ML17341A244

Responds to ASLB 810528 Memorandum & Order Re Filing of Detailed Info on Low Level Solid Waste Resulting from Repairs.Util Does Not Believe Addl Conditions Should Be Imposed

ML17341A244
Person / Time
Site:	Turkey Point
Issue date:	06/12/1981
From:	Coll N STEEL, HECTOR & DAVIS
To:	Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel
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ML17341A245	List: ML17341A244 ML17341A246
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NUDOCS 8106190187
Download: ML17341A244 (6)

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STEEL HECTOR 6E DAVIS SOUTHEAST FIRST NATIONAL BANK BUILDING MIAMI@ FLORIDA 3313I TELEX 5l 575B PALM BEACH OFFICE NORMAN A.COLL ROS WORTH AVENUE (305) 57'F-28>53 L Hy FLORIDA 33480

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Re: .In the Matter of Florida Power, Company (Turkey Point Nu lear Generating Units Nos. 3 and

4) Docket Nos. 5 -250 50-251 (Proposed Amendments to Facility Operating License to Permit Steam Generator Re airs)

Dear Members of the Board:

In its Memorandum and Order of May 28, 1981, the Board ordered:

"3. That the parties are directed to file by. 4 p.m.

June 15, 1981, detailed information concerning the handling, storage, transportation or other disposition to be made of low-level solid waste that may be produced at the Turkey Point facility as a result of the proposed steam generator repairs.

4. That the parties are further directed to state their positions as to whether the Board can or should take any action regarding solid waste resulting from steam generator repairs at Turkey Point, including the imposition of license amendment conditions." (pp. 42-43).

This letter is in response to the Board's order.

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STEEL HECTOR Sc DAVIS The enclosed affidavit of Alan J. Gould, employed by Florida Power S Light Company as a Power Resources Radwaste and Radiochemistry Specialist, addresses the handling of low-level solid wastes generated by the proposed repairs, storage onsite, transportation, and their disposition. The affidavit demon-strates that if it is assumed, for purposes of discussion, that all of the containers in which .the relatively low specific activity waste is to be stored, together with the drums of such waste presently stored onsite, were breached by a hurricane, tornado, or some other mechanism, and conservative assumptions are made with respect to how much of the activity- in the waste would be released, the consequences of such releases would be bounded by the SGLA accident analyses performed by the NRC Staff and FPL which indicate that the resultant doses would be below 10 CFR Part 20 limits. Consequently, FPL does not believe that the Board should impose any additional license amendment conditions regarding the low-level waste resulting from the repairs in its final order to be entered in this proceeding.

FPL wishes to inform the Board that it is now exploring revision of its schedule for making the repairs. On April 21, 1981, Turkey Point Unit No. 3 suffered an electrical failure within the stator of its electrical generator. The unit was immediately taken off line and subsequently put in a cold shut-down condition. By about May 20, 1981, the electrical generator had been disassembled, the damage was found to be extensive, and the stator was subsequently shipped offsite for

~ j S T E E L H ECTO R & DAYI S repair. FPL is presently conducting a required inservice inspection (ISI) on Unit No. 3 while the unit i.s shut down.

At this moment the length of the outage for Unit No. 3 resulting from the incident is not known precisely, since a num-ber of options are being investigated. A corporate decision con-cerning. the matter will be made very shortly. One of 'he options 4

under consideration would be to .perform the steam generator re-pairs on Unit Ho. 3 concurrently with the repairs necessitated by the electrical generator failure. If FPL determines that that course is appropriate, it would wish to begin the steam generator repairs on Unit No. 3 as soon as possible. In fact, some of the preliminary work could commence immediately upon receipt of Board approval and issuance of the license amendments authorizing .the repairs., and be done in parallel with ISI work. If FPL performs the steam generator repairs concurrently with the outage caused by the electrical generator failure, the total outage time for Unit No. 3 as well as any resultant replacement power costs would be minimized. The steam generator repairs for Unit No. 4 would follow upon completion of repairs to Unit No. 3. Therefore, if the Board is satisfied that issuance of the f'inal order authoriz-ing the steam generator repairs is justified,, FPL would very much appreciate Board action promptly.

Respe fully submitte Norma A. Coll NAC/wpc cc: See Attached Service List

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