ML100610635

Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation, Submittal of Annual Effluent Release Report

ML100610635
Person / Time
Site:	Oconee
Issue date:	02/25/2010
From:	Baxter D Duke Energy Carolinas
To:	Document Control Desk, NRC/NMSS/SFPO
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DAVE BAXTER Vice President Energy, Oconee Nuclear Station Duke Energy ON01 VP / 7800 Rochester Highway Seneca, SC 29672 864-873-4460 864-873-4208 fax dabaxter@dukeenergy.com February 25, 2010 Document Control Desk Director, Spent Fuel Project Office Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555-0001

Subject:

Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC Oconee Nuclear Station License No. SNM-2503, Docket No. 72-4 Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation Annual Effluent Release Report Gentlemen:

In accordance with 10 CFR 72.44 (d)(3), Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC (Duke), hereby submits the annual report specifying the quantity of each of the principal radionuclides released to the environment in liquid and gaseous effluents during the previous 12 months of operation (January 1, 2009 through December 31, 2009) of the Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation (ISFSI).

Duke confirms that there were no releases of radioactive material from the Oconee ISFSI during the reporting, period. This conclusion is based on the following:

a. The double-sealed welded dry storage canisters (DSCs) in-service are fabricated from non-corrosive materials and are designed to maintain confinement for all normal, off-normal and accident conditions during storage, as well as during severe environmental events (e.g. tornado, earthquake). In addition, the monitoring of DSC surface contamination was within the limits given in Technical Specifications 2.4.1 which provides assurance that any offsite dose was inconsequential.

b. There were no ISFSI off-normal or accident conditions or severe environmental phenomena during the reporting period.

c. Radiological dose data acquired at the ISFSI perimeter supports the conclusion.

www. duke-energy.com

U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission February 25, 2010 Page 2 Should there be any questions concerning this report please contact Judy E. Smith, Oconee Regulatory Compliance, at 864-873-4309.

Sincerely, Dave axter Vice President Oconee Nuclear Station

U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission February 25, 2010 Page 3 xc: Luis Reyes, Regional Administrator USNRC, Region II Sam Nunn Atlanta Federal Center Suite 23T85, 61 Forsyth Street, SW, Atlanta, GA 30303-8931 Andrew Sabisch, Senior Resident Inspector Oconee Nuclear Station John Stang, Project Manager Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555-0001 Cecil Fletcher Senior Fuel Facility Inspector USNRC, Region II, Sam Nunn Atlanta Federal Center Suite 23T85, 61 Forsyth Street, SW, Atlanta, GA 30303-8931 John M. Goshen, Project Manager Division of Spent Fuel Storage and Transportation Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards Mail Stop E3 02M Washington, DC 20555-0001 Susan E. Jenkins, Manager, Infectious and Radioactive Waste Management Bureau of Land and Waste Management Department of Health & Environmental Control 2600 Bull Street, Columbia, SC 29201