ML20133G135

Expresses Concerns Re 850609 Event at Plant Which Resulted in Loss of All Feedwater.Deficiencies Cited Must Be Fully Corrected Before Plant Returns to Operation.Nrc Urged to Take Necessary Steps

ML20133G135
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Site:	Davis Besse
Issue date:	09/09/1985
From:	Celeste R, Cleste R OHIO, STATE OF
To:	Palladino N NRC COMMISSION (OCM)
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s RICHARD F. CELESTE GOVERNOR STATE OF OHIO OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR COLUMBUS 43215 September 9, 1985 Mr. Nunzio J. Pa.ladino Chairman U.S. Nuclear Regtilatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20555

Dear Chairman Palladino:

I am writing you to express my concerns regarding the events at the Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Plant on June 9, 1985, which resulted in the loss of all feedwater.

Harold R. Denton's letter of August 14, 1985, to the Toledo Edison Company identified numerous design, operational and management inadequacies at Davis-Besse that contributed to this event.

Mr. Denton also noted that Toledo Edison could not restart the Davis-Besse reactor without NRC approval.

The NRC's responses to questions raised by the U.S. House's Subcommittee on Energy Conservation and Power indicate that the Davis-Besse plant has frequently been troubled by operational and safety problems. For exa.7ple, longstanding NRC recommendations for improving the facility's safety by supplementing the auxilliary cooling system with an independently-powered pump have yet to be implemented.

It is essential that these deficiencies be fully ccrrected before the Davis-Besse Plant returns to operation. In addition, emergency notification systems should be tested and operationa] before the facility restarts. The public health and safety of the citizens of Ohio must be fully assured. I therefore urge the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission to take whatever steps are necessary to improve safety and reliability at the Davis-Besse Plant.

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e q S4b hV[f p ST ATE OF OH:0 OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR COLUV8us 43210 FCCHAD E CELENE a3vEPNOR September 9, 1985 Mr. Nunzio J. Palladino Chairman U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20555

Dear Chateman Pa1ladino:

I am writing you to express my concerns regarding the events at the Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Plant on June 9, 1985, which resulted in the loss of all feedwater.

Harold R. Denton's lotter of August 14, 1985, to the Toledo Edison Company identified numerous design, operational and management inadequacies at Davis-Besse that contributed to this event. Mr. Denton also noteo that Toledo Edison could not restart the Davis-Besse reactor without NRC approval.

The NBC's reaponses to questions raised by *he U.S. House's Subcommittee on Energy Conservation and Power indicate that the Davis-Besse plant has frequently been troublea by

! operational and safety problems. For example, longstanding

. NRC recommendations tor improving the facility's safety by supplementin; the nuxilliary cooling system.with an l independently-powerec pump have yet to be implemented.

It is essential that these deficiencies be fully corrected before the Davis-Besse Plant returns to operation. In

adcition, em2rgency notification systems shoulc be tested and operational before the facility restarts. The public health and safety of the citizens at Ohio must be fully assured. I

therefore urge the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission to take

' whatever steps are necessary to. improve safety and reliability at the Davis-Bense Plant.

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