ML19319D384

Discusses Position on Outstanding Safety Issues Re Steam Sys Design,Flooding Protection & Augmented Staffing During Plant Startup.Util Can Proceed W/Design & Procurement of Suitable Steamline Isolation Valves

ML19319D384
Person / Time
Site:	Crystal River
Issue date:	09/21/1972
From:	Olearny J US ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION (AEC)
To:	Rodgers J FLORIDA POWER CORP.
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NUDOCS 8003160217
Download: ML19319D384 (3)

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s, en Angest le,1972 empresammatives of Florida Power Corposesion met with membere of she'Regelatery staff to disenes potential delays tu ~

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the sempletion of crystal River Unit 3.

Yes seated that year presamt projections sell for feel leadies of Wait 3 la May 1974 and that emy additteesi delays in plant operaties would sense greve hardship to Three entsteadies wafety losses were~1dentified whteh.

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have the potential to asese seeh deleyes steen system design, plant protectica against ficoding, and augeested staffing during plant Ni startup.

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Our positism with respeet to eneh of these estatending ieones is sumarised below. For eneh of the toemee there is em immediate

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moed on your part to take appropriate antises to avoid additional delays in the sempletiam of Crystal River Unit 3.

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With wegoed to the steen system desden, yee may preseed adah the design,gg and peesurement of==d==a.ia me===a 4== imelaties selves for==h==y===*

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lasta11mia= in appeeprinte&y deedgoed C1ess 1 portises of the sta==14===

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during the first safeelies autoge of West 3.

Dete&1e of the yeopeeed velve doetga and tame =11=*4mm absold be seheitted for serier ty the.,

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fjgt eneh ha= Wit modifiestiene to the steen system are not mesessery.. To' W; i enable the staff to h whether such hamWitting is negadred, yee should sehuda your==elpede of the libatthand of Sedimos of ' ell Seer main oma==ae=== and the undsensedmet esmeegmenses of thde easident Ser..

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our requeste 14.15 sW 14.17 of she' July 24, 1975 letter item R. 8. Beforms to Fler&de Feuer Corporaties. In either ease, yee should j

insterstand that the need for beekfit ordifiestises to the steen system most be resolved prior to en eyeesties linease desioien for your pleet.

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Florida Power Corporation SEP J 1 W 2 With respect to the flooding level issue, you should provide to the staff for our review the basis and details of your calculational results and supporting analysis of the maximse surge level and wave action for the probable anximum hurricane at the site. The meesssary informaties was spesifically identified in our request 2.1 of the Jemmary 17, 1972 letter free R. C. DeYoung to Florida Power Corporaties.

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per the manimum surge level and wave natism at the site, the Crystal n (..

/ River Unit 3 power plant unst.be espable of being safely shutdown and ]* k's asistained in that eendities. To satisfy this requirement, the lesation'

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of neseesary eempements and systems, such as pumps, actors,' heat emahangers, etc., and the structures housing such eavipment must be reviewed and P g.g evaluated to assure that the_ma=Jad safeey fumations saa be earried out ],? h4

'under these postulated flooding senditions.

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,y aushmehenges er modifiestions will be required te be sempleted as seenfasi.3 $ g 6

prestiemble fo11 erring staff approval of the redesign.

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t saitial operations, we will require that eartain peeftions be either mermally staffed er otherwise augmented with individuals having prior participatory emperiense in the startup and power aseemstem testing program at a reester of eenparable size and type. The posittene for whiek seek emperiem u is needed.inc eder (1) Flaat superintendent or 4

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,3 Assistaat Plant Superintendent,' (1) Operath Eme.iaeer, ~(3) Tenhaisal Ll Support 2ngineer, (4) shemistry and Radiation Protesties' Engineer, 7.f[ W (5) ensk shift Superviser.. To deteratas the specifie degree of staff ~ fj&

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ased for up-to-date resumas uasjoneted to your representatives 'at a~

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meetlag se Beetaeda, Maryland em April'24,E1972.

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~ As previsuely fadiested to you.. meet 'appifmaats meet this requirement

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by augmentias their staff derdag the,startup and y e ar aseemstem teet;, y f9pc

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Crystal River Unit 3, provided the vender and A-E arews de, i=Jaad, have prior startup esperiense and are present in sufficient numbers and specialities to provide beskap to your staff. If this is the seurse of i

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Florida Power Corporation SEP S L 1972' Beseuse of your soneern that these outstanding safety icsues may delay your startup plans, we urge your expeditious attention to their resoluties. We will be pleased to provide such timely assistanee se

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