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MONTHYEARML0512603372005-05-20020 May 2005 G20050322/LTR-05-0226 - Diane Curran Ltr Request for Measures to Correct Apparent Illegal Shipment of Plutonium MOX Fuel to Catawba Nuclear Power Plant Project stage: Other 2005-05-20
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G20050322/LTR-05-0226 - Diane Curran Ltr Request for Measures to Correct Apparent Illegal Shipment of Plutonium MOX Fuel to Catawba Nuclear Power PlantML051260337 |
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Catawba ![Duke Energy icon.png](/w/images/7/75/Duke_Energy_icon.png) |
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05/20/2005 |
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Reyes L NRC/EDO |
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Curran D Harmon, Curran, Harmon, Curran, Spielberg & Eisenberg, LLP |
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Martin RE, NRR/DLPM, 415-1493 |
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G20050322, LTR-05-0226, TAC MC6901, TAC MC6902 |
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May 20, 2005 Ms. Dianne Curran Harmon, Curran, Spielberg & Eisenberg, LLP 1726 M Street, NW, Suite 600 Washington, DC 20036
Dear Ms. Curran:
I am responding to your letter dated April 12, 2005, on behalf of the Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League (BREDL) to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). Your letter reviewed recent milestones regarding the use of mixed oxide (MOX) fuel at Duke Powers Catawba Nuclear Station (Catawba), and expressed concerns about whether Duke has met the security-related conditions of the Atomic Safety and Licensing Boards March 10, 2005, decision on the use of MOX fuel.
Since your letter of April 12, 2005, Duke Power issued a press release on April 29, 2005, confirming that Catawba has received the four MOX fuel lead assemblies. The NRC staff confirmed that Duke had complied with the Boards conditions before the fuel arrived at Catawba. Your letter indicates that you had not been notified of Dukes fulfillment of the Boards licensing conditions. There was no requirement in the Boards decision that such information be provided to BREDL.
Your letter asked whether the shipment of the fuel to Catawba represented a security risk to the public. Duke Power, in conjunction with numerous other interested stakeholders in this issue, has made extensive provisions, both within its physical security plan (PSP) and as discussed in the proceedings before the Board, to ensure the physical protection and security of the MOX fuel. The NRC staff has reviewed Dukes PSP and, as reported in the NRC safety evaluation dated May 5, 2004 (ADAMS ML041260544), found Dukes provisions to protect MOX fuel acceptable.
Consistent with the NRC staffs policy of protecting information on physical security issues from inadvertent disclosure to persons who do not have a need to know the information, the NRC staff will not make further details of this issue public. Accordingly, we are providing no further information in this letter on activities that may or may not have been taken by Duke Power or the NRC staff related to this subject.
Ms. Diane Curran In response to the overall issues raised in your letter of April 12, 2005, the NRC staff is not aware of any areas where Duke has not taken the appropriate measures specified by NRC regulatory requirements.
Sincerely,
/RA/
Luis A. Reyes Executive Director for Operations
Ms. Diane Curran In response to the overall issues raised in your letter of April 12, 2005, the NRC staff is not aware of any areas where Duke has not taken the appropriate measures specified by NRC regulatory requirements.
Sincerely,
/RA/
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