- 50 - * * * * * * * You should take whatever steps are necessary to have this matter resolved and the system installed by the date committed to in your security plan. On December 21, 1989, FPL sent a letter to the NRC concerning St. Lucie’s intrusion detection system. The letter stated in part: The NRC found in its December 7, 1989 letter, that the system currently installed at St. Lucie Plant does not meet regulatory requirements or guidance for detection capability. * * * * * * * * * * FPL’s plan [sic] to meet with the NRC in February 1990 to update the Staff on its approach to resolution of this issue. On May 1, 1990, the NRC sent a letter to FPL concerning its conceptual design of the intrusion detection system’s intake canal. In that letter, the NRC “determined that your conceptual design is consistent with” regulatory requirements. However, the letter cautioned that approval of the conceptual design does not constitute final approval. ER No. 6475, processed on October 24, 1983, authorized $2,188,000 to “perform work after the commercial operation of St. Lucie Unit No. 2 in order to meet regulatory requirements, comply with technical specifications, achieve full operating capability and increase plant availability.” The ER specified that “Backfit Item No. 166, Underwater Intrusion Detection” was to be completed and in service by March 31, 1984. In 1986, the amount authorizedPage: Previous 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 Next
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