ML19268C497
| ML19268C497 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Crane  |
| Issue date: | 01/23/1980 |
| From: | Lewis M AFFILIATION NOT ASSIGNED |
| To: | Harold Denton Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 8001300337 | |
| Download: ML19268C497 (2) | |
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tiarvin I. Lewis 6504 3radford Terrace Phila. PA 19149 1=23-80.
Dr Denton Sir :
What is being done to ensure and accure that nukes in construe tion will also be upgraded tothe Lescons Learned status of Operating nukes?
No mention of this area is presented in the enclosed News Relaase.
Are you ignoring the problem of upgrading nuclear reactors still in the cbnstruction phase.?
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80-1 FOR 3xtt:ATT Rt;tAst 51 t'n a t 1 of Soutnern California Edison Ocepany's San Tel.
301/493-7715 (wednesday, January 3,194 0) onofre fJuclear Power Stataon near sen Clemente wasch also As dependent on equare.ent delivery. In this case, the Department of Energy andicates that the Pactfac horthwest regaon of the bestern system Coord4nating Councti currently as encountering NRC ITATF 155Uts LETTER $ AND OROER$ TO U*!L! TIES relaattlity problers. secause of the Pacific Northinest's ON LZ$50N5 LEAJustD TROM THRIE MILE IfLAND AOC!OENT tegendence on power amports from Cal &fornta, the potential adverse ampact of the enut hwn of Een Daof re I has Deen con-sidered an the sche 1 alan 9 of a shutoown to neplement the requarements. Accordingly, the lacensee has been ordered to T!"e Nuclear pegulatory L N assion's Office of W elear (esonstrate continued power reitet ala ty probicas or shut down Reactor Regulatten is issuang a sortes of orders and letters by January 31.
to utility operators of 68 commercial nuclear power reactors establishing coadlines fer completing design, procedural. and The only two power reacters.-cf the : lacensed for staffing improvements resulting f rom recommendations of a tasa cperatacn ny sne sp:--wntch are nc.t covered my thas action force which studied the Three Male Island accident.
are Unate 1 and. at Me trcpol. tan Eda son Compary's Three Male
.sland facalaty rear Maddletown, Penrsylvanaa. both of which The changes include the addition of a technscal advasor on are shut down ar;ce f ana tely.
Inlemertataon cf task force each shift, the establishment of emergency support centers, recommendatacre wall to required at these fatalattes through improved anallaary feedwater flow anstruentation and pesative on-goang revaews.
valve position indicators.
A last of reacters my category as attaened.
The new requirements were transettted te utt11ty owners of the power reactors in letters from the NRC staff on Septemter 13 e
and Octoter c 3,1979: these letters specified that
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ttoms should be implemented by January.. 1980, and 'Categcry B" Attachment items shoald be teptemented by January 1, 1981. At 30 facalattes the 'Cate1ery A* Atems either already have been trplemerted or wall be t.,plemented prior to resumption of geratten. Since not all *0ateoory A* requirements have been 4:rplemented at the other
- , t, p,, i 38 fac116ttes, the staff has ccncluded that thest prempt teptemen-tation it necessary to provide continued assurance of protection of pub 11u health and safety. With some exceptions. At ;teensees do not preytdo adequate Justification, the plants must t ep l e:* e r. t g i,%
the changes by January 31, 1940 er shut down.
The 64 reactors have been placed in five cateveries for g m,,ng ree,y g g 3 g,
,, g purposes of this action.
1 C.rners of the 30 facilities at whaen al. "Catescry A"
stoms have been implemented or whach have teen armt dcwn kumeoldt Bay Pacific Gas & Electric to.
!u esa untti seplesentation has been ecmpleted have received letters spelling out thetr status, g,g D
Reactors for which uttitty owners have comriatted to rg $ g, y,,3, p.t3ic Seevice Co. of Coloca50 Plat.esville complete implementation by January 11, 1940, or to shut down the unats until amplementation to complete, cwners of these g,,,,','
14 f act11ttes will receive an order confirt.ang their comssatsent.
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Reactors for which owners have comriitted to complete as:plementation by January 31, 1980--except for those changes r w y' shach are dependent on delivery of necessary equapment--or reactors for wnica ownere have not covenatted to an amplemen-g,uy peut 3 riorica Powee & U gat Ca' Flor aa (itY tation date of January 31.
Accordingly, owners of these 19 fact 14 ties are receiving orders to demonstrate adequately that
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a delay beyonc January 31 based on equipment unavaalatiltty is justified.
(the staff has determined that it is practicable y,;3 }
m-.a Way Bad ley to have equipment installed t ithin 30 days of delivery, and, that based on available informatton, all equipment should be
,, %,, q delivered and lastalled by June 1, 1980.)
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Reactors in the State of riorida which also are I
dependent on delivery of equapment. In this case, presently
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a re3,4 available informstnen f rom the Copartment of Energy indacates that the Florida bulk power system as encountering reltabiltty problems. In vaew cf the potentaal adverse impact of the shutdown of more than one reactor at a time on power reltability Bi a seca point
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an the southeastern tiectric Reltability Counct1, owners of p p i g,3,g
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these two f act11ttes must demonstrate that a delay based on equapment availability as justified, or that a continuing power
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re11abt14ty problem exists. If this is not done satisfactorily, the plants must shut down by February 1$.
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The Nuclear pequ14 tory CJaNELAD&GA'1 A4V4Sor C0senattee 0
on the med1 cal Uses of 1sotopes wt11 nold a put :c rsecting
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4 ravel ' sect on January le in Salver Sprnng. tie ty la nd, to revnew current scet'i aaas virgiata tietteit & #msee Co.
wineet) and proposed reeulatnone and 14eens tng polactes af f ectang nuclear medisine, the meeting will begin at 9 a.m. An koe 150, if111ste y,.g p Dualding, 7918 tastern Avenue, al ge,,,
items to be rev&ewed by the cosentttee include the NitC's qualtf acatton Frogree for pnyancians wno handle nucleas ma t e r a 41 # tratnang aAt esperaence estteria f or pnyetenans earley 1 Alacama 9 wee Co.
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performan1 only esuelear naag6ng of the neart s and vnether the NRC should sees additional leg & slat &ve autnority to e, i, q,,..,
regulate naturally occurring and accelerator produced redto*
aettve materaals.
anacho seto Sacrainats *Jnicisal ttility Oistrict Clay Station The cosamittee also wall discuss the problems associated with the disposal of radioactive waste from hospatals e
%,p g g proerse for med& cal licensees to kees radiation esposures te low as reasonaD1y acnnevatte and prownstone of the NPC's Waddale 9eck OWecticJt Tanage atsott r
a m n m tatna q u ra u ss an sta M a M s W n W w e Power.*o.
Headem Neck are beang rev& owed for poestble changes.
'ah11e meepers of the publLc say attend tne rieettag, the coMaattee will consider only oret or written statements Ha t :M 2
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lasley related to constderatione set forth in a Nottce of Meettog punlaened in the federal Aegneter en Deceeper 17. 1979.
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