ML20065A125

Informal Request for Production of Documents Re Contention V-4 on Weather Mod (Carburetor Ice).Related Correspondence

ML20065A125
Person / Time
Site:	Limerick
Issue date:	09/03/1982
From:	Romano F AIR AND WATER POLLUTION PATROL
To:	Conner J CONNER & WETTERHAHN
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NUDOCS 8209130140
Download: ML20065A125 (6)

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Dear Mr. Conne r:

Pursuant to the Limerick Board's order concerning informal discovery of existing documents, Air and Water Pollution Patrol requests the following re Weather Modification (carburetor ice)

--Contention V-4 Applicant asserts there will be "little or no effect" on weather modification as it relates to carburetor ice' danger to aircraft resulting from the release of 35 million gallons of water (as vapor) per day, and which may accumulate in the imme-diate Limerick reactor-Pottstown area, ordinarily, and more par-ticularly when natural stagnant conditions exist.

In particu-

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(A)

Provide documentation relating to P.E. "s studies j

which took into consideration how mang? or less days in j

the past 10 years the dew point was 5 i

than the air temperature.

h (B)

Show documentation that demonstrate that P.E.

took into consideration. (re added moisture build up or accumulation possible from the ' cooling tow-ers) the number of days within the 'past t'en years that fog existed in the Pottstown-Limerick area making ground level visibility less than one mile;.

less than mile; less than % mile; less than 500 ft.; less than 300 ft.

(C)

Provide documentation that PE's studies included the number of days within the past ten years that the cloud ceiling was 1,000 ft'. or less, and the visibility in the Pottstown-Limerick area (as a measure of accumulated moisture 'in the ait) was 4 miles; 3\\ miles'; 3 miles.-

(D)

Provide existing studies that indicate no potential for carburetor ice formation or other adverse eff-ects on aircraft from accumulation of 35 million gallons per day of moisture from the Limerick tow-ers under stagnant naturally saturated conditions present 2 3, 4, days or more in a row from r bru-e ary throug,h April and from September through Nov-ember.

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(2)

Letter to Troy B. Conner re: informal discovery of existing doc-uments--Contention U-4....contd.

(E)

Provide existing studies that the Applicant has made to insure there will be no adverse effects (as it relates to accumulated moisture) which could increase potential for carburetor ice, as referenced on gps 15, 17, 14, and 25 in " Aerology Series No.

1, Ice Formation on Aircraf t" Bureau of Aeronautics, U.S. Navy". (Pages enclosed)

(F)

Provide documentation and/or studies that in dia cate how many days during 1981 (1) the dew point was reached within 1,3,5,7. 10 miles of the Limerick reactor and (2) the dew point was within 1,3,5,7 degrees F of the air temperature in the Limerick area.and (3) please provide documentation to show grams of moisture per liter of air on days (a) when dew point was Qithin 1, 3, 5 degrees F of air temperature and (b) on days when air is stagnant and saturated, how much moisture is added per liter in a volume of air 1,000 fe.et high and 1 mile square with tower water vapor releases accumula ting 1,2,3,4,5 and 6 days.

(4) Please provide tables and data used.from which (1), (2), and (3a) and(3b) above were determined.

(G)

Provide documentation to show (a) values you received on studies to show how of ten plume h61ght with south east winds would be 1,000 feet or under at 2,3,4,7 miles from the Limerick towers.

(b) number of days north north west (NNW) wind blows directly toward Perkiomen Airport traff-ic pattern, approximately 6 miles from site, when plume cannot evaporate and layers 600 to 1000 feet above the ground as per LGS EROL.

(H)

Provide documentation on studies P.E. has done to show there would be no " chimney" effect, namely, there would be no rising hot air from the towers to cause descending air currents to create wind shear in the Pottstown-Limerick area to augment carburetor ice danger.

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(3)

Letter to Troy B.

Conner re: informal discovery of existing doc-umen ts--Con ten tion V-4.... contd-(Il Also provide all correspondence by P.E. or any agency, group, or individual representing P.E.,

with Perkiomenville Airport and Pottstown Munici-pal Airport or any of the two airports owners, representatives, (legal, financial or otherwise) from 1974 to the present, regarding potential eff ects of the Limerick plant on operation and use of the airports.

(J)

Further, provide copies of contracts, agreements, leases or arraingements P.E. has made with oper-ators or owners of Pottstown-Limerick, Limerick Municipal, and Perkiomenville airports.

(K)

Provide documentation on purchase by P.E. of the Pottstown-Limerick Airport, amount of purchase and correspondence with PhilaElatric. Board of Directors and former owners of the Pottstown-Lim-erick Airport relative to reason for purchase.

Respectfully submitted, R

pno--AWPP Encl.osure; 11).

Interogatories re Blasting. (VI-1)

(21 Interogatori.es re Welding Infractions (VI-1).

(.3)_ Interogatories re Neutron Fluxes, e t c. (VI-1)_

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Re LGS EROL 5.1. 4. 3.1 (p 5.1-24) per table 5. ll, Quote :

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" The main point to be drawn from table is that on days when plume does not evaporate while rising, it will level off at an elev-ation several hundred meters above ground, and in most cases augment an alregdgggxh45hngo lagg deck.

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plumes docum8nced b_y Kfamer et al (Ref. 5.1-41 of LGS EROL) a slight preferance' for lower rises is noted at Limerick". (Underlineing by

v. Romano) Please provide documentation that the above indication of ceiling under 1000 f t.

with moisture content, augmente d by plumes from Limerick, that there will be no adverse affect on aircraft, including high potential for engine failure with possible fatal con-l sequences, due to carburetor ice caused by the Limerick operation.

I certify that service list was served by first class mail this date.

AIR and WATER Pollution Patrol BROAD AXE, PA.

Sept. 3, 1982 Troy B. Conner, Jr. Esq.--re: Docket No 352-353 (Contention VI-1) 6 Enclosure #1 Interogatories re: Quarry Blasting.

(1)

Provide all documents and correspondence with Trap Rock Quarry Co,.,. be tween Jan 1, 1970 and Dec.,3I',

1976 re operation of quarry adjacent to Limerick reactor site, in particular as it relates to blast-ing activity at quarry.

(2)

Provide all correspondence and reports from Bech-tel Corporation and Dames and Moore relating to fractures beneath the reactor site.

(3)

Provide documents used to conclude that the sub-rock integrity was more than just adequate, with-out a doubt.

(4)

Provide documents, reports, letters etc. showing effects of quarry blasting, and blasting by App-licant, on homes adj acent to the quarry and re-actor site.

(5)

Provide documents and/or information that Appli-cant and Trap Rock Quarry co-ordinated blasting times with concrete placement times so as not to a f fect setting of recently placed. concrete.

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Provide documents to show seismic effect of quarry l

blasting on geology of the Limerick site over the past 50 years, 20, years, and in particular during 1970-1-2-3-4-5-6.

(7)

Provide documents or reports Applicant used to -

demonstrate concussion effect of blasting could not be transmitted to reactor location because of rock configuration.

e (8)

Provide document's'on tests which prove (sketches

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not wanted) the Limerick reactor coundations are stratigrophically lower than the Trap Rock Quarry.

i (9)

Provide records which show the exact da t e, and the geologist (s) who first made the above finding (8)...

and written nrocedure used to establish the conclu-sion without' a doub t.

v AIR and WATER Pollution Patrol BROAD AXE, PA.

Sept. 3, 1982 Tro'y B.

Conner, Jr., Esq.--Re: Docket No 352-353 (Sontention VI=ll Enclosure #2 Interogatories on Welding Infractions:

(1)

Provide all correspondence from the Nuclear Reg-ulatory Commission to Applicant and contractor, and sub-contractor including Bechtel Corporation and vice versa regarding infractions in welding procedures during construction of the Limerick reactor facility from 1974 to present.

(2)

Provide all documents or reports on infractions found in tool use recording and records.

(3)

Provide all documents on infractions of "use as is" rule as it relates to welding and associated activities, in particular, with the Unit I reac-tor core and containment drywell wall.-

(41 As it relates' to infractions identified during site insnection of Oct. 16, 19-22., 1976 reported to Acolicant's Vincent Boyhr in letter of Nov. 10 19.76.(Report No. 50-Y53 / 76l0.6)_ please provide job work record of, inspector who accented the deficient welds,. including name of employer, length of ' time employed at Lim-e rick, and qualifications to inspect wel'as.

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Further', provide ' record indicating date separated from position as in s pector, also provide employment ~ records inclu-ding -unemployment compensation record, if any...and record to show inspector no longer is employed by same ' contractor.

(6)

Vin cent Boyer's letter, Res'ponse 1(b), discusses one in s pe c tor.

Provide record of licensee ~ inspector, and disposition of his negligence.

(7)

Provide record of all welds accepted by inspector who accented welds at elevation 253, colums 23G and M, and provide record showing percentage 'of welds inspected by inspector in. (6) above that were reinspected.

(8)

Please nrovide following documentation.re 76-06-01; QCIR-0-201-N-1-8; c-41A-515-3; QCIR-0-204-W-1-2; C-41A-657-3;PI-A-Lh and 0-201-U-1-8.

(9) Please provide 4ocuments,.dealivery slips, etc. showing shipmen'ts involved with. welded pipe worked on ~ or receive'd from assoc-isated Piping & Engineer'ing and with records of amounts, and, rec ~or/or ITT Grinell Industrial Pining ds; where 'in the Limerick reactor fac-ilityjall pipe' referred to above was or~is to be used.(Re Doctored radiographs on welds from abovel.

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Troy B. Conner, Jr., Esq. --Docket No 352-353 (Contention VI-1) h Enclosure #3 Interogatories re: Neutron Fluxes (1)

Provide documentation on studies re thermd shock vs neutron fluxes at reactor pressure temperature boundry of BWRs equivilent tb Limerick.

Give data including name of reactor, rating in KW or MR, in-strumentation, time span and data gathering, and any other recorded information. -

(2)

Provide record of study of neutron fluxes at the wall of the BWRs such as Limerick prior to oper-ation.

If available give date calculated, results, name of software program, name of hardware that sof tware program was run on, comparison to meas-ures data, justifications for discrepancies be-tween measured and calculated data if any.

(3)

Provide studies done,. if any, on geometires and materials that fluxes would have to penetrate between fuel and wall before flux could irradiate wall.

(4)

Provide record, dates and individual (s) responsi-ble for original calculations or data gathering in all the above answers.

(5)

Provide record of " test cunons" irradiated and tested in BURS, including kocation where -cupons were placed during irradiation and name, location, rating in MN of reactor.

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