ML19210E814
| ML19210E814 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Crystal River  |
| Issue date: | 07/06/1979 |
| From: | Harold Denton Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
| To: | Stewart W FLORIDA POWER CORP. |
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| NUDOCS 7912130020 | |
| Download: ML19210E814 (4) | |
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Cocket Fo.: 50-302 July 6,1979 Mr. W. P. Stewart Manaceri Nuclear Operations Florida Power Corporation P. O. Box 14042 Mail Stop C-4 St. Petersburg, Ficrida 33733
Dear Mr. Stewart:
Ey Order of May 16, 1979, the Cc=ission confir ed ycur undertaking a series of actions, bc h imediate and icnc-term, to increase the capa-bility and reliability of the Crystal River, Uni: Nc. 3 to respond tc> "
various transient events.
In addition, the Order confirmed that you would maintain the plant in a shutdown conditien untii the feilowing acticns had been satisfactorily completed:
"(a)
Upcrade the timeliness and reliability cf delivery frca the Emercency Feedwater System by carryin; ou actions as identified in Enclosure 1 of the, licensee's ie:ter of May i,1979. "
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Deveic; and implement cceratinc pr:cedures for '.it'.itine and :en:rcilinc emercency feecwater inde:enden: cf Inte-grated Centrol System contrei."
"(c)
Impienent a hard-wired control-grace reac cr trip that would be actuated on loss of main feec-ater.anc/cr turbine t ri p. "
"(d)
Complete analyces for potential small breaks and develop and implement operating instructions tc define operator action."
"(e)
All licensed reactor operaters and senier reac;c.' cperatcrs will have ccmpleted the TMI-2 simula cr training a E&W."
By ycur letter cated May 1,1979 and supplemanted by five le ters, dated May 15, June 12,15, 22, and 29,1979, ycu have cccurented ths actions tar.en in respense :: the May 16 Order.
We have reviewec this submittal, anc are satisfied that, with respect to Crystai :iver, Uni 3, ycu have sati:fac:crily ccmoie:ed the actions prescribed in items (a) inrcegh (e) cf ;aracraph (i) of Section IV of the Order, -he s;e:ified antiyses are ac:Ep abie, and the specifiec impit. men-in; Or::ed.res are a;;ropriate. The
- ases for these conciusions are se: forth in.ne enci:sec Safety Evalua-icn.
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. As noted on page 12 of the Safety Evaluation, you are recuired :c :enduct a test during power ascension (<15% rated power) te demens: rate the caca:ility to provide and centrol emergency feedwater ficw to bc h stea.? se nera ter s independent of the integrated control system.
Appropriate Technical Specifications for Limiting Conditiens for 0;eration and for surveillance requirements should be developed as socn as practicable and provided to the staff within seven days with regard to the design and precedural changes which have been completed in compliance with the provisicas of the May 16,71979 Ccamissicn Order.
The revised Technical Specificatiens shcuid cover:
(1) Addition of flow rate indication for the e ergency feed-ater system; (2) Addition.cf the auto start circuitry for the emergency feedwater
. pumps; (3) Addition ci the anticipatory reactor trips; and (4)
Changes in set points for high pressure reacter trip and PORY actuation.
Within 3C days of c eceipt of this ie::er, you should ;revice us with ycur schedule for cc pletion of the long-term modifica:icns described in Section II of the May 15 Order.
My finding of satisfactory cetpliance with the requirements cf ite s (a) throuch (e) of paragraph (i) of Secticn.IV of the CrW wiii ;ermit resump;icn cf operation in accercance with the terms cf :ne Cer-ission's Crder; it in nc way af fects y:ur duty ;c centinue in effec: a'.i cf :9e at:.e :rovisiens of the Order pendin; ycur submissicn and approvai cy :ne Cermissicn of the Tech-nical Specification changes necessary fer each cf the required codifications.
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Harold R. Denten, Directer Office cf Nuclear Reactor Regulation
Enclosures:
1 Sa fety Eva'. cation 2.
Notice cc w/encis:
See next page 1550 037 Nb $Q
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Florida Power Corporation cc w/ enclosure (s):
h.. Rtbert E. Sorsum 11r. 5. A. Brandimore Vice President and Gueral Couns(~
Bab:ock & Wilcox Nuclear Power Generatic Jivision P. O. Box 14042 St. Petersburg, Flor ~ h 13733 Suite 420, 7735 Old Gecrge:cwn had Bethesda, Maryland 2001:
Mr. Wilbur Langely, Chairman Board of County Commissioners Ci trus County Iverness, Florida 36250 Eureau cf Intergevernrental Relations U. S. Envircnmental Protection Agency 660 Apalachee Parkway Tallahassee, Florida 323C4 Region IV Office ATTN:
EIS C00RDINATCR 345 Courtland Street, N.E.
Atlanta, Georgia 3C209 Director. Technical Assessrent Divisicn Office of Radiation Programs (AW 459)
U. 5. Envirormental Protection Agency Crystal Mall #2 Arlington, Virginia 20:50 Crystal River Public Library Crystal River, Florida 32t29 Mr. J. Shreve The Public Counsel Rocm a Holland Sidg.
Tallahassce, Florida 32304 Administrator Ce;artment of Environnental Regulation Pcwer Plant Siting Section State of Florida Montgomery Building 2562 Executive Center Circle, E.
Tallahassee, Florida 32301 Attorney General Decartrent of Lenal Affairs 1550 038 The Capitol Tailahassee, Florida 32304
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FisCT SHEET FOR CRYSTAL RIVER #3 NUCLEAR REACTOR
- ocay CR#3 is closed.
It was closed April 23, 1979, when FPC announced a 6-week shutdown for refueling.
Refueling should only take 15 days.
The fac'- is repairs fron a Mar.S '7C accident which closed itthe shutdown is largely due f
then for 5 months.
2)
CRe3 was ordered by the Muc.' ear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to
.ahe improvements because of its similarity to the recently failed Three-Mile Island reacter.
3)
The " minor" adjustrents CRe3 uas required to make were not posed to extend the outage.
However, if the plant is activated sup-on June 17, as is new planned, it will have been out of operation for S weeks.
4)
To date, the plant has operated at a Capacity Factor of 557.: it
'as projected to operate at 877..
It must operate at 507 to " break even".
THIS COST ACCOUUTING DOES NOT TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION a)
Deco =nissioning Cos ts (at least $200 million) b)
Storage and/or Disposal of Wastes for 25,000 years c)
Costs to us as Taxpayers in the Event of an Accident 5)
CR#3 construction was begun in 1966.
It was to take four years and cost $118 million dollars.
It was completed in 1977, 11 years later, at a cost of $409 million.
6)
FPC successfully sued Gilbert & Associates (the builders) for
- 52. 3 million for costs and delays caused by a 1cmination void in the top of the centainment dome.
discovered')
(The void was accidentally 7)
FPC also sued Babcock & Wilcox (the designers and builders of the reactor) fer supplying equipment " unfit for nuclear electric gen-eration".
FPC settled out of court for $1.1 million.
3)
'In 1977, CR#3 led the nation's nuclear plants in reportable "occurances".
156' Forty-five of them were " environmental events";
the next highest in the nation was 19.
9)
The plant averages SNS UNPLANNED AND UNMEASURED RADIOACTIVE RELEASE PER M0"TH' Planned " low-level" radioactive releases are frequent, including the discharge of 635 gallons of radioactive liquid wastes a :ery 6a :'
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C?e3 continues to have problems controlling feedwater flow and control rod positioning.
_1) n e present accident liability is $560 million.
A meltdown acci-dent could de $30 billion worth of immediate damage and cause in-estimable social and genetic problems.
12)
TPC has the capacity to generate sufficient electricity without 21s~5Ecicar plant.
A NON-NUCLEAR FUTURE FCR THE SAKE OF TEE CHILDREE 8(($ggg 1550 039
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