ML19338C221
| ML19338C221 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Midland |
| Issue date: | 06/16/1971 |
| From: | Restrick J CONSUMERS ENERGY CO. (FORMERLY CONSUMERS POWER CO.) |
| To: | Murphy A Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 8008050671 | |
| Download: ML19338C221 (2) | |
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- 4. C. McCallum V n. Mi31s Arthur W. Murphy, Esq., Chaiman Dr. Clark Goodman
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New York, New York 10027 Houston, Texas 77004 Dr. David B. Hall Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory P. O. Box 1663 Lc.: Alamos, New Mexico 87544 Gentlemen:
In the prehearing conference of June 7,1971, applicant advised the Board that it vould respond in writing to Saginav Inter-venors ' renewal of Interrogatory 60 (Tr.1414). As stated by appli-cant in Item D, Page 1.1-5, Amendment 5 of the PSAR and in its answer to Interrogatory 60 "the safe design of the Midland Plant fuel rod is adequately demonstrated by the material presented 'in Paragraph 3 2.4.2.2 of the PSAR."
The results of the Hi h Burnup Program are not needed nor G
have they been used to support the safety of the Midland-fuel' design.
The various individual design parameters of the fuel have been estab-lished by experimentation and testing conducted at the Westinghouse Test Reactor, the Shippingport Reactor and Bettis Atomic Power Labora-tory..The PSAR on pages 3-112 114 references 64 reports supporting the, various. design parameters of the fuel and the reactor. This infor-
,,, mation clearly demonstrates the adequacy of the fuel design. Additionally, Saginaw Intervenors have been furnished with a copy of Babcock & Wilcox
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Topical Report, BAW-10009, "Effect of Fuel Rod Failure on Emergency Core
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Cooling" June,~1970, which provides the results of the fuel rod clad failure study referred to 12 Paragraph 15 3 of the PSAR and in Item C, Pages 1.1-3 and 4, Amendment 5 of the PSAR. There is nothing to be gained through examination of the high-burnup tests which did not fom a founda-tion for the fuel design. The Babcock & Wilcox Company informs applicant that'there has been no report issued to date on the results of these. tests j
and that the data so far received from these tests raice no doubts as to the adequacy of. the present fuel design.
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No good cause has been shown why the test results should be
-furnished to intervenors. They have not alleged that the adequacy of the fuel ir not substantiated by the information presently contained or. referenced in the PSAR. Applicant believes that technically compe-tent individuals should~ be able to fully understand the significant characteristics of the fuel on the basis of the information. contained
-or referenced in the PSAR without resort to the results' of the high-burnup program.
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James A.'Kendall, Esq.
Anthony Z. Roisman, Esq.
Thomas F. Engelhardt, Esq.
Milton R. Uessel, Esq.
j James N. O'Connor, Esq.
Myron' M. Cherry, Esq.
-Algie A. Wells, Esq..
Mr. Stanley T. Robinson, Jr.
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