ML19340B358
| ML19340B358 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Point Beach  |
| Issue date: | 10/01/1980 |
| From: | Clark R Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
| To: | Burstein S WISCONSIN ELECTRIC POWER CO. |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 8010220151 | |
| Download: ML19340B358 (2) | |
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October 1, 1980 Docke't Nos. 50-266 and 50-301 i
Mr. Sol Burstein Executive Vice President l
Wisconsin Electric Power Company 231 West Michigan Street Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201 l
Dear Mr. Burstein:
This refers to your letter of September 15, 1980, in which you responded to our letter addressed to all licensees of Westinghouse-designeo reactors l
dated August 15, 1980.
Our letter pointed out'an error in Westinghouse Standard Technical l
Specifications regarding the depth of water in the refueling cavity to l
maintain adequate shielding for spent fuel while refueling, and requested you to review your Technical Specifications and procedures to ar",1re that exposure of fuel assemblies cannot occur during handling.
The Poin,t Beach Nuclear Plant design provide's for a minimum of ten l
feet of water over a fully withdrawn fuel assembly. A low water level alarm is provided for the spent fuel pool which would detect an abnormal reactor cavity level while refueling.
In addition, the manipulator crane bridge has a radiation monitor and alarm to alert personnel to l
abnormal radiation levels.
t Based on the foregoing, and that fact that your Technical Specifications l
do not have the error pointed out in our letter, we conclude that the l
Point Beach design provides reasonable assurance that adequate water shielding will ' e maintained during irradiated fuel handling operations.
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Your response acceptably resolves the concerns of our August 15, 1980 l
letter.
Sincerely, h.-
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v Robert A. Clark, Chief
( Operating Reactors Branch #3 Civision of Licensing cc: See next page 801oeeoff./
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Mr. ' Sol Burstein Wisconsin' Electric Power Company cc: Nr. Bruce Churchill, ' Esquire Mr. Wi.13iam Guldemcnd Shaw, Pittnan, Potts and Trowbridge USNRC Resident Inspectors Office 1800 M Street, N.W.
6612 Nuclear Road Washington, D. C.
20036
,Two~ Rivers, Wisconsin 54241 JosephMannL5brary 1516 Sixteenth Street Two Rivers', Wisconsin.54241 Mr. Glenn A. Reed, Manager
. Nuclear Operations Wisconsin Electric Power Company Point Beach Nuclear Plant 6610 Nuclear Road Two Rivers, Wisconsin '54241 Walter L. Myer Town Chairman Town of Two Creeks Route 3
~ Two Rivers, Wisconsin 54241 i
Ms. Kathleen M. Falk General Counsel Wisconsin's Environmental Decade 302 E. Washington Avenue Madison, Wisconsin 53703 Director, Tech'nical Assessrent Division Office of Radiation Programs (AW-459)
U. S. Envi ronmental Protection Ag~ency Crystal Mall #2 Arlington, Virginia 20460 U. S. Environmental Protection Agency Federal Activities Branch Region V Office ATTN:
EIS COORDINATOR 230 S. Dearborn Street Chicago, Illinois 60604 Chairman Public Service Commission of Wisconsin Hill Farns State Office Building Madison, Wisconsin 53702 e,
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