ML19225C764
| ML19225C764 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Midland |
| Issue date: | 05/31/1979 |
| From: | Hoefling R NRC OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE LEGAL DIRECTOR (OELD) |
| To: | Leeds J, Luebke E, Mark Miller Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel |
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| Download: ML19225C764 (1) | |
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May 31* 1979 NRQ PUBLIC D(XRDWEP ROW Marshall E. Miller, Esq.
Dr. J. Venn Leeds, Jr.
Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Atomic Safety and Licensing Board U. S. f;uclear Regulatory Commission 10807 Atwell Washington, D. C.
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Docket flos. 50-329, 50-330 p er.and Proceeding) -
t Gentlemen:
Enclosed for the information of the Licensing Board and the partics are NRC Staff Memoranda of May 11, 15 and 16, 1979 on the subject of the estimated construction completion date for Midland Unit 2.
The Staff has revised its previously estimated construction completion date of November, 1980.
The Staff is currently projecting, for planning purposes, a construction completion date of flovember,1981.
This latter de.e will be the subject of further review and possible revision.
The Staff will keep the Board and the parties informed.
Sincerely, i
V Richard K. Hoefling Counsel for NRC Staff cc (w/ encl.):
Judd L. Bacon, Esq.
Grant J. Merritt, Esq.
Ms. Mary Sinclair Harold F. Reis, Esq.
Gerald Charnoff, Esq.
M.. Steve Gadler Docketing and Service Section Michael I. Miller, Esq.
Atomic Safety & Licensing Board Atomic Safety & Licensing Appeal Panel William C. Potter, Jr.
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R. L. Davis, Esq.
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MAY 1 > 1979 Docket Nos.:
50-329/330 MEMORANDUM FOR:
D. B. Vassallo, Assistant Director for Light Water Reactors, Division of Project Management Steven A. Varga, Chief, Light Water Reactors Branch No. 4,//
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Division of Project Management FROM:
Darl Hood, Project Manager, Light Water heactors Branch No. 4, Division of Project Management
SUBJECT:
ESTIMATED CONSTRUCTION COMPLETION DATE FOR MIDLAND UNIT 2 The annual update of construction completion dates by the NRC staff's Caseload Forecast Panel has projected a slip for Midland Unit 2, the first of the Midland units scheduled for construction. As indicated in a previous letter to the remand board concerning an earlier projection by the Panel, schedular estimates fer Midland Unit 2, although only a rough indication, could potentially be relevant and material to the Midland remand proceeding.
This matter may also be of interest to the OL hearing board for information purposes since it in-fiuences the staff's schedule for completion of the Midland radiological safety review and may provide the bases for more reliable schedules yet to be developed.
Accordingly, I reconmend that both the remand and OL boards be informed of this 61d tte r.
Background informatica concerning the previous and current estimates of the Panel for Midlcod Unit 2 is given below.
Previous Estimates On March 8.1970, the VC staff forwarded a memorandum from Roger S. Boyd, Director of Project Management, dated March 7,1978, concerning differing staff analyses of estimated construction completion dates for Midland Unit 2.
The mer.c lat m noted that such internally-generated information could potentially be relevant and material to the Midland remand proceeding.
A detailed plant specific analysis was subsequently undertaken and documented in a " Summary of March 21-22, 1978 Meeting and Site Visit" dated March 27, 1978.
In its detailed analysis, the NRC staff concluded that the applicant's proposed construction schedule, based on tLa project status at that time, ;rn-
' to te reali and achievable, although it may be a bit on the optim:,
In its evaluation of a request for an extension of cons Midland Plant Units 1 and 2 which accompanied the exte 17, 1978, the NRC staff again noted that based upon the.
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I a6' D. B. Vassallo MAY 151379 and by the fiRC staff's Caseload Forecast Panel, the applicant's earliest estimate of the time to complete construction was not unreasonable, though slightly optimistic.
However, the staff further noted that in the event of unusual diffi-culties in correcting the settlement of certain structures recently discovered to be occurring at the site, this estimate may have to be revised.
By letter of April 24, 1979, responding to the staff's 10 CFR 50.54(f) requests regarding the plant fill matter, the applicant advised that remedial actions for structures in addition to the diesel generator building will be performed.
The schedule for the remedial actions is not yet known.
Current Estimate The attached memorandum from Ms. S. Kari advises that the mos. ecent estimate for Midland Unit 2 by the !1RC staff's Caseload orecast Panel suggests a delay of 32-33 months beyond the applicant's estimate for completion of construction, but that a more precise estimate will be undertaken once other schedular factors such as the impact of the soil settlement matter and of the Three-Mile Island, Unit 2 accident can be evaluated.
In the meantine, the Office of iluclear Reactor Regulation is using the Panel's latest estimate of fiovember 1981 for Midland Unit 2 1mpletion for ourposes of planning and priorities.
M NoP Darl Hood, Project Manager Light Water Reactors Branch flo. 4 Division of Project Management
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