ML20072R755
| ML20072R755 | |
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| Site: | Crane  |
| Issue date: | 04/01/1983 |
| From: | Baxter T METROPOLITAN EDISON CO., SHAW, PITTMAN, POTTS & TROWBRIDGE |
| To: | Buck J, Edles G, Gotchy R NRC ATOMIC SAFETY & LICENSING APPEAL PANEL (ASLAP) |
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| NUDOCS 8304060310 | |
| Download: ML20072R755 (6) | |
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20555 Washington, D.C.
20555 Dr. Reginald L. Gotchy Atomic Safety and Licensing Appeal Board U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C.
20555 In the Matter of Metropolitan Edison Company (Three Mile Island Nuclear Station, Unit No. 1)
Docket No. 50-289 (Restart)
Administrative Judges Edles, Buck and Gotchy:
Please find enclosed a copy of a letter dated March 31, 1983, from Robert C. Arnold, President of GPU Nuclear Corpora-tion, to John F.
Stolz of the NRC Staf f, which withdraws Licensee's proposal of February 2, 1983 for an alternative to Licensee's commitment to install an ESF filter system for the fuel handling building at TMI-1.
This may obviate the need for the comments called for in the Appeal Board's Orders of February 17 and March 4, 1983.
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Gary J. Edles, Esquire Dr. John H. Buck Dr. Reginald L. Gotchy April 1, 1983 Page Two telephoned counsel for the Staff and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania today to inform them of the enclosed letter.
Respectfully submitted, Thomas A. Baxter Counsel for Licensee TAB:jah Enclosure cc:
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' SERVICE LIST Gary J. Edles, Esquire James M. Cutchin, IV, Esquire 01alIman Office of the Executive Legal Director Atcmic Safety and licensing Appeal U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Carmtission Board Washington, D.C.
20555 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Conmission Washington, D.C.
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Dr. John H. Buck U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Ccmnission Atcznic Safety and Licensing Appeal Washington, D.C.
20555 Board U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Carmtission John A. Levin, Esquire Washington, D.C.
20555 Assistant Cbunsel Pennsylvania Public Utility Ccnrission Dr. Reginald L. Gotchy P.O. Box 3265 Atcric Safety and Licensing Appeal Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17120 Board U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Comnission Bobert Adler, Esquire Washington, D.C.
20555 Assistant Attorney Ge.neral 505 Executiw House Ivan W. Smith, Esquire P.O. Box 2357 Chairman Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17120 Atcznic Safety and Licensing Board U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Comnission Ms. Iculse Bradford Washington, D.C.
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'IMI AIERT 1011 Green Street Dr. Walter H. Jordan Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17102 Atmic Safety and Licensing Board Panel Ellyn R. Weiss, Esquir2 881 West Outer Drive Harmon & Weiss Oak Pidge, Tennessee 37830 1725 Eye Street, N.W., Suite 506 Washington, D.C.
20006 Dr. Linda W. Little Atcznic Safety and Licensing Board Steven C. Sholly Panel Union of Concerned Scientists 5000 Hermitage Drive 1346 Connecticut Avenue, N.W., Suite 1101 l
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20006 Chauncey Kepford Judith H. Johnsrud Environmental Coalition on Nuclear Power 433 Orlando Avenue State College, Pennsylvania 16801 Marjorie M. Aamodt R. D. 5 Coatesville, Pennsylvania 19320 l
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Operating 1.icense No. OCR-50 Occket No. 50-289 Engineered-Safety-Feature (ESF) Filter System Our letter of February 2,1983 on the above subject proposed an alternative to our commitnant io Instal I an ESF fIIter system for the fuel handling building (FHB) at TMi-1.
The original comitment to Install the system was provided in cur Restart Report, found acceptable in the Staff's TH1-1 Restart SER (NUREG-0680), and was addressed by the ASLS in teele Partial Initial Decision (PID) oc " Plant Design Precedures en:: Separation issues" dated December 14, 1981.
Our proposed siternative to the E3F f ilter. system consisted of utilizing extended cecay time on TMI-t spent fuel to lioit of f site doses to within Standard Review Plan (SRP) guidelines in the event of a fuel handling accident on the Unit 1 side of the FHB.
The existing auxiliary & fuel handling building ventilation syste, while not fully ESF grade primarIiy due to seismic and 1E Power considerations. could be used to l
further reduce offsite doses to well below SRP guidelines.
The AL88 has requested that cerments on our proposal be fiIed by partles by AprIi 1,
1983.
I In our meeting with the Staf f and the Corurtonwealth of Pennsylvania on March '
25, we provided additional information to support our proposal, and we provided an overview of an analysis which shows that Instar tation of an ESF fIIter system wourd not be of significant benefit f rom an of f site dose consequences standpoint.
Staf f voiced objections to our proposal which we discussed further in a telephone conference call on March 29.
We were unable to reach an agreement on possible alternative approaches.
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This reises the prospect of a re-cpened hearing.
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that our proposal would.? set the technical requiretents of the Ccer.f ssion's reguistions, and we are confident that !!tigation of this issue would ultimately deronstrate its technical merits, we believe that the potential for fur ^ber delays in restart of TM1-1, due to a protracted hearing ;:rocess, would not serve the best interests of our electric customer s.
For this reason, we respectf ui ty witndrew our February 2,1983 proposal.
G!ven the timing of the situation, and our desire to provide adequate protection prior to the next ref ueling, we are preceeding with detsi t ed design work for an ESF f!!ter system in accordance with our original coann i tment.
W:n.ever, on a paret t el path, we s' e certinui ng to study other potentiel approaches which may be fcund acceptacle by t,ne tRC.
If we are able to develop an approcch that we believe could be worked ou+ to the Statf's satisf action, we intend to bring it up at that t fme.
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