ML15224B200
| ML15224B200 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Oconee, Catawba, 05000000 |
| Issue date: | 08/30/1988 |
| From: | Bell M NRC OFFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY & SAFEGUARDS (NMSS) |
| To: | NRC OFFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY & SAFEGUARDS (NMSS) |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 8809060288 | |
| Download: ML15224B200 (3) | |
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MJB/DUKE POWER AUG 3 0 1988 DOCKET.NO.
50-269/270/287 and 50-413/414 LICENSEE:
Duke Power Company FACILITY:
Catawba Nuclear Station, Units 1 and 2
SUBJECT:
SUMMARY
OF JULY 22, 1988, MEETING WITH DUKE POWER COMPANY ON ITS DESIGN FOR DRY STORAGE OF SPENT FUEL On July 22, 1988, the NRC staff (H. Thompson, D. Collins and M. Bell) met with Duke Power Company (DPC) representatives (K. Canady, M. Birch, J.
Hampton, M. McIntosh, N. Rutherford, A. Hagi, G. Snipes, and R.
Rasmussen) to discuss the current status of system-wide spent fuel storage and plans for dry cask storage at the Oconee Nuclear Station.
A copy of DPC's viewgraphs are enclosed. The items discussed were:
security measures for an independent spent fuel storage installation (ISFSI) as compared to a reactor; compatibility of the DPC's storage canister with the Department of Energy (DOE) shipping cask designs; and credit for fuel burnup in cask design as it relates to a transportation accident.
Following the meeting, the NRC staff visited the Catawba site. They observed measures employed to segregate waste at its source into radioactive and non-radioactive, equipment used for sorting dry, possibly-contaminated waste, and compactors used for packaging these wastes. Some dry wastes are also sent to an off-site contractor for "super-compaction."
The staff also observed laundry facilities for both wet and dry-cleaning of contaminated clothing.
Evaporation is used only for cleanup and recycle of primary coolant through the letdown system while liquid radwastes are filtered and demineralized. As a result, very little liquid waste is solidified for disposal.
Ion-exchange resins are dewatered and packaged for shipment offsite. Both bead and powdered resins are used in the plant. Steam generator blowdown is processed by filtration and demineralization in powdered-resin beds at a rate of 120 gpm. Percent failed fuel has been only approximately 0.01%. Processing and solidification services are 8609060288 880q330 PDR ADOCK 05000269 Y
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-2 provided by a vendor, Chem-Nuclear Services, Inc. who has a full-time representative at the site. A major expansion of the radwaste treatment system, designated as the Monitor Tank Building, has just been completed.
This provides considerable additional liquid radwaste treatment capacity.
griginal Signed by MICHAEL J. BEIL Michael J. Bell, Chief Regulatory Branch Division of Low-Level Waste Management and Decommissioning Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards
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DATED:
July 22, 1988 Facility: Catawba Nuclear Station, Units 1 and 2 Docket File PDR PD11-3 Reading D. Matthews M. Rood D. Hood K. Jabbour OGC-WF E. Jordan B. Grimes M. Bell J. Greeves M. Knapp P. Lohaus J. Surmeier R. Bernero H. Thompson J. Funches NMSS Dir/rf NMSS r/f LLRB r/f Central File ACRS (10)
Catawba Plant File