ML073111213

Summary of Site Audit Related to the Review of the License Renewal Application for Vogtle Electric Generating Plant, Units 1 and 2 (TAC Nos. MD5905 and MD5906)

ML073111213
Person / Time
Site:	Vogtle
Issue date:	11/19/2007
From:	Leous J NRC/NRR/ADRO/DLR
To:	Southern Nuclear Operating Co
Leous, JP, DLR/REBB 301-415-2864
References
TAC MD5905, TAC MD5906
Download: ML073111213 (8)

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November 19, 2007

LICENSEE: Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.

FACILITY: Vogtle Electric Generating Plant, Units 1 and 2

SUMMARY

OF SITE AUDIT RELATED TO THE REVIEW OF THE LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION FOR VOGTLE ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT, UNITS 1 AND 2 (TAC NOS. MD5905 AND MD5906)

From October 15 - 17, 2007, a review team consisting of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff and contractors from Earth Tech participated in a site audit at the Vogtle Electric Generating Plant, Units 1 and 2 (VEGP), related to the environmental review of the VEGP license renewal application (LRA). The team consisted of five Earth Tech 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 Federal, State and local government agencies to obtain related information. is a list of NRC, Earth Tech, State of Georgia, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc. (SNC), and Tetra Tech representatives who participated in the site audit.

On Monday, October 15, 2007, the environmental review team participated in a general site tour of the VEGP site with SNC staff. The general site tour focused on areas relevant to the environmental review, including the intake structure, discharge structure, cooling towers, meteorological towers, water sampling locations, site structures, areas associated with the proposed two new reactors, and the site environs. During the rest of the site audit, the team members examined the data used by SNC in preparation of the Environmental Report and also met with SNC representatives with corresponding environmental expertise in smaller groups.

These groups participated in various activities, including tours of the ground water monitoring well, the non-radiological waste storage area, the meteorological tower and instruments, the transmission line rights of way, and the intake structure. During a boat tour, team members examined the intake structure, the intake bays, and the discharge structure. Team members met onsite with officials from the regional EPA office, a representative from the U.S. Fish &

Wildlife Service, and representatives from the regional National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) office. Additionally, team members met offsite with State officials in Augusta, Georgia. Information gathered through this offsite meeting will assist the environmental review team in its evaluation. SNC representatives provided a brief presentation on its process for identifying new and significant information. No new and significant information was identified by SNC.

At the conclusion of the site visit, the NRC staff summarized the status of the review with SNC representatives.

NRC indicated that additional information will be needed to complete the staff's environmental review. It was agreed that NRC staff would submit a list of such information via e-mail to the applicant (ML073040040). SNC staff agreed to provide such information voluntarily as a supplement to the LRA, under oath and affirmation as necessary.

/RA/ J.P. Leous, Project Manager Projects Branch 1 Division of License Renewal Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation

Docket Nos. 50-424 and 50-425

Enclosures:

1. List of Attendees

2. Post Audit Action Items

cc w/encl: See next page

ML073111213 OFFICE LA:DLR PM:DLR:RPB1 PM:DLR:RPB1 BC:DLR:RPB1 NAME SFigueroa JPLeous DAshley LLund DATE 11/16/07 11/16/07 11/16/07 11/19/07 Letter to Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc., From JP Leous Dated: November 19, 2007

SUMMARY

OF SITE AUDIT RELATED TO THE REVIEW OF THE LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION FOR VOGTLE ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT, UNITS 1 AND 2 (TAC NOS. MD5905 AND MD5906)

DISTRIBUTION:

E-Mail P.T. Kuo (RidsNrrDlr)

R. Franovich (RidsNrrDlrRebb)

E. Benner (RidsNrrDlrReba)

L. Lund J. Leous C. Jacobs Bobbie.hurley@earthtech.com D. Ashley B. Singal B. Anderson G. McCoy S. Shaeffer S. Uttal M. Notich RidsOGCMailRoom DLR/REBB DLR/REBA ENCLOSURE 1 LIST OF PARTICIPANTS FOR VOGTLE ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT, UNITS 1 AND 2 ENVIRONMENTAL SITE AUDIT OCTOBER 15 - 17, 2007 PARTICIPANT AFFILIATION J.P. Leous U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Christian Jacobs NRC Elizabeth Wexler NRC Dennis Beissel NRC Andrew Carrera NRC Jeffrey Rikhoff NRC Bobbie Hurley Earth Tech Katie Broom Earth Tech Steve Holt Earth Tech Steve Duda Earth Tech Susan Provenzano Earth Tech Tom Moorer Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc. (SNC)

Dale Fulton SNC Mary Beth Lloyd SNC Matt Montz SNC Mike Nichols Georgia Power Company (GPC)

Gary Dye GPC Tony Dodd GPC Jim Candler GPC Karen Patterson Tetra Tech Phil Moore Tetra Tech Mike Whitten Tetra Tech Niki Hill Tetra Tech Anne Lovell Tetra Tech Strant Colwell U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Prescott Brownell National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association (NOAA) Craig Martin NOAA Ramona McConney Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Llyod Generette EPA Mike Odom SNC/Vogtle

ENCLOSURE 2 ACTION ITEMS VOGTLE ELECTIC GENERATING PLANT, UNITS 1 AND 2 ENVIRONMENTAL SITE AUDIT OCTOBER 15 - 17, 2007

1. NRC staff provided SNC with a post-audit information request itemized list.

Vogtle Electric Generating Plant, Units 1 and 2

cc: Mr. Tom E. Tynan Vice President - Vogtle Vogtle Electric Generating Plant 7821 River Road Waynesboro, GA 30830

Mr. N. J. Stringfellow Manager, Licensing Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.

P.O. Box 1295 Birmingham, AL 35201-1295

Mr. Jeffrey T. Gasser Executive Vice President Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.

P.O. Box 1295 Birmingham, AL 35201-1295

Mr. Steven M. Jackson Senior Engineer - Power Supply Municipal Electric Authority of Georgia 1470 Riveredge Parkway, NW Atlanta, GA 30328-4684

Mr. Reece McAlister Executive Secretary Georgia Public Service Commission 244 Washington Street, SW Atlanta, GA 30334

Mr. Harold Reheis, Director Department of Natural Resources 205 Butler Street, SE, Suite 1252 Atlanta, GA 30334

Attorney General Law Department 132 Judicial Building Atlanta, GA 30334

Mr. Laurence Bergen Oglethorpe Power Corporation 2100 East Exchange Place P.O. Box 1349 Tucker, GA 30085-1349 Arthur H. Domby, Esquire Troutman Sanders Nations Bank Plaza 600 Peachtree Street, NE, Suite 5200 Atlanta, GA 30308-2216

Resident Inspector Vogtle Plant 8805 River Road Waynesboro, GA 30830

Office of the County Commissioner Burke County Commission Waynesboro, GA 30830

Mr. David Kyler, Executive Director Center for a Sustainable Coast 221 Mallory Street, Suite B St. Simons Island, GA 31522

Ms. Sara Barczak Southern Alliance for Clean Energy 428 Bull Street, Suite 201 Savannah, GA 31401

Ms. Bobbie Paul, Executive Director Atlanta Women's Action for New Directions 250 Georgia Avenue, SE, Suite 202 Atlanta, GA 30312

Savannah River Site Campaign Coordinator Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League 3417 Sutton Place Augusta, GA 30906

Mr. Don L. Klima, Director Advisory Council on Historic Preservation Office of Federal Agency Programs 1100 Pennsylvania Ave, NW, Suite 803 Washington, DC 20004

Mr. Strant Colwell, Supervisor U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 4270 Norwich Street Brunswick, GA 31520 Vogtle Electric Generating Plant, Units 1 and 2

cc:

Mr. David Bernhart Assistant Regional Administrator National Marine Fisheries Service 263 13th Avenue South St. Petersburg, FL 33701

Dr. Ray Luce Historic Preservation Division/DNR 34 Peachtree Street NW, Suite1600 Atlanta, GA 30303-2316

Mr. Stanford M. Blanton, esq.

Balch & Bingham LLP P.O. Box 306 Birmingham, AL 35201

Ms. Moanica M. Caston Vice President and General Counsel Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.

40 Inverness Center Parkway P.O. Box 1295 Birmingham, AL 35201-1295

Mr. Michael A. Macfarlane Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.

40 Inverness Center Parkway P.O. Box 1295 Birmingham, AL 35201-1295

Mr. T. C. Moorer - Project Manager -

Environmental Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.

40 Inverness Center Parkway P.O. Box 1295 Birmingham, AL 35201-1295