ML023100490
| ML023100490 | |
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| Site: | Saxton File:GPU Nuclear icon.png |
| Issue date: | 11/19/2002 |
| From: | Alexander Adams NRC/NRR/DRIP/RORP |
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| ADAMs A, NRC/N RR/DRIP/Rorp, 415-1127 | |
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| Download: ML023100490 (10) | |
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November 19, 2002 LICENSEES: Saxton Nuclear Experimental Corporation (SNEC) and GPU Nuclear, Inc. (GPU)
FACILITY: Saxton Nuclear Experimental Facility (SNEF)
SUBJECT:
SUMMARY
OF MEETING BETWEEN THE SNEC, GPU, AND NRC STAFFS On October 31, 2002, representatives of the NRC staff met at NRC Headquarters in Rockville, Maryland, with representatives of the SNEC and GPU, the licensees for the SNEF. Enclosure 1 is a list of meeting attendees.
The plant was operated between 1962 and 1972, and it was shut down in May 1972. In February 1975, the plant was placed in SAFSTOR until 1986, when phased dismantlement began with the removal of the support buildings, contaminated soil, and some materials in the containment. The licensees decommissioning plan became the Post-Shutdown Decommissioning Activities Report. The resubmitted License Termination Plan (LTP) was accepted for detailed technical review in March 2000. The licensees submitted revision one of the LTP in September 2002.
Review of the revised LTP by the NRC staff resulted in several areas were the NRC staff needed additional clarification of issues. By letter dated October 28, 2002, (ADAMS accession number ML022980201) the NRC staff forwarded discussion topics to the licensees for this meeting. The discussion topics included site groundwater, health physics, dose modeling and decommissioning financial considerations. The discussions with the licensees technical staff and consultants provided clarification and a better understanding of the site specific technical data and related information.
Resolution was reached during the meeting on all issues. For three issues the licensees needed to develop their specific responses in accord with the resolution reached. The licensees will discuss their specific response to these three issues with the NRC staff in the near future. The licensees will submit an update to the LTP to capture the resolution reached on all issues.
Some of the issues discussed were related to the specific information needed in the LTP.
NRCs Saxton Project Manager stated that incorporation of material by reference was acceptable as long as the reference was clearly given in the LTP and the referenced material was on the Saxton docket.
The licensees and the NRC staff discussed the impact that the recently signed memorandum of understanding (MOU) between the NRC and EPA would have on the decommissioning process for Saxton. The NRC staff explained that both agencies were very early in the process of
implementing the MOU and many details have not been worked out. However, it appeared that two of the licensees proposed soil concentration levels were above the consultation trigger
levels given in the MOU. In this case, NRC would consult with EPA on the Saxton site. The NRC staff stated that it was their goal that the consultation process not impact the review and approval of the LTP or license termination.
/RA/
Alexander Adams, Jr., Senior Project Manager Research and Test Reactors Section Operating Reactor Improvements Program Division of Regulatory Improvement Programs Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-146
Enclosure:
As stated cc w/enclosure: Please see next page
Saxton Nuclear Docket No. 50-146 Experimental Corporation cc:
Mr. Michael P. Murphy Bureau of Radiation Protection Hopewell Township - Huntingdon County Department of Environmental Protection Supervisors 13th Floor, Rachel Carson State Office ATTN: Reba Fouse, Secretary Building RR 1 Box 95 P.O. Box 8469 James Creek, PA 16657-9512 Harrisburg, PA 17105-8469 Mr. D. Bud McIntyre, Chairman Mr. Jim Tydeman Broad Top Township Supervisors 1402 Wall Street Broad Top Municipal Building Saxton, PA 16678 Defiance, PA 16633 Mr. James H. Elder, Chairman Mr. Don Weaver, Chairman Concerned Citizens for SNEC Safety Liberty Township Supervisors Wall Street Ext. R. D. #1 Saxton, PA 16678 Saxton, PA 16678 Mr. Ernest Fuller U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 1427 Kearney Hill Road Baltimore District Six Mile Run, PA 16679 ATTN: S. Snarski/P. Juhle P.O. Box 1715 Saxton Borough Council Baltimore, MD 21203 ATTN: Judy Burket 707 9th Street The Honorable Robert C. Jubelirer Saxton, PA 16678 President Pro-Temp Senate of Pennsylvania Mr. David J. Thompson, Chair 30th District Bedford County Commissioners State Capitol County Court House Harrisburg, PA 17120 203 South Juliana Street Bedford, PA 15522 Mr. James J. Byrne Three Mile Island Nuclear Generating Mrs. Alexa Cook, Chairman Station Huntingdon County Commissioners P.O. Box 480 County Court House Middletown, PA 17057 Huntingdon, PA 16652 Mr. Robert F. Saunders Saxton Community Library First Energy Corp.
P.O. Box 34 76 South Main Street Saxton, PA 16678 Akron, OH 44308 Carbon Township Supervisors Ms. Mary E. OReilly ATTN: Penny Brode, Secretary First Energy Legal Department R. D. #1, Box 222-C 76 South Main Street Saxton, PA 16678 Akron, OH 44308
Mr. Manuel Delgado 2799 Battlefield Road Fishers Hill, VA 22626 Mr. Eric Blocher 216 Logan Avenue Wyomissing, PA 19610 Mr. David Sokolsky 1000 King Salmon Avenue Eureka, CA 95503 Mr. Gene Baker 501 16th Street Saxton, PA 16678 Mr. Dick Spargo 1004 Main Street Saxton, PA 16678 Mr. Mark E. Warner AmerGen Energy Co., LLC P.O. Box 480 Middletown, PA 17057 Mr. G. A. Kuehn, Jr.
Vice President SNEC and Program Director SNEC Facility GPU Nuclear, Inc.
P.O. Box 480 Middletown, PA 17057-0480 James Fockler, Chairman Altoona, PA 16603 Saxton Citizens Task Force 1505 Liberty Street Dr. William Vernetson Saxton, PA 16678 Director of Nuclear Facilities Department of Nuclear Engineering Dr. Rodger W. Granlund Sciences Saxton Independent Inspector University of Florida Radiation Science and Engineering Center 202 Nuclear Sciences Center The Pennsylvania State University Gainesville, FL 32611 Breazeale Nuclear Reactor University Park, PA 16802-2301 Mrs. Bunny Barker Box 143, RR 1 Mr. Gareth McGrath James Creek, PA 16657 Altoona Mirror 301 Cayuga Avenue Mr. William Kanda
First Energy Operating Corp.
10 Center Road Perry, OH 44081
MEETING BETWEEN THE NRC STAFF AND THE SAXTON EXPERIMENTAL CORPORATION October 31, 2002 NAME TITLE ORGANIZATION Art Paynter RSO SNEC G.A. Kuehn VP/PROG DIR. SNEC/FENOC Pat Donnachie GPM Consultant SNEC James Byrne Mgr. D&D Engineering SNEC David Lewis Consultant to GPU Shaw P. Heran Robert D. Holmes Project Consultant FENOC/SNEC Concerned Citizens for Ernest Fuller Citizen SNEC Safety Michael P. Murphy PA Dep NE, Saxton Lead Melanie Wong Env. PM NMSS Larry Pittiglio NRR Jim Shepherd Acting Sec. Chief NMSS/DWM/DCB Sr. Systems Mark Thaggard Performance Analyst NMSS/DWM/EPAB Sam Nalluswami NMSS Project Mgr. NMSS/DWM/DCB Alexander Adams NRR Project Mgr. NRR/DRIP Systems Jon Peckenpaugh Performance Analyst NMSS/DWM/EPAB Stewart Schneider Senior Health Physicist NRC/DWM Pat Madden Chief, R&TR Section NRR/DRIP November 19, 2002 levels given in the MOU. In this case, NRC would consult with EPA on the Saxton site. The NRC staff stated that it was their goal that the consultation process not impact the review and approval of the LTP or license termination.
/RA/
Alexander Adams, Jr., Senior Project Manager Research and Test Reactors Section Operating Reactor Improvements Program Division of Regulatory Improvement Programs Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-146
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