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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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