ML17347B355
| ML17347B355 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Turkey Point  |
| Issue date: | 09/25/1989 |
| From: | Murley T Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
| To: | Saporito T AFFILIATION NOT ASSIGNED |
| Shared Package | |
| ML17347B356 | List: |
| References | |
| CON-#389-9210 2.206, DD-89-08, DD-89-8, NUDOCS 8910050190 | |
| Download: ML17347B355 (4) | |
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D. C. 20555 September 25, 1989 Mr. Thomas J. Saporito, Jr.
1202 Sioux Street Jupiter, Florida 33458
Dear Mr. Saporito:
This letter is in response to your submittal of a request for action by the.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) with regard to the Turkey:Point:Nuclear-Plant that was filed on June 20,
- 1989, and supplemented by letters of June 22 (as amended August 12) and July 3, 1989.
These submittals are referred to hereafter as "the Petition."
Your Petition requests that the Executive Director for Operations take certain immediate actions with regard to the Turkey Point Nuclear Plant pursuant to 10 C.F.R. 52.206.
Specifically, in your June 20 submittal, you requested that the NRC take imme-diate actions to cause the cold shutdown of Turkey Point Units 3 and 4, cause the suspension of Operating Licenses DPR-31 and DPR:41, cause an investigation by the NRC to ascertain the extent of the drug usage problem at Turkey Point and review the licensee's corrective measures, and order remedial action in accord-ance with the new Fitness for Duty rule.
As a basis for these requests, you-allege that the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has arrested an operator at the neighboring Turkey Point fossil p'lant who stated that Turkey Point "ran.
on cocaine" and that the NRC cannot be fully aware of the extent of the drug problem at the facility.
In your June 22 submittal, you requested, in addition, that the NRC take imme-diate actions to (1) test archive weld metal test samples germane to Unit 4 in accordance with Charpy test parameters; (2) evaluate Charpy test data obtained to.ascertain the degree of embrittlement of the Unit 4 reactor vessel; (3) evaluate the embrittlement and determine whether continued operation of the reactor can be safely achieved within the criterion of 10 C.F.R. Part 50, Appendix G; (4) ensure that the licensee will test archive weld metal samples at regular intervals in the future to ensur e a close monitoring of the degree of embrittle-ment; (5) cause the termination of the integrated surveillance testing program currently being uti lized by the licensee, whereby Unit 3 archive weld metal test samples are evaluated and determined to be representative of embr ittlement conditions germane to Unit 4; and (6) cause an NRC evaluation of the reference temperature criterion of 300 degrees established for the safe operation of a pressurized water reactor to consider whether the criterion should be lowered to
-offset the effects of pressurized thermal shock.
As a basis for these requests, you allege ghat Units 3 and 4 are experiencing reactor pressure vessel embrit-tlement.
In support of this, various documentation is relied upon.
In your July 3 submittal, you requested that the NRC take immediate action to modify Operating Licenses DPR-31 and DPR-41 to require that the Turkey Point Operations Superintendent be required to hold a senior reactor operator's license on the pressurized water reactors germane to the facility.
As a basis for this request, you allege that operation of the facility by an Operations Superintendent who is not. the holder of such a license would involve a signif-icant increase in the probability and consequences of a nuclear accident.and involve a significant reduction in the margin of safety.
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Thomas J. Saporito, Jr.
September 25, 1989.
Your Petition has been referred to me pursuant to 10 C.F. R. 52.206 of the Commission's regulations.
Atter a review, of the Petition, your requests have been denied.
The reasons for this denial can be found in the enclosed Director's Decision.
A copy, of the Director's Decision will be referred to the Secretary for the Commission' review in accordance with 10 C. F. R.
- 52. 206.
For your information, I also have enclosed a copy of the Notice of Issuance of Director's Decision; which has been filed with the Office of the Federal Register for publication.
Sincerely,
Enclosures:
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Harold F. Reis, Esquire Newman and Holtzinger, P.C.
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Washington, D. C.
20036 Mr. Jack Shreve Office of the Public Counsel Room 4, Holland Building Tallahassee, Florida 32304 John T. Butler, Esquire
- Steel, Hector and Davis 4000 Southeast Financial Cent'er Miami, Florida.
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N. Harris, Vice President Turkey Point Nuclear Plant Florida Power and Light Company P.O.
Box 029100 Miami, Florida 33102 County Manager of Metropolitan Dade County ill NW 1st Street, 29th Floor Miami, Florida 33128
'enior Resident Inspector Turkey Point Nuclear Generating Station U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Post Office Box 57-1185 Miami, Florida 33257-1185 Mr. Jacob Daniel Nash Office of Radiation Control Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services 1317 Winewood Blvd.
Tallahassee, Florida 32399-0700 Intergovernmental Coordination and Review Office of Planning 8 Budget Executive Office of the Governor The Capitol Building Tallahassee, Florida 32301 Administrator Department of Environmental Regulation Power Plant Siting Section State of Florida 2600 Blair Stone Road Tallahassee, Florida 32301 Regional Administrator, Region II U.S.
Nucl'ear Regulatory Commission 101 Marietta Street, N.W. Suite 2900 Atlanta, Georgia 30323 Attorney General Department of Legal Affairs The Capitol Tallahassee, Florida 32304 OYER Plant Manager Turkey Point Nuclear Plant Florida Power and Light Company P. 0.
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Box 14000 Juno Beach, Florida 33408-0420