ML112070748

July 20, 2011, Meeting Summary Pre-Application Meeting with South Carolina Electric and Gas Regarding General License Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation Plans (TAC No. L24544)

ML112070748
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Site:	Summer, 07201038
Issue date:	07/26/2011
From:	William Allen NRC/NMSS/SFST/LID/LB
To:	Weaver D NRC/NMSS/SFST
Allen W NMSS/SFST 492-3148
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July 26, 2011 MEMORANDUM TO: Doug Weaver, Deputy Director Division of Spent Fuel Storage and Transportation Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards FROM: William Allen, Project Manager /RA/

Licensing Branch Division of Spent Fuel Storage and Transportation Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards

SUMMARY

OF JULY 20, 2011, PRE-APPLICATION MEETING WITH SOUTH CAROLINA ELECTRIC AND GAS REGARDING GENERAL LICENSE INDEPENDENT SPENT FUEL STORAGE INSTALLATION PLANS (TAC NO. L24544)

Background. On July 20, 2011, a meeting was held in Rockville, Maryland, at the request of South Electric and Gas (SCE&G) to discuss their plans to implement a 10 CFR Part 72 general license Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation (ISFSI). The ISFSI will be located at the V.C. Summer nuclear station in Jenkinsville, South Carolina. Regulatory decisions were neither requested nor made at the meeting. The list of meeting attendees is Enclosure 1. A detailed agenda provided by SCE&G for the meeting is Enclosure 2. Presentation slides are Enclosure 3.

Discussion. The presentation followed the agenda provided in Enclosure 2. SCE&G elaborated that the Denver office of the Shaw Group would be handling the architectural aspects of the project. They also clarified that, because they operated on an eighteen month refueling cycle, at least four multi-purpose canisters would need to be loaded every three years. When discussing their chosen storage system, the Holtec HI-STORM Flood/Wind (FW) design, SCE&G was queried by staff as to which amendment they intended to use. They responded that they intended to use the original certificate. While discussing the ISFSI location, SCE&G indicated they intended to build a berm as part of the ISFSI pad, and that, while the berm would reduce exposure to radiation, its primary purpose was for security. SCE&G was asked to show the boundary of their current protected area and where the new boundary would be after the ISFSI was constructed. Using the slide showing the artist rendered aerial view of the plant and proposed ISFSI, SCE&G responded to the question.

After SCE&G completed their presentation, the meeting was opened up for comments and/or questions. Tom Clements, the regional director for Friends of the Earth asked several questions about the licensing process such as the number of casks to be licensed and updates on the licensing process. It was explained

D. Weaver that, under the Part 72 general license process, the NRC would only issue a Certificate of Compliance (CoC) to Holtec for the HI-STORM FW system. That CoC had been issued June 13, 2010, and the number of HI-STORM FW system storage modules deployed would be at the discretion of SCE&G. It was also explained that, with two exceptions, further communications about the ISFSI would be between SCE&G and the NRC Region II office in Atlanta, Georgia. One exception would be a request to expand the protected area submitted to Headquarters via revision to the V.C. Summer Emergency Plan. The second was documenting upgrades to the fuel handling crane which would also be communicated to Headquarters either by amending the 10 CFR Part 50 license or a 10 CFR 50.59 change report. It was also made clear that all of these communications would be made public. Mr. Clements also asked questions about the ability to transfer canisters into more robust storage modules in the future and he expressed concerns about the impacts of flooding. Staff told him that Part 72 regulations required the spent fuel to be retrievable. They also informed him that the HI-STORM FW system had been updated to mitigate the impacts of flooding and that SCE&G would be required to comply with the Technical Specifications of the HI-STORM FW system. He also asked a security related question to which SCE&G responded because the question related to the layout of the plant and the surrounding geography. Finally, Mr. Clement asked a question about the status of revising the Waste Confidence Rule. Staff referred him to the NRC website in order to avoid miscommunication of information. Ms. Carlyn Green of Ux Consulting Company inquired about the number of fuel assemblies currently in the spent fuel pool. SCE&G declined to answer this question. After all questions had been answered, the meeting was adjourned.

Docket No. 72-1038 TAC No. L24544

Enclosures:

1. Attendees

2. Agenda

3. Handouts

D. Weaver that, under the Part 72 general license process, the NRC would only issue a Certificate of Compliance (CoC) to Holtec for the HI-STORM FW system. That CoC had been issued June 13, 2010, and the number of HI-STORM FW system storage modules deployed would be at the discretion of SCE&G. It was also explained that, with two exceptions, further communications about the ISFSI would be between SCE&G and the NRC Region II office in Atlanta, Georgia. One exception would be a request to expand the protected area submitted to Headquarters via revision to the V.C. Summer Emergency Plan. The second was documenting upgrades to the fuel handling crane which would also be communicated to Headquarters either by amending the 10 CFR Part 50 license or a 10 CFR 50.59 change report. It was also made clear that all of these communications would be made public. Mr. Clements also asked questions about the ability to transfer canisters into more robust storage modules in the future and he expressed concerns about the impacts of flooding. Staff told him that Part 72 regulations required the spent fuel to be retrievable. They also informed him that the HI-STORM FW system had been updated to mitigate the impacts of flooding and that SCE&G would be required to comply with the Technical Specifications of the HI-STORM FW system. He also asked a security related question to which SCE&G responded because the question related to the layout of the plant and the surrounding geography. Finally, Mr. Clement asked a question about the status of revising the Waste Confidence Rule. Staff referred him to the NRC website in order to avoid miscommunication of information. Ms. Carlyn Green of Ux Consulting Company inquired about the number of fuel assemblies currently in the spent fuel pool. SCE&G declined to answer this question. After all questions had been answered, the meeting was adjourned.

Docket No. 72-1038 TAC No. L24544

Enclosures:

1. Attendees

2. Agenda

3. Handouts Distribution: NRC Attendees BWhite Filename: G:\SFST\Allen\Part 72\V.C. Summer\Meeting Summary.docx G:\SFST\ Allen\Part 72\V.C. Summer\Pre-Application Slides (Final).pdf ADAMS Package No.: ML11207033 Memo No. ML112070748 OFC: SFST E SFST SFST NAME: WAllen WWheatley MWaters DATE: 07/26/2011 7/21/11 7/25/11 C=Without attachment/enclosure E=With attachment/enclosure N=No copy OFFICIAL RECORD COPY

MEETING ATTENDEES Meeting Between South Carolina Electric and Gas and Nuclear Regulatory Commission July 20, 2011 Chris Allen NRC/SFST John Goshen NRC/SFST Ray Wharton NRC/SFST David Tarantino NRC/SFST Michael Waters NRC/SFST Daniel Forsyth NRC/RES Clyde Morell NRC/SFST Jimmy Chang NRC/SFST Jon Woodfield NRC/SFST Michel Call NRC/SFST Jennifer Davis (via telecon) NRC/SFST Robert Carrion (via telecom) NRC/Region II Tammy Morin Holtec International Robert Tindal Holtec International Beth Quattlebaum SCE&G/SCANA Wayne Stuart SCE&G/SCANA B.L. Thompson SCE&G/SCANA Roy Russell SCE&G/SCANA Mike Sitsch SCE&G/SCANA Joe Andrescavage SCE&G/SCANA Carlyn Green Ux Consulting Company, LLC Tom Clements Friends of the Earth Maureen Conley Platts/McGraw-Hill Enclosure 1

AGENDA General License ISFSI Presentation, NRC Docket 72-1038 Meeting Between South Carolina Electric and Gas and Nuclear Regulatory Commission July 20, 2011

• Plant Background Information

• Project Responsibilities

• Loading Plan

• Storage Technology

• Site Selection/Layout

• Major Tasks

• Hazards Analysis

• Fuel Handling Crane Upgrades

• Key Milestones

• Closing Remarks

• Adjourn Enclosure 2

SCE&G Pre-Application Meeting Slides Enclosure 3