ML18016A998
| ML18016A998 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Harris  |
| Issue date: | 06/23/1999 |
| From: | Travers W NRC OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR OPERATIONS (EDO) |
| To: | Helms J SENATE |
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 June 23, 1999 The Honorable Jesse Helms United States Senate Washington, D.C. 20510
Dear Senator Helms:
I am responding to your letter of May 26, 1999, to Dennis K. Rathbun, Director of the U.S.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission's (NRC's) Office of Congressional Affairs. In your letter, you requested that the NRC look into a situation at the Shearon Harris Nuclear Power Plant (HNP) described in a letter dated April 19, 1999, that you received from Herman Jaffe.
Mr. Jaffe raised concerns about the proposal by Carolina Power & Light Company (CP8 L), the licensee for HNP, to increase the spent fuel storage capacity at HNP. The status of the NRC's review of this issue is described below.
On December 23, 1998, CP&L submitted an amendment application to the NRC to increase its spent fuel storage capacity by placing two additional spent fuel pools in service.
On February 12, 1999, the Board of Commissioners of Orange County, North Carolina (BCOC),
requested a hearing on the application.
On May 13, 1999, the NRC's Atomic Safety and Licensing Board (ASLB), which was established to preside over the proceeding, convened a prehearing conference in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, to consider whether BCOC's request should be granted.
The ASLB's decision is pending.
'I The NRC staff's technical review of CP&L's application is ongoing. The NRC staff intends to hold a public meeting in the vicinityof HNP in the next few months to discuss the status of its technical review and to provide members of the public an opportunity to express their concerns.
Details on this meeting willbe provided to the public when they are finalized.
Mr. Jaffe also expressed concerns about HNP becoming a target for terrorist activity. The NRC staff periodically assesses the ability of licensees to respond to external threats.
From September 8 through 11, 1998, the NRC staff performed an Operational Safeguards
Response
Evaluation at HNP to assess the licensee's ability to respond to a design basis threat.
In its report of April 12, 1999, on this evaluation, the NRC staff concluded that "the protective strategy
/~01 for Harris was being effectively implemented and that the response force demonstrated excellent capabilities in protecting public health and safety against the NRC design basis threat."
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The Honorable J. Helms lfyou would like additional information, please contact me.
Sincerely, William D. Travers Executive Director for Operations Docket No. 50-400 cc: See next page
Car'olina Power 8 Light Company Shearon Harris Nuclear Power Plant Unit 1 CC:
Mr. William D. Johnson Vice President and Corporate Secretary Carolina Power 8 Light Company' Post Office Box 1551 Raleigh, North Carolina 27602 Resident Inspector/Harris /PS c/o U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 5421 Shearon Harris Road New Hill, North Carolina 27562-9998 Ms. Karen E. Long Assistant Attorney General State of North Carolina'ost Office Box 629 Raleigh, North Carolina 27602.
Public Service Commission State of South Carolina Post Office Drawer Columbia, South Carolina 29211 Mr. Mel Fry, Director Division ofRadiation Protection N.C. Department of Environment and Natural Resources 3825 Barrett Dr.
Raleigh, North Carolina 27609-7721 Mr. Terry C. Morton Manager Performance Evaluation and Regulatory Affairs,CPB 7 Carolina Power 8 Light Company Post Office Box 1551 Raleigh, North Carolina 27602-1551 Mr. Bo Clark Plant General Manager - Harris Plant Carolina Power 8 Light Company Shearon Harris Nuclear Power Plant P.O.,Box 165 New Hill, North Carolina 27562-0165 Mr. John H. O'eill, Jr.
Shaw, Pittman, Potts 8 Trowbridge 2300 N Street, NW.
Washington, DC 20037-1128 Mr. Chris L. Burton Director of Site Operations Carolina Power & Light Company Shearon Harris Nuclear Power Plant Post Office Box 165, MC: Zone 1
New Hill, North Carolina 27562-01.65 Mr. Robert P. Gruber Executive Director Public Staff NCUC Post Office Box 29520 Raleigh, North Carolina 27626 Chairman of the North Carolina Utilities Commission Post Office Box 29510, Raleigh, North Carolina 27626-')510 Mr. Vernon Malone, Chairman Board of County Commissioners of Wake County P. O. Box 550 Raleigh, North Carolina 27602 Mr. Richard H. Givens, Chairman Board of County Commissioners of Chatham County P. O. Box 87 Pittsboro, North Carolina 27312 Ms. Donna B. Alexander, Manager Regulatory Affairs Carolina Power 8 Light Company Shearon Harris Nuclear Power Plant P.O. Box 165, Mail Zone 1
New Hill, NC 27562-0165 Mr. Johnny H. Eads, Supervisor, Licensing/Regulatory Programs Carolina Power 8 Light Company Shearon HaIris Nuclear Power Plant
. P.O. Box165, MailZone1 New Hill, NC 27562-0165 Ms. Diane Curran Harmon, Curran, Spielberg, and Eisenberg, L.L.P.
1726 M Street NW., Suite 600 Washington, DC 20036
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