ML092050144

Summary of Site Audit Related to the Review of the License Renewal Application for Kewaunee Power Station

ML092050144
Person / Time
Site:	Kewaunee
Issue date:	08/12/2009
From:	Perin V License Renewal Projects Branch 1
To:	Dominion Energy Kewaunee
Vanice Perin, NRR/DLR/RPB1 301.415.8143
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August 12, 2009 LICENSEE:

Dominion Energy Kewaunee, Inc.

FACILITY:

Kewaunee Power Station

SUMMARY

OF SITE AUDIT RELATED TO THE REVIEW OF THE LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION FOR KEWAUNEE POWER STATION (TAC NO.

MD9409)

From May 26-28, 2009, a review team consisting of staff from the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC or the staff) participated in a site audit at the Kewaunee Power Station (KPS).

The site audit was related to the environmental review of the KPS license renewal application and the team consisted of seven 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) were met, and to interface with officials in State government agencies to obtain related information. In October 2008, a preliminary audit was conducted by three NRC reviewers. The purposes of the October site audit were to tour the general vicinity of KPS and gain familiarity with the ecological, historical, and cultural resources in the area. The summary of that audit is publicly available and can be found in the Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) under accession number ML092180137.

is a list of NRC, State of Wisconsin, and Dominion Energy Kewaunee, Inc. (DEK) representatives who participated in the May 26-28 site audit. Enclosure 2 is a table of documents requested by NRC reviewers during the site audit and provided by DEK to assist the staff in its review of the KPS Environmental Report. These documents are publicly available, and can be found in ADAMS. The accession numbers are also listed in Enclosure 2. ADAMS is accessible at http://adamswebsearch.nrc.gov/dologin.htm or through the NRC Electronic Reading Room link at http://www.nrc.gov. Persons who do not have access to ADAMS, or who encounter problems in accessing the documents located in ADAMS, should contact the NRC Public Document Room staff at 1-800-397-4209, or 301-415-4737, or by e-mail at pdr.resource@nrc.gov.

The audit began on May 26, 2009, with a kickoff meeting to introduce NRC, State, and DEK personnel, and to discuss logistics of the audit. Following the kickoff meeting, the environmental review team participated in a general site tour of the KPS site with DEK staff. The general site tour provided an ecological overview of the KPS site, and focused on areas relevant to the environmental review, including the circulating water discharge point, the sewage treatment plant, the meteorological towers, Sandy Bay Creek area, the Sandy Bay Cemetery (of historical importance), transmission lines coming from the site, and School Forest.

During the remainder of the site audit on May 27 and May 28, NRC team members examined data used by DEK in preparation of the Environmental Report, and met in smaller groups with DEK representatives with corresponding environmental expertise. These groups participated in various activities, including tours of on-site groundwater wells and Wisconsin Pollutant Discharge Elimination System-permitted outfalls; the circulating water system; offsite radiological environmental monitoring program stations; in-scope transmission line rights-of-way; radioactive and non-radioactive waste processing and storage areas; the meteorological towers and monitoring equipment; onsite radiological gaseous and liquid effluent monitoring programs; and diesel generator air emission points.

The staff met onsite with officials from the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources and the Wisconsin Department of Administration Coastal Management Program. Information gathered through participation of these state agencies will assist the environmental review team in its evaluation.

In addition, the staff reviewed DEKs process for identifying new and significant information (information that would challenge the generic conclusions reached in the Generic Environmental Impact Statement for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants, NUREG-1437). DEK cited no new and significant information, and the NRCs independent review during the course of the site audit did not identify any other.

At the conclusion of the site audit, the staff summarized the status of the review with DEK representatives. Of 54 site audit information needs requested by the NRC before and during the audit, one open item remained by the end of the audit. This open item was sent as a request for additional information (RAI) in a letter dated July 10, 2009 (ADAMS accession number ML091890017). DEK subsequently responded to the NRC staff RAI in a letter dated July 27, 2009 (ML092090277). As stated above, Enclosure 2 contains a copy of site audit documents requested by NRC reviewers. NRC staff discussed with DEK how to submit the various types of information requested by NRC during the audit. DEK indicated they would submit requested site audit information documents in the form of a supplement to the Environmental Report. In a letter dated July 6, 2009, DEK submitted the information requested by the staff during the audit (ML091970512).

While the NRC review team did not identify any significant issues during its site audit or during the meetings with State agencies, the team indicated that the environmental review was ongoing and that any additional information necessary to support the review would be formally requested.

/RA/

Vanice Perin, Project Manager Projects Branch 1 Division of License Renewal Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-305

Enclosures:

As stated cc w/encls: See next page

ML092050144 OFFICE LA:DLR PM:DLR:RPB1 PM:DLR:RPB1 BC:DLR:RPB1 PM:DLR:RPB1 NAME IKing VPerin SHernandez DPelton VPerin DATE 08/06/09 07/29/09 07/30/09 08/07/09 08/12/09

ENCLOSURE 1 LIST OF PARTICIPANTS FOR KEWAUNEE POWER STATION ENVIRONMENTAL SITE AUDIT May 26 - May 28, 2009 PARTICIPANT AFFILIATION Sarah Lopas U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)

Bo Pham NRC Briana Balsam NRC Stephen Klementowicz NRC Ekaterina Lenning NRC Andrew Stuyvenberg NRC Allison Travers NRC Nathan Goodman NRC Jennifer Davis NRC Steve Ugoretz Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources Katherine Angel Wisconsin Department of Administration, Coastal Resources Program Paul Aitken Dominion Resources Services (Dominion)

Rich Gallagher Dominion Mark Ortmayer Dominion Jeanne Ferris Dominion Stu Thickman Dominion Paul Thomas Dominion Glenn Hoppe Dominion Tom Hooker Dominion Ted Maloney Dominion Rick Adams Dominion Mike Bernsdorf Dominion Mark Kanz Dominion Donny Allison Dominion Aziz Maly Dominion Darryl Holschbach Dominion Jeff Pearson Dominion Brandon Huebner Dominion Terry Yakich American Transmission Company (ATC)

Gerry Rhode ATC Greg Krehbiel ATC Rick Czanjka ATC Anne Lovell TetraTech NUS, Inc.

Phil Moore TetraTech NUS, Inc.

ENCLOSURE 2 References Collected at the Kewaunee Power Station Site Audit May 26 - May 28, 2009 Site Audit References Requested For Docketing ADAMS Accession Number Meteorology and Air Compliance NMC KNPP System

Description:

Meteorological Data Acquisition System (MET)

Sys No. 63, Rev. 1 ML091970514 Procedure No. RP-KW-001-025, Revision No. 0. Meteorological Monitoring ML091970514 Air Pollution Control Operation Permit Renewal, Permit No. 431022790-F20 ML091970514 Terrestrial Ecology Documentation/correspondence related to diving ducks in the intake between Dominion and DNR - 7/28/08 letter ML091970514 Documentation of size of wetland - 5/27/09 e-mail ML091970514 Terrestrial Survey of Kewaunee site, 2006-2007 ML091970514 ATC transmission line right-of-way vegetation management application, August 2008 ML091970514 Responses to site audit needs questions #1 (invasive species), #2 (herbicides),

and #6 (land use breakdown by percentage).

ML091970512 Aquatic Ecology 1974 Pre-Operation Monitoring Report to Wisconsin Public Services Group, Third Annual Report, 3/29/74 (Note: 1st volume requested only)

ML091970514 1977 Operational Monitoring Report, Sixth Annual Report, 3/1/77 (Note: 1st volume requested only)

ML091970514 Hydrology 1985 Water Pump Flow Test numbers ML091970515 Radiological Environmental Monitoring Manual (REMM)

ML091970515 STS Well Installation (hydrology models)

ML091970515 Storm Water Prevention Plan ML091970515 Discharge Monitoring Report (March 2009)

ML091970515 KNPP System Description - Circulating Water System, Sys No. 04, Rev 5, 03/20/08 ML091970515 KNPP System Description - Service Water System, Sys No. 02, Rev. 4, 10/04/07 ML091970515 Excel spreadsheet, Kewaunee Power Station Portable Water Usage Documentation ML091970515 Dominion Memorandum, 01/11/09, T. Hooker to R. Gallagher, Groundwater Usage at KPS ML091970515 Wisconsin DNR website, DNR Drinking Water System: High Capacity Wells (Information on KPS wells)

ML091970515 Nonradiological Waste Dominion Energy Kewaunee, Inc. Kewaunee Power Station Hazardous Waste Plan ML091970529 Responses to site audit needs questions #4 (hazardous waste generated during refurbishment), #5 (recycling program at KPS), and #6 (mixed waste).

ML091970512 Dominion Environmental Policy Statement ML091970529 Kewaunee Power Station Nonradioactive Wastes Updated Table 3.1-1 ML091970529 Kewaunee Power Station - Waste Overview ML091970529 KNPP System Description - Sewage Treatment Plant (SDP) Sys No. 84, Rev 1 (03/17/03) (Note: Only pages 1-6 requested)

ML091970529 Environmental Justice Responses to site audit needs question #1 (environmental justice)

ML091970512 Socioeconomics Responses to site audit needs questions #1 (utility aid payments - KPS Community Aid Investments) and #2 (update on changes to utility aid payments)

ML091970512 Archaeological and Cultural Resources Responses to site audit needs questions #1 (surveys), #3 (contacting SHPO),

1. 4 (stop work), #5 (land disturbance), #6 (Section 106 training), # 7 (measures to protect cultural resources along t-lines), #12 (SHPO comment).

ML091970512 Dominion Procedure SA-AA-106, Cutting, Digging and Drilling, Rev. 2 ML091970529 Articles regarding Chief Kah-Que-Dos ML091970529 Letter to S. Banker, Wisconsin SHPO, from P. Faggert, License Renewal Application for Kewaunee Power Station Request for Information on Historical/Archaeological Resources, dated 10/31/07 ML091970529 Request for SHPO comment and consultation on a Federal undertaking ML091970529 Cheese Factories in the Town of Carlton, September 2004, compiled by Donna Urban ML091970529 Background for Historical Markers - Kewaunee County Historical Society ML091970529 Sandy Bay Lutheran Church (St. John Evangelical Lutheran Church) and School articles ML091970529 Kewaunee School Forest brochure and Shoreline Newsline, Forest Dedicated ML091970529 Photos of Kewaunee Power Station site before and during construction ML091970516 Historic maps ML091970516 ATC Transmission Network and Substation - Maps Showing Locations of Nearby Historic/Archaeological Sites Not publicly Available(a)

(a)

This document is being withheld from public disclosure according to the National Historic Preservation Act and the Archeological Resources Protection Act.

Letter to Dominion Energy Kewaunee from V. Perin, dated August 12, 2009

SUMMARY

OF SITE AUDIT RELATED TO THE REVIEW OF THE LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION FOR KEWAUNEE POWER STATION (TAC NO.

MD9409)

DISTRIBUTION:

PUBLIC B. Holian / S. Lee (RidsNrrDlr)

D. Pelton (RidsNrrDlrRpb1)

B. Pham (RidsNrrDlrRerb)

OPA (RidsOpaMail)

S. Hernandez V. Perin P. Tam M. Kunowski S. Burton K. Barclay I. Couret, OPA V. Mitlyng

Kewaunee Power Station cc:

Resident Inspectors Office U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission N490 Hwy 42 Kewaunee, WI 54216-9510 Mr. Chris L. Funderburk Director, Nuclear Licensing and Operations Support Dominion Resources Services, Inc.

Innsbrook Technical Center - 2SE 5000 Dominion Boulevard Glen Allen, VA 23060-6711 Mr. Thomas L. Breene Dominon Energy Kewaunee, Inc.

Kewaunee Power Station N490 Highway 42 Kewaunee, WI 54216 Mr. Michael J. Wilson, Director Nuclear Safety & Licensing Dominion Energy Kewaunee, Inc.

Kewaunee Power Station N490 Highway 42 Kewaunee, WI 54216 Mr. William R. Matthews Senior Vice President - Nuclear Operations Innsbrook Technical Center - 2SE 5000 Dominion Boulevard Glen Allen, VA 23060-6711 Mr. Alan J. Price Vice President - Nuclear Engineering Innsbrook Technical Center - 2SE 5000 Dominion Boulevard Glen Allen, VA 23060-6711 Mr. William D. Corbin Director - Nuclear Engineering Innsbrook Technical Center - 3NE 5000 Dominion Boulevard Glen Allen, VA 23060-6711 Mr. Paul C. Aitken Supervisor - License Renewal Project Innsbrook Technical Center - 3NE 5000 Dominion Boulevard Glen Allen, VA 23060-6711 Mr. David A. Sommers Supervisor - Nuclear Engineering Innsbrook Technical Center - 2SE 5000 Dominion Boulevard Glen Allen, VA 23060-6711 Ms. Lillian M. Cuoco, Esq.

Senior Counsel Dominion Resources Services, Inc.

120 Tredegar Street Riverside 2 Richmond, VA 23219 Mr. Stephen E. Scace Site Vice President Dominion Energy Kewaunee, Inc.

Kewaunee Power Station N490 Highway 42 Kewaunee, WI 54216 Mr. David R. Lewis Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP 2300 N Street, N.W.

Washington, DC 20037-1122 Mr. Ken Paplham E 4095 Sandy Bay Rd.

Kewaunee, WI 54216 Mr. Richard Gallagher Senior Scientist, License Renewal Dominion Resources Services, Inc.

Route 156, Rope Ferry Road Waterford, CT 06385

Kewaunee Power Station cc:

Mr. Ronald Kazmierczak Regional Director Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources Northeast Region Headquarters 2984 Shawano Avenue P.O. Box 10448 Green Bay, WI 54307-0448 Ms. Kathleen Angel Federal Consistency and Coastal Hazards Coordinator Wisconsin Coastal Management Program P.O. Box 8944 Madison, WI 53708-8944 Mr. David A. Heacock President and Chief Nuclear Officer Dominion Energy Kewaunee, Inc.

Innsbrook Technical Center 2SW 5000 Dominion Boulevard Glen Allen, VA 23060-6711 Mr. Jeff Kitsembel, P.E.

Public Service Commission of Wisconsin P.O. Box 7854 Madison, WI 53707-7854 Mr. Steven Ugoretz Environmental Analyst - OE/7 Wisconsin Department of Natural Resource P.O. Box 7921 Madison, WI 53707-7921 Mr. David Siebert, Director Office of Energy Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources 101 South Webster Street Madison, WI 53703