ML20133N166

Submits Info Re Cost of Replacement Power While Facilities Shut Down.Info Will Aid in Responding to Senate Appropriations Subcommittee 790313 Question

ML20133N166
Person / Time
Site:	Beaver Valley, Surry, Maine Yankee, FitzPatrick, 05000000
Issue date:	03/27/1979
From:	Fine P Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
To:	Crutchfield D Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
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" March 27, 1979 TO: Danni Crutchfield, Chief, Te:nhical cnd Administrative Branch, Program Support Staff, I:RR BCM ' Paul Fine, Technical Assistant, P3S -p g e , y, SUBJECf: C037 0F RPL,CI!E::T ?O'..'IR 6ne of the questions for the record of the hearing of March 13, 1979, of a

• Senate appropriations 3ubcommittee uss as follows:

Th3 cost of cansratind the electricity lost by shutting down Fitzpatrick, Surry I and II, Beaver Valley, and Maine Yankee.

in answering this question, I checked Inuith order the a?propriate Project Managers the The to obtain information for use,in Division of Opsrating Reactors information obtained is given cnd then contacted the licensees involved. -

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Maine Yankee . -

The att ched letter of March 22 from J. 3. Randazza, 7 ice President of Mcine Yankee Atomic Fouer Co. , was received by telecommunications on March 23 and by asil on Mnrch 26. This indicates that replacement pouer will be supplied by burning oil and will cost, on the average, about 27 mills per kilowatt hour, -

compared to the nuclear fuel cost of approximately 3 3 mills per kilowatt hour.

At a net capacity rating of 830 magawatts cnd a monthly ecptcity factor of approxt:;tely 951 as given in the letter, the additional cost of supplying ele:tricity by burning oil instead of nucleer fuel would be about $450,000 per ,

day. '(Operating reports to. :?.C give capacity factors, based on design electrical

- r: tin , cf 03T in .Taruary 1979 and 954 in February 1979. ) ,

Bra 7er_7 alley Information was furnished by telephone on March 22 by Bob Irvin, Technical Assistant to the 71ce President for Operations of the Duquesne Light Co. He )

indicated that r3 placement power iculd be supplied by burning coal or by purchasing pouer from other utilities; burning oil would be the last choice. Duquesne gets 47.5i of the output of Beaver 7 alley 1, and the cost to replace this portion wculd *.s $2.4 million per month for coal, S0.4 million per month for th purcha'e of p:::er, and S0.25 'million per month for increased cost of operation and mr.intencnce such as additional coal handling, ash disposal, and maintenance of coal-burning plants. The cost to Duquesne of burnin ,

S0.8 million per month (3 8 mills per kilowatt, so hour)g nuclear that the net costfuel of is about

.repl cement power would be about $2.25 million per month. For the total output

'cf Cesver 7 alley 1, the cost of replac3 ment power would be about $4.7 million par month or $160,000 par day. This is for a cape ity f3: tor of 743. (Operating raports to ::RC sive capacity factors, Lased on design electricil rating, of 36.9) in January 1979 and 76.5% in February 1979.) ,

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- 2nt p: er "culd be su; by burnin; 33,033 barrels of oil p:r d:,- if th  :-p :ity fn tor 5:sre 103 $. plieI:^.e current prica for the oil uould te 015 to 01E par i:-r.31, uith the 1:tter ;2in; scre likely. "he nat cert of repl:ce::nt pou:r ::uld 'c.en

. te 5510,000 par day for oil minus 390,000 per day for nuclear fuel nct :ansumed, eccenting to SL50,000 cer day. This is cdjusted fcr a :c;ccit;' ft::cr of 75;.

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'h. Sylvis to say S375,000 par day. He indiestad -h3t the ecs; of ai'itional

'oper: tion end =cintancne: 20tiviti's -:culd not te su:stsntial, -lth:u:h thar2 i is some cost for shutting doun and sttrtin; up a re:: tor. (ithrogardtotha c:p; city factor, operating raports to ::RC give figures , based on desi;n ele:trical rating, of 854 for January 1979 and 90j for February 1979.)

Fitzoatrick Information u s furnished by telephone on :: arch 23 by George T. Eerry, Ex* utite Director of the Pouer *.uthority of the 3 tate of ::ew 'for: . He ind icatad that raplac2:ent power uculd be su: plied by turning 32,000 barrels of oil par day

t 016 per barrel of 3512,000 par dsy. Tha :ost of nu:laar fuel not consu:cd u:uld be 4 mills par kilouatt hour er 377,000 par day, so thct tha nat : st of replacement poner would be IL35,000 par d:y. This is for a esps:ity fs:ter of 1035. (Cparstin; reports to :30 give cr.pscitr fssiors, bcced on disi;n ale:trical ratin , of 72; for January 1979 and 911 for Fotrarry 1979.)

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