ML042330431
| ML042330431 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Indian Point  |
| Issue date: | 08/20/2004 |
| From: | Brian Mcdermott NRC/RGN-I/DNMS/NMSB2 |
| To: | |
| McDermott | |
| Shared Package | |
| ML042090253 | List: |
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| Download: ML042330431 (3) | |
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August 20, 2004 MEETING
SUMMARY
LICENSEE:
ENTERGY NUCLEAR NORTHEAST FACILITY:
INDIAN POINT ENERGY CENTER
SUBJECT:
SUMMARY
OF JULY 15, 2004, INDEPENDENT SPENT FUEL STORAGE INSTALLATION MEETING WITH THE PUBLIC On July 15th, 2004, at 6:00 p.m., a meeting was conducted at Crystal Bay on the Hudson, Charles Point Marina, Peekskill, NY, between the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) and the public. The NRC requested the meeting to inform the public of the NRCs role in the general licensing process (10 CFR 72, Subpart K) for the interim storage of spent nuclear fuel in a proposed independent spent fuel storage installation (ISFSI) at the Indian Point Energy Center.
The NRC presented and discussed: dry cask storage system technical reviews, including structural robustness; spent fuel storage cask licensing approval process, including the opportunity for public involvement; and the NRC inspection program for ISFSI activities, including oversight of design, fabrication, pre-operational, and operational activities.
The public observed the NRCs presentations (approximately 1 hour1.157407e-5 days <br />2.777778e-4 hours <br />1.653439e-6 weeks <br />3.805e-7 months <br />) and was then given the opportunity to communicate with the NRC regarding the proposed ISFSI at Indian Point.
Elected officials, their representatives, and members of the media were given the first opportunities to interact with the NRC staff followed by other members of the public. The NRC answered questions from the public for approximately four hours.
During the question and answer period, several stakeholders raised issues regarding quality assurance for the Holtec dry cask storage system which Entergy has selected for Indian Point.
The concerns publically raised by Mr. Oscar Shirani, an auditor formerly employed by the Exelon Corporation, were cited by some stakeholders as the basis of their concerns.
Subsequent to the meeting, on July 27, 2004, the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) issued a report on its review of Mr. Shirani's concerns about the NRC's oversight of quality assurance programs related to the manufacture of Holtec dry cask storage systems. The report concludes that the allegations regarding NRC's oversight of Holtec and US Tool and Die were not substantiated. Further, the report concludes that the NRC's handling of Mr. Shirani's concerns was appropriate. The full OIG report is available on the NRC web site as:
http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/insp-gen/2004/03-03s-final.pdf The NRC received several statements from elected officials and public stakeholders who requested their written statements be made part of the public record and these have been incorporated in the Attachments. This summary as well as the Attachments are available in the
2 NRCs Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) on the NRCs Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams/web-based.html by entering Accession No. ML042090253. Additionally, the Public Attendee Sign-up Sheets and Request to Speak Sign-up Sheet are not exhaustive lists of all persons that attended the meeting or spoke at the meeting. The partial lists are included as Attachments 2 and 3.
Sincerely,
/RA/
Brian J. McDermott, Chief Projects Branch 2 Division of Reactor Projects Attachments:
1.
Meeting Attendees - NRC Staff 2.
Public Attendee Sign-Up Sheet (ADAMS Accession No. ML042090390) 3.
Request to Speak Sign-Up Sheet (ADAMS Accession No. ML042090393) 4.
NRC Staff Slide Presentation (ADAMS Accession No. ML042090371) 5.
Statement to the NRC from Westchester County Legislator Michael Kaplowitz*
6.
Statement to the NRC from Westchester County Legislator Thomas Abinanti*
7.
Letter from the Union of Concerned Scientists*
8.
Statement by Dr. Marvin Resnikoff regarding NRC Meeting on Indian Point Spent Fuel Storage*
9.
Statement by Dr. Lynn R. Sykes regarding Earthquake Risks to Spent Fuel at Indian Point*
- Enclosures 5 through 9 are included in ADAMS Accession No. ML042320109
3 DOCUMENT NAME:C:\\ORPCheckout\\FileNET\\ML042330431.wpd After declaring this document An Official Agency Record it will be released to the Public.
To receive a copy of this document, indicate in the box: "C" = Copy without attachment/enclosure "E" = Copy with attachment/enclosure "N" = No copy
MEETING ATTENDEES - NRC STAFF NAME ORGANIZATION Brian Holian Deputy Director, Division of Reactor Projects, Region I Larry Camper Deputy Director, Licensing and Inspection Directorate, Spent Fuel Project Office Francis Cameron Special Liaison, Office of General Counsel Brian McDermott Chief, Projects Branch 2, Region I John Monninger Chief, Licensing Section, Spent Fuel Project Office Ronald Bellamy Acting Chief, Projects Branch 6, Region I Patrick Milano Project Manager, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Stephen OConnor Technical Assistant, Office of Research Neil Sheehan Public Affairs Officer, Region I Francis (Skip) Young Sr. Program Manager, Office of Nuclear Security and Incident Response Paul Kelley Security Specialist, Office of Nuclear Security and Incident
Response
Patricia Milligan Communications Team Leader, Office of Nuclear Security and Incident Response