ML18017B407
| ML18017B407 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Harris  |
| Issue date: | 06/09/1981 |
| From: | Eisenhut D Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
| To: | Carmelita Adams AFFILIATION NOT ASSIGNED |
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50-400/401/402/403 Nr. Christopher John Adams, Secretary The Orange County Democratic Party Box 142 Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27614
Dear trtr. Adams:
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DATEP By letter, dated Nay 8, 1981, you sent to the Office of the Chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission a resolution passed by the Orange County Democratic Party fn opposition to nuclear power and to the construction of the Shearon Harris Nuclear Power Plant.
We appreciate the concerns raised fn the resolution and would like to provide the following comments relating to them.
The resolution states that a nuclear power plant threatens the public health and safety.
The Nuclear Regulatory Cormfssfon (NRC), in its review of applications for licenses to const'ruct and operate nuclear power plants, is required to consider, among other things, those measures necessary for the protection of the public's health and safety.
To carry out this responsibility, the NRC staff conducts detailed reviews of each nuclear power plant applfcation in a two stage licensing process.
The first stage is completed prfor to the granting of a construction permit and the second stage is completed prior to authorizing an operating license.
In the case of the Shearon Harris Plant, such a detailed review was performed and completed prior to granting the construction permits for the plant.
The plant fs currently under construction and the Carolina Power 5 Light Company (applicant) has
, submitted an application for operating licenses.
The NRC staff will perform the second stage oF fts detailed review prior to authorizing operating licenses for the plant.
This process will start after a determination has been made that the application fs sufficiently complete to initiate the detailed review.
The resolution states that a nuclear power plant produces radioactive waste materfals for which no safe disposal exists.
Operation oF a nuclear power plant does result in radioactive materials which require safe storage or disposal.
These can be categorized into high-level (e.g.,
spent fuel) and low-level (e.g., protective clothing and cleaning rags) radioactive materials.
Storage facilities for low-level wastes currently do exist and include those located at Beatty, Nevada and Barnwell, South Carolina.
For high-level wastes, the Department of Energy has the responsibility for providing facilities for the storage and/or disposal of this material.
Based on current plans, a permanent offsfte storage facility for spent fuel will not be available prior to 1990.
In order to accommodate the number of spent fuel elements that will accumulate until a permanent offsite storage facility fs available, various utilities are increasing the capacity of their onsite spent fuel storage facilities.
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~~g 0 g )9Q The applicant for the Shearon Harris Plant is planning on expanding the capacity of the onsite spent fuel storage facilities for the plant and has described the design of the expanded facilities in its application for operating licenses.
The NRC staff will review this design as part of its detailed review of the application.
In the resolution, reference is made to alternative sources of energy in place of nuclear power.
The resolution also states that a nuclear plant poses an unnecessary burden on the customers of a utility.
This is a matter that was evaluated during our review of the Shearon Harris Plant prior to authorizing construction.
At that time, the NRC staff determined that when the total
- costs, including the operating costs as well as the construction costs, of a plant at Shearon Harris are considered, the total costs of a nuclear plant would be lower than for other alternatives.
This evaluation was included in the staff's Final Environmental Statement and was presented to the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board during the hearing process.
Following the hearing, the Board issued a decision in which it concluded that the total costs of a nuclear plant would be lower than for other alternatives.
This decision was later affirmed by the Atomic Safety and Licensing Appeal Board.
I am pleased to have had this opportunity to respond to your letter.
Sincerely, Darrell G. Eisenhut, Director Division of Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation SEE PREVIOUS CONCURRENCE.
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Christo er John Adams The applican for the Shearon Harris Plant is planning on e anding the capacity of the onsite ent fuel storage facilities for the plant nd has described the design of th expanded facilities in its applicatio or operating licenses.
The NRC staff will eview this design as part of its d ailed review of the application.
In the resolution, refer ce is made to alternativ sources of energy in place of nuclear power.
The res ution also states th a nuclear plant poses an unnecessary (costf) burden oh the customers of utility.
This is a matter that was evaluated during our 'iew of the S
aron Harris Plant prior to authorizing construction.
At thaQtime, the/IRC staff determined that when the total costs, including the oper+ting c Its as well as the construction
- costs, of a plant at Shearon Harris h~q c nsidered, the total costs of a nuclear plant would be lower than for o er alternatives.
This evaluation was included in the staff's Final Envi on ntal Statement, and was presented to the Atomic Safety and Licensing Bq rd du,fng the hearing process.
Following the hearing, the Board issued a decPkion in wgch it concluded that the total costs of a nuclear plant would be ower than fog other alternatives.
This decision was later affirmed by t Atomic Safety>
d Licensing Appeal Board.
I am pleased to have had this pportunity to respond t,
your letter.
Sincer ely, Darrell G. Eisenhut, Directo~
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