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Ack Receipt of Amend 5 to Cp.Document Transmitted to Cognizant Personnel for Review & Comment
ML20100F262
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Site: Oyster Creek
Issue date: 09/01/1967
From: Kandle R
NEW JERSEY, STATE OF
To: Boyd R
US ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION (AEC)
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Dear Mr. Boyd:

Thank you for your transmittal of Amendment No. 5 )

on June 21, 1967. This document has'been transmitted 1 to our cognizant personnel for review and comment.

In the matter of Oyster Creek, New Jersey has con-fined its interest primarily to control of environmental releases and other environmental safeguards. Since the

contents of Amendment No. 5 deal with primarily the emergency core cooling system, we will defer comment in this instance with the exceptions noted below. New  !

Jersey will comment upon the stack release limit and other discharge limits to be contained in the proposed Technical Specifications at the appropriate time.

The answer proposed for question no. 8 (P. 111-8-1 j of Amendment No. 5) implies the existence of a conceptual '

model for the core-following a maximum credible accident which permits, at least, an estimate of exposure rates. 1 Are the details of this model known? Since the Utility states distribution of fission products in the water,

.could the radwaste facility be used to " clean-up" this water?

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An examination of the Facility Description and Safety Analysis Report and Amendment No. 5 reveal no material presented with respect to emergency planning and facility recovery. New Jersey is concerned with j Our interest in this area is threefold-these areas.

public health and safety, exposure to personnel engaged i in a recovery operation, and maintenance of generating l capacity. Additional information will be needed re-garding these points before this State can arrive at a final judgment regarding this reactor.

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, 'WE HAVE BEEN RECENTLY INFORMEDATOMIC:ENER8Y BY COMMISSION UD 1717 [d7 IASHDC STAFF THAT THE' SCHEDULE FOR REVIEW OF OUR APPLICATION FOR AND 0PERATING LICENSE FOR THE OYSTER CREEK NUCLEAR PLANT HAS NOW

. SLIPPED TO THE POINT WHERE FINAL STAFF AND ACRS REVIEW CANNOT BEJANUARY.

IN' COMPLETED PRIOR TO THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED ACRS MEETING THE ORIGINAL SCHEDULE CALLED TOR COMPLETION OF THE STAFF AND ACRS REVIEW BY EARLY NOVEMBER. THE LATEST SCHEDULE PROPOSED BY,THE STAFF WOULD MEAN IN ORDINARY COURSE OF' EVENTS THAT

, CENTRAL COULD NOT EXPECT TO HAVE AN OPERATING LICENSE.AND'JERSEVE

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COULDNOTBEGINFUELLOADINGDNTILLATEFEBRUIRY' MORE THAN TWO MONTHS AFTER THE SCHEDULED DATE FOR FUEL LOAD $NG TO WHICH WE HAVE ADERED EVER SINCE FILING OUR APPLICATION FOR AN OPERATING LICENSE LAST JANUARY. ~

WITH THE THE PRESENT POWER REGULATORY STAFF SCHEDULE IS WHOLLY INCONSISTENT -

OF THE ENTIRE P-J-M POOL,REGUIREMENTS NOT ONLY OF THE GPU SYSTEM, BUT WHICH MAKE IT IMPERATIVE THAT THE OYSTER CREEK CAPACITY BE AVAILABLE FOR THE HEAVY 1968 SUMMER' LOADS WHICH CAN START AS EARLY AS MAY 15 AND WILL CERTAINLY OCCUR PRIOR 70 THE END OF JUNE. INDEED THE DELAYS IN MANUFAC1URE.

AND INSTALLATION OF NEW GENERATING CAPACITY IN THE ENTIRE WORTH EAST HAVE CREATED A CRITICAL DEMAND - SUPPLY RELATIONSHIPe FOR.T E 1968 SUMMER LOADS. SINCE FUEL LOADING, PHYSICS MEASUREMENTS

, . LOW POWER OPERATION AND ESCALATION 70 FULL ' POWER OPERATION i MAY BE EXPECTED TO TAKE ~ A MINIMUM 0F FIVE MONTHS,- ANY APPRECIABLE, DELAY IN FUEL LOADING BEYOND DECEMBER IS, 00YU THREATENS OUR -

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- IN THE LISHT 0F OUR ACUTE POWER SUPPLY PROBLEM WE HAVE UR3ENTLY REGUESTED TE REGULATORY STAFF 70 TAKE ALL POSSIBLE MEASURES WHICH WOULD. PERMIT FUEL LOADING AND START-UP OF THE OYSTER CREEE PLANT .. ON SCHEDULE. .

. . . ;FIRST,1 WE HAVE ASKED THAT THE AEC STAFF AND ACRS JEVIEW BE-INTENSIFIED AND COMPRESSED So AS TO PERMIT FINAL, STAFF AND' ACRS' ACTION IN DECEMBER RATHER, THAN JANUARY. WE HAVE BEIN ,

' TOLD.THAT.THIS IS NOT FEASIBLE, 1 CONSISTENT WITH OTPER STAFF . % ;,

' AND' ACRS WORK LOADS. w SECONDLY, - WE HAVE ASKED .THAT THE' 8TAFF. AND ACRS' REVIEW .. ,;. . , .

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1 THIRD, AS A LACT RESORT-EL HAVE REQUESTED THE St .FF e_ l TO CONSIDER A MODIFICATION OF ITS CUSTOMARY LICENSING rROCEDURES i WHICH LIKE OUR SECOND PROPOSAL ABOVE, WOULD BE ENTIRELY CONSISTENT WITH ALL STATUTORY REQUIREMENTS CONCERNING ACRS REVIEW AND  ;

PUBLIC NOTICE. THIS MODIFIED PROCEDURE FOR EARLY PUBLICATION '

0F AEC INTENT TO ISSUE A FUEL LOADING LICENSE UPON COMPLETION l 0F THE AEC STAFF AND ACRS REVIEW OF OUR APPLICATION FOR A PROVISIONAL' OPERATING LICENSE. IT WOULD, HOWEVER, DEFER ISSUANCE OF ANY LICENSE AUTHORIZED OPERATION AT POWER UNTIL AFTER THE ISSUANCE

, CF A PUBLIC NOTICE AND AN OPPORTUNITY FOR PUBLIC INSPECTION 0F THE ACRS REPORT, STAFF SAFETY ANALYSIS AND THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE PROPOSED PROVISIONAL OPERATING LICENSE. -

WE UNDERSTAND THAT THIS THIRD PROPOSAL IS CURRENTLY UNDER REVIEW BY THE REGULATORY STAFF. HOWEVER, EVEN FAVORABLE ACTION ON -

THIS PROPOSAL WILL SAVE ONLY THIRTY DAYS IN OUR DVERALL SCHEDULE AND WOULD NOT PERMIT FUEL LOADING PRIOR TO MID-JANUARY AT THE EARLIEST.

JERSEY CENIRAL AND ITS PRIME CONTRACTOR, THE GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, ARE MAKING EVERY POSSIBLE EFFORT TO ASSURE PLANT COMPLETION TO MEET THE DECEMBER 15, QDYU FUEL LOADING DATE. BETWEEN US WE HAVE ALREADY SPENT OVER 19,000,000 IN ACCELERATING THE CONSTRUCTION PROGRESS, DVERTIME WORK AT THE PLANT IN SEPTEMBER ACCOUNTED FOR 38 1/2 PERCENT OF OUR CONSTRUCTION EFFORT. WE ARE ASSURED BY GENERAL ELECTRIC THAT THE DECEMBER 15 TARGET DATE IS A REALISTIC GOAL FOR THE START OF FUEL LOADING, OUR NEED FOR ADDITIONAL PLANT CAPACITY IS SO ACUTE THAT WE HAVE NO ALTERNATIVE BUT 70 ASK THAT THE COMMISSION REVIEW

, IMMEDI ATELY WITH THE REGULATORY STAFF ALL- POSSIBLE MEASURES FOR EXPEDITING REVIEW AND ACTION ON OUR LICENSE APPLICATION AND THAT THE OYSTER CREEK APPLICATION BE ACCORDED A PRIORITY..

CONSISTENT WITH THE.NEED TO MEET OUR 1968 SUMMER POWER. REQUIREMENTS ~

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