previously been damaged and had been removed.
The velocity caps have undergone inspection and are going to be repaired during 1991.
Following discovery of the
- manatee, the surveillance of the intake canal was increased to ensure the safety of the animal and that no other manatees are present.
FPL feels that this is an isolated and unusual event, particularly since it is the first such occurrence in the 15 year operation history of the plant.
FPL personnel are consulting with U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service personnel and the Florida Department of Natural Resources on a
continuing basis regarding the safe removal of the animal from the canal.
Upon
- removal, the animal will either be released into the Indian River adjacent to the plant or will be taken to Sea World in Orlando, Florida for rehabilitation.