ML19260C953
| ML19260C953 | |
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| Site: | Crane  |
| Issue date: | 01/28/1980 |
| From: | Swanson D, Swartz L NRC OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE LEGAL DIRECTOR (OELD) |
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| NUDOCS 8002070172 | |
| Download: ML19260C953 (7) | |
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA HUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION BEFORE THE ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD In the Matter of 1
Docket No. 50-289 METROPOLITy1EDISONCOMPANY, ETA.
(Three Mile Island Nuclear Station
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Unit 1)
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NRC STAFF FURTHER PRELIMINARY RESPONSES TO UCS INTERROGATORIES The NRC Staff filed its Preliminary Response to UCS Interrogatories on Jan-uary 10,1980. Answers to Interrogatories 168 through 189 were not provided at that time but are now set forth in this response.
In addition, certain modifications to the original PNiiminary Response are included.
In its Prelimina.y Responses to the UCS Interrogatories, the NRC Staff has indicated whether information will be provided in the Safety Evaluation of the licensee's compliance with the August 9,1979 Order (SE) or in supplemental testimony. The Staff wishes to make it clear that answers that cannot be found in the SE and that are not objected to will be made available as they are developed by the Staff as well as in supplemental testimony.
Contention 2 23.
Reactor coolant pumps will not fully comply with IEEE 279.
- 24. Reactor coolant pumps will not fully comply with GDC's 2 and 4.
Contention 5
- 45. Response will be set forth in supplemental testimony.
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. flures of PORV's, associated block valves,
- 46. Yes, tne Staff agrees
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'nd the inste ments and contrcls for these valves can cause or
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- 47. Response will be set forth in supplemental testimony.
Contention 6 This matter will be reviewed at a later time based on information
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Answers to the in a generic report to be submitted by the licensee.
questions will be provioed in supplemental testimony.
Contention 7 Although the original answer was in the affirmative, upon c bser review 66.
the NRC Staff has determined that the short and long term requirements will not provide instrumentation to directly measure the water level in the fuel assemblies. A more complete response will be set forth in supplemental testimony.
- 67. Response will be provided in supplemental testimony.
This is an issue under review; a response will be given in an SE supplement.
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- 69. - 71. This matter will be addressed in the SE and supplements.
The training program to inform reactor operators of new procedures is 72.
described in the licensee's restart report. The Staff's analysis of the program will be contained in a supplement to the SE.
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. Contention 8 82.
Response will be proviaed in supplemental testimony.
Contention 9 91 The matter is under review; a response will be provided in supplemental testimony.
Contention 10
- 99. Although the Staff has not taken a position on whether the core cooling system is a " protection system" (see Interrogatory 97), the Staff does take the position that a TMI-2 operator prevented a core cooling system
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from going to completion.
Contention 13 133. - 136. The matter is under review.
If probability studies are ultimately
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testimony.
139. Reference should be to NUREG-0585, not NUREG-1585.
Further Preliminary Response Contention 16 168. The answer to this question can be found in Appendix I of NUREG-0396,
" Planning Basis for the Development of State and Local Government Radiologi-cal Emergency Response Plans in Support of Light Water Nuclear Power Plants."
A copy of this document has already been provided to all intervenors in this proceeding.
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4 169. The NRC Staff input into NUGREG-0396 which consists of final memoranda, reports and other documents will be provided at a later date. The Staff objects to providing draft materials and EPA Staff input as these docu-ments are exempt from disclosure' pursuant to 10 C.F.R. 5 2.790(a).
170. Response will be provided in supplemental testimony.
171. The use of potassium iodate as a thyroid blocking agent is not a matter which is under review by the NRC Staff.
172. This matter is under review; a msponse will be provided in supplemental testimony.
173. The question appears identical to Interrogatory 168 and the Staff response is the same.
174. The matter is under review; a response will be provided in supplemental
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testimony.
175. A response will be provided in the Staff's. Safety Evaluation of the li-censee's compliance with the August 9,1979 Order (SE) or in supplements.
176. The matter is under review; a response will be provided in supplemental testimony.
177. The NRC Staff does not have this information.
178. - 179. The matter is under review; a response will be provided in supple-mental testimony, i
180. The NRC Staff objects to this Interrogatory as vague. An insufficient amount of information was provided to allow the Staff to respond to the 1937 040
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181. - 182. The matter is under review; a response will be provided in supple-mental testimony.
183. The answer is discussed in NUREG-0396. A copy of this document has already been sent to all intervenors in this proceeding.
184. - 186. The matter is under review; an answer will be provided in supple-mental testimony.
187. - 168. The Staff has not reviewed this report and car.not respond to questions without having more information regarding criteria, calculations, etc. used by Beyea.
Further, the limited information provided does not enable the S^;ff to ascertain whether the report is relevant to the issue of emergency planning or if so whether it has a material bearing on the issue. Only after the Staff has made a determination of the relevancy and materiality of the report can it decide whether it will analyze the-complete report.
189. A response will be provided in the SE or supplements.
Respectfully submitted, 6 & f.
W Daniel T. Swanson Counsel for NRC Staff jar $K Ds M
Lucinda Low Swartz Counsel for NRC Staff Dated at Bethesda, Maryland this 28th day of January 1980.
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION EEFORE THE ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD In the Matter of
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MEIROPOLITAN IDISON COMPANY, ET AL.
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Docket No. 50-289
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(Three Mile Island Nuclear Station.
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Unit 1) :
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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE e
I hereby certify that copies of "NRC STAFF FURTHER PRELIMINARY RESPONSES TO UCS INTERR0GATORIES" in the above-captioned proceeding have been served on the following by deposit in the United States mail, first class, or, as indicated by an asterisk, through deposit in the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's internal mail system, this 28th day of January 1980.
Ivan W.' $=ith; Esq.*
Mr. Steven C. Sho11y Atomic Safety and Licensing Board 304 South Market Street U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Mechanicsburg, PA 17055 Washington, DC 20555 Dr. Walter H. Jordan Mr. Thomas Cerusky 881 W.' Outer Drive Bureau of Radiation Protection Department of Environmental Oak Ridge, TN 37830 Resources P.O. Box 2063 Dr. Linda W. Little 5000 Hermitage Drive Harrisburg, PA 17120 Raleigh, NC 27612 Mr. Marvin I. Lewis 6504 Bradford Terrace George F. Trowbridge, Esq.
Philadelphia, PA 19149 Shaw. Pittman, Potts & Trowbridge 1800 M Street. N.W.
Metropolitan Edison Company Washington, DC 20006 ATTN:
J.G. Herbein, Vice President Karin W. Carter, Esq.
f P.O. Box 542 505 Executive House P.O. Box 2357 Reading, PA 19603 f
Harrisburg, PA 17120 Ms. Jane Lee R.D. #3, Box 3521 Honorable Mark Cohen Etters, PA 17319 512 E-3 Main Capital Building Harrisburg, PA 17120 Walter W. Cohen, Consumer Advocate Department of Justice Strawberry Square, 14th Floor Harrisburg, PA 17127 i937 042
2-W Holly S. Keck Anti-Nuclear Group Representing York 245 W. Philadelphia Street York, PA 17404 John Levin Esq.
PA Public Utilities Commission Box 3265 Harrisburg, PA 17120
. Jordan D. Cunningham, Esq.
Robert Q. Pollard Fox, Farr and Cunningham Chesapeak Energy Alliance 2320 North 2nd Street 609 Montpelier Street Harrisburg, PA 17110 Baltimore, MD 21218 Theodore A. Adler, Esq.
Chauncey Kepford Widoff, Reager, Selkowitz & Adler P. O. Box 1547 Judith H. Johnsrud Environmental Coalition on Harrisburg, PA 17105 Nuclear Power
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433 Orlando Avenue Ms. Ellyn R. Weiss
. Sheldon, Harmon, Roisman & Weiss State -College, PA 16801 1725 1 Street, N.W.
Suite 506 Ms. Frieda Berryhill, Chairman Coalition for Nuclear Power Plant Washington, DC 20006 Postponement 2610 Grendon Drive Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel
- Wilmington, DE 19808 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Ce= mission Ms. Karen Sheldon Uashington, DC 20535 Sheldon, Harmon, Roisman & Weiss' 1725 I Street, N.W.
Atocic Safety and Licensing Appeal Suite 506 Panel (5)*
Washington, DC 20006 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
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Washington, DC 20555 Ms. Marjorie M. Aamodt R.D. #5 Docketing and Service Section (7)*
Office of the Secretary Coatesville, PA 19320
.U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washingtor DC 20555
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