ML19319D320
| ML19319D320 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Crystal River  |
| Issue date: | 10/04/1971 |
| From: | King W INTERIOR, DEPT. OF, FISH & WILDLIFE SERVICE |
| To: | Price H US ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION (AEC) |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 8003130973 | |
| Download: ML19319D320 (4) | |
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Dear Mr. Price:
A Our coments are proviaed in response to Mr. DeYoung's letter of March 6 transmitting for our review the Final Safety Analysis Report for the Florida Power Corporation's application for an operating license for the Crystal River Nuclear Cenerating Plant, Unit 3, Citrus County, Florida, Also 'eviewed were the quarterly Envirennental AEC Docket No. 50-302.
r Status Reports for the periods Ju]y-September and October-December 1970 and January-March 1971.
The ec ments of the Mid-Atlantic Coastal Fisheries Research Center, NMFS, Department of Comerce, were obtaine'd and are included in this review.
The project will be constructed on a h,736-acre tract of land located on the Gulf of Mexico 70 miles north of Tanpa, Florid ( approxinately 7b niles northwest of Crystal River.
The preservation and enhancement of the quality of our environnent is of primary concern of all Federal agencies.
A proper concern for the environment requires that particular attention be sven to fish and wildlife resources during the construction and operational phases of a nuclear power facility.
6 The environnent21 monitoring progran, described in Section 2, Volume 1, of the application, was initiated prior to operation of the plant.
A quarterly Environmental Status Report describes tpe progress of the program which was designed and planned in cooperation with the Florida Department of Natural Resources, Florida Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services, Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife, and other concerned Federal and State agencies.
The quarterly monitoring reports have noted tenperttures as high as 0
99 F. occurring in the discharge channel.
Such tsmperatures are known to have caused danage to established marine communities elsewhere.
The Final Safety, Analysis Report does not indicate that any remedial neasures will be taken to reduce the temperature of the effluent discharge when the monitoring program discloses that such neasures are necessary.
The environmental monitoring program should be continued.
If investigations show that cooling water and outher wastes discharga into the Crystal Bay portion of the Gulf of Mexico will change the environment significantly f N.$.
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'in the plant design and plan of operation'to obvia prevent damage to the fish and wildlife resources.
facilities and alternatives should be planned, evaluatedAppropriate cooling into the plant design and operating plan so that they can be con
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s.ructed protection of the total environment.
Postoperationsl curveys shottld be programmed to evaluate the predictions based on the preoperationM stu so that agd unforeseen damages can be promptly and sdequately corre Significant numbers of fish and small aquatic cruota basic food items of young fish, may be drawn into this structure with
, which are the the water and destroyed.
If the preoperational investigations indicate that significant numbers of fish or fishfood organisms occur in th vicinity of the inlet structure and are subject to destruction in the e
cooling water withdrawal system, suitable fish protective devices shou be installed.at the intake structure to prevent such loss of fi h fishfood organisms.
s or protection of aquatic life from radiation exposure.In gen r the however, " convenience" of sampling of sedinents and ' seasonal'8In tables 2 of organicms are not specific.
sampling collected'no less frequently than once every six months.It is recomended In view of the above, it is recomended that the Florida Power Corp 1.
Continue cooperation with the Florida Departnent of Natural Resources, Florida Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services, Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife, and other interested Federal and State.
agencies in carrying out environmental surv3ys prior to reactor ~ operation and continue them unti~
demonstrated that no significant adverse cenditions it has edst.
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Continue meeting with the above-named Federal and State agencies at frequent intervals to discuss any new 'or modified plans and the progress of the environmental surveys.
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Continue preparing reports on the environmental surveys and providing six copics of them to the Secretary of the' Interior for evaluation prior to project operation.
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Design the plant with adequate fledbility to permit including facilities to:such modifications in project structure and o i,
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4 Redu'ce the temperatures of the condenser cooling a.
- water and concentratidns of plant ynstes to be discharged into Crystal River and Say; and,
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and fishfood organisms into the intake structure during plant operations and make av such plant modification determined necessary to preserve-the environment and to protect the fish and t
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. We' appreciate the. opportunity to present our views on this project.
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