ML18114A630
| ML18114A630 | |
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| Site: | Surry  |
| Issue date: | 03/20/1979 |
| From: | Shannon P VIRGINIA, COMMONWEALTH OF |
| To: | Hendrie J NRC COMMISSION (OCM) |
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| Download: ML18114A630 (3) | |
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-LLD029 SPL079 WAB229(1548)(1-022192C079)PD 03/20/79 1545 I CS IPMRRRA RCH 01062 RICHMOND VA 237 03-20 330P EST PMS JOSEPH M. HENDRIE, CHAIRMAN NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION DLR
. 1 717 H ST NW W~,SHDC ON TUESDAY, MARCH 13, 1979, THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION OF:DERED THE SHUTDOWN OF FIVE NUCLEAR PLANTS WITHIN FORTY-EIGHT HOURS. TWO OF THESE PLANTS WERE VIRGINIA ELECTRIC AND POWER 1
CC!VJPANY' S SURRY UNIT NOS. 1 AND 2 (THE LATTER ALREADY DOWN FOR STEAM GENERATOR REPPLACEMENT>.
THESE PLANTS ARE TO REMAIN DOWN PENDING NRC'S REVIEW OF THE RF.ANALYSIS. OF' PIPING STRESS AT THE SURRY UNITS. WE BELIEVE THAT THERE ARE IMPORTANT FACTORS.WHICH MUST BE' CONSIDER[W BY NEC IN PREPARING F"OR AND CONDUCTING ITS REVIEW OF VIRGINIA SF-1201 (RS-69).
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ELECTRIC AND POWER COMPANY'S AND STONE AND* WEBSTER'S REANALYSIS, SPECIFICALLY~
THE RELIABILITY, ADEQUACY AND.
COST OF ELECTRIC SERVICE. THE SURRY UNITS PROVIDE.A SOURCE OF' ELECTRIC ENERGY* TO AN AREA ALREADY HEAVILY DEPENDENT ON OIL FOR POWER GENERATION AND THE SHUTDOWN OF THESE UNITS WILL NECESSITATE ADDITIONAL RELIANCE ON OIL DURING A TIME WHEN THE WORLD OIL MARKETS ARE IN A STATE OF' DISRUPTION, FURTHERMORE, SHOULD THE ORDERED SHUTDOWNS EXTEND OVER A
- PF:OLONGED PERIOD OF' TIME IT COULD CAUSE THE POSTPONEMENT CtNCELLATION OF' PLANNED MAINTENANCE ON OTHER OF THE COMPANY'S U~ITS THEREBY CREATING A POTENTIAL ADVERSE 'IMPACT ON SYSTEM RELIABILITY AND ADEQUACY DURING THE SUMMER PEAKING SEASON AS WELL AS CREATING A SERIOUS ADVERSE ECONOMIC IMPACT ON VIRGINIA RATEPAYERS, SF-1201 (R5*69)
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BECAUSE OF THESE FACTORS WE URGE THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY
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COMMISSION TO BE PREPARED TO REVIEW THE RESULTS OF' THE
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