ML20054F952
| ML20054F952 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Indian Point  |
| Issue date: | 06/15/1982 |
| From: | Fleisher Z WEST BRANCH CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION |
| To: | Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel |
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| ISSUANCES-SP, NUDOCS 8206180262 | |
| Download: ML20054F952 (3) | |
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY CCMauSSION
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BEFORE THE COMMIS3IONERS n m;-
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Nunzio J. Palladino, Chairman and the ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD
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Dr. Oscar H. Paris In the Matter of Frederick 3. Shen i,;
CONSOLIDATED EDI5ON COMPANY OF NEW YORX (Indian Point, Unit 2)
Docket Nos. 50-247-SP 50-256-SP POWER AUTHORITY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK (Indian Point, Unit 3)
WEST BRANCH CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION'S SUPPORT OF a
UCS/NYPIRG MOTION FOR RECONSIDERATION OF COMMIS-SION RULING ALLOWING INTERIM OPERATION AND FOR S!
ISSUANCE OF A SHOW CAUSE ORDER AGAINST LINCENSEES f4 AND IN SUPPORT OF FOE /AUDUBON'S RESPONSE TO SAME 53 OF JUNE 8, 1982 h
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we On June 4 and on June 8 above responses were U.5 made before the Commission by UCS, NYPIRG, FOE and AUDUBON, and before the ASLB moving for reconsidera-BE tion of the Commission's rul'ing permitting interim 5[5 E
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for issuance of a show cause order against the Licen-E 55E sees prior to commencement of the evidentiary portion
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EZ gg EM b5 tion reveals that corrosion of the steam generator
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gg amendment would be of major proportions if not double
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defect now exists and could only be remedied by a vast 3s it expmddture of replacement of parts.
The shells of the 55 sr steam generators have cracks in them and it is a mercy 33 22 that the plant shut down when it did in March.
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Sleeving is but a temporary repair, if attempted, 321 52E and does not ediminate the cause of corrosion but may, w=
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and possible pressure variations at one end of the tubes ggy be changed due to design of the generators.
Patching U5 or replacement are not safe options because the replace-tifE
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ment generators could also fail long before their re-Lig; cuired life expectancy.
hhI Ne urge the Commission to quit while it is ahead El-by ordering the abandonment of the Indian Point Electric generating units through a show cause order and interim suspension before many more dollars are spent studying
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