ML17215A511

Forwards Palm Beach Post 840602 Article Entitled, Error Costly at Reactor, Which Cites Criticisms of Util Re Removal of Thermal Heat Shield.Expresses Concern Re Reserve Capacity of Spent Fuel Pools at All Florida Nuclear Plants

ML17215A511
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Site:	Saint Lucie
Issue date:	06/02/1984
From:	Wells B AFFILIATION NOT ASSIGNED
To:	Palladino N NRC COMMISSION (OCM)
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June 2, 1954 Nr. Nunzio Palladino

Chairman, Nuclear Regulatory Commission Msshinpt on, D.

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20555 Dear Mr.. Palladia o; Enclosed 1s copy of sn article, from today's

'alm Beach Post.

It cites crit1cisms leveled at FPhL in connection with the necessity to remove the thermal heat shield from St.'ucie auclesr plant g..

In addition to the concerns Ms. Blachnsa ex-

presses, I am concerned over the reserve capacity of spent fuel pools at all of Florida's auclear plants.

I understand that when these plants were designed they were always to have enough room to contain the fuel rods in case a loss of coolant water in the operstlnp plant should necessitate emergency'emoval of the rods for cooliap in the pool.

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meaatime, haven't plants beea requ1red to sto re the speat fuel on site that was originally plaaned to be seat off site for reprocessinp2 Are larger pools now being required aad do our Florida pools aow have the capacity to handle such an emergency.

If they do not, what is "plan O'"

Yours truly, Betty Lou Yells 1124 Jasm1ae Ave.

Ft. Pierce, Florid a /+50 cc: Ns. Lisa Blackmaa 1691 hard 'Ct.

Vero Beach, Fla.

32960 Senator Lawton Ch1les Federal Buildiae

Lakeland, FL 33801 8408010342 840720

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the shield, and we may have been notified that some other utdltjj had a problem," he said. "Butthere is not a problem beciuse of the lack of a, thermal shieK The NRC has approved us buHdhg a twin reactor without'a thermal shi,el&'.

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plant'onISouth Hutchhson Ishnd. They want to call itten-+g tke4'5e deceit dism}ning of a thermal sh1eltf b}tQtEo ~r p~4he'plant,fkdldhg from exposure to th6 radioac-'*;

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minttoirarn4erresidents thatthe yhetmay--

~ be;ihegerous without that shieM," and to ask why FPL,

cusfomera, not stockboMers, are paying for th'e repair. Qt =.-,

-.-"'bduM be,pubHc>M}wlidgeMtwe have a nuke that hasi an~lved jmb~~ said.} Itwon'tbe'i~lcm for.:>:

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",.FPL offichlsmade several serious mistakes withthe shkhg hh. Bhckman sahL First, they leftitin the dedgn:<,

f~'.phut after their contract}e3, Coinbustion-Zngi-'eerhg, warded them in a 19S9 memo that itmightcrack;-'.rMchMs. Blackman says she has.copied....i ~,.-~w <;-, ~~. .:~~PL didnot want to deal withthe paper workand loit::. thne of changhg its design and getthg approval fromSeri Nu86e Itegulatory, Commhsion, she said. She.also.said -~,. FPL~ not replaced the Faulty shield with anything that protecti,the Jelldhg from radiation.': '; ' Dave Poolverton, FPL director of communications,'aitFff}e company did want to avoid the cost of delays aud changes h design, but didn't risk anyone's safety by leavfng"the shield in place. He said he isn't aware of a megio'rom'Combustion Engineering. ' b ems with

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