ML20071P826

Response to Suffolk County Submission Re Diesel Generators. Submittal Allegations & Implications False.Reopening of Record Not Merited.Discontinuities in Cylinder Blocks Will Not Affect Safety

ML20071P826
Person / Time
Site:	Shoreham File:Long Island Lighting Company icon.png
Issue date:	06/03/1983
From:	Twana Ellis HUNTON & WILLIAMS, LONG ISLAND LIGHTING CO.
To:
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ML20071P815	List: ML20071P809 ML20071P826 ML20071P845
References
ISSUANCES-OL, NUDOCS 8306080177
Download: ML20071P826 (2)

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1 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA'83 J(N -6 p ;4g NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

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Before 'the Atomic Safety and Licen'siid~Bo'ird'h;F ~

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LONG ISLAND LIGHTING COMPANY ) Docket No. 50-322 (OL) (ShorehamlNuclear Power Station, Unit 1) ) m ,- . s [ LILCO'S RESPONSE TO SUFFOLK COUNTY SUBMISSION OF DATA REGARDING y SHOREHAM DIESEL GENERATORS

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s By pleading dated May 26, 1983, entitled "Suffolk

                        -            CountysSubmission of Data Regarding Shoreham Diesel Ge erators h'the County advised the Board of an anonymous tele-phone call concerning Diesel Generator 103 at Shoreham.

[ Specifically, the' County's pleading alleged that Emergency Diesel Gene'rator 102. "had passed tests witn a cracked engine > block, and the NRC is not aware of tne crack." The County i pidading also alleged that "LILCO attempted to grind out the crack, but it was too deep and therefore LILCO decided the

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l. crack is onormal' for the cast iron casting of the diesel."

r- 1 s _the ittachedfAffidavit of Edward J. Youngling, Startup Manager for the Shoreham Nuclear Power Station demonstrates, there are s xnos cracks in the cylinder block castings which will propagate !" a , .

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M~ or otherwise adversely affect the life or operation of the l- - ( C32608017 830606 PDR ADOCK 05000322 ' O PDR

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b' ' 3 engines. Rath"er, LILCO's inspections disclosed' surface 1 -p .v

                           "?            discontinuit'ies which were promptly reported to . the NRC Senior
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               ,                         Resident; Inspector, James Higgins, an6' thoroughly' investigated a                               :A+,                   ,
        .                                t'o confirm that these discontinuities would have no effect on 1-l the streng'th of the cylinder blocks and would not affect the operation'and life ~of the Shoreham diesel engines.                                                                                Contrary to                                 -

a sortion in the C'ounty's submittal, the NRC I&C inspector tb ' i:. , was kept closely informed of LILCO's investigation and indeed accompanied the lead dies ~el test engineer on an inspection of.  ; t ,y , . ,- allithree r cylinder blocks. In summary, Mr. Youngling's

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                                     ' Affidavit! makes clear thatt the allegations and implications of the County's submittal are false, that the matters referred to
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                                      ~do not have potential safety significance r and that, like'the
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remainder of the mate' rial in. the County's prop?osed contention,

                                                                                                        .t                                jl c                                 this' matter does not me'r'it reopening the record in this pro-
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4 t. Respectfully subnitted, N

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                                                                                         -                              LONG ISLAND LIGHTING _ COMPANY                                                                -

I k o o f), .u a i I T. S. Ellis; III / " ' T.

                                                            /                                                           Daniel O. Flanagan

( l T. S. Ellis, III ')

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s Hunton & WiJ11ams 2 - Post' Office Box 1535 - 23212 Richmond, Virginia  ; i 1 ( Dated: June 3,7 1983 4 I I t s

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