ML19261E843
| ML19261E843 | |
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| Site: | Peach Bottom, Hope Creek, Vermont Yankee, Crane File:NorthStar Vermont Yankee icon.png |
| Issue date: | 12/31/1970 |
| From: | Markee E US ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION (AEC) |
| To: | Howe P US ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION (AEC) |
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| NUDOCS 7910170885 | |
| Download: ML19261E843 (2) | |
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DEC 2 i 1270 P. W. liowe, Chief, SESRSG, DRL TRIP PIPORT OF VISITS TO net l BOLD ISLAND, SALEM, LI!!ERICK, tiREE !!ILE ISLAND AND PEAOi BOTT0!! REACTOR SITES - DECENDER 16-17, 1970 he primary purpose of this trip was to become familiar with existing and proposed locations of meteorological sensors at these five reactor locations. During the first day (December 16), I visited the ' eubold Island and Limerick sites and flew over all five sites in a light airplane along with Maynard Smith, Brookhaven Laboratory, the meteorological consultant to the applicants on four of the sites, ne secoru day (December 17) was spent traveling to and visiting the Bree Mile Island and Peach Bottom sit:s.
Newbold Island Mr. Richard Van Brunt and Robert Douglas, Public Service Gas 5 Electric Company, acecmpanied me to the site to inspect the proposed locations for their 300 foot meteorological tower.
He proposed location, although it has exposure problers, is the best location on utility owned property. D e utility proposes to locate wind directicn, vind speed and temperature sensors at the 30,150 and 300 foot IcVels of the tower. He tower will be situated in a clearing en the mainland shore as indicated in the PSAR (Amendment 2, Ficure 2.1-5). The primary obstructions that may influence the meteorological data are 40 foot high storage buildings about 500 feet west of the tower.
Limerick Mr. A1 !!ogan, Philadelphia Electric Ccmpany, accompanied me to the site to view the proposed meteorological tower locatiens for ensite data collection. A 510 foot tower is being erected in a cleared area en a high point about 1000 feet !;E of the proposed cooling tower location.
Bis tower will be instrumented for wind direction and sneed at the 30,175, 410 and 510 foot levels and for temperature at the 26,171 and 506 foot levels. A bivane will be situated at the 150 foot level.
At the present time, a wind system is situated atop a 30 foot pole and is gatherin? data en a temporary basis so that a connarisen between the meteorology at this site and the Peach Bottom site can be attempted. Bis comuarisen is necessary to detemine whether the Peach Bottom meteorological data can be used for evaluation of the site meteorology at Limerick for the constructien per.it.
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P. W. !! owe A 100 foot tower will be erected on the bank of the Schuylkill River with wind and temperature sensors at two levels.
'fr. Hogan is anticipatinc some electronics problers with the installation of the te nerature sensors due to voltage pickup frca overhead 500 Ky transmission lines.
Tnree Mile Island Mr. Jack !!crbine, !!etropolitan Edison Company, acconnanied me on a tour of the meteorological instrumentation locations. Since May 1967, wind direction and speed have been measured at two locations. 'The one location is about 2,0C0 feet south of the reactor location on a 100 foot hich mast and is presently in continuous operation. The other location (Crawford Station) is 2.5 miles N of the site 25 feet above grade and its operation has been discontinued. A 150 foot onsite tower was erected
'ty inspection of the chart records a*:d instrumented in August 1970.
from this tower showed that there were problems with the recording of temperature data.
Peach Bottom Mr. A1 liogan, Philadelphia Electric Company, also conducted me on a tour of the meteorological measuring facilities at this site. All instruments appeared to be in gcod working order. The wind vanes at the two levels on the microwave tower were recording directions that were about 300 different from each other while en insrection of t!'e vanes showed they both should have been recording about the same direction Mr. Ilogan s id that he thought the sensors had been changed recently and,the vanes were not oriented properly after the change, f W. bpdA a
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