ML020880608
| ML020880608 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Catawba  |
| Issue date: | 03/20/2002 |
| From: | Gordon Peterson Duke Power Co |
| To: | Document Control Desk, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
| References | |
| Download: ML020880608 (3) | |
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Duke Duke Power Power 4800 Concord Rd.
York, SC 29710 A Duke Energy Company (803) 831-4251 OFFICE (803) 831-3221 FAX Gary R. Peterson grpeters@duke-energy.com Vice President Carawba Nuclear Starion March 20, 2002 U.
S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555-0001 ATTENTION:
Document Control Desk
SUBJECT:
Duke Energy Corporation Catawba Nuclear Station Unit (s) 1 and 2 Docket Numbers 50-413 and 50-414 Notification of Plans for an Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation The purpose of this letter is to provide initial notification of Duke Energy's plans to construct and operate an Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation (ISFSI) facility at Catawba Nuclear Station.
It is intended that this notification will aid the staff in planning the allocation of resources for future years.
Since Catawba began commercial operations in
- 1985, spent fuel discharged from each of the two reactors has been stored in one of two fuel pools on the plant site.
These pools have a combined capacity of 2,840 assemblies with a current inventory of 1,696 assemblies.
Based upon projections of future fuel usage and allowing for operating margin, additional options for spent fuel storage will be desirable for Catawba in 2006.
In the absence of a federal repository to provide spent fuel storage services, a dry storage project has been initiated at the station with the goal of providing expanded on-site storage capacity in 2006.
Duke Energy intends to deploy dry storage at Catawba under the General License provisions of 10 CFR Part 72 Subpart K.
Duke Energy has extensive experience with dry storage at each of its two other nuclear stations -
Oconee Nuclear Station and McGuire Nuclear Station.
This experience will provide a significant benefit for the Catawba ISFSI project.
The near Ca
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission March 20, 2002 Page 2 term activities at Catawba are focused on identifying and qualifying a location on the existing plant site for an ISFSI, developing a detailed schedule for the construction of an ISFSI, and selecting a dry storage system for use at Catawba.
It is anticipated that dry runs and initial loadings for a Catawba ISFSI will occur in late 2005 or early 2006.
Duke Energy will continue to keep the staff informed of our activities associated with the Catawba ISFSI.
Please contact Margaret Chernoff at 803-831-3414 with any questions.
Ver truly o rs, G.R.
e erson
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission March 20, 2002 Page 3 xc:
L.
A. Reyes U.
S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Regional Administrator, Region II Atlanta Federal Center 61 Forsyth St.,
SW, Suite 23T85 Atlanta, GA 30303 C.
P. Patel (Addressee only)
NRC Senior Project Manager (CNS)
U.
S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Mail Stop 0-8 H12 Washington, DC 20555-0001 E.
W. Brach Director, Spent Fuel Project Office U.
S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Mail Stop 13 D13 Washington, DC 20555-0001 D.
J.
Roberts Senior Resident Inspector (CNS)
U.
S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Catawba Nuclear Site R. Wingard, Director Division of Radioactive Waste Management Department of Health and Environmental Control 2600 Bull Street
- Columbia, SC 29207