ML18030A159

Statement of Matl Facts Re Absence of Genuine Issue to Be Heard,In Support of Summary Disposition of Contention 16 on Cooling Tower Discharge.Sys Designed to Evaporate Water Daily from Towers W/O Radioactive Releases

ML18030A159
Person / Time
Site:	Susquehanna
Issue date:	10/27/1980
From:	SILBERG J E, TRAVIESODIAZ ALLEGHENY ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE, INC., PENNSYLVANIA POWER & LIGHT CO., SHAW, PITTMAN, POTTS & TROWBRIDGE
To:	Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel
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NUDOCS 8010300613
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0October27,19rddd+I~*~~'~UNITEDSTATESOFAFRICAd'INUCLZARREGULATORYCOMMISSIONBEFORETHEATOMICSAFETYANDLICENSINGBOARDdlZntheMatterofPENNSYLVANIAPOWERandALLZGHENYELECTRIC(SusquehannaSteamUnits1and2)))LIGHTCOMPA~i))COOPERATIVEZNC-))ElectricStation,))DocketNos.50-38750-388APPLICANTS'TATEMENTTOMATERIALFACTSASTOWHICHTHEREISNOGENUINEISSUETOBEHEARD(CONTENTION16)Pursuantto10C.F.R.52.749(a)Applicantsstate,insupport.oftheirMotionforSummaryDispositionofContention16(CoolingItTowerDischarge)inthisproceeding,thatthereisnogenuine',issuetobeheardwithrespecttothefollowingmaterialfacts:1.Wate'revaporatedfromtheSusquehannacoolingtowerscomesfromthethreesourcesofwatersuppliedtothetowers:makeupwater,thereturnflowfromtheCirculatingWaterSystem,andthereturn.flowfromtheServiceWaterSystem.AffidavitofWalterJ.RhoadesInSupportofSummaryDispositionofContention16(CoolingTowerDischarge)(hereinafter"RhoadesAffidavit"),para.3.2.Sincenone:ofthethreesourcesofwatesuppliedto'thecoolingtowersisradioactive,thewaterevaporatedfromthe't'owersisnotradioactive.RhoadesAffidavit,para.3.3.Makeupwatersuppliedtothe,coolingtowerstoreplacewaterlostbyevaporationcomesfromtheSusquehannaRiver,isnot801030o~I3d 0

mixedwithanyotherplantwaterandthereforecannotbethesourceofradioactivecontamination.RhoadesAffidavit,paras.4-5.4.TwoindependentmethodskeepradioactivefluidsfromcomingintocontactwiththeCirculatingWaterandServiceWaterSystems.RhoadesAffidavit,para.6.5.Thefirst,independentmethodwhichkeepsradioactivefluidsfromcomingintocontactwiththeCirculatingWaterandServiceWaterSystemsisthepresenceofphysicalbarriers,(i.e.tubewallsinheatexchangers)betweenthewaterwhicheventuallyflowstothecoolingtowersandanyradioactivefluids.RhoadeshAffidavit,para.6.I6.ThesecondindependentmethodwhichkeepsradioactivefluidsfromcomingintocontactwiththeCirculatingWaterandIServiceWaterSystemsisthepressuredifferentialsbetweentheradioactivefluidsandthetwoSystems.RhoadesAffidavit,para.'.I47.BecausetheCirculatingWaterandServiceWaterSystemsoperateatahigherpressurethanthesystemswhichcontainradio-activefluids,'fthereisabreachinanyofthephysicalbarriers,theflowwillbefromtheCirculatingWaterandServiceWaterSystemsi'ntothesystemscontainingradioactivefluidsratherthanfromthesystemscontainingradioactivefluidsintotheCirculatingWaterandServiceWaterSyst'ems.RhoadesAffidavit,para.6.8.',TheonlyequipmentcooledbytheCirculatingWaterSystemisthemainturbinecondenser.RhoadesAffidavit,para.7.9.WithrespecttotheCirculatingWaterSystem,boththephysicalbarriers(i.e.stainlesssteelcondensertubes)andthe pressuredifferentialassurethattherewillbenoexchangebe-tweenthesteamwhichiscondensedinthemainturbinecondenserafterpassingthroughtheturbineandtheCirculatingWaterSystem.'ERhoadesAffidavit,para.7.10.TheServiceWaterSystemcoolsnineteengroupsofequip-mentofwhichonlyfourcontainpotentiallyradioactivefluids.IIRhoadesAffidavit,para.8.11.WithrespecttotheServiceWaterSystem,boththephysicalbarriers(i.e.tubewallsinheatexchangers)andthepressuredifferentialsassurethattherewillbenoexchangebe-tweenpotentiallyradioactivefluidsandtheServiceWaterSystem.'4RhoadesAffidavit,para.9.C12.BaseduponthesystemdesignoftheSusquehannafacility,~~thewaterwhichwillbeevaporatedfromtheSusquehannacoolingtowersonadailybasiswillnotcontainradioactivityfromthefacility.RhoadesAffidavit,paras.2,10.'IRespectfullysubmitted,SHANgPITT~l~POTTS&TROWBRIDGEByJyE.MaasCounseSilrgP.TraviesoDiazforApplicants1800,MStreet,N.W.Washington,D.C.20036(202)331-4100Dated:October27,1980