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AUG 17 IS83 MEMORANDUM FOR:
Sandy Showman, Administrative Assistant to Comissioner Gilinsky FROM:
Edwin G. Triner, Director Division of Budget and Analysis Office of Resource Management
SUBJECT:
BACKGROUND INFORMATION FOR COMMISSIONER GILINSKY'S TRIP TO SEABROOK NUCLEAR POWER STATION Attached is the background information you requested on the Seabrook Nuclear Power Station for Comissioner Gilinsky's trip.
The information was primarily obtained from the NRC Licensing Project Manager, the Seabrook Resident Inspector, Region I Emergency Preparedness staff, Management Information staff, RM, the Office of Investigations and the Office of Inspection and Enforcement.
If you have any questions, please call me.
EgistSipedbf f.dwin G.Tsiner Edwin G. Triner, Director Division of Budget and Analysis Office of Resource Management
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D. Garner L. Barry, RM T. Cerne, Sr. Res. Insp.
J. Milhoan R. Scroggins, RM (Seabrook)
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SEABROOK Units Nos. I and 2 Applicant:
Public Service Company of New Hampshire (PSNH)
Location:
10 mi S of Portsmouth, New Hampshire Rockingham County, New Hampshire Reactor Type:
Pressurized Water Reactor (PWR)
Power Level:
3411 MWt; 1198 MWe (Design Electrical Rating)
Containment:
Dry, Steel-Lined, Reinforced Concrete Nuclear Steam Supply System (NSSS):
Westinghouse Architect / Constructor:
United Engineers & Constructors (UEC)
Turbine Supplier:
General Electric Condenser Cooling Method:
Once Thru - Mechanical Draft Cooling Tower Condenser Cooling Water:
Atlantic Ocean Construction Permit Issued:
7/7/76 Operating License Expected:
9/84 (Unit 1);
12/86 (Unit 2)
NRR Licensing Project Manager:
(Eff. 8/9/83) Vic Nerses (Tel: 492-7238)
Annette Vietti (Tel: 492-4449)
NRC Senior Resident Inspector: Antone (Tony) Cerne (Tel: 8-603-474-3589)
(Fax - 3M 603-474-9018)
NRC Region I Reactor Projects: -BobGallo,SectionChief(Tel: 8-488-1234)
Other Contacts:
Counsel:
Bob Purlis, ELD (Tel: 492-7806)
Emergency Preparedness:
Ed Wojnas, Region I (Tel: 8-488-1391)
Dick Vanniel, IE (Tel: 492-4535)
Caseload Forecast Panel:
Bill Lovelace, RM/D (Tel: 492-9860)
Investigation:
Pete Baci, 0I:Hqs'(Tel: 492-7246)
Enforcement:
Dick Rosano, IE (Tel: 492-9583)
Licensing Schedule Unit 1 Unit 2 OL Review Construction Issue Draft Environmental Statement (DES):
5/82 Not Scheduled Issue Safety Evaluation Report (SER):
3/83 ACRS Meeting:
4/83 Issue Final Environmental Statement (FES):
12/82 Issue Site Safety Evaluation Report (SSER):
6/83 Start Hearing:
8/83**
ASLB Initial Decision:
6/84 Commission Decision Date:
8/84 Applicant's Est. Construction Completion Date:
9/84 12/86 NRC's Est. Construction Completion Date:
First Qtr.
of 1986 Current' licensing schedule reflects new fuel load date (9/84) pub--
lished 12/82 by the applicant.
Heavily contested plant, reflects 14 months hearing schedule (from publication of the SSER to the Commission decision date) rather than the typical 11 months for that phase.
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SEABROOK Units Nos. 1 and 2 (Continued)
Approximately 7,000 people are employed at the Seabrook' site.
Both Units 1 and 2 are under construction.
Unit 1 is approximately 79 percent complete.
Structural activities - concrete, building, etc. - are almost complete.
Piping, electrical and instrumentation are in progress.
Preoperational testing activities have comenced for non-safety-related systems. As construction continues, certain safety-related systems are being turned over to the startup group. The. reactor pressure vessel is in-place; however, installation of internals is still in progress.
Unit-2 is approximately 23 percent complete.
Placement of concrete and other structural activities are in progress.
l Reactor Operator Training The licensee offers an exceptional training program for its reactor operators.
The Senior Resident Inspector suggests a tour of the PWR simulator may be of interest. The simulator is housed on-site and is site-specific to the Seabrook plant.
Ownership Ownership of the Seabrook plant is shared by 16 utilities.
PSNH owns a 35.5 percent share and is the managing utility responsible for the design, construction, startup and operation of the plant.
Costing and Schedule Estimate-The NRC Caseload Forecast Panel visited the Seabrook site on Novem-ber 16-17.-1982 to review the construction progress and to obtain information for use as input to the operating license review scheduling process. On' May 11, 1983, NRC and applicant representatives met to review the basis for projecting a fuel load date for Unit 1.
The NRC staff has since concluded that Unit I would be ready for fuel loading approximately the.first quarter of 1986.
At the request of the Public Service Company of New Hampshire (PSNH),
the Management Analysis Company (MAC) completed an independent' review (published May 24, 1983) of-the L982 cost and schedule estimates pre-viously evaluated by the Yankee Atomic Electric Company-(YAEC) and United Engineers and Constructors (UE&C). The results of the 1982 i
study was an estimated cost of $5.12 billion based on commercial opera-
' tion dates at that time of December 1984 and March 1987 for Units 1 and 2, respectively. MAC has concluded that it will require a minimum
-of 12 additional months-to complete Unit 1.
Utility owners of the Seabrook plant requested the New Hampshire Public l
Utility Comission (NHPUC) to perform a study of the costing and scheduling of the Seabrook plant.
(This was independent of the MAC study). The NHPUC projected completion dates of early 1985 to 1986.
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SEABROOK 1 CONSTRUCTION STATUS As of March 31, 1983 Applicant's Current Estimated Fuel Loading Date:
9/30/84 Applicant's Previous Estimated Fuel Loading Date:
11/30/83 Applicant's Estimated Fuel Loading Date at CP Issuance:
8/1/81 Applicant's Current Estimated Comercial Operation Date:
12/31/84 Current Estimated. Percent Construction Complete:
73%
Est.
Actual Est.
Actual Est.
Start Start Compl.
Compl.
% Compl.
Mobilize an'd Prepare Site:
7/76 8/77 100%
Place Structural Concrete:
9/77 8/83 98%
Install Reactor Pressure Vessel:
5/81 5/81 100%
. Install Large Bore Process Pipe:
10/79 7/84 66%-
Install Large Bore Pipe Hangers, Restraints and Snubbers:
10/79 8/84 48%
Install Small Bore Pipe:
9/80 8/84 34%
Install Cable Tray:
9/79 12/83 88%
Install Exposed Metal Conduit:
4/79 7/84 75%
Install Power, Control, Instru-mentation and Security Cable:
5/81 7/84 65%
Install Electrical Terminations:
6/81 8/84 37%
Conduct Reactor Cold Hydrostatic Test:
4/84 4/84 0%
Conduct Hot Functional Test:
6/84 8/84 0%
Conduct Preop and Acceptance Tests Necessary for Fuel Load:
11/82 9/84 0%
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SEABROOK 2 1
CONSTRUCTION STATUS As of March 31, 1983 Applicant's Current Estimated Fuel Loading Date:
12/31/86 Applicant's Previous Estimated Fuel Loading Date:
2/28/86 Applicant's Estimated Fuel Loading Date at CP Issuance:
10/1/83 Applicant's Current Estimated Commercial Operation Date:
3/31/87 Current Estimated Percent Construction Complete:
19%
Est.
Actual Est.
Actual Est.
Start Start Compl.
Compl.
% Compl.
Mobilize and Prepare Site:
7/76 8/77 100%
Place Structural Concrete:
8/81 5/86 48%
Install Reactor Pressure Vessel:
10/83 3/84 0%
Install Large Bore Process Pipe:
9/82 10/86 4%
Install Large Bore _ Pipe Hangers, Restraints and Snubbers:
9/82 11/86 2%
Install Small Bore Pipe:
7/84 10/86
.1%
Install Cable Tray:
1/84 1/86 0%
' Install Exposed Metal Conduit:
4/84 9/86 6%
Install Power, Control, Instru-mentation and Security Cable:
9/84 9/86 0%.
Install Electrical Terminations:
10/84 10/86_
0%
Conduct Reactor Cold Hydrostatic Test:
11/86 12/86 0%
Conduct Hot Functional Test:
1/87 2/87 0%
Conduct Preop and Acceptance Tests Necessary for Fuel Load:
3/85 11/86 0%-
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SEABROOK Units Nos. 1 and 2 (Continued)
Operating Licensing Proceedings Evidentiary hearings for the operating license for Seabrook Unit I will be con-ducted on August 17 through September 2,1983. in the Strafford County Supreme Courthouse in Dover, New Hampshire.
Issues to be covered include:
Equipment Qualification Submittal Emergency Action Levels Evacuation Time Estimates A second set of hearings will be conducted approximately mid-December 1983.
Issues to be covered include:
All issues regarding off-site emergency preparedness Detail control room design review Medical provisions for on-site workers in case of an emergency Testing of manual reactor trip breakers Prospective participants include the states of New Hampshire, Maine and the Comonwealth of Massachusetts; Seacoast Anti-Pollution League (SALP); the New England Coalition on Nuclear Pollution (NECNP); and numerous smaller groups, including local governments, have been granted the right to participate.
Hearing procedures for Seabrook Unit 1 full-power license began with special prehearing conferences held in May and July 1982 in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, and April 1983.
The major contention continues to be the litigation of Emergency Preparedness - the adequacy of off-site planning at Seabrook.
Seabrook is located adjacent to a tourist beach which is heavily populated in the suniner.
Evacuation is a significant issue to local people, especially around the Hampton Shore resort area.
The state is working on off-site emergency plans along with FEMA. Cooperation by local communities varies significantly.
Emergency Preparedness In 1981, Mr. B. Grimes (NRC:IE) and the Governor of New Hampshire held a public meeting near Seabrook at which the NRC emergency preparedness program was dis-cussed and public comments received.
The Seabrook Site Emergency Plan has been reviewed and a major revision is being prepared by the Applicant to address staff concerns.
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SEABROOK Units Nos. I and 2 (Continued) l (Continued)
The following must be completed before operation of Seabrook:
-The on-site emergency plan must be. revised to meet the requirements of
-NRC regulations.
-State and local plans must be submitted.
(Portsmouth, New Hampshire, has submitted a plan but it still requires additional work.
The plan does not yet have FEMA approval.) (Massachusetts has-provided some local plans to FEMA for review. Other local plans are expected in the next month.)
The NRC must, based on FEMA findings and detenninations, find that state and local plans are acceptable and can and will be implemented.
NRC is currently participating with the Region I Regional Assistance Committee (RAC) in the review of off-site preparedness plans at Seabrook.
Conduct an on-site appraisal and correction.of any deficiencies.
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Acceptable completion of a joint exercise (site, state and local govern-ments).
The state has a contractor doing an independent evaluation of the evacuation-time estimates developed by the applicant. This study has not been' completed.
On July 19, 1983, the IE Emergency Preparedness (EP) staff briefed the ACRS sub-consnittee regarding radiological emergency plans for Indian Point, Maine Yankee and Seabrook. Dr. Moeller's concerns rest with local governments' unresponsive-ness to the requirements of NRC EP regulations and the unacceptability of off-site EP plans.
Investigation / Enforcement The NRC received from Senator Kennedy a letter from Mr.. Grafton Burke dated February 8,1983 regarding termination of Mr. Burke's employment at the Seabrook Nuclear Power Plant.- The NRC responded to Mr. Burke on March 25, 1983, and
. infonned him that an NRC investigation into his allegations would be conducted.
.Mr. Burke alleges that he was fired for reporting allegations of noncompliance with construction procedures to Perni Power Constructors (prime contractors at the Seabrook site) and to the NRC.
f On August 9, 1983, the NRC Headquarters Office of Investigations staff reported that all investigative field work had been completed. Results of the investi-gation are open pending issuance of the final-report.
No enforcement' action has been.taken at this time pending results of the 'inves-tigation.
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