ML15217A196
| ML15217A196 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Oconee  |
| Issue date: | 12/07/1998 |
| From: | Essig T NRC (Affiliation Not Assigned) |
| To: | Bunch M SOUTH CAROLINA, STATE OF |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 9812100093 | |
| Download: ML15217A196 (8) | |
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 December 7, 1998 Mary Bunch Wildlife Diversity S.C. Department of Natural Resources P.O. Box 1806 Clemson, SC 29633
Dear Ms. Bunch:
Thank you for your correspondence dated November 18, 1998, related to the scoping process for relicensing of the Oconee Nuclear Station, Units 1, 2 and 3. We would like to clarify the issue that concerned you regarding the extent of the relicensing process. The facility that is being relicensed is the Oconee Nuclear Station located in Oconee County. The Oconee Nuclear Station consists of three individual reactor buildings, a common turbine building and an auxiliary building that serves all three units, in addition to various other office buildings and facilities that are located in the Owner Controlled Area. This is the facility for which Duke Power Company has applied for relicensing. An Exclusion Zone extends at a one-mile radius from the reactor buildings. No residences are permitted within this exclusion zone.
All physical disturbances related to the license renewai refurbishment and relicensing period are limited to areas within the Oconee nuclear site. There are no planned physical disturbances of land outside of the Owner Controlled Area. However, the scoping process for the action of relicensing the Oconee Nuclear Station is not limited to a specific distance from the site. The distance varies depending on the type of impact that is being considered. For example, offsite dose to the population is routinely determined out to a 50-mile radius from the plant.
Socioeconomic effects are considered within the entire Oconee County, as well as neighboring counties such as Seneca, Pickens and Anderson. The potential effects to the plants and animals, including threatened and endangered species, are investigated to the distance that refurbishment or operating activities could cause an effect. This distance will likely be different depending on the different pathways for the potential impact (aquatic releases versus airborne releases) and whether aquatic or terrestrial organisms are being considered, but will not be limited to a one-mile radius of the plant.
In addition, although Duke operates a large network of powerlines and associated rights-of ways, there is only a short (500-foot) section of powerlines within the Oconee site that is within the scope of the relicensing EIS.
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December 7, 1998 We hope this response addresses your concerns. Please feel free to contact us if you have any further questions or comments.
Sincerely, omas H. E
, Acting Chi gcting Chi Generic Issues and Envirion ntal Projects Branch Division of Reactor Program Management Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos. 50-269 50-270 50-287 cc: See next page
December 7, 1998 We hope this response addresses your concerns. Please feel free to contact us if you have any further questions or comments.
Sincerely, Frank Akstulewicz for/
Thomas H. Essig, Acting Chief Generic Issues and Envirionmental Projects Branch Division of Reactor Program Management Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos. 50-269 50-270 50-287 cc: See next page DISTIBUTION: Docket-Files PUBLIC PGEB r/f JRoe/DMatthews TEssig CGrimes RArchitzel JWilson SHoffman RWeis an, OGC Document Name:g:\\jhwl\\schdnr
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Oconee Nuclear Station cense Renewal) cc:
Paul R. Newton, Esquire Duke Energy Corporation Mr. J. E. Burchfield 422 South Church.Street Compliance Manager Mail Stop PB-05E Duke Energy Corporation Charlotte, North Carolina 28201-1006 Oconee Nuclear Site P. 0. Box 1439 J. Michael McGarry, III, Esquire Seneca, South Carolina 29679 Anne W. Cottingham, Esquire Winston and Strawn Ms. Karen E. Long 1400 L Street, NW.
Assistant Attorney General Washington, DC 20005 North Carolina Department of Justice P. 0. Box 629 Mr. Rick N. Edwards Raleigh, North Carolina 27602 Framatome Technologies Suite 525 L. A. Keller 1700 Rockville Pike Manager - Nuclear Regulatory Licensing Rockville, Maryland 20852-1631 Duke Energy Corporation 526 South Church Street Manager, LIS Charlotte, North Carolina 28201-1006 NUS Corporation 2650 McCormick Drive, 3rd Floor Mr. Richard M. Fry, Director Clearwater, Florida 34619-1035 Division of Radiation Protection North Carolina Department of Senior Resident Inspector Environment, Health, and U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Natural Resources 7812B Rochester Highway 3825 Barrett Drive Seneca, South Carolina 29672 Raleigh, North Carolina 27609-7721 Regional Administrator, Region II Gregory D. Robison U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Duke Energy Corporation Atlanta Federal Center Mail Stop EC-12R 61 Forsyth Street, SW, Suite 23T85 P. O. Box 1006 Atlanta, Georgia 30303 Charlotte, North Carolina 28201-1006 Virgil R. Autry, Director Robert L. Gill, Jr.
Division of Radioactive Waste Management Duke Energy Corporation Bureau of Land and Waste Management Mail Stop EC-12R Department of Health and P. 0. Box 1006 Environmental Control Charlotte, North Carolina 28201-1006 2600 Bull Street RLGILL@DUKE-ENERGY.COM Columbia, South Carolina 29201-1708 Douglas J. Walters County Supervisor of Oconee County Nuclear Energy Institute Walhalla, South Carolina 29621 1776 I Street, NW Suite 400 W. R. McCollum, Jr., Vice President Washington, DC 20006-3708 Oconee Site DJW@NEI.ORG Duke Energy Corporation P. 0. Box 1439 Chattooga River Watershed Coalition Seneca, SC 29679 P. 0. Box 2006 Clayton, GA 30525
00 UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 December 7, 1998 Mary Bunch Wildlife Diversity S.C. Department of Natural Resources P.O. Box 1806 Clemson, SC 29633
Dear Ms. Bunch:
Thank you for your correspondence dated November 18, 1998, related to the scoping process for relicensing of the Oconee Nuclear Station, Units 1, 2 and 3. 'Ne would like to clarify the issue that concerned you regarding the extent of the relicensing process. The facility that is being relicensed is the Oconee Nuclear Station located in Oconee County. The Oconee Nuclear Station consists of three individual reactor buildings, a common turbine building and an auxiliary building that serves all three units, in addition to various other office buildings and facilities that are located in the Owner Controlled Area. This is the facility for which Duke Power Company has applied for relicensing. An Exclusion Zone extends at a one-mile radius from the reactor buildings. No residences are permitted within this exclusion zone.
All physical disturbances related to the license renewa, refurbishment and relicensing period are limited to areas within the Oconee nuclear site. There are no planned physical disturbances of land outside of the Owner Controlled Area. However, the scoping process for the action of relicensing the Oconee Nuclear Station is not limited to a specific distance from the site. The distance varies depending on the type of impact that is being considered. For example, offsite dose to the population is routinely determined out to a 50-mile radius from the plant.
Socioeconomic effects are considered within the entire Oconee County, as well as neighboring counties such as Seneca, Pickens and Anderson. The potential effects to the plants and animals, including threatened and endangered species, are investigated to the distance that refurbishment or operating activities could cause an effect. This distance will likely be different depending on the different pathways for the potential impact (aquatic releases versus airborne releases) and whether aquatic or terrestrial organisms are being considered, but will not be limited to a one-mile radius of the plant.
In addition, although Duke operates a large network of powerlines and associated rights-of ways, there is only a short (500-foot) section of powerlines within the Oconee site that is within the scope of the relicensing EIS.
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December 7, 1998 We hope this response addresses your concerns. Please feel free to contact us if you have any further questions or comments.
Sincerely, Lthomas H. Esg, Acting Chi Generic Issues and Envirion ntal Projects Branch Division of Reactor Program Management Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos. 50-269 50-270 50-287 cc: See next page
December 7, 1998 We hope this response addresses your concerns. Please feel free to contact us if you have any further questions or comments.
Sincerely, Frank Akstulewicz for/
Thomas H. Essig, Acting Chief Generic Issues and Envirionmental Projects Branch Division of Reactor Program Management Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos. 50-269 50-270 50-287 cc: See next page DISTIBUTION: Docket Files RUBLIG PGEB r/f JRoe/DMatthews TEssig CGrimes RArchitzel JWilson SHoffman RWeis an, OGC Document Name:g:\\jhwl\\schdnr 7
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-Oconee Nuclear Station (License Renewal) cc:
Paul R. Newton, Esquire Duke Energy Corporation Mr. J. E. Burchfield 422 South ChurchStreet Compliance Manager Mail Stop PB-05E Duke Energy Corporation Charlotte, North Carolina 28201-1006 Oconee Nuclear Site P. 0. Box 1439 J. Michael McGarry, III, Esquire Seneca, South Carolina 29679 Anne W. Cottingham, Esquire Winston and Strawn Ms. Karen E. Long 1400 L Street, NW.
Assistant Attorney General Washington, DC 20005 North Carolina Department of Justice P. 0. Box 629 Mr. Rick N. Edwards Raleigh, North Carolina 27602 Framatome Technologies Suite 525 L. A. Keller 1700 Rockville Pike Manager - Nuclear Regulatory Licensing Rockville, Maryland 20852-1631 Duke Energy Corporation 526 South Church Street Manager, LIS Charlotte, North Carolina 28201-1006 NUS Corporation 2650 McCormick Drive, 3rd Floor Mr. Richard M. Fry, Director Clearwater, Florida 34619-1035 Division of Radiation Protection North Carolina Department of Senior Resident Inspector Environment, Health, and U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Natural Resources 7812B Rochester Highway 3825 Barrett Drive Seneca, South Carolina 29672 Raleigh, North Carolina 27609-7721 Regional Administrator, Region 11 Gregory D. Robison.
U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Duke Energy Corporation Atlanta Federal Center Mail Stop EC-12R 61 Forsyth Street, SW, Suite 23T85 P. 0. Box 1006 Atlanta, Georgia 30303 Charlotte, North Carolina 28201-1006 Virgil R. Autry, Director Robert L. Gill, Jr.
Division of Radioactive Waste Management Duke Energy Corporation Bureau of Land and Waste Management Mail Stop EC-12R Department of Health and P. 0. Box 1006 Environmental Control Charlotte, North Carolina 28201-1006 2600 Bull Street RLGILL@DUKE-ENERGY.COM Columbia, South Carolina 29201-1708 Douglas J. Walters County Supervisor of Oconee County Nuclear Energy Institute Walhalla, South Carolina 29621 1776 I Street, NW Suite 400 VV. R. McCollum, Jr., Vice President Washington, DC 20006-3708 Oconee Site DJW@NEI.ORG Duke Energy Corporation P. 0. Box 1439 Chattooga River Watershed Coalition Seneca, SC 29679 P. 0. Box 2006 Clayton, GA 30525