ML17306B059
| ML17306B059 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Palo Verde  |
| Issue date: | 10/16/1992 |
| From: | Sholly S MHB TECHNICAL ASSOCIATES |
| To: | Trammell C Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
| References | |
| GL-88-20, NUDOCS 9210220122 | |
| Download: ML17306B059 (16) | |
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Technical Associates Consultants on Energy & the Environment 16 October 1992 Mr. Charles M. Trammell III Lead Project Manager - Palo Verde Project Directorate V Division ofReactor Projects III/IV/V Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20555
Dear Mr. Trammell:
I have been keeping track of utilityactivities in responding to the NRC s Generic Letter 88-20 (IPE and IPEEE), and have noted the submittal by APS ofvarious documentation related to the seismic margin earthquake (SME) for the Palo Verde station. In that connection, the enclosed article from the October 9, 1992, edition of The Arizona Dail Star was recently brought to my attention.
I am sending this article to you for your review and use.
My plans are to eventually review the SME report on Palo Verde and assess how the information in the newspaper article squares with that report. I would be interested in receiving the NRC staff's views on the appropriate SME for Palo Verde once the staff has completed its review.
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- Rrst Edition, Tucson, Fttday, October 9, 1992 Arizona faces high risk from big quakes, here or ln California
. By Mary K. Relnhart Tt>>Arlmna Dasy Star PHOENIXEarthquakes pose a double threat to
'Arizona.
. Not only Js the state now considered at high risk for earthquakes, but It Is bracing for repercussions from a maJor quake ln Southern California, expected within a year.
That's the chilling summary of a disaster briefing held yesterday by the Arizona Division of Emergency Management forgovernment, military and law enforce-ment offtdats.
The agency Is, finishing a blueprint for action If "The Big One" hits California, or even Arizona. -We'e finding out that Arizona Is more vulnerable than we orlglnany suspected," said WilliamD. Lockwood, direc-tor of the division.
Arizona has put addtuonal emphasis on earthquake preparation during the past year, because the Federal Emergency Management Association designated the state at high seismic risk. The rating Is the same as that forMidwestern states along the New Madrid fault and Is second only to California and four other Western states considered at -very high" risk.
In addition to evaluating the Impact from a quake Itself, Arizona has stepped up preparations to handle a flood of people fleeing Southern Callfornla.
Aseries of Caufornla earthquakes lnJune dramati-cally Increased the chance of a major quake from S.l to 8 5 on the Richter scale-hitting Southern Califor-nia within the next year. said Terry Wallace, a Univer-sity of Arizona seismologist and piofessor of geo-sciences.
Wallace said a major quake In the area would de.
stroy many of Arizona's "lifellnes" to CaUfornla, ln.
cludlng highways and pipe!ines, and could shut down the Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station west ot Phoenix.
1t would probably disrupt food and pharmaceutical supply lines, since most of those goods are trucked to Arizona from California.
. "The conditions are perfect for lt to occur within the next six months to a year," Wallace said. "Parts of the (San Andreas) fault which have not faUed ln historic times, wlU falL... In a sense, we are somewhat over-due."
WaUace and other seismologists are concerned be-cause the socaUed Landers earthquake on June 36, which measured 7.4 on the Richter scale, appears to f have triggered other quakes along other faults. Atleast one fault-the B!g Bear fault-Is new, created by a 6S magnitude earthquake that hit three hours after the Landers quake rumbled along the San Andreas fault.
The quakes have eliminated "restraining stress,"
Wathtce said, which Is the force holding faults together.
That makes conditions ripe for a maJor Southern Cali-fornia quake, with casualties estimated at 30,000 to 40,000, he said.
Lockwood, of the division of Emergency Manage-ment, said yesterday's briefing was prompted ln part by renewed concerns about a huge quake along the south<<
em fault lines, which lie Just 60 miles west ofthe Arizona border.
He said emergency offidats from CaUfornla came to Arizona several weeks ago to stress that "they were under the gun for something ln the next six or eight months."
Arizona's higher risk categoflzauon freed 'u eral funds, and the division hired Reggle Yates as~
quake program manager.
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> Men was shot by cop es he IeiI, po(ice Say ,l rl 1l 'I Page TwoSection A tzi 3 ri:-OSi'3riiilgSlnr ) Tucson, Friday; October 9, f1992'EIRO GION Triple.murder charges. At Pima County Jail, two men being held on at-tempted-murder charges in connection with a robbery are also chatged in the triple murder at El Grande Market. Page 1B. Alzhelmer's key. A study finds a link between a shortage of a brain chemical and the formation of rock-hard protein in the brains of Alzheimer's disease vic-tims. Page 15A. CAMPAIGN'92 Debate panellsts. Chosen to take part in Sunday night's presidential de-bate are Jim Lehrer of the "Mac-Neil/Lehrer NewsHour" on PBS, as = moderator; and Ann Compton of ABC News, John Mashek of The Boston Globe and free. lance journalist Sander Vanocur, as panelists. Pago 4A. LOITO PHOENIX (AP)None of the tickets sold for Wednesday night's "Lotto" drawing matched all six numbers se-lected, so the $ 1 millionJackpot willroll over to tomonow's drawing. Arizona Lottey offidals said yesterday. The numbers drawn were 4, 5. 12,
- 17. 24 and 39.
The oNdals said 53 tickets matched five of the numbers and are worth $704. each; 2,016 tickets matched four num-bers and are worth $39; and 29,634 t!ckets matched three numbers and are worth $2 each. WASHINGI'ON= "Bad rap." Although there have been five crashes of C-130 cargo planes in the past year, the aircraft is versatile and easy to Ity, an AirNational Guard officer says in the wake of the fifthSuCh aCCident. Page 14A. WORLD Willy Brandt dies. Willy Brandt, chancellor of West Germany from 1969 to 1974, dies after a long illness. Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1971, he is remembered as the author of the detent pOliCy Called OStpOlitik. Page SA. Mideast talks. Israel says itwillallow Palestinians from outside the occupied temtories to participate in regional Mid-east peace talks. The PLO's parliament In exile and Palestinlans from Arab east Jerusalem are stillexduded. Page 5A. Bosnlan war. Serbian rebels esca-late their attacks on government-held towns In northern Bosnia, prompting threats of foreign intervention. Page 10A. MONEY Bankruptcy Court filing.Schwinn Bi-cyde Co. files for Chapter 11 reorgani-zation, citing heavy debts and the slug-gish national economy. page 10c. Diaper service'iquidates. Rex Kon-ingsor, owner of Los Nidos Diaper Ser-vice, announces plans to file for bank-ruptcy, leaving his customers with their hands full. Page IOC. You, too, can be a brain surgeon ln one easy lesson. Mike Muise, left, and Frank DeFellce of Old Tucson Urrda Seegar, Tr>> Arizona Oozy Star show how. Dodging the ghouls and hobgobllns in the operating room Is a drag, though. Page 18. ACCENT. - i Organic gardening. More gardeners do not use chemlcah than do, a 1991 survey shows, and that gives the editors ofOrganic Gardening. celebrating its 50th birthday this year, more reason to cele-brate. I age lb. Hank Williams to Henry Hlggins. Postage stamps next year wSI really be into mush, honoring such Amedcana as Hank Williams and the Carter family, Buddy Holly and Otis RedCng, "Porgy & Bess" and "MyFair lady." page 3D. ~CW 1 "Jau at Plma." There's a concert Jazz series coming to and Its musldan-promoter ho begin a trad'tion here. Pago 12F. ~ 20
- ucson, s it wi5 SPORTS MaJor test. Flowing.Wells'ootball.
teamhasgotteno1Itoa4-I st rt, buQt faces a significant challeng tonlggt; when it plays unbeaten Sabino Flowing. Wells coach John Kashner lls thisr year's squad "the best team vjje've hqrj; since I'e been heie." Page 1OI l Rookie race has Arizona flavor. For-mer University of Arizona player Kenny" Lofton of the Cleveland Indians and f~ rner ASU player Pat Ustach of the ivLiiz waukee Brewers are considered toP candidates for American League Rookie. ofthe Year honors. I age 1O. COMMENT One more time. Development plans, no matter how well supported like Pima Canyon, need a last scrutiny by the Board of Supervisors before passage. Page 16A. STARLIGHT- $5 Diner. Tal Pan's Terlyakl itd5 is a pleasant place to dine, the food 1s good and University of Arizona students, among others, should Ilnd the pres rea-
- sonable, says Star food reviewer John Bret-Harte. Page 4F.
"Don Carlo" a favorite. Stephen Co-lanttl is particularly fond of this Verdi opera in which he wi0 sing the title role ln the Aiizona Opera's production, the Star's James Reel reports in an Inter-vhwwith the singer. page 7F. f C C L P k Continued from Page One threat ln hrizorur," Yates said. In fact, there are 11 faults In hrlzona capable of earthquakes. primarily In the southeastern and north-wextem areas of the state, he Said. Last year in the Grand Canyon area alone there were 57 earthquakes. Yates said. hll were small, but ofnclals are wrtlcularlyworried about the posslbIII'Iyof a major quake lu an area so heavily populated with tourists. "Our attantlou Is much more focused now on the northwest portion o! the state," Wallace said, partlcu. larlyalong the Hurricane fault. The state's higher seismic rhk also will lead to tougher building codes In the Tucson area In the next couple ofyears, he saliL Tucson is no stranger to earthquakes. On May 5, 1887, a major quake shook hrlzona, New Mexico and northern Sonora. hn estimated 75 ou the 'ltlchter scale, lt cut a 35.mlle.long gash through the 'desert aud forever changed the coriflguratlon of the Santa Catalina hfounhlnr. Although Tucson ls at less rhk from quakes than Other parts of the state, Such as communities alorig Ore Colorado River.itwould undoubtedly be nffeded Ifa bid quake hit Southern Califorah. In addition to cutting olf supplies from California, an Influxof people would strain sochl service agencies and medical facllllles, offichls sairL Lt.Terry Parish, commander rrf ernergericy opera-tlonx for the Plma County Sheriff's DepartmeaL aT=- tended yesterday's briefing. He said Tucson because of Its aha and availabilityofservices-would probably be expected to treat quake victims, coordinating alrllnx from Callforla Io Tucson hospthh. -What we heard today was the worst~ sce-nario," he said. "But with us being one of the hrger countlex, forsure we would be actively Involved." Parish said Plma County's emergency program was'eefed up after the 1983 flood, a disaster fhe counfy wasI prepared for, which "really created an emer-gency services awakening." oaarr~ the man whenhe walked spottada mari lria liar Inr'n~rl en uh i'e tha Thr for Ye oiir 0 DOCKET. NO(S). 5O-528 5O-529, and 50-530 May 27, 1992 DISTR I BUT R I ON Docket Files PDV r/f/ DFoster To attacged addressees sUBJEcT: ftONTHLY AND ANNUAL ENVIRONMENTAL REPORTS FOR PALO VERDE NUCLEAR STATION UNITS i, 2, AND 3 The following documents concerning our review of the subject facility are transmitted;for your information.- DESCRIPTION OF DOCUMENT Notice of Receipt of Application Draft/Final Environmental Statement Notice. of Availability of Draft/Final Environmental Statement Safety Evaluation Report, or Supplement No. Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact Notice of Issuance of Environmental Assessment . Notice of;Consideration of Issuance of Facility Operating License'or Amendment to Facility Operating License Biweekly NoticeApplications and Amendments to Operating Licenses S p Involvin No Si nif/cant Hazards Conditions See Pagefsi'xemption DATED* Construction Permit No. CPPR-Facility Operating License No. Order Monthly Operating Report for .AnnuaggrjgypgI Report: ,, Other , Amendment No. ,Amendment No. transmitted by Letter 4/22/92 transmitted by Letter 4 iO 92
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