ML18025B164
| ML18025B164 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Browns Ferry  |
| Issue date: | 10/01/1980 |
| From: | Dircks W NRC OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR OPERATIONS (EDO) |
| To: | Sasser J SENATE |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 8010280140 | |
| Download: ML18025B164 (8) | |
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SCavaaaugh EHughes NStine TIppolito NFilippone - 338 f)ocket Nos, 50<<259 50-260 and 50-296 We wi11 keep you informed of NRC's activities with respect to waste managec'ant at the Browns Ferry Nuc'lear P'lant.
(fe are placing you on the distribution list for correspondence on this subject.
For your information, attached is a summary of TVA's announced plans and actions regarding waste management I hope that this satisfactorily responds to your request.
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-RVollmer DRoss SHanauer The Honorable Jim Sasser United States Senate Hashington, De Ce 20510 RJC1 ar k Dear Senator.
Sasser:
SNorr is I am writing in response to your letter of August 18, l980 regarding a
constituent's litter relating to incineration of low-level waste at the Brogans Ferry Plant.
Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) has announced plans to install incinerators Vor lo>>-level radioactive, waste at Browns Ferry and their other nuclear facilities.
The earliest date pro)ected by TVR to have such equipment operational at Drowns Ferry is 1985.
As yet, the Nuclear Regulatory Corrmission (NRC) does not have an app'lication from TVA for authorization to incinerate loM-level waste.
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ENCLOSURE TVA's Plans for Low-Level Maste The following is a discussion of TYA's plans for low level waste management at Browns Ferry and TVA's other nuclear facilities.
On January 4,
- 1980, TVA issued a press release in which TVA Board Chairman S-David Freeman announced that "TVA will begi n immediately to install facilities to provide complete onsite storage for low-level radioactive waste at the Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant - and all its plants under con-struction."
On January 16,
- 1980, the NRC held a meeting with TVA to discuss this subject, during which it requested that TVA describe their overall plans for low-level waste management.
By letter dated January 21,
- 1980, TYA advised the NRC that "our ultimate objective is to provide for the onsite storage of all low-level radioactive waste generated by each of TYA's nuclear plants and to provide storage through the plant life.
The plan for provi di ng storage for all low-level radioactive waste from.
all TVA nuclear plants has the following three key points:
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Design and construct temporary onsite storage facilities, if required.
2.
Design and construct permanent (life of plant) onsite low-level
. radioacti ve waste storage facilities at each nuclear plant site.
3.
Design and construct low-level radi ohctive waste volume reduction/
solidification at each nuclear plant site. "
Mith respect to item 3 above, TYA plans to construct'an addition to the exi sti ng radioactive waste treatment facility at Browns Ferry to house the proposed volume reduction and solidification equipment.
TVA's conceptual plan is to accomplish the volume reduction by a combination of evaporation and incineration.
TYA expects to start construction of the building addition in the summer of 1981, with completion scheduled for the summer of 1984.
TVA does not expect to install the incinerator in this building until sometime in 1985.
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%bleb infer Nenhfe WASHINGTON,D.C 205 I0 CXN4al f1TCXS s APPROPRIATIONS SUDGEl'OVERNMENT'AL AFFAIRS SELEGI COMMITTEE ON SMALLBUSINESS August 18, 1980 Mr. Carlton Kammerer Director Office of Congressional Affairs Nuclear Regulatory Commission 1717 H Street, N.N.
washington, D.C.
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Dear Carl:
'I am writing to forward a letter which I received
=rom a constituent regarding the Tennessee Valley Authority's proposal to dispose of low-level radio-active wastes at their Brown's Ferry nuclear plant in an incinerator,.
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has responsi-bility for licensing TVA's nuclear plants and it is my understanding that.
NRC will be reviewing this proposal for disposing of the low-level waste gener-ated at the plant.
I would appreciate your keeping me informed of the NRC's activites in regard to consideration of this proposal.
Thank you for your attention t my request.
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