ML20054F952

Response Supporting Ucs/Ny Pirg & Friends of the Earth/ Audubon Soc 820604 & 08 Motions for Reconsideration of Commission Ruling Allowing Interim Operation & for Issuance of Show Cause Order Against Licensees

ML20054F952
Person / Time
Site:	Indian Point
Issue date:	06/15/1982
From:	Fleisher Z WEST BRANCH CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION
To:	Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel
Shared Package
ML20054F953	List: ML20054F952 ML20054F955
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ISSUANCES-SP, NUDOCS 8206180262
Download: ML20054F952 (3)

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I NUCLEAR REGULATORY CCMauSSION BEFORE THE COMMIS3IONERS n m;- w

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• Nunzio J. Palladino, Chairman and the

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ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD 1.ouis 3. C'arter, Chair: nan

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Dr. Oscar H. Paris

• In the Matter of Frederick 3. Shen -

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CONSOLIDATED (Indian Point, Unit 2) EDI5ON COMPANY OF NEW YORX '-

Docket Nos. 50-247-SP 50-256-SP POWER AUTHORITY "*

(Indian Point, Unit 3) OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK '

a WEST BRANCH CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION'S SUPPORT OF UCS/NYPIRG MOTION FOR RECONSIDERATION OF COMMIS- S!

SION RULING ALLOWING INTERIM OPERATION AND FOR f4 ISSUANCE OF A SHOW CAUSE ORDER AGAINST LINCENSEES -

53 AND IN SUPPORT OFOF FOE8,/AUDUBON'S RESPONSE TO SAME JUNE 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

H5 operation of Indian Point Units #2 and #3 pending ==i

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and for issuance of a show cause order against the Licen-g E

55E sees prior to commencement of the evidentiary portion of [.. ::s the above captioned investigation.  :?.

85 Since the UCS/NYPIRG and the FOS /AUDUBON/WES- =

.55 PAC motions offered new evidence even more has now U" surfaced. tis Indian Point Unit #3 is "down" and inspec- -

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< EM b5 tion reveals that corrosion of the steam generator [{

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set by Amendment 69, and that any petition for further 55

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gg amendment would be of major proportions if not double

{3 the percentage of plugged tubes. Therefore, a major G2 5;

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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 that the plant shut down when it did in March. 22

@@i 55i The corrosion and its results are even worse 55i

=m than the Commission haa anticiptaed and the fact that EEE the plant id down illustrates that it is less safe than the Commission realized heretofore by the doubling of !bb ME Amendment 69's tolerance. 5F5 w

Sleeving is but a temporary repair, if attempted, 321 52E and does not ediminate the cause of corrosion but may, if w=

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~,.11 anything, exacerbate it. Nor can the higivelocit'ies 555 and possible pressure variations at one end of the tubes g ggy be changed due to design of the generators. Patching U5

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or replacement are not safe options because the replace- tifE 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 .

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sandalds to keep the licenses in effect, Elmi

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