ML20055G764
| ML20055G764 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Pilgrim |
| Issue date: | 07/04/1990 |
| From: | Doherty J AFFILIATION NOT ASSIGNED |
| To: | NRC |
| References | |
| CON-#390-10650 OLA, NUDOCS 9007240150 | |
| Download: ML20055G764 (3) | |
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~ TO ' ATOMIC SAFETY 'c IICE'ISING "0ARD ORDE3 0F JAN-3 1*AEY 26, i?M, 3TGA3 DING 3I':GLE LOOP OPERATION.
To 'ihon it."ay Concern:
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On January 26, i? %, the Atomic Safety & Licensing
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Socketo, 04 493-01-EA) apcroved a oettlement betueen
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'mycelf. and the Licensee, In :nat 03:20.,.it stated:
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?till file. a new or Wnde 30:11:nti:n ?:r an amendment to its 3
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-onoratin; licener to er.it c.e leer o?eration at pcwer levels iin to' *:t not excea dtr' n ' f fu l:. :nwer, 2he Jtaff till then review that acri.ics.ti:n a assure tant among ocher things the technical coscifica:i v.s if 'r.enie.1 sa roanested Nill lim-i t. one f loop o"cratica to,cm J avell of no more than -501 of f'ili newer.
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of' 0'ich an amendment :3 :ne Licon.:ee c C :eratint;- License.
As thic 07.Dr*i.ta a the rea'ilt c*' "ecenia' ions unere ucr-t celied ' rights were ac-".nr:mi Od, I nr "a. der the ^elier tnat 'it 0
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cover letter to ??r. John :Nolincki cf the Div. of Licensing, Cffite of 'Inclear 7eactor ST:1ation, < tith an ittached T.odi-F fication to the Application to c;erating Licence nPR-35, sta-4..
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f; singlelloop operation; The attachedEcopy of an article in the ' Providence Journal newsDaper of this date indicates the Pilkrim Station may be m,
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operating at-d5% during single' loop. operation which violates
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on January 24, 1984, and the sworn submittal of the ~3oston; ji Edison Company of January' G,198 G.
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would sopreciate your communication to my as to what License Amendment :to DPR-351 permits single loop ' operation at greater gl than 501 power.
In addition, I believe'you are required to 3
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theIRC determines, Boston Edison has been~in operation exceed-i4 ing technical soecifications.
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NiMof" " * *M' @*ojj grim nuclear power plant was idled 3
yesterday because of a malfunction
- peggi[dnUpecify that the plant -
~Ing motor on a pump that recircu*
done within 24 hours2.777778e-4 days <br />0.00667 hours <br />3.968254e-5 weeks <br />9.132e-6 months <br />.must be shut down if repairs a lates water in the facility, said a J
i spokeswoman for Boston Edison a
Co.. the plant's owner-The shutoown gives work crews
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The plant will be closed forabout the chance to perform other tasks.-
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~ a week while workers try to find plare a source r. workera will re-It thacause of the problem and repair plant core that measures the power ange monitor in the f
p It and do other maintenance chores.
said Elaine Robinson, the spokes-
. level within the plant, said Robin.
t; son, a task which is done perindical-
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/ The problem was rank".d as an 5
E" unusual event." the least serious-The Pilgnm plant. which first went on line in 1972, has had a trou.
emergency clakstitcation for nuclear a
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planti The Nudear Regulatory Commis.
11 posed no danger to employees i
V ston four years ago rated Pilgrim or the public and no radiation was r
it among the country's worst.run
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. released. Robinson said. She said the f
plants. In April 195(1. It was shut plant is "In very safe, stable condi.
.I down for an equipment overhaul i
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and a make oserofits management.
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lhton Edivin spent about $200 million before it was allowed to re-gated when the water in the plant '
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sume generating power from M The motor failed Mor. day morn
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until Oct. 10.1989.
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the plant provides enough electric-Whsn ope g
yesterday, reactor operation was 3
manually reduced from 65 percent 1
ity to power 335.000 homes s
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to zero, she said.
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