ML13333A485

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Responds to 790910 Second Request for Approval of Routes for Shipments of Spent Fuel from Plant to GE Storage Facility at Morris,Il.Route Approved W/Exception.Route Changed to Bypass Bridges W/Weight Limitations
ML13333A485
Person / Time
Site: San Onofre Southern California Edison icon.png
Issue date: 11/30/1979
From: Mccorkle G
NRC OFFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY & SAFEGUARDS (NMSS)
To: Seaman W
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON CO.
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NUDOCS 8002080186
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NOV o 1979 SGPL:CRH 50-206 Southern California Edison Company ATTN: Mr. William H. Seaman Vice President P.O. Box 800 2244 Walnut Grove Avenue Rosemead, California 91770 Gentlemen:

This is in regard to the resubmittal of your request for approval of routes to be used for shipments of spent fuel from San Onofre Unit 1 to the Ge.neral Electric Company storage facility at Morris, Illinois as contained in your letter of September 10, 1979.

The resubmitted route (enclosure to your September 10, 1979 letter) is judged to meet the regulatory requirements in accordance with 10 CFR Part 73.37 and accordingly is approved except as noted below and on page 7 of the enclosure. Several bridges with posted weight limitations were encountered; therefore, your proposed route has been changed to bypass these bridges. The route overview (strip map), enclosure to this letter, has been prepared to reflect this change.

This -approval'in no way attests to the traffic and highway safety of the route nor Implies an NRC endorsement thereof from a traffic and highway safety standpoint. Also the approval does not guarantee that there will be no local or state legislation applicable to the route that restricts or prohibits the movement of radioactive materials.

During the winter months when inclement weather with accompanying hazardous road conditions can occur with short notice, the appropriate state police should be contacted with regard to road conditions before a shipment commences.

The initial arranqements with local law enforcement agencies along the route, as required by 10 CFR Part 73.37(a)(2), have been completed by the NRC staff.

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Please note that the notification requirements of 10 CFR Part 73.72 for each individual shipment still apply.

Since your proposal contains information of a type specified in 10 CFR Part 2.790(d), it is deemed to be commercial or financial information within the meaning of 10 CFR Part 9.5(a)(4) and shall be subject to disclosure only in accordance with the provisions of 10 CFR Part 9.12. For the same reason, the enclosure to this letter is being withheld.

Sincerely, George W. McCorkle, Chief Physical Security Licensing Branch Division of Safeguards, NMSS

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N 1979 SGPL:CRH 50-206 Southern California Edison Company ATTN: Mr. William H. Seaman Vice President P.O. Box 800 2244 Walnut Grove Avenue Rosemead, California 91770 Gentlemen:

This is in regard to the resubmittal of your request for approval of routes to be used for shipments of spent fuel from San Onofre Unit 1 to the General Electric Company storage facility at Morris, Illinois as contained in your letter of September 10, 1979.

The resubmitted route (enclosure to your September 10, 1979 letter) is judged to meet the regulatory requirements in accordance with 10 CFR Part 73.37 and accordingly is approved except as noted below and on page 7 of the enclosure. Several bridges with posted weight limitations were encountered; therefore, your proposed route has been changed to bypass these bridges. The route overview (strip map), enclosure to this letter, has been prepared to reflect this change.

This approval in no way attests to the traffic and highway safety of the route nor implies an NRC endorsement thereof from a traffic and highway safety standpoint. Also the approval does not guarantee that there will be no local or state legislation applicable to the route that restricts or prohibits the movement of radioactive materials.

During the winter months when inclement weather with accompanying hazardous road conditions can occur with short notice, the appropriate state police should be contacted with regard to road conditions before a shipment commences.

The initial arrangements with local law enforcement agencies along the route, as required by 10 CFR Part 73.37(a)(2), have been completed by the NRC staff.

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  • .2 Data relating to these arrangements and a copy of the approved route are enclosed. This information is to be incorporated into your shipment plan and provided to your carrier along with instructions regarding its use.

Please note that the notification requirements of 10 CFR Part 73.72 for each individual shipment still apply.

Since your proposal contains information of a type specified in 10 CFR Part 2.790(d), it is deemed to be commercial or financial information within the meaning of 10 CFR Part 9.5(a)(4) and shall be subject to disclosure only in accordance with the provisions of 10 CFR Part 9.2. For the same reason, the enclosure to this letter is being withheld.

Sincerely, George W. McCorkle, Chief Physical Security Licensing Branch Division of Safeguards, NMISS

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