ML17341A286

Responds,On Behalf of Util,To ASLB 810528 Order That Parties State Positions Re Solid Waste Resulting from Steam Generator Repair.Repairs Should Take Place Immediately, Concurrently W/Present Outage

ML17341A286
Person / Time
Site:	Turkey Point
Issue date:	06/12/1981
From:	Chonin N CHONIN, N.
To:	Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel
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ML17341A284	List: ML17341A283 ML17341A285 ML17341A286 ML17341A287 ML18008A018
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STEEL HECTOR 6c DAVIS SOVTHEAST FIRST NATIONAL SANK 8VILOINO MIAMIIFLORIDA 33I3I TELEX SI-5758 PALM SEACH OFFICE NORMAN A. COLI 205 WORTH AVENUE I305) 577-2883 PALM 6EACHi FLORIOA 33480 June 12, 1981 Atomic Safety and Licensing Board U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20555 Re: Xn the Matter of Florida Power 6 Light Company Point Nuclear Gener."ting Units Nos. 3 and 'Turkey

4) Docket Nos. 50-250, 50-251 (Proposed Amendments to Facility Operating License to Permit Steam Generator Re airs)

Dear Members. of the Board,

Xn its Memorandum and Order of May 28, 1981, the Board ordered:

'II 3 That the parties are O'Ire"ted to file by 4 p.m.

June 15, 1981, detailed information concerning the handling, storage, transpor",.ation or other disposition to be made Iif Iow->.evel solid waste that may be produced at the "urkey Point facility as a result of the. proposed sI=eam gener'ator repairs.

4. That the parties are further directed to state their positions as to whether the .Board can or should take any action regarding solid waste resulting from steam generator repairs at Turkey Point, including the imposition of license amendment conditions." (pp. 42-4'3) .

This letter is in response to the Board's order.

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ST E EL H ECTO R 8c DAVIS The enclosed affidavit of Alan J. Gould, employed by Florida Power 6 Light Company as a Power Resources Radwaste and Radiochemistry Specialist, addresses the handling of low-level solid wastes generated by the proposed repairs, storage 'onsite, transportation, and their disposition. The affidavit demon-strates that if it is assumed, for purposes of discussion, that

'all of the containers in which the relatively low specific activity waste is to be stored, together with the drums of such waste presently stored onsite, were breached by a hurricane, tornado, .or some other mechanism, and conservative assumptions are made with 'respect to how much of the activity in the waste would be released, the consequences of'uch releases would be bounded by the SGLA accident analyses performed by the NRC Staff and FPL which indicate that the resultant doses would be 'below 10 CFR Part 20 limits. Consequently, FPL does not believe that the Board should impose any additional license amendment conditions regarding the low-level waste resulting from the repairs in its final order to be entered in this proceeding.

FPL wishes to inform the Board that it is now exploring revision of its schedule for making the repairs. Cn April 21, 1981, Turkey Point Unit No. 3 suffered an electrical failure within the stator of its electrical generator. The unit was immediately taken off line and subsequently put in a cold shut-down condition. By about Iday 20, 1981, the electrical generator had been disassembled, the damage was found to be extensive, and the stator was subsequently shipped offsite for 0 \

STEEL HEcToR Sc DAvls repair,. FPL is presently conducting a required inservice inspection (ISI) on Unit No. 3 while the unit is shut down.

At this moment the length of the outage for Unit No. 3 resulting from the incident is not known precisely, since a num-ber of options are being investigated. A corporate decision con-cerning the matter will be made very shortly. One of the options under consideration would be to perform the steam generator re-pairs on Unit Mo. 3 concurrently with.'the repairs necessitated by the electrical generator failure. If FPL determines that that course is appropriate, it would wish to begin the steam generat'or repairs on Unit No. 3 as soon as possible. Xn fact, some of the preliminary work could commence immediately upon receipt of Board approval and issuance of the license amendments authorizing the repairs, and be done in parallel with XSI work. Xf 'FPX performs the steam generator repairs concurrently with -the outage causec by the electrical generator failure, the total outage time for Unit No. 3 as well --as any resultant replacement power costs would be minimized. The steam generator repairs for Unit No. 4 would follow upon completion of repairs to Unit No. 3. Therefore, if the Board is satisfied that issuance of the final order authoriz-ing the steam generator repairs is justified, FPL would very much appreciate Board action promptly.

Respe fully submitte Norma A. Coll NAC/woc cc: See Attached Sex'vice List

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