ML19270G159

Responds to Jg Davis 790411 Ltr.Provides Info Re Ultimate Heat Sink Sys & Interconnection of Sys Between Reactors. Certificate of Svc Encl

ML19270G159
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Site:	Black Fox
Issue date:	04/17/1979
From:	Dalton A DALTON, A.T.
To:	Johnson W, Salzman R, Sharfman J NRC ATOMIC SAFETY & LICENSING APPEAL PANEL (ASLAP)
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ANDREW T. DALTON, JR.

• ATTORN EY AT LAW 14 47 SOUTH MAIN ROCM 302 rutsA. oKLAHOM A 74119 PHONE 742 0049 D (*g

%cp April 17, 1979 U11LIC Mr. Richard S. Salzman, Chairman UkENy g904r Atomic Safety and Licensing Appeal Board **

U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20555

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Jerome E. Sharfman, Esq. NN Atomic Safety and Licensing Appeal Board

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Washington, D.C. 20555 t Sh7,5007 Dr. W. Reed Johnson 4b Atomic Safety and Licensing Appeal 9g;pg; Board U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20555' Gentlemen: .

Re: Black Fox Stations, Docket Nos.

STN 50-556 and STN 50-557 In response to Mr. Davis' letter of April 11, 1979, to the Board, CASE would note the following:

1. The Ultimate Heat Sink is a shared system and is necessary for safe shutdown. There is nothing in the regulation, Section 100.11(b) (2) , which permits application of the preceeding subsection when, as here, there is a shared shutdown safety system. A prudent reading of the regulation, in light of the problem it attempts to mitigate, necessitates a holding that when two reactors share one safety shutdown system, then 100.ll(b) (2) applies. Any other interpretation will result in a nonconservative approach.

2. As shown by the evidence the Applicant has not testified that the UHS was designed to provide water during a design basis accident and this is contrary to the ASLB decision. The Applicant's statement is that the UHS operates "during a postulated accident." (Tr. p. 625).

3. The reco d in ih h a does not satisfactorily or adequately demonstrate that the reactors are not inter-connected to the extent mentioned in the regulation. See e.g.

Intervenor's Brief at pages 25-26.

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Richard S. Salzman Jerome E. Sharfman W. Reed Johnson

4. Mr. Davis' references to the record do not establish the point.

(a) Page 1043, Line 8-18. The witness begs the question.

No facts are given.

(b) Tr . p . 1061 - 1063. The witness, on page 1062, makes one of CASE's points. Safety does not end at shutdown and the referenced accident is the design basis accident. Applicant's witness did not commit to any other purpose for the UHS than to perform "during a postulated accident." (Tr. p. 625) .

5. The record fails to demonstrate that the lack of redundancy is acceptable. This fact, i.e. the failure to establish the acceptability of the lack of redundancy, results in a failure of proof that the reactors do hot come within Part 100.ll(b) (2) .

Very trul' yours,

-TP i ANDREW A. DALTON, JR.

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