ML13255A450

Email from D. Logan, NRR to B. Grange, NRR

ML13255A450
Person / Time
Site:	Columbia
Issue date:	07/03/2012
From:	Logan D Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
To:	Briana Grange Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
References
FOIA/PA-2013-0265
Download: ML13255A450 (1)

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w Craver, Patti From: Logan, Dennis Sent: Tuesday, July 03, 2012 9:49 AM To: Grange, Briana

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Paula also found a contract indicating that NMFS actually paid part of the costs for the intake structure!

From: Balsam, Briana Sent: Tuesday, July 03, 2012 9:40 AM To: Logan, Dennis

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Great information! This should definitely be helpful for the call.

From: Logan, Dennis Sent: Tuesday, July 03, 2012 9:39 AM To: Susco, Jeremy; Subin, Lloyd; Balsam, Briana Cc: Krieg, Rebekah; Cooper, Paula; Klementowicz, Stephen

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All, Paula Cooper, Becky Krieg, and I did some background research on the history of NRC and NMFS coordination on protecting salmonids at Columbia Generating Station. The results are attached. Note that the name of the plant, the name of NMFS, the name of NRC, and the owner of the plant have all changed over this history.

NMFS has been involved in the design and monitoring of the Columbia Generating Station's intake structure since the beginning (1970 or 1971). Due partially to NMFS's concerns, WPPSS (the owner before Energy Northwest) changed the original design of the intake structure from an infiltration system (designed to minimize effects on salmonids) to the present perforated cylinders oriented parallel to the river flow (also designed to protect salmonids). Twice in the past, NMFS proposed monitoring programs to test the efficacy of the intake structure design, and WPPSS performed the monitoring first in 1979 and 1980 and then in 1985. All monitoring tests showed no entrainment or impingement of salmonids at the intake structure.

I thought this would be useful information for today's call.

Dennis I