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Requests Addl Info on Progress of TMI-2 Cleanup
ML20132G548
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Site: Crane Constellation icon.png
Issue date: 07/26/1985
From: Jason White
JAMES R. WHITE, CONSULTING
To: Snyder
NRC
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Download: ML20132G548 (2)


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On N1 arch 20,1985, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued a li-cense to Detroit Edison Company and Wolverine Power Supply Corpo-rations, incorporated, for the Fermi 2 nuclear power plant. This license authorizes fuel loading and the con-duct of low power testing up to fiv Since 1972 NPE users have been percent of full power. Fermi Umt ccessing the single most uses a boiling water reactor and at full power will have an electrical out.

comprehensive, constantly put of about 1093 megawatts.

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500 cumulative reactoryears of operation are indexed in the On N1 arch 16,1985, the Nuclear publication with plant descriptions and operating histories also Regulatory Commission issued a li-included.

cense to 1.ouisiana Power & l.ight Company for full power operation of the Waterford Steam Electric Sta-INTRODUCING tion Unit 3. Waterford 3 uses a pres-COMPUTERIZED RETRIEVAL SYSTEM--NPEars sunied water reactor and at full power will have an electrical output Now offen.ng a new computerized retrieval capability which com-of about 1104 megawatts. The plant was licensed on December 18,1984, plements existing hard copy keyword indexing and plant cross-for fuel loading and low power test-referencing. Improved search parameters enhance data base's ing up to live percent of full power.

value by providing faster and more efficient referencing of NPE articles.

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a Power Cooperative, Inc. The Wolf pressurized in February 1984, the polar crane For further inforniation, contact Creek Station has a water reactor and at full ptmer will test w s successfully conducted. hve Dr. #crnard J. Snyder, Director, months later the reactor pressure Three.1/i/c Island Program Office, have an electrical output of about venel head was removed. In Decem-O]Jice of Nuclear Reactor Regula-1150 megawatts.

ber 1984, the reactor vessel plenum rion. U. S. Nuclear Regulatory was jacked up seven and one-half Conimission, li'ashington, DC

[ TMI-2 Cleanup inches allaying fears that it may be 20555: telephone 1301) 492-7761.

stuck and require cutting to remove.

Gisen below are the accomplish-Removal of the plenum, scheduled in (Continued on next page) ments, future goals, and the views of N1ay 1985, represents the last major the Nuclear Regulatory Commission hurdle prior to fuel removal opera-on the cleanup of Three N1ile Island tions. According to GPU Nuclear's Unit 2 (TN1I-2) of General Public latest estimate, dated July 2,1984 Utilities Nuclear (GPU Nuclear).

the target date for the completion of reactor fuel removal from the prima-rs system is June 19S7.

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Donation Entry level pos:tions also erst for indvdua s who are graduat.ng wt*i eng neering EG&G Services, Inc., Idaho de9'eeS in decxat mechanical nuclear and heafth/ radiation phys Apply to Falls, has donated fifteen software w shington. DC addmss packages valued at $65,000 to Vir-k

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ginia Tech, Industrial Engineering Circle 105 on Reader Service Form and Operations Research Depart-ment's Safety Option Program. The plant systems and components.

Chairman, INPO donation included CMORTe, which The LOMI (Iow oxidation state is the computeri7ed management metal ions) solvent dissolves James J. O'Connor, chairman, oversight and risk tree software. radioactive metal oxide deposits, president and chief executive ollicer CMORTC has been acquired by sev.

which accumulate on primary (CEO) of Commonwealth Edison eral nuclear power utilities.

circuit piping surfaces in nuclear Company, was elected chairman of reactors, thereby reducing radiation the Board of Directors of the Insti-Decon Technology doses to reactor personnel during tute or Nuclear Power Operations inspections and maintenance work.

(INPO) at the board's March 20 IT Corporation, a subsidiary of The solvent was developed by meeting. Ile succeeds Lelan F. Sil-International Technology researchers at the Central lin, Jr., chairman of the board of Corporation, has obtained a Electricity Generating Board of trustees of the executive committee nonexclusive U. S. license from the Great Britain under EPRI funding.

of Northeast Utilities, who he

.tir-Electric Power Research Institute The process has been successfully ed after holding the post of NPO (EPRI) for use of its patented applied in Britain at the Winfrith board chairman since 1981 Sillin LOMI solvent technology in the test reactor and on a Surry steam was one of the charter members of decontamination of nuclear power generator channel head, the INPO Board of Directors.

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