ML17209A847

Urges Revision of Licensing Schedule to Reflect Oct 1982 as Completion Date for Facility

ML17209A847
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Site:	Saint Lucie
Issue date:	02/27/1981
From:	MCDONALD M FLORIDA POWER & LIGHT CO.
To:	AHEARNE J F NRC COMMISSION (OCM)
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bOCI(ETNUMBER/ROD,&UTILFAC.~FLORIDAPON'ER8LICHTCOYAPANYMIAMI,FLORIDAh9$5HALLMcDONALDCHAlaNOFTHEBOARDFebruary27,1981DATE:DOCP'r.ZohnAhearne,ChairmanU.S.NuclearRegulatory Commissio Nashington, D.C.20555

DearMr.hearne:

AIDE:REC~7lCATS:PARA:COM.:+i'OCjCETEDUSNRO~~~'19t98)>Offi"eoftheSecrecy)orI;oH)eg~.$c~~>>Bra.&CbF~ora.da.

PowerSLightCompanyserves.iait.es-aieofFloridaandisamajornuclearutilitywhichoperatesTurkeyPoint.Units43andNandSt.LucieUnit41andhasSt.LucieUnite2underconstruction.

Theconstruction ofSt.Lucie42hasmetvirtually everymajormilestone onthecriticalpathscheduleestablished somefouryearsago.St.LucieO2isapproximately 65%completed withconstruction atthepresenttimeandisscheduled forfuelloadonOctober29,1982.Necannotvoluntarily accept.tneNRCscheduleforlicensing ofthisunit.TheNRCstaff,despiteourproteststothecontrary, insistscnalicensing sch'edule assumingacompletion dateofDecember, 1983.It.appearsthattheNRCschedule ispredicated onaverageconstruction timesofmanyplantsoveranumberofyears.Thisisveryinaccurate whenusedtopredictthecompletion dateofaspecificplantwhichismeet:ingtheschedulemilestones shownonattachment A.IfthatscheduleisnotchangedbytheNRCtoreflectthedatewhenwewillcompletetheplant,theresultswillbeasfollows:a)FPLwillcompletetheunit:inOctober,1982.K>eunitwillbeoperative butremainidleforlackofanoperating licensefor13ohs.A4t'~~082eoS5y 4~rMr.'ohnAhearneFebruary27,19811b)FPLwillburn9,750,000barrelsofforeignoilwhichwouldnototherwise, beusedbutforthelackofanoperating',license.

'c)That.oilwillcostFPL's2,000,000 customers morethan$300,000,000 overandabovethenuclearfuelwhichwouldhavebeenusedinthe13monthperiodbutforlackofanoperating license.d)Thecapitalcostoftheunitwillincreaseby$164,000,000 becauseoft'econtinued accrualofAFUDCandsitemaintenance costsduringtheperiodbetweenOctober,1982,andDecember, 1983,,thuscausing$32,000,000 eachyear(atcurrentratesofreturn)ofunnecessary costsoverthelifeoftheunit.Theseunnecessary costswouldhavetobepaidbyourcustomers.

Znaddition, theunnecessary

.delayingettingSt.LucieUnit42onlinewoulddelayourabilitytoconvertoilfiredgeneration tocoalfixedgeneration.

Xnviewofournation'spolicyofreducingdependence onforeignoil,ourCompany's desireandobligation tomaintainreliableservice,andmostimportantly, ourobligation,to provide,'nd ourcustomers'esire toreceive,th'emosteconomically pricedelectricservicepossible, theforegoing sequenceofeventsmustnotbepermitted tohappen.IurgevoutoinstructtheNRCstafftobasetheNRClicensinscheduleforSt.LucieUnit42onanOctober1982,comletiondate.Nearecognizant ofthelimitedresources oftheNRCandthebacklogoflicensing applications confronting youragency.Xnviewofthatandinordertotakeeverysteppossibletoavoidthepotentially scandalous and.unnecessary resultssetforthabove,Dr.RobertE.Uhrig,ofourcompany,andMr.Denton,ofyourstaff,havebeensearching forameanstoexpeditethelicensing procedure.

February27,1981Mr.JohnAhearne-3-Theyhavearrivedataninnovative, independent reviewlprocessthat.canresultinaverysignificant reduction inthereviewschedule, therebyexpediting theissuance.

oftheSafetyEvaluation Report.Thisindependent reviewisestimated tocostFloridaPower6LightCompanyabout$3,000,000 andis'undertaken withtheexpectation thatthebenefitswillbecommensurate withthiscostandtheverylargeextraeffortonthepartofourstaffthatisinvolvedinthisprocedure.

Thisindependent reviewprocessisexpectedtoverysubstantially reducetheNRCmanpowerrequirements forthereview.Xndeed,itisexpectedthattheprimaryproductoftheindependent reviewwillbeadocumentthatisessentially adraftsafetyevaluation report.Wewillingly undertake thisadditional burdeninanefforttoleavenostoneunturnedinanefforttokeepSt.Lucie42onitsoriginalschedule.

Acceptance ofthisindependent designreviewapproachwillrequireNRCsupport,atalllevels.Wewillwillingly undertake therequiredexpenditure ofresources ifthe'RCwillagreethatitslicensing willkeeppacewithourconstruction schedule.

Atthisstageoftheproject,thenecessary adjustments tothelicensing schedulecanstillbemadeinordertoavoidthevirtually certaindelaywhichwillresultif'hepresentNRCscheduleisnot,changed.Onceagain,urgeyoutoinstructthestafftorevisethelicensing scheduletoreflectanOctober,1982,completion dateofSt.Lucie02nuclearunit.MMcD:mgAttachment Sincerely, kCC:FloridaCongressional Delegation UNITg1V$.UNITg2SCHEDULEMILESTONES L1977197819791980PSL=2198119821983QiQeQs39MONT{ISMAY~30MONTI{s 198319701971'19721973197419751976PSL-1~I839MONTIIS8k.DEC30MONTIIS1978STAnTnCBBASEh1ATCot{C.srAnrIttrAI{asrnvcruna BAsaMATcoNc.STABTAABBASEMATCot{CBETE Q4coMpEnacTciTEsTsTEELcUToEL149'TAnTnCBINTEBNALCONCnETESTABTf'IIBBASEMATCottcnaTE STAnTSETTINOtJSSSMAJOnEOUIPMENT JthCOMMENCECOLDIIYDnosTAnrI{ororsJtiJtaCOL'IMENCE ConaLOADSTAnTcn{TPEnFOBMANCE TESTScot4t4ENCE rowanascALLAnoN COMManclAL orannrloN 4)Ic~QomL{q~I 30*1967-1970 19802.525200O15D1019781979197219741975INDUSTRYAVERAGES2.010-00-01.0maQIQKLU.ST<LUCIE2CONSTRUCTION STATUSFEBRUARY27,198107810.2030804PrP6070PERCENTCOMPLETE(AVERAGEFORTHEYEAR)(TARGET)80100ST>>LUCIEUNIT2PROGRESSVS,INDUSTRYPERFORMANCE 04r,1m~~~