ML20204C766
| ML20204C766 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Davis Besse, 05000580, 05000581  |
| Issue date: | 08/17/1978 |
| From: | Lawroski S Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards |
| To: | Hendrie J NRC COMMISSION (OCM) |
| References | |
| ACRS-SL-0228, ACRS-SL-229, NUDOCS 7812050007 | |
| Download: ML20204C766 (3) | |
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SL-o ng UNITED STATES 9e Ig NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION p,
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WASHINGTON, D. C. 20555 August 17, 1978 Honorable Joseph M. Hendrie l
Chairman U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555
SUBJECT:
'INO-HUNDRED-'IUENTIETH MEETING OF THE ADVISORY COMMI'ITEE ON REACIOR SAFEGUARDS, AUGUST 3-5, 1978 IN WASHINGION, DC
Dear Dr. Hendrie:
The Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards held its 220th meeting in l
Washington, D.C. on August 3-5, 1978.
Items considered at this meeting are summarized below.
Projects The Committee reviewed the request for a Construction Permit for the Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station Units 2 and 3.
We Committee completed its review of the application for a Construction Permit for the Erie Nuclear Plant Units 1 and 2.
The Committee completed its review and reported favorably on the appli-cation for Preliminary Design Approval for the Westinghouse Electric Corporation standarized nuclear steam supply system described in RESAR-414.
Copies of reports regarding the projects noted above have been provided to you.
Miscellaneous
%e Committee met with members of the NRC Staff to discuss the need for a larne-scale test facility to study ECC bypass. %e Committee concurreu with the NRC Staff that a large facility is not needed at this time; the Executive Director for Operations has been so informed.
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The Comittee provided coments to the Executive Director for Opera-f tions regarding proposed use of the CRAC code for alternate site evaluation.
j The Comittee approved a report to NRC regarding its activities during the period May-August, 1973.
The Comittee heard and discussed a reprt by Dr. Paul Slovic, Decision Research, Inc., regarding perceived and acceptable risk implications for nucle:ar power decision making.
Members of the NRC Staff reported to the Committee on recent operating e.rperience and licensing actions related to reactor safety.
Items discussed included the discovery, at the Turkey Point nuclear plant, of a device made to resemble a bomb; failure of a decay-heat removal pump shaft and a crane hook at the Crystal River nuclear plant; pro-posed relocatic a of' a pipeline carrying hydrocarbon fuels, includire gasoline, at the Beaver Valley nuclear plant site; and repair of cracks in the torus of the Vermont Yankee plant. A report was also made regarding power oscillations occurring in the Fort St. Vrain reactor.
'Ihe proposed NRC Staff procram and related methodology for analyzing systems interactions in nuclear power plants was also discusred.
Subcommitt_ee Meetings Since the last report of Committee activities, the following ACRS sub-comittee meetings and site visits have been held:
Radiological Effecte and Site Evaluation, in Washington, DC, on July 11, 1978 Fast Flux Test Facility, in Washington, DC, on July 12, 1978 Anticipated Transients Without Scram, in Washington, DC, on July 13, 1978 Extreme External Phenomena, in Washington, DC, on July 14, 1978 Erie Nuclear Plant, in Elyria, OH, on July 17 and 18, 1978 Dnergency Core Cooling Systems in Washington, DC, on July 17 and 18, 1978 4
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Honorable Joseph M. Hendrie August 17, 1978 Electrical Systems, Control, and Instrumentation, in Ios Argeles, CA, on July 20, 1978 Radiological Effects and Site Evaluation, in Washirgton, DC, on July 24, 1978 Waste Management, in Washington, DC, on July 24-25-26, 1978 RESAR-414, in Washington, DC, on July 24, 1978 Radiological Effects and Site Evaluation, in Washington, DC, on July 26, 1978 Hypothetical Core Disruptive Accident, in Ios Alamos, NM, on July 27 and 28, 1978 Anticipated Transients Without Scram, in Washington, DC, on August 1-2, 1978 Reactor Operations, in Washington, DC, on August 2, 3978 Future Schedule The 221st meeting of the ACRS will be held in Washington, DC, on September 7-9, 1978.
Items tentatively scheduled for consideration include:
Fast Flux Test Facility - Operation Anticipated Transients Without Scram - Implementation of pro-visions to mitigate the mnsequences of ATWS in light-water reactors Sincerely, M'
Stephen Lawroski Chairman rw