Greetings,
Jessie
here. After the refueling outage, Fermi was not able to get above 83%
power due to another leak in the transformer that was repaired during
the outage. So, on the 16th,
they went back down and replaced the transformer. Started firing it
back up on Earth Day, and was at 94 % on April 30.
While
the Emergency Evacuation Exercise at Fermi 2 last month was not open
to the public, a FEMA recap of the event is. It will be held at the
FEMA Monroe Co. Operations Center at 987 Rasinville Rd., Monroe,
Friday, May 2nd
at 11 am.
One
NRC document this month showed DTE only has $2.75 billion dollars in
insurance on Fermi for “Property damage and decontamination
coverage.” Surely less than three billion would not cover an
accident, in which a 50-mile radius would take in Detroit, Toledo,
Windsor, and all peoples in between. Fukushima clean-up is already in
the trillions and not completed yet.
Our
booth at the Monroe Earth Fest was a success! Jim’s bicycle one
pedals to make electricity was the hit of the event. Congratulations
to Mary Notario, who won the quilt we raffled.
Bad
Parts at Fermi
GE
Hitachi has provided several reactors with defective parts (Scram
Solenoid Pilot Valves), Fermi included. The parts, “…which has
been observed to impair control rod scram performance.”
Of
the 399 defective valves sold, 162 are installed at Fermi. According
to the NRC, it was Fermi who sent back the first bad valve to GE.
Then when a west coast reactor sent another one back, GE took notice
and declared all 399 valves suspect.
Sources
say the other 160 at Fermi were checked during the fuel outage and
are fine. We hope.
Then
Baldor Electric manufactured 2 bad motors, and one of them is
installed at Fermi. Baldor recommends Fermi keep using the motor
until they can make and ship another one.
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Fermi’s
License to 2045?
DTE
has filed a notice that they will officially request that Fermi 2’s
license be extended to 2045 instead of expiring in 2025.
We
oppose that move, and have included in this newsletter a petition
against it. Please gather what signatures you can, and then snail
mail it back. We can fill up any partial petitions and deliver them
to the NRC whenever a public hearing is held.
Stop
Nuclear Waste on Lake Huron
Dr.
Gordon Edwards was in Michigan seeking help to stop a nuclear waste
dump from being built on the shores of Lake Huron. The plan calls for
them to bury the waste and then “abandon” it.
“We
fool ourselves in thinking the nuclear waste problem will be solved
once all the reactors are shut down. That will be the beginning, not
the end,” said Edwards at the Detroit meeting.
Edwards
also spoke in Monroe and Port Huron.
DTE
files for NPDES Renewal
DTE
Energy applied to the MI Dept. of Envir. Qual. for renewal of Fermi
2’s National Pollutants Discharge Elimination Systems permit.
Unlike
other states, Michigan administers the chemical discharges instead of
the US Environmental Protection Agency.
The
permit application states, “Water discharges from the plant as a
result of electric power generation and support processes include:
cooling tower blow down, reverse osmosis wastes, chemical and
non-chemical metal cleaning wastes, processed radwaste waste, low
volume wastes, storm water runoff, treated oily wastewater, intake
and strainer backwash water, firefighting system pressurization
water, settled water from dredge material storage, and sanitary waste
water.”
I
hope someone will formally request a public hearing on the permit
renewal.
Security
Breach
NRC
inspectors held a meeting with DTE after citing them (Feb. 6) for a
security breach that might have allowed unauthorized people access to
the reactor and control room.
Security
was tightened, as we are glad to know.
No
nukes are good nukes!
Nuclear
Regulatory Commission F-2 Notifications Received in April
March
26. DTE
letter requesting a conference regarding a “greater than Green”
violation.
March
27. DTE
letter showing a total of $2.75 billion dollars insurance for Fermi.
April
2. NRC
to Nuclear Information Resource Services, denying the petition to
extend evacuation zones. “current…will provide an adequate level
of protection…”
April
9.
Event # 50017. Baldor Electric shipped a defective motor to DTE that
was installed during their refueling outage.
April
18.
NRC grants license amendment no. 198 re: Control Room Habitability.
In the Nuke speak, Fermi workers no longer have to “visually
inspect silicone sealant on accessible portions of CREF system duct
work outside the control room…”
If
you wish any of these notifications, email me at
shutdownfermi@gmail.com
, and I will send link.
Groups
Oppose Davis Besse License
On
Earth Day, a coalition of environmental groups called for Davis Besse
to be shut down on Earth Day 2017, when its license expires. The
groups cited renewables as ready replacements for the long troubled
Ohio nuclear reactor.
First
Energy Nuclear Operating Co. has proposed a 20-year license extension
on the reactor, despite one problem after another. For example, on
Feb. 14th,
the NRC found a crack in the Shield Building, which they termed “a
void condition.”
Rocking
N the Radiation Zone
CRAFT
has teamed up with the Alliance to Halt Fermi 3 and PEACENICK to hold
a series of musical concerts within the 50 mile Fermi radius.
The first will be
held July 19th at The New Dodge in Hamtramck. The headliners will a
blues band. Several other bands are being confirmed. Check out our
June issue for details.
Fermi
2 Emergency Evacuation
NRC
has denied Petition to made modest improvements in Emergency
Planning. The petition was filed on behalf of 3,000 groups, CRAFT
among them.
Almost
6,000 people urged the government to do so, because the ten mile zone
around a nuclear reactor is a joke, and should be a criminal act.
All
is well, they continue to tell us – no changes needed..
March
10, 2014. R.I.P. Dr. Judith Johnsrud. 1931-2014. A tireless and
dedicated activist for a nuclear-free world.
Save
the Date!!
Save
The Date!
May
2. FEMA
meeting to recap the Emergency Evacuation Exercise. 11 am.
May
22. NRC
End of Cycle Public Meeting at 6 p.m.
July
19. Rocking N the Radiation Zone Concert at New Dodge.
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