ML17207A712

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RO 335-B-79-04:on 791113,during Routine Checks of Ocean Intake Recording Thermographs,Discovered That Thermographs, Mounting Array & Intake Flotation Buoy Were Missing.Cause Unknown.Hardware Replaced 791207
ML17207A712
Person / Time
Site: Saint Lucie NextEra Energy icon.png
Issue date: 12/12/1979
From:
FLORIDA POWER & LIGHT CO.
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NUDOCS 8001030674
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FLORIDAPOWER6LIGHTCOMPANYST.LUCIEUNITNO.1REPORTABLEOCCURRENCENO.335-B-79-04Title:OceanIntakeAr'ea-RecordingThermographsA.Descrition,Analsis6EvaluationOnNovember13,1979duringroutinechecksoftheSt.LucieOceanIntakeRecordingThermographs,FloridaPower6LightCompany'scontractorforbiologicalmonitoringandevaluationservicesfoundthatthethermographs,mountingarrayandintakeflotationbuoyweremissing.Subsequentinspectionbydiversoftheanchoringsystemrevealedthattheanchorweightswereun-disturbed,whereastheanchorsystemhardwarewasmissing.Theintakeflotationbuoywithnohardwareattachedwaslaterfoundwashedashoreapproximatelytwomilessouthoftheintakepipearea.However,themissingrecordingthermographshavenotyetbeenrecoveredasofthisreport.ISection3.1.A.6oftheEnvironmentalTechnicalSpecifications(ETS)forSt.Luci;eUnitNo.1requiresthatthemaximum,temperatureriseinthezoneofmixingbemeasuredusingrecordingthermo-graphs.Withtheabsenceoftheintakerecordingthermographs,measurementoftheambientocean

.~FPCph*h44 temperatureinthevicinityoftheplantintake,Iaridtherefore,theestablishmentofamaximumtemperaturerise,isnotpossible.Thisis,therefore,reportableunderETS5.6.2.a.2.B.CauseOfOccurrenceTheexactcauseoftheoccurrencehasnotbeendetermined.Xtis-knownthatextremeforcewouldIberequiredtobreakanypartoftheanchoringsystem,yetthisseemsunlikelytohave'occurredsincetheanchorweightswerenotdisturbed.Thepossibilityofvandalismthereforeexists,butcannotbeverified.lC.CorrectiveActionTheintakearrayandasso'ciatedhardwarewerere-installedonNovember27,1979.Roughseaspreventedreinstallationoftherecordingthermo-graphsuntilDecember7,1979.Replacementbuoysandarraysarekeptonhandforoccurrencesofthistype.FloridaPower6LightCompanyhastakenreasonableprecautionstopreventlossofthetemperaturemonitoringequipment.However,theirlocationintheopenoceannearcommercialfishingandrecreationalboatinglanesmakesthemhighlysus-ceptibletodamageorloss.

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