ML18031A045
| ML18031A045 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Susquehanna  |
| Issue date: | 12/13/1978 |
| From: | Harold Denton Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
| To: | Shortz S AFFILIATION NOT ASSIGNED |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 7812180398 | |
| Download: ML18031A045 (4) | |
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VAMoore This is in i esponse to your letter of NovmllN II, 'ip70, to the Secretary of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission concerning storage of spent power reactor fuel at the Susquehanna Steam Electric Stat~on.
Storage facilities for approximately 1900 spent fuel assemblies were authorized by the Comission in the construction permits for Units 1
and 2.
These.facilities are being constructed in the reactor building.
The storage capacity thus provided would accommodate approximately two and one-half reactor cores since each core would contair 764 fuel assembl ies.
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Irradiated spent fuel must remain in safe storage on site after removal fromi the reactor until the radioactivity and thermal levels within.the fuel have declined to.those for which the shipping packages ave licensed.
Typical storage intevvals for this purpose are in the range of 90 to 150 days.
NRC does not set a maximum limit on the length of time spent fuel can remain at the plant; however, the available storage capacity does impose a practical limitation.
The Pennsylvania Power and Light Company s
present schedule is for.startup of Unit 1 it) Hay 1900 and startup of Unit 2 in November 1901.
Assuming operation at 00 percent capacity <actor and replacement of one-quarter of each core every 10 months thereafter, the spent fuel storage facility on site would bo full by August 1900 unless some of the spent'fuel is shipped elsewhere.
- However, we. understand that plans for expand'ion of its capacity are being formulated by the licensee.
tihen a.request is veceived for amendment of the construction permits relative to>this matter, the.NRC will review the details to assure. that the hea l1)r and'safety of the pub'lic are protected Additional power reactor spent fuel storage is eventually expected to become available at facilities which will be provided f'r a fee by the Department of Enevgy, in accordance with its policy announcement in
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Further details are, provided in~the Draft Environmental Impact Statement on Storage of U. S. Spent Power Reactor Fuel (DOE/EIS<<0015-0),
which can
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M. H. Pennington, Mail Station E>>201; U. S.
Department of Energy, Washington, D. C... 20545.
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