ML20055B829

Trip Rept of 820608 Site Visit Re Status of Const

ML20055B829
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Site:	Limerick
Issue date:	07/20/1982
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TOUR OF LIMERICK SITE, JUNE 8,1982 On June 8, 1982, Commissioner Roberts and I visited the Limerick site.

Also attending from Mr. Roberts' Office were Jessica Laverty, Katherine Powell, Maria Lopez-Otin, and Ann Tipton. The purpose of the visit was to familiarize Mr. Roberts with the Limerick site and to review the status of construction.

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Accompanying us from the NRC Region I Office in King of Prussia, Penn-

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sylvania, were: Richard Starostecki, Director, Division of Project and Resident Programs; Richard Keimig, Chief, Project Branch No. 2; Ebe C. - -

McCabe, Chief, Reactor Projects Section No. 2B; and Jack Durr, Chief, Materials and Processes Section (formerly Senior Resident Inspector at Limerick). Enclosure (1) contains information regarding the Limerick Station that was provided by the' Region I Office.

During our tour, we were briefed by the following individuals from Philadelphia Electric Company (PECO): Vince Boyer, Senior Vice President - Nuclear; John Franz, Assistant Station Superintendent; and Richard Mulford, Limerick Project Manager. Also briefing us was David.

Tamas, Vice President, BWR Training, General Physics Corporation.

We arrived at the Limerick site at about 2:00 p.m. on June 8, 1982, and were met by Mr. Vince Boyer who introduced us to various members of the Limerick staff. Mr. Boyer then summarized the Limerick Station history, indicating that the application for Units 1 and 2 was, docketed in 1970 with construction permits issued in June of 1974. A delay of about 21 years then ensued for EPA hearings. Present status of completion for Unit 1 is about 75% and for Unit 2, about 30%. Mr. Boyer mentioned the Pennsylvania PVC order to halt construction on Limerick Unit 2 and

. indicated that PECO was reviewing that order. He stated that work on the Unit 2 cooling tower will continue regarcless of PEC0's decision on other Unit 2 activities. The applicant presently estimates a fuel load date for Unit 1 of October 1984. The FSAR was issued by the Applicant in March 1981, and its Probability Risk Analysis (PRA) study for Limerick (which was also submitted to the staff in March 1981) is now being reviewed for the staff by Brookhaven National Laboratory.

Mr. Boyer provided a description of the geography of the site and surrounding area,.using maps to identify the various rivers, towns, and 8207230339 820721 PDR ADOCK 05000352 -

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2 reservoirs. He then briefly identified those contentions concerning the

" potential environmental impacts of the Limerick cooling ' water system that were admitted to the operatir.g license proceeding by the ASLB Board assigned to the Limerick case. These contentions were addressed in the June 1, 1982 Special Prehearing Conference Order by the ASLB on page 87 and are as follows: .

Contention V The esthetic impacts of the Point Pleasant pumping station, and associated hillside clearance and river-edge riprap will adversely affect the peace and tranquility of the proposed Point Pleasant Historic District.

Contention V-15 and V-16a (in part) - The intake will be relocated such that it will have significant adverse impact on American shad and short-nosed sturgeon. The relocation will adversely affect a major fish resource and boating and recreation area due to draw-down of the pool.

Contention V-16a - Noise effects and constant dredging maintenance connected with operations of the intake and its associated pump station will adversely affect the peace and tranquility of the Point Pleasant proposed historic district.

Contention V-16b - Seepage of water and toxics from Bradshaw

, Reservoir will cause a risk of groundwater contamination and hydraulic saturation.

He also stated the conclusion reached by PEC0's probabilistic risk assessment which was that the overall risk posed by the Limerick Station is less than what would be predicted by the WASH-1400 report. The next PEC0 representative to address Mr. Roberts' party was Mr. John Franz.

Mr. Franz described the screening process that is used to identify candidates for reactor operator licenses at Limerick. They have also ,

hired Memphis StateJ 'niversity to assist them in this program.

Basically, the program involves a one-day aptitude test to assess the candidates' basic motivation and capabilities for the type of work they would perform. Following this, an intensive 10-day course in basic reactor theory and power plant operations is held to further test the candidates' ability to absorb the details necessary as a potential reactor operator. Those that pass this course then advance to a 13-week, 7-days-a-week academic course that further screens out those unable to maintain a high level of performance in a fairly competitive and demanding environment. After this course, a two-week training course is. conducted at the Penn State University test reactor during which instruction is given on the operation, start-up and shutdown procedures. Finally, this is all followed by a similar course of instruction lasting one month at the Peach Botto'm facility. Typically, out of 200 candidates that start this program, PEC0 expects only 20 to meet all the requirements and be able to perform adequately to be considered capable of then entering a program to qualify for an NRC R0 license. That program starts with a 12-week course on the Limerick simulator.

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'e j In other areas invol'ving the training of Limerick Plant ecoloyees it was

' mentioned that PEC0 has several entry-level technicians who have quali-fied for a full time, 2-year course of instruction at Drexel University in Philadelphia. Also, PEC0 has a'100% tuition reimbursement policy for all employees who take additional courses of instruction.

After Mr. Franz's presentation an the Limerick training program, Mr.

Richard Mulford, the Limerick Project Manager, briefed us on the general' characteristics of the Limerick facility. Various overhead views of the site were shown that provided the relative locations of e'ach unit, the cooling towers, the turbine buildings, diesel generators,'switchyards, and miscellaneous support facilities. In addition, the proposed supple -

mental cooling water system was described that would provide water from-the Delaware River via a pumping station at Point ' Pleasant, through a.

transmission main to the Bradshaw Reservoir and pumping station. From the Bradshaw Reservoir, water would then flow through another trans-mission main to the East Branch of the Perkiomen Creek and then down to a pump near the Limerick plant where another pumping station and a final transmission main supplies water to the plant. During ceriods of low flow in the Delaware River, water from the Bradshaw reserveir will supplement the Delaware River source to provide the requirements of the Limerick Plant. Also, o me of the cooling water requirements would be supplied by the Schuykill River during certain times of the year.

Plant Tour -

After the above presentations, we were provided a brief tour of the Limerick simulator by Mr. David Tamas, Vice President, BWR Training of General Physics Corporation. He. described the basic simulator capabili.-

ties and indicated that it could be programmed for the Peach Bottom 2/3 facility. We were then given a demonstration of a loss of coolant accident (LOCA) followed by a complete lots of offsite power. The personnel providing the demonstration consisted of four people in the Limerick training program.

Following the simulator tour, we were given a bus and walking tour of the site that highlighted the following areas: The Unit 2 500Kv switch-yard; cooling towers; emergency spray pond; common control room; drywell area for Unit 1, then Unit 2; common refueling floor,'and diesel genera-tor areas.

Mr. Roberts and his' party departed at about 4:30 9 1,

o LIMERICK GENERATING STATION, UNITS 1 & 2 DOCKET NOS. 50-352; 50-353 PLAST / SITE' DATA Utility: Philadelphia Electric Company Net MWe: 1100 for each unit Reactor Supplier: General Electric Architect Engineer: Bechtel Power Corporation ,

Construction.Date: CP Issued June 19, 1974 Location: Limerick Township, Pennsylvania (3 miles ESE of Pottstown)

County / State: Montgomery County, Pennsylvania I Exclusion Radius / Low Population Zone: 2500 feet,1.3 miles Nearest Population Density: 3milesWNW(Pottstown,1970 pop.25,000)

Population Distribution:

1970(0-5 (0-10miles))67,229 miles 152,644 1980(0-5 (0-10 miles))80,240 miles 232,200 Plant Construction Status: Unit 1 - 74%; Unit 2 - 30%

In May 1982, the Pennsylvania PUC ordered construction halted on Lime' rick 2 be-cause of lack o;' need. Inclusion of construction costs in the rate base is not permitted, and the PUC has indicated that it will not approve long term bonds ~

for the second unit. The licensee is assessing the most economical means of l ccmplying with the PUC order, and will probably complete the Unit 2 cooling tower and use it to increase Unit 1 thermal efficiency.

Operating License Status: The first pre-hearing conference was held on Janu-ary 6-8, 1982.

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