ML20141K362
| ML20141K362 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Grand Gulf  |
| Issue date: | 11/26/1985 |
| From: | Sarbanes P SENATE |
| To: | Palladino N NRC COMMISSION (OCM) |
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| NUDOCS 8601220462 | |
| Download: ML20141K362 (3) | |
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Palladino Chairman Nuclear Regulatory Commission 1717 H Street, NW Washington, D.C.
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Dear Mr. Palladino:
Enclosed is a copy of correspondence I received from John G.
Martinez.
The letter raises some serious concerns about failed component parts at the Grand Gulf I Nuclear Reactor in Mississippi.
I would greatly appreciate it if you would carefully review this matter and provide me with an appropriate response.
Your attention to this matter is greatly appreciated.
With best regards, Sincerely, Yk Paul S. Sarbanes United States Senator PSS/gmp Enclosure 1
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e Middle South Utilities Inc.'s Grand Gulf 1 NRC commissioners were notified of the nuclear umt after one of the plant's emer-Grand Gulf problem because it involved j
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Power & Ught Co., a Midd'e South operat.
caused any hazard to anybody "
ing unit, $106.9 milhon of the $355 milhon A spokesman for Delaval called the in-,,
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cident "an unfortunate maintenance tech-An NRC resident inspector at the plant nique lapse." He said it was Delavars un-and a Middle South spokesman said the derstanding that the problem developed as diesel generator went into "overspeed" Middle South workers tned to change the Nov. 7 for 10 to 15 seconds, triggenng a speed-control device on the engine that safety device that turned the generator off.
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y'h 5 m The diesel engines, made by San Fran-The diesel generator problem is only casco-based Transamenca Corp. s Delaval nna in a caries cf construction and operat-sW/,tmi, ha.e caused prod! ems at other ing snafus that have led to cost overruns at J
nuclear plants. Last year, the engmes w ere the $3.5 bilhon Grand Gulf plant, which 1
a factor in licensing delays for several started operating in July. Those problems
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plants while the NRC studied the engines' have helped push New Orleans based Mid-i1 re'iabihty. Many of the plants have since die South, a utihty holding company, into j
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studying the leuisiana Pubhc Service The NRC officials are at Grand Gulf as Commission's proposed settlement and will T.' T.T'., 3 part of a commission task force inspecting ask for clarifications, a leuisiana Power &
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quires the utthty to absorb 18% of the costs N% y The Grand Gulf plant had been shut of Grand Gulf and 10% of the costs of Mid- .s # ,e isy.('^eT M "N1 dmun since Oct.13 for scheduled mainte-die South's $2.8 bilhon Waterford nuclear ' ~
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