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design.17 The licensee event report indicates that the design of
the valves will be upgraded to ensure that each valve meets the
final safety analysis report. An FPL engineering study, issued
in July 1985, “recommended that design modifications be
implemented on an expedited basis” and that continued operation
was warranted.
A 1987 BI No. 155 includes, inter alia, Main Stream
Isolation. The budget item contains an October 13, 1986, date
underneath “APPROVED BY - CORPORATE OFFICER”. FPL issued an
expenditure requisition (ER)18 No. 4573 to “Install a low
pressure air accumulator system”. The ER also states: “This
emergency ER is being prepared due to the length of time it takes
to obtain ER approval. The work is currently scheduled for the
1988 Refueling Outage. We anticipate this ER to be revised by
October 1988.” The earliest date on the ER is October 1, 1988,
17 Mr. Bible testified that in the licensee event report,
FPL committed to the NRC to resolve the valve problem.
18 Richard Engstrom, FPL’s supervisor of power plant
accounting, testified as to the distinction between an ER and a
work order as follows:
A work order is basically * * * issued to capture and
record costs associated with a specific project at a
specific location. An ER which stands for expenditure
requisition, it basically identifies the type of work
order such as a transmission work order, distribution
work order, a specific work order. However, sometimes
they are used interchangeably, particularly when it
comes to a specific work order.
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