ML20039F150

Requests Listed Info Be Provided Re Fuel Failures & Iodine Spiking,Prior to Start of Cycle 5 Operation.Info Relates to Investigation Into Cause of Previous Fuel Failures,Proposed Remedy & Notification If Addl Fuel Failures Occur

ML20039F150
Person / Time
Site:	Crystal River
Issue date:	12/10/1981
From:	Stolz J Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
To:	Hancock J FLORIDA POWER CORP.
References
TAC-46962, TAC-51342, NUDOCS 8201120078
Download: ML20039F150 (2)

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IODINE SPIKING Our uvit of Cycle 2 and Cycle 3 ope ation at Crystal River Unit 3 has made us aware of a substantial number of licensee event reports (LERs) issued as a result of iodine spiking. Each event has bech associated with "known leaking fuel pins".

In view of these re-peated events, I an requesting that you provide us with the following information regarding these fuel failures prior,to the start of Cycla 5 operations:

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Notification if additional fuel failures are believed to have occurred during Cycle 4 operation. Such notification should be based on your own estimates of the extent of fuel failures and, therefore, need not reflect Technical Specification limits on coolant activity.

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A description of your investigation into the cause of the previous fuel failures, your findings, and your proposed renedy for this problen. Should some of this infomation not be available, we would accept your plans for obtaining it.

We believe you share our interest in understanding the cause and extent of these fuel failures in the event that there are generic considera-tions or safety implications.

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Crystal Rivar Unit No. 3 50-3'02 Florida Power Corporation cc w/ enclosure (s):

Mr. S. A. Brandimore Mr. Robert B. Borsum Vice President and General Counsel Babcock & Wilcox P. O. Box 14042 Nuclear Power Generation Division St. Petersburg, Florida 33733 Suite 220, 7910 Woodmont Avenue Bethesda, Maryland 20814 Mr. Wilbur Langely, Chairman Board of County Commissioners Mr. Tom Stetka, Resident Inspector Citrus County U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Iverness, Florida 36250 Route #3, Box 717 Crystal River, Florida 32629 Regional Radiation Representative Mr. Dan C. Poole EPA Region IV Nuclear Plant Manager 345 Courtland Street, N.E.

Florida Power Corporation Atlanta, Georgia 30308 P. O. Box 219 Crystal River, Florida 32629 Bureau of Intergovernmental Relations 660 Apalachee Parkway _

Crystal River Public Library Tallahassee, Florida 32304 668 N. H. First Avenue Crystal River, Florida 32629 Administrator Department of Environmental Regulation Power Plant Siting Section State of Florida 2600 Blair Stone Road Tallahassee, Florida 32301 Attorney General Department of Legal Affairs i

The Capitol Tallahassee, Florida.32304 c

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