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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. * * *
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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 authorized
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