ML19296B912
| ML19296B912 | |
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| Site: | Fort Calhoun  |
| Issue date: | 01/21/1980 |
| From: | Weber J AFFILIATION NOT ASSIGNED |
| To: | Erickson P Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
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Even af ter the mblic -eetine th.at lasted airest 'ive beurs, I still have cuestions and ec-ente rerarding C F 's " ort Calhoun I:cekat o CC-PA5) Cy-cle 6 relcad with E7xon 'uel,ni the notential stretch pcwer ccreert. These cuestions snd co Tents are as follows:
- 1) lith the possible excertian o' the v ine Yankee riant whic.5 <xperienced a
toth a loCvli(themal),nd 35'0! (CEE) becst between Dece ter 107: and Decerter 197a - and cirht rossitl/ auslify as a "stratch power" unit - I at not sa-tisfied that CFFJ ner anyone else sttendine the public =eetine on Januan 16 actually verified the existence of any nuclear plants thc t huve been granted "ctretch power" status in this country. In 'act though a 2,297.5 W ther al) increase:cccurred in total at 6 plants during th,t ti.efrare, a net reiucticn of 37:04 (DER) also occurred durine that tire.
- a. Has the NRO granted any plants stretch power rating' If so, which ones snd how :sny 7.i(ther al)?
- b. shy the net recuction of 37M4(CER) during that timefrare?
- c. ihy are not both the %~.,1 and electriesl ratines of nuclear reactors licensed by the :;RO?
- 2) Why do URO raculatory/ licensing procedures remit CFFD to put Exxcn
'uel in its Fort Calheun reactor he"cre an CE has teen given tv the ':EC to e-erste with such fuel'
?) Ens the NF" Icr its predecestor AE0) ever deniod an arplicatien for mixed fuel ocerstion s#ter the fuel has been Icaded' a) Cycle 4 will protably be the icngest that C F7 envisicne 'or "crt 0,1houn.
In licht of the length cf such cycle, is it net st least a little unusunl that Cycle 5 has concluded with no N?O CE on either Exvon 'ael lead-inr/ccerstien and/or, stretch rewer' Cr ihnt OFF3 weited until so close to the end of Cve'.e c to ske its a pliestions?
- 5) Why era 10 cr' tarrels o' low-level wastes te te cenerated using Exxon fuel as cercsed to OE 'uel rer year'
/) ;ihy net 'shculi E7xen 'uel c-eratier Cy be mnted) ices CF 3 retain f theres1) ratine end furt o erate lonen betvaen re#uelires' iculdn't 1, t2Cy J euch o eratien save rcra than stretch po ter coule gene ste in sided r'vanues?
- 7) In 0F70's accliestion/s' in 1070, iii the utility stirers the ecst cf creire ??.'fi cf electricit r via censertation, cereneratien or scisr/ wind al t e rst ives
!" -et, why icn' t "?.0 reculn tiene racuire nn sc-lica-t te ake zuch a vslus'ile and 1 rcrtant assess-ent' Isn' a similar assess: ant en al-tematives new reauired c' N riant c.nst u0tien work rer-its? Jhv not the ere -recedura fcr existinc clants unierroi-I -cii#icStier.s in *a"#0msnee' R) Ever"ene sears in agraerent thst Tortlalhoun has an sciml dasign limit cf 1,:CCMit. Then why is CFFD per-ittei to pisn 'cr a 1,:#r r tinz?
-imila rly, the 1,:#C ratine is 10 rercent ateve current 1,120 -- Ev 1@"
- 9) De current *:30 :rtce iures/reguls tic- - recuire a le cnstration cf read "cr stretch rcwer acplicaticts? The verbal replies by C~F3 ersonnel cer-tainly did not indicate a need for an additicnal ??Md. Tc the contrart, thrcdch the first 10 cen-hs c' l??' CFFD ratepayers used onl:t abcut 7:' of the total electricity renersted by CFFD' units. Cheuldn't the intarests Of CT'O's ratepeyerr. -- both econc-ic, sa'et > an1 anviren-ents! -- core 'cro-8 002220 g
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page two ecct in any review that :;RC cight erferr o' an analysis for further increar-ing the generating capacity of a unit beycnd what is trudently needed?
- 10) It was not clear why Irxen !!uclear Ccepany was revising its cceputer code. Vhat are the reasons?
- 11) ihy are ses11 break analys's and set reints an iter of concern with the leading of Exxon 'uel?
- 12) Screene 'rce either your or CFFO's staf' rentiened that when a request for a 1,C Cit rating is made to +he "RC that at leact a public meetine will te held without the need 'or a srecial request such se by the "stural escurces Oc:=ittee. !s this correct" But also shouldn't it be a normal ecurse of ev=nts to hold a public hearine en each crerating nuclear elsnt every three years l'ive maricum) regsriless o' license medi'ications er not? The rain toric of cuch meetines wculd be a status reecrt to the raterave-s of the utility... and provide an opportunity 'or cuestions and cer ents on such oceratiensi ststus.
- 13) One last :uestien/corrert on the design limits Of ?crt Osiheun...
is the failure /deterioraticn of ths sare seal in a coolant pump within a 14-Icnth indiestion that stresdv the unit is at its c-erationsi limits? What is, af ter sll, the weakest link in the Fort Calkoun unit? If such a ieter-cination has not been made, when will it' Thank you for your attendance and attentien en January 14 I wculd also serreciate snswers to all of the abcve questicns. Thank ycu.
Ycurs t ruly, Jchn leber Jr.
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