ML20076A891

Filing Concurring W/Applicant 830815 Rept & Request for Temporary Deferral of Schedule for Diesel Generator Contention.Deferral Due to Crack Occurring in Diesel Generator 102.Certificate of Svc Encl

ML20076A891
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Site:	Shoreham File:Long Island Lighting Company icon.png
Issue date:	08/15/1983
From:	Lanpher L KIRKPATRICK & LOCKHART, SUFFOLK COUNTY, NY
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ISSUANCES-OL, NUDOCS 8308180381
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'LONG ISLAND LIGHTING COMPANY ) Docket No. 50-322 0.L.

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(Shoreham Nuclear Power Station, )

Unit 1) )

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SUFFOLK COUNTY FILING REGARDING SCHEDULE FOR DIESEL GENERATOR CONTENTION Suffolk County is in receipt of the "LILCO Report and j Request for Temporary Deferral," dated August 15, 1983. Suffolk County concurs in LILCO's request and adds only the following:

(1) It is unclear at this time the precise nexus of the new crankshaft development to either the cylinder head cracking issues or to the vibration issue. The County understands that the failure occurred when Diesel 102 was being tested with the 4

new heads which had been installed, raising at least a possibility that there is a connection between the failure and the new cylinder heads. Also, the LILCO report, as well as a New York Times article (copy attached), state that the failure involved or was

< accompanied by excessive vibration. This raises the possibility of a direct relationship to the vibration issue. Until a failure j analysis is conducted and the cause(s) is(are) determined, no precise conclusions can be drawn. However, it certainly appears i

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possible that any testimony which now is filed might need to be changed in light of data which will become available in the future.

(2) In discussions with NRC Staff personnel, it appears i

clear that full resolution of the crankshaft problem will take I considerable time. Apparently Diesel 102 will need to be physically removed from its present location to an outside location where necessary disassemble / inspection / repair can be performed. The County has been informed by its consultants and by Staff personnel that the entire process is likely to take from several weeks, at a minimum, to several months. In view of the foregoing delays which appear inevitable, a brief deferral of the schedule as proposed by LILCO (i.e., a conference call for late August to discuss future scheduling) until more facts are known seems appropriate. The County suggests that LILCO be required to file a detailed status report with the Board and parties several days prior to any scheduled conference call.

Respectfully submitted, David J. Gilmartin Patricia A. Dempsey Suffolk County Department of Law Veterans Memorial Highway Hauppauge, New York 11788 s.

) dwit;, c r' iJ- _ x . ,;j ;n Herbert H. Brown Lawrence Coe Lanpher Alan Roy Dynner KIRKPATRICK, LOCKHART, HILL, CHRISTOPHER & PHILLIPS 1900 !! Street, N.W.

Washington, D.C. 20036 Attorneys for Suffolk County August 15, 1983

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• the Shonham nuclear power plant do. pone it because they would all be ~.

veloped a' crack during a test, and an withthe broken crankahaft."

officialof the FederalNuclear Regula. The only worse problemin a genera-4 tory.Commluion said yesterday that tor, he indicated, was if the main cydn-

, the problem could delay the plant's derblockwentocomeapart. .

oper.ing. Miss Hickman said that Lilco had The crack occurred in a crankshaft called the company that manufacturtd Fnday night during a test of thne die. the 20-foot-le ig crankshaft - Tmn.,a ,

ael generators that an designed to sup- merica Delaval of California -but did ply aumliary power in case the reactor not know how soon a replacementcould at the Suffolk County plant has to be be shipped to Shoreham, which is ahout shut down in an emergency. The com- 50 miles from Manhattan on Long Is.

mission must certify that the diesel land Sound. ,

units will work correctly befon the Generator SinstDowa Before long Island Lighting Company, owner 7, p,,g, g, ,,,,g,g,, gg,g of the 53.4 billi tant, can begin gen- Sp for 4w W in a erstagpower previous sequence of tests involving .

"You can be sun then y be a m- the diesel generston!Triday's inci. -

eral-week delay, at least, said the dont involved the middle diesel unit, ramwaion official. Edward Gnen- known as No.102. It is the same gener-man. "I characterize this as a signift- ator that was shut down enriier this -

an eh' man a Lilco spoh==an year after cracks wars detected in its, said she did not know how soon the gen. pprobi erator could be repaired or how the shortly after 5 P.M., Miss Hickman~

on Friday was noded .

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said. Operators in the Shorsoom con.

4 for p ' Die unlity hoped trol roma NW " excessive tbn-

. put the reactor, which is more than 10 dans' in me generamr, she said, and vean behind schedule and 10 times h j

over budget, into commercial opera. I found don bynextsp4 inches long and about a quarter of an Miss Hickman said Lilco had post. inch wide on2e main engme shattnear a major electrical test at Shore. the M cylksder d the eght cydn.

that had been scheduled for next der d

-- week. She also said the utility would The shutdown h toward *h ask the comadssion to delay a hearing and of a six-bour test of the 3,500-kilo. -

on the diesel units that was scheduled watt unit. It was being run to produce to begin the week of Aug.29.- 3,900 kilowatts, in an overload cxindl. -

Miss Hickman said it was too soon tion a test that is rec;uired by the com.

for Lilco to know how serious the diesel unas, ion.

failure was. But Alan Dynner, alawyer Suffolk officials, who oppose the :

representing Suffolk , said that, opening of the Shonham. plant, sad '

when L11co's it,wyen ed him on they believed the diesel incident would Saturday to discuss ;--q =-5 the mean a significant delay, and added hearing, "they said a very, very seri~ that the problem under!1ned their con. '

ous occurrence had happened. cerns about safety and workmanship at "It's the second-wont thing that can the plant. The county has refused to ap.

happen in a diesel generator," Mr. prove an emerTency evacuation plan Dynner said. "They told me it was so for the area around the plant, without -

serious they wen sending their experts which the plant cannot go into opera.

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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION BEFORE THE ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD

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In the Matter of )

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LONG ISLAND LIGHTING COMPANY )

) Docket No. 50-322 (0.L.)

(Shoreham Nuclear Power Station, )

Unit 1) )

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that copies of Suffolk County Filing Regarding Schedule for Diesel Generator Contention have been served to the follcwing this /8M day of August, 1983 by U.S.

mail, first class, except as otherwise noted.

Lawrence J. Brenner, Esq. Ralph Shapiro, Esq.

Administrative Judge Cammer and Shapiro Atomic Safety and Licensing Board 9 East 40th Street U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission New York, New York 10016 Washington, D.C. 20555 Howard L. Blau, Esq.

Dr. George A. Ferguson 217 Newbridge Road Administrative Judge Hicksville, New York 11801 Atomic Safety and Licensing Board School of Engineering **W. Taylor Reveley III, Esq.

Howard University Hunton & Williams 2300 6th Street, N.W. P.O. Box 1535 Washington, D.C. 20059 707 East Main St.

Richmond, Virginia 23212 Dr. Peter A. Morris j Administrative Judge l

Atomic Safety and Licensing Board U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Mr. Jay Dunkleberger Washington, D.C. 20555 New York State Energy Office Agency Building 2 Edward M. Barrett, Esq. Empire State Plaza .

General Counsel Albany, New York 12223 l Long Island Lighting Company l 250 Old Country Road l

Mineola, New York 11501

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Mr. Brian McCaffrey Stephen B. Latham, Esq.

Long Island Lighting Company Twomey, Latham & Shea 175 East Old Country Road P.O. Box 398 Hicksville, New York 11801 33 West Second Street Riverhead, New York 11901 Marc W. Goldsmith Mr. Jeff Smith Energy Research Group, Inc. Shoreham Nuclear Power Station 400-1 Totten Pond Road P.O. Box 618 Waltham, Massachusetts 02154 North Country Road Wading River, New York 11792 i

f Joel Blau, Esq. MHB Technical Associates New York Public Service Commission 1723 Hamilton Avenue The Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller Suite K Building' San Jose, California 95125 Empire State Plaza Albany, New York 12223 Hon. Peter Cohalan Suffolk County Executive David J. Gilmartin, Esq. H. Lee Dennison Suffolk County Attorney Building H. Lee Dennison Building Veterans Memorial Highway Veterans Memorial Highway Hauppauge, New York 11788 Hauppauge, New York 11788 Ezra I. Bialik, Esq.

Atomic Safety and Licensing Assistant Attorney General Board Panel Environmental Protection Bureau U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission New York State Department of Washington, D.C. 20555 Law 2 World Trade Center Docketing and Service Section New York, New York 10047 office of the Secretary U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Atomic Safety and Licensing

Washington, D.C. 20555 Appeal Board U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

• Edwin J. Reis Commission Assistant Chief Hearing Counsel Washington, D.C. 20555 Office of the Executive Legal Director i U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Jonathan D. Feinberg, Esq.

Washington, D.C. 20555 Staff Counsel, New York State Public Service Comm.

Stuart Diamond 3 Rockefeller Plaza Environment / Energy Writer Albany, New York 12223 NEWSDAY Long Island, New York 11747 I

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• Daniel F. Brown, Esq. Stewart M. Glass, Esq.

Atomic Safety and Regional Counsel Licensing Board Panel Federal Emergency Management U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Agency Washington, D.C. 20555 26 Federal Plaza New York, New York 10278 James B. Dougherty, Esq.

3045 Porter Street, N.W.

Washington, D.C. 20008 Michael S. Miller KIRKPATRICK, LOCKHART, HILL, CHRISTOPHER & PHILLIPS DATE: August 15 , 1983 1900 M Street, N.W., 8th Floor Washington, D.C. 20036

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