ML071030077
| ML071030077 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Wolf Creek  |
| Issue date: | 04/27/2007 |
| From: | Christian Jacobs NRC/NRR/ADRO/DLR/REBB |
| To: | Wolf Creek |
| Jacobs C, PM, REBB, DLR, 415-3874 | |
| References | |
| Download: ML071030077 (9) | |
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April 27, 2007 LICENSEE:
Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corporation FACILITY:
Wolf Creek Generating Station
SUBJECT:
SUMMARY
OF SITE AUDIT RELATED TO THE REVIEW OF THE LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION FOR WOLF CREEK GENERATING STATION, UNIT 1 (TAC NO. MD3182)
From March 12, 2007 to March 15, 2007, a review team consisting of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff and contractors participated in a site audit at the Wolf Creek Generating Station (WCGS), related to the environmental review of the WCGS license renewal application (LRA). The team consisted of eight contractors and ten NRC staff members. The primary goals of the site visit were 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 Federal, State and local government agencies to obtain related information. is a list of NRC staff, NRC contractors (Earth Tech), U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks (KDWP), and Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corporation (WCNOC) employees and representatives who participated in the site audit, as well as, members from industry who witnessed the audit.
On Monday, March 12, 2007, the environmental review team participated in a general site tour of the WCGS site with WCNOC staff. The general site tour focused on areas relevant to the environmental review, including the intake structure, discharge structure, John Redmond Reservoir make-up water, site structures, and the site environs. During the rest of the site audit, the team members examined the data used by WCNOC in preparation of the Environmental Report and also met with WCNOC representatives with corresponding environmental expertise in smaller groups. These groups participated in various activities, including tours of the radioactive waste processing areas, the meteorological tower and instruments, the transmission line rights of way, WCNOC, and the surrounding aquatic environment.
Team members met at the Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) in Topeka, Kansas, with officials from the KDHE, USFWS, KDWP, and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) Region 7. Additionally, team members met offsite with officials from the State Historical Preservation Office, the Kansas Corporation Commission, and local officials in Coffey and Lyon Counties. Information gathered through these offsite meetings will assist the environmental review team in its evaluation. Also, WCNOC representatives provided a brief presentation on its process for identifying new and significant information. No new and significant information was identified by WCNOC.
At the conclusion of the site audit, the NRC staff and contractors summarized the status of the review with WCNOC representatives. NRC indicated that two 69 KV power lines, which deliver power to the site, would be further evaluated to determine if the power lines were in-scope for license renewal at WCGS, specifically with regard to vegetative maintenance under these lines.
WCNOC representatives indicated that the power lines were not in-scope, because the power transmitted through the lines is below the levels that determine electromagnetic interference safety standards defined by the National Electronic Code. In addition, WCNOC disagreed that the power lines should be considered in-scope with regard to vegetative maintenance and provided a copy of a letter dated May 10, 1999 from NRC to Oconee Nuclear Site as documentation to support their position. The NRC staff is researching this matter.
Also, another topic (groundwater hydrology) was discussed briefly during the exit meeting.
Both the NRC and WCNOC understand that existing groundwater sampling data (obtained from WCNOC, as well as, KDHE) may not provide the level of detail needed to validate the groundwater models, which were created prior to WCGS being built. It is NRCs understanding that WCNOC is planning to implement National Energy Institute strategies developed to better monitor any changes in groundwater quality related to operating nuclear power plants.
However, it is unlikely this information will be available for inclusion at this stage of the environmental review. It should be noted that NRC has not completed its search for this information or its review of the reference material provided during the site audit. This information has been requested through a formal request for additional information (RAI) process.
The NRC staff indicated that the review team did not identify any significant issues during its site visit or during offsite visits with Federal, State, and local agencies. However, the NRC staff further indicated that the review was ongoing. At the conclusion of the audit, NRC and WCNOC had reached an agreement that WCNOC would informally submit the reference material, answers to site audit questions and additional information identified during the audit.
However, upon returning from the audit, the NRC decided that the formal RAI request process for obtaining this information should be followed. On April 9, 2007, a formal RAI requesting this information was issued to WCNOC.
/RA Alicia Williamson for/
Christian Jacobs, Project Manager Environmental Branch B Division of License Renewal Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-482
Enclosures:
As stated cc w/encls: See next page power to the site, would be further evaluated to determine if the power lines were in-scope for license renewal at WCGS, specifically with regard to vegetative maintenance under these lines.
WCNOC representatives indicated that the power lines were not in-scope, because the power transmitted through the lines is below the levels that determine electromagnetic interference safety standards defined by the National Electronic Code. In addition, WCNOC disagreed that the power lines should be considered in-scope with regard to vegetative maintenance and provided a copy of a letter dated May 10, 1999 from NRC to Oconee Nuclear Site as documentation to support their position. The NRC staff is researching this matter.
Also, another topic (groundwater hydrology) was discussed briefly during the exit meeting.
Both the NRC and WCNOC understand that existing groundwater sampling data (obtained from WCNOC, as well as, KDHE) may not provide the level of detail needed to validate the groundwater models, which were created prior to WCGS being built. It is NRCs understanding that WCNOC is planning to implement National Energy Institute strategies developed to better monitor any changes in groundwater quality related to operating nuclear power plants.
However, it is unlikely this information will be available for inclusion at this stage of the environmental review. It should be noted that NRC has not completed its search for this information or its review of the reference material provided during the site audit. This information has been requested through a formal request for additional information (RAI) process.
The NRC staff indicated that the review team did not identify any significant issues during its site visit or during offsite visits with Federal, State, and local agencies. However, the NRC staff further indicated that the review was ongoing. At the conclusion of the audit, NRC and WCNOC had reached an agreement that WCNOC would informally submit the reference material, answers to site audit questions and additional information identified during the audit.
However, upon returning from the audit, the NRC decided that the formal RAI request process for obtaining this information should be followed. On April 9, 2007, a formal RAI requesting this information was issued to WCNOC.
/RA Alicia Williamson for/
Christian Jacobs, Project Manager Environmental Branch B Division of License Renewal Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-482
Enclosures:
As stated cc w/encls: See next page Adams Accession No.: ML071030077 OFFICE GS:DLR:REBB LA:DLR PM:DLR:REBB BC: REBB NAME A. Williamson I. King C. Jacobs A. Williamson for R. Franovich R. Emch for DATE 04/17/07 04/17/07 04/27/07 04/26/07 OFFICIAL RECORD COPY
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ENCLOSURE 1 LIST OF PARTICIPANTS FOR WOLF CREEK GENERATING STATION, UNIT 1 ENVIRONMENTAL SITE AUDIT MARCH 12-15, 2007 PARTICIPANT AFFILIATION Christian Jacobs U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)
Andrew Stuyvenberg NRC Alicia Williamson NRC Andrew Luu NRC Richard Emch NRC Harriet Nash NRC Jeffrey Rikhoff NRC Scott Werts NRC Dennis Logan NRC Veronica Rodriguez NRC Chris Long NRC Roberta Hurley Earth Tech Katie Broom Earth Tech Bob Dover Earth Tech Matt Goodwin Earth Tech Steve Duda Earth Tech Susan Provenzano Earth Tech Leslie Howard Earth Tech John Szeligowski Earth Tech Michele McNulty U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Jim Hays Kansas Department of Wildlife & Parks Charles Medenciy Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corporation (WCNOC)
Steven A. Henry WCNOC Diane Hooper WCNOC Reece Hobby WCNOC Ralph Logsdon WCNOC Teresa L. Rice WCNOC Bob Hammond WCNOC Lucille Rockers WCNOC Don Eccles WCNOC Tammy Just WCNOC Daniel Williamson WCNOC Dan Haines WCNOC Kenneth Fredrickson WCNOC Patrick Guevel WCNOC Lorrie Bell WCNOC Lanny Ratzlaff WCNOC Glenn Neises WCNOC Terry Krause WCNOC Steve Koenig WCNOC Steve Hedges WCNOC D. L. Berry WCNOC Brad Loveless Westar Energy Jon Cudworth Tetra Tech Philip Moore Tetra Tech Anne Lovell Tetra Tech Henry Day Arizona Public Service - Palo Verde James Holthaus Nuclear Management Company - Prairie Island
Wolf Creek Generating Station cc:
Jay Silberg, Esq.
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP 2300 N Street, NW Washington, DC 20037 Regional Administrator, Region IV U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 611 Ryan Plaza Drive, Suite 400 Arlington, TX 76011-7005 Senior Resident Inspector U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission P.O. Box 311 Burlington, KS 66839 Chief Engineer, Utilities Division Kansas Corporation Commission 1500 SW Arrowhead Road Topeka, KS 66604-4027 Office of the Governor State of Kansas Topeka, KS 66612 Attorney General 120 S.W. 10th Avenue, 2nd Floor Topeka, KS 66612-1597 County Clerk Coffey County Courthouse 110 South 6th Street Burlington, KS 66839 Thomas A. Conley, Section Chief Radiation and Asbestos Control Kansas Department of Health and Environment Bureau of Air and Radiation 1000 SW Jackson, Suite 310 Topeka, KS 66612-1366 Vice President Operations/Plant Manager Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corporation P.O. Box 411 Burlington, KS 66839 Supervisor Licensing Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corporation P.O. Box 411 Burlington, KS 66839 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Resident Inspectors Office/Callaway Plant 8201 NRC Road Steedman, MO 65077-1032 Mr. Terry J. Garrett Vice President Engineering Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corporation P.O. Box 411 Burlington, KS 66839 Kevin J. Moles, Manager Regulatory Affairs Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corporation P.O. Box 411 Burlington, KS 66839 Lorrie I. Bell, Project Manager Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corporation P.O. Box 411 Burlington, KS 66839 Mr. James Ross Nuclear Energy Institute 1776 I Street, NW, Suite 400 Washington, DC 20006-3708 Ms. Valerie Williams, Branch Director Coffey County Library Burlington Branch 410 Juniatta St.
Burlington, KS 66839 Mr. Joseph Cothern, Env Review Coordinator Env. Services Division USEPA Region 7 901 North 5th Street Kansas City, KS 66101
Wolf Creek Generating Station cc: Mr. Jim Hays, Chief Env Services Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks Environmental Services 512 SE 25th Ave.
Pratt, KS 67124-8174 Gail R. Hansen, State Epidemiologist Division of Health Bureau of Epidemiology and Disease Prevention Epidemiologic Services Section Curtis State Office Building 1000 SW Jackson St., STE 210 Topeka, KS 66612-1274 Mr. Karl Mueldenen, Director, Bureau of Water Division of Environment Bureau of Water Curtis State Office Building 1000 SW Jackson St. STE420 Topeka, KS 66612-1367 Mr. Mike LeValley, Project Leader Kansas Field Office 315 Houston Street, Suite E Manhattan, KS 66502 Mr. Don L. Klima, Director Advisory Council on Historic Preservation Office of Federal Agency Programs 1100 Pennsylvania Ave, NW, Suite 803 Washington, DC 20004 Ms. Jennie Chinn, SHPO, Executive Director Kansas State Historical Society 6425 Southwest 6th Avenue Topeka, KS 66615-1099 Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska Leon Campbell, Chairperson 3345 B Thrasher Road White Cloud, KS 66094 Kickapoo Tribe in Kansas Steve Cadu, Chairperson P.O. Box 271 Horton, KS 66439 Prairie Potawatomi Reservation Prairie Band of Potawatomi Tribal Council Rey Kitchkumme, Vice Chairperson 16281 Q. Road Mayetta, KS 66509 Sac and Fox Nation of Missouri Fredia Perkins, Chairperson 305 North Main Reserve, KS 66434 Wind River Reservation Shoshone and Arapaho Joint Tribal Business Council Ivan Posey, Chairperson PO Box 217 Fort Washakie, WY 82514 Cheyenne-Arapaho Tribe Cheyenne-Arapaho Business Committee Darrell Flyingman, Governor PO Box 38 Concho, OK 73022 Seneca-Cayuga Tribe of OK Seneca-Cayuga Business Committee Paul Spicer, Chief PO Box 1283 Miami, OK 74355 Osage Tribe of Oklahoma Osage Agency Jim Gray, Principal Chief PO Box 779 Pawhuska, OK 74056
Wolf Creek Generating Station cc: Northern Cheyenne Reservation Northern Cheyenne Tribal Council Eugene Little Coyote, President PO Box 128 Lame Deer, MT 59043 Larry Crotts 1115 Sage Brush Ct.
Burlington, KS 66839 U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Michele McNulty 2609 Anderson Ave.
Manhattan, KS 66502 Daniel Williamson 1948 Juneberry Rd.
Burlington, KS 66839