ML20115A485
| ML20115A485 | |
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| Site: | Indian Point  |
| Issue date: | 07/20/1971 |
| From: | Mccool W US ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION (AEC) |
| To: | US ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION (AEC) |
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50-2L7 The attached document is for your infomation. The matter is presently before the Director of Regulation.
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'IO 1/r3 FINDI'G5 ON ISSUED FthE11 f.ND W FR' NICE LICrisE FOh FUEL ILAIIIO ruiD SLb-CluTIC.ib TESTING Cn.'une 21,1971, Censo11 dated Edison Company of New York, Inc.
( Applicant) filed a motion ceeking authority to undertake fuel load-ing and sub-critical testing in the nuclent power facility, which is understood vill be constnicted to the comnleteness sufficient for the operation here sought to be autherized.
No party to the procaeding opposci the mot $on, although Intervenor Citizeno Cc=mittee for the Protection of the Environment stated that it would oppose any applicatien that involied any low power testing cf the facility.
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The '.tomic Energy Com=1ssion in its hotice of llearing issued in this proceeding authori:.ed the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board to receive and cons 16er a motion, if made in vriting, for an Order for an eperating license authorizin6 fuel 1:ading and low power testing (which vas specified to be an operatien et not Foro then one cercent of full rover for the testing of the ferility).
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then the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board should issue a determinn-tion in the form of an initial decicion, which vould include findings on the issues prescribed by the Commission for cons deration. By
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i contrast, the Commission provided that if no objection vere asserted to such a motion, then the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board need I
q cnly issue an Order authori-ing the Director of Regulation to make eppropriate findings on the matterm specified in the Notice of Hear-ing and to issue a license fir the requested operation.
l At the hearing convened on July 13, 1971, discussion was had in reference to the authority of the Atomic Safety and Licencing Board to itsee any order that did not involve low power testing, that is involving criticality of the nuclear fuel core.
The Applicant con-tended th t since the authority sought, i.e.,
for sub-critical test-ing, is less than the full authority granted by the Co=missien, the board had the requisite euthority.
The Board is farther cone rned that the position of the afore-said Intervenor is conditioned upon the premise that there be no criticality nor exchange of neutrons following the fuel loadin6 If the reactor is not maintained sub-critical during the testing, then, in accordance with the Commission's direction in the hotice of Eear-ing, an initial decision must be issuei regarding this matter. The Scard, therefore, specifies and directs for this authorization in this
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proceeding that the Director of Regulation expressly condition his l
3 appropriate findingc regarding the application herein for fuel-i loading and sub-critical testing, that at no time shall the reactor 1
1 be made critical following fuel loading, and if there is such criti-cality, or if this direction for a condition is not acceptable to the Director of Regulation, then this authori:ntion is no longer valid i
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The Board would note that in the course of its securin6 updated j
information respecting the status of construction of the nuclear i
j power facility, data vere presented on the record that there are i
j a nu=ber of uncompleted components and systems that vill prevent immediate fuel leading.
The Ccmpliance Section of the Commission I
has indicated that their reviev v111 continue to ascertain when this facility vill be ready fer fuel leading and the Board. desires to be informed by the Comnliance Section when that time has arrived.
s WHEREFORE, in accordance with the Atomic Energy Act, as amended, i
the Rules of Practice of the Ccmmission,. the Notice of IIcaring in j
this proceeding, and this Order with direction to condition the-authorization, IT IS ORDERED that the Director of Regulation is l
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authorized to make appropriate findings with the cendition as speci-fled and directed by this Order for the fuel londing and sub-critical testing for the operations requested by the motion filed by Consolidated l
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Dear Chairman Schlessinger:
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In the light of the current deliberations of the Atomic Energy Commission to formulate rules regulating the environmental c
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The need for Indian Point No. 2 both for purposes of meeting electrical demand and for system reliability must not be underestimated. Briefly, the outlook for the coming year is as follows:
Peak demand for the summer of 1972 is forecast at 8,550 megawatts. Although there is possibility of 395 megawatts of purchased power and power from a plant heing built jointly with s
'a nearby utility, the anticipated need for power cannot be met without Indian Point No. 2 in operation. Because of forced or scheduled outages of about 1,000 megawatts at all times, seldom has the Company been able to have 7,500 megawatts on line at one time.
Consolidated Edison has 38 generating units totaling 2,176 megawatts that are obsolete and unreliable machines. In fact, 30 units are more than forty years old - hardly suitable equipment to produce electricity or act as reserve for the City of New York.
Furthermore,1,984 megawatts of installed capacity is gas-turbine powered which makes them unsuitable for continuous base load operation.
Under these conditions, there exists a real hazard to the health, safety and welfare of the 7. 9 million inhabitants and 3. 7 q'
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4 A major' anticipated source of power for the coming year - 525 megawatts - is the jointly-owned Bowline Point Unit i
No. I which is presently under construction. A recent strike has caused a delay in the manufacture of the plant's turbine, and there is now serious doubt as to whether the plant can be on the line as of its scheduled operation date of 1972.
Furthermore, we are advised by Consolidated Edison 4
that its 1,000-megawatt unit, Ravenswood No. 3 (" Big Allis") has continued to experience vibration of the main shaft of the high-pressure machine. The unit has been shut down for maintenance every weekend in August, thus far. This unit will not Le con-sidered reliable until it undergoes a complete overhaul. Because the Company is so deficient in generating capacity, it cannot under-take such an extensive overhaul unless indian Point No. 2 is available for service. We are also informed by the Company that its efforts to buy additional firm power for the coming year have been thus far unsuccessful.
Thus, we believe that without the Indian Point No. 2 unit on the line, the City faces the real hazard of a power crisis in 1972.
Whenever voltage reductions and load shedding episodes occur, the health, safety and welfare of the people of the City of New York are placed in jeopardy. Furthermore, an adequate supply of electricity is vital to the City's economic well-being.
Clearly, the Indian Point No. 2 Plant is needed to avert a power crisis in the City in 1972. Just as cicarly, the Commission inust comply with the mandate of the Court in the Calvert Cliffs' decision that the entire environmental impact of projects not yet granted an operating license be promptly and fully considered.
The Committee, therefore, earnestly requests the Atomic Energy Commission to consider these factors and to act promptly on its forthcoming rules and on the pending license for
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Dear Mayor Lindsay:
Because of a number of adverse events on the national level relative to the development of power generating plants, the City must take an increasingly active role in obtaining electricity for its economic and social needs.
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--A recent court decision is delaying tne licensing of Consolidated Edison's Indian Point No. 2 Plant. Feder al funds for research designed to reduce the environmental impact of power plants have been cut. This is preventing Consolidated Edison from proceeding with an approved project designed to reduce noxious gas emissions. The lack of uniform environ-niental policies and standards for power plants and the fragmentation of authority prevent long term planning.
It is for these reasons that your Interdepartmental Committee on Public Utilities prepared the attached Tport of the projected supply of electricity and the City's anticipated needs, with recommendations of action to be taken during the
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forthcoming ~1egislative session to' seek esecutive and legislative support for a coordinated effort to avert a power crisis in the City ar.d elsewhere in the State.
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