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Because of NRC concerns regarding the extent of
problems at the Turkey Point Plant, FPL presented
information on January 13, 1984 describing management
actions taken to improve operational performance at the
site. A more comprehensive FPL program was developed
and presented to the NRC on February 17, 1984. * * *
Accordingly, on July 11, 1984, the NRC ordered FPL to, inter
alia, “implement the Turkey Point Performance Enhancement
Program”.
A 1983 BI No. 543, approved in late 1982, budgeted $100,000
to “Purchase and install a plant control room specific simulator
at Turkey Point and St. Lucie Plants.” The budget item was
divided in two phases. Phase I provided for the development of
simulator technical specifications, and phase II provided for
simulator procurement and installation.42 FPL revised BI 543 in
1984, authorizing $21,980,000 (which was apparently “phase II”)
to “Provide control room specific simulators for the Turkey Point
and St. Lucie nuclear power plants.” This revision referenced a
third phase to the project, which “will include construction of
the buildings and simulator installation. These costs are
estimated at $2,800,000.” This BI 543 was revised in March 1984
to increase the amount budgeted for all three phases to $32
million. This revision envisioned training centers as part of
phase III, which had an estimated cost of $10,020,000. In late
42 BI No. 543 only dealt with phase I.
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