ML050880508

3/20/05 - Summary of Site Audit to Support Review of License Renewal Application for Brunswick Steam Electric Plant, Units 1 and 2

ML050880508
Person / Time
Site:	Brunswick
Issue date:	03/20/2005
From:	Emch R NRC/NRR/DRIP/RLEP
To:	Carolina Power & Light Co
Emch R, NRR/DRIP/RLEP, 415-1590
References
TAC MC4641, TAC MC4642
Download: ML050880508 (12)

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March 20, 2005 LICENSEE:

Carolina Power & Light Company FACILITY:

Brunswick Steam Electric Plant, Units 1 and 2

SUMMARY

OF SITE AUDIT TO SUPPORT REVIEW OF LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION FOR BRUNSWICK STEAM ELECTRIC PLANT, UNITS 1 AND 2 (TAC NOS. MC4641 AND MC4642)

An environmental review team consisting of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff and contractors from Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), and Argonne National Laboratories (ANL) participated in a site audit at Brunswick Steam Electric Plant, Units 1 and 2 (BSEP) on January 25 and 26, 2005, to support the review of the BSEP license renewal application. The team consisted of one ANL and eleven PNNL contractors and six NRC staff members. The primary goal of the site visit was to review documentation, gather information to ensure that environmental requirements of license renewal as codified in Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations Part 51 (10 CFR Part 51) are met, and to interface with officials in State and local government agencies to obtain related information. Enclosure 1 is a listing of attendees from NRC, PNNL, ANL, and Carolina Power & Light Company (CP&L), now doing business as Progress Energy Carolinas, Inc., representatives that participated in the site audit. is a table of documents provided to the NRC staff by CP&L to assist the staff in its review of the BSEP Environmental Report. These documents have been made publicly available, and can be found at the Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS); the accession numbers are listed in Enclosure 2. ADAMS is accessible at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html, which provides access through the NRC's Electronic Reading Room link. Persons who do not have access to ADAMS, or who encounter problems in accessing the documents located in ADAMS, should contact the NRC's PDR Reference staff at 1-800-397-4209, or 301-415-4737, or by e-mail at pdr@nrc.gov.

The entire team participated in meetings and a general site tour with CP&L staff on Tuesday, January 25, 2005. The site tour focused on areas relevant to the environmental review, including the intake canal, discharge canal, Caswell Beach pumping station, and site structures. During the rest of the site audit, review team members met with CP&L representatives with corresponding environmental expertise in smaller groups. These groups participated in various activities, including a tour of the radioactive waste processing areas, a tour of the transmission line corridors, an onsite cultural resources survey, and a boat tour.

During the boat tour, team members observed the intake canal, the fish diversion structure, the intake structure, and the fish return system. CP&L provided a brief presentation on its process for identifying new and significant information. No new and significant information was identified.

In addition, during the site audit, review team members met offsite with staff representing State and local government agencies and non-governmental organizations (e.g., realtors, chambers of commerce). Information gathered through these offsite meetings will assist the environmental review team in its evaluation. No major problem areas were identified during these discussions.

At the conclusion of the site visit, the NRC staff and PNNL contractors participated in a summary exit meeting with CP&L representatives. The staff indicated that CP&L provided an informative site visit for the environmental review team. NRC indicated that the transmission line from Whiteville to Fayetteville is considered to be in-scope for evaluating environmental impacts for license renewal at BSEP because that transmission line was evaluated in the Final Environmental Statement for licensing of BSEP. CP&Ls environmental report submitted as part of the license renewal application did not consider the transmission line from Whiteville to Fayetteville to be in-scope. Overall, the NRC staff indicated that the review team did not identify any significant issues during its site visit or the visits offsite with State and local agencies. The staff further indicated that the review was ongoing and that any additional information necessary to support the review would be formally requested as a request for additional information.

/RA/

Richard L. Emch, Jr., Senior Project Manager Environmental Section License Renewal and Environmental Impacts Program Division of Regulatory Improvement Programs Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos.: 50-324 and 50-325

Enclosures:

As stated cc wo/encls.: See next page At the conclusion of the site visit, the NRC staff and PNNL contractors participated in a summary exit meeting with CP&L representatives. The staff indicated that CP&L provided an informative site visit for the environmental review team. NRC indicated that the transmission line from Whiteville to Fayetteville is considered to be in-scope for evaluating environmental impacts for license renewal at BSEP because that transmission line was evaluated in the Final Environmental Statement for licensing of BSEP. CP&Ls environmental report submitted as part of the license renewal application did not consider the transmission line from Whiteville to Fayetteville to be in-scope. Overall, the NRC staff indicated that the review team did not identify any significant issues during its site visit or the visits offsite with State and local agencies. The staff further indicated that the review was ongoing and that any additional information necessary to support the review would be formally requested as a request for additional information.

/RA/

Richard L. Emch, Jr., Senior Project Manager Environmental Section License Renewal and Environmental Impacts Program Division of Regulatory Improvement Programs Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos.: 50-324 and 50-325

Enclosures:

As stated cc wo/encls: See next page DISTRIBUTION:

D. Matthews/F. Gillespie P.T. Kuo R. Emch A. Kugler E. DiPaolo, SRI S. Hernandez S. Mitra B. Mozafari C. Guerrero M. Lemoncelli J. Austin, RI RLEP R/F M. Parkhurst (PNNL)

P. Frederickson, RIII Adams Accession Nos.:

1. Note to Licensee w/Svc. List:

2. Encls. 2: (see attached list)

Document name: E:\\Filenet\\ML050880508.wpd OFFICE RLEP:LA RLEP:GE RLEP:GS RLEP:PM RLEP:SC NAME M. Jenkins S. Hernandez C. Guerrero R. Emch A. Kugler DATE 3/17/05 3/17/05 3/18/05 3/18/05 3/20/05 OFFICIAL RECORD COPY LIST OF ATTENDEES BRUNSWICK STEAM ELECTRIC PLANT, UNITS 1 AND 2 ENVIRONMENTAL SITE AUDIT JANUARY 25 - 26, 2005 NAME ORGANIZATION Richard Emch U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)

Jenny Davis NRC Jim Wilson NRC Samuel Hernandez NRC Cristina Guerrero NRC Harriet Nash NRC Mary Ann Parkhurst Pacific Northwest National Laboratories (PNNL)

Beverly Miller PNNL Dave Anderson PNNL Mike Sackschewsky PNNL Amanda Stegen PNNL Sue Sargeant PNNL Ellen Prendergast-Kennedy PNNL Darby Stapp PNNL Paul Hendrickson PNNL Lance Vail PNNL Jim Van Ramsdell PNNL Fred Monette Argonne National Laboratories (ANL)

Paul Snead Carolina Power & Light Company (CP&L)

Michael Heath CP&L Talmage Clements CP&L Katy Core CP&L George Baird CP&L Anne Lovell CP&L Tim Bevacqua CP&L Tom Davis CP&L Louise England CP&L Mark Thrailkill CP&L Norm Smith CP&L Tom Thompson CP&L Drew Petrusic CP&L Jerry Johnson CP&L Nikki Hill CP&L Cal Ogburn CP&L Chris Hughes CP&L Eddie Taylor CP&L Phil Moore CP&L Davis Smith CP&L Robin Bryson CP&L Les Hunter CP&L George Booth CP&L References Collected at the Brunswick Steam Electric Plant, Unit 1 and 2 (BSEP)

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ML050630026 46.

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ML050630140 52.

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Brunswick Steam Electric Plant Units 1 and 2 cc:

Mr. Steven R. Carr Associate General Counsel - Legal Department Progress Energy Service Company, LLC Post Office Box 1551 Raleigh, North Carolina 27602-1551 Mr. David R. Sandifer, Chairperson Brunswick County Board of Commissioners Post Office Box 249 Bolivia, North Carolina 28422 Resident Inspector U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 8470 River Road Southport, North Carolina 28461 Mr. John H. ONeill, Jr.

Shaw, Pittman, Potts & Trowbridge 2300 N Street NW Washington, DC 20037-1128 Ms. Beverly Hall, Section Chief Radiation Protection Section, Division of Natural Resources N.C. Department of Environment and Natural Resources 3825 Barrett Dr.

Raleigh, North Carolina 27609-7721 Mr. David H. Hinds Plant General Manager Brunswick Steam Electric Plant Carolina Power & Light Company Post Office Box 10429 Southport, North Carolina 28461-0429 Public Service Commission State of South Carolina Post Office Drawer 11649 Columbia, South Carolina 29211 Ms. Margaret A. Force Assistant Attorney General State of North Carolina Post Office Box 629 Raleigh, North Carolina 27602 Mr. Robert P. Gruber Executive Director Public Staff - NCUC 4326 Mail Service Center Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-4326 Mr. T. P. Cleary Director - Site Operations Brunswick Steam Electric Plant Progress Energy Carolinas, Inc.

Post Office Box 10429 Southport, North Carolina 28461-0429 Mr. Norman R. Holden, Mayor City of Southport 201 East Moore Street Southport, North Carolina 28461 Mr. Warren Lee Emergency Management Director New Hanover County Department of Emergency Management Post Office Box 1525 Wilmington, North Carolina 28402-1525 Mr. Chris L. Burton, Manager Performance Evaluation and Regulatory Affairs PEB 7 Progress Energy Post Office Box 1551 Raleigh, North Carolina 27602-1551

Brunswick Steam Electric Plant Units 1 and 2 cc:

Mr. Edward T. ONeill Manager - Support Services Brunswick Steam Electric Plant Carolina Power & Light Company Post Office Box 10429 Southport, North Carolina 28461 Mr. Allen K. Brittain Superintendent, Security Brunswick Steam Electric Plant Progress Energy Carolinas, Inc.

P.O. Box 10429 Southport, North Carolina 28461-0429 Mr. Michael Heath Brunswick Steam Electric Plant P.O. Box 10429 Southport, North Carolina 28461-0429 Mr. Talmage B. Clements Manager - License Renewal Progress Energy P. O. Box 1551 Raleigh, North Carolina 27602 Mr. Fred Emerson Nuclear Energy Institute 1776 I Street, NW, Suite 400 Washington, DC 20006-3708 Ms. Ilene Brown NCUW William Randall Library 601 S. College Rd.

Wilmington, NC 28403-5616 Ms. Cynthia Tart 3404 E. Yacht Dr.

Oak Island, NC 28468 Ms. May Moore, Commissioner Brunswick County P.O. Box 249 Bolivia, NC 28422 Ms. Hilary Snow The State Port Pilot 114 E. Moore Southport 28461 Mr. Ken Raber North Carolina Eastern Municipal Power Agency P.O. Box 29513 Raleigh, NC 27626 Ms. Vicki Soltis 5134 Minnesota Dr.

Southport, NC 28461 Ms. Pat Woods 3700 Players Club Drive Southport, NC 28461 Mr. Joe Woods 3700 Players Club Drive Southport, NC 28461 Mr. Rob Gandy, City Manager City of Southport 201 E Moore Street Southport, NC 28461 Mr. Jerry Thrift, Vice President Brunswick Community College P.O. Box 30 Supply, NC 28462-0030 Mr. J. Steven Johnson, Director Brunswick County Economic Development Commission Post Office Box 158 25 Courthouse Drive NE Bolivia, NC 28422 Mr. J. Leslie Bell, AICP, Director Brunswick County Planning Department P.O. Box 249 Bolivia, NC 28422

Brunswick Steam Electric Plant Units 1 and 2 cc:

Mr. Pete Benjamin Ecological Services Supervisor Raleigh Field Office U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Post Office Box 33726 Raleigh, NC 27636-3726