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Summary of 930115 Meeting W/Util Re Initial Discussions of Options for Sf Storage at Plant If Rulemaking Allowing Use of Pacific Sierra VSC-24 Storage Cask Not Completed in Time to Support 1993 Refueling Outage
ML18058B688
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Site: Palisades Entergy icon.png
Issue date: 03/01/1993
From: Masciantonio A
Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
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Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
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NUDOCS 9303100093
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D. C. 20555 March 1, 1993 LICENSEE:

Consumers Power Company FACILITY:

Palisades Nuclear Plant

SUBJECT:

MEETING

SUMMARY

- SPENT FUEL STORAGE OPTIONS The NRC staff met with representatives of Consumers Power Company (CPCo) on January 15, 1993, for initial discussions of options for spent fuel storage at Palisades if the rulemaking allowing the use of the Pacific Sierra VSC-24*

storage cask is not completed in time to support the 1993 refueling outage.

The meeting was attended by staff from NRR, Region Ill, and NMSS.

A list of attendees is shown in Enclosure 1 and the material presented by the licensee is provided as Enclosure 2.

Among the options presented by the licensee were spent fuel consolidation, reracking a portion of the spent fuel, the use of temporary racks in unused portions of the spent fuel pool, the use of approved storage/shipping containers, and off-site shipment of spent fuel.

Most of these options require a license amendment, design changes or agreements with other utilities and agencies.

In presenting these options, the licensee asked for staff comments on the perceived difficulty and risks associated with each.

The licensee stated that approval of the VSC-24 prior to May 1 is the preferred course of action to assure that space is available for refueling. If the rulemaking is completed by May 1, 1993, a 24-hour per day loading schedule will be required to load two casks and place the new fuel into the spent fuel pool.

Approval after that date could impact the combined 1994 refueling outage and 10-year inservice inspection. A decision to select one of the options is required in the near future.

The licensee was reassured that issuance of the rule would remain a top priority with the staff. With release of the proprietary information by the cask manufacturer, the Federal Register notice was published on February 21, 1993, to provide a 30-day extension of the public comment period in the rulemaking.

The staff stated that it was its intent to meet the May 1 target

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M. I. Mil 1 er, Esquire Sidley & Austin 54th Floor One First National Plaza Chicago, Illinois 60603 Mr. Thomas A. McNish, Secretary Consumers Power Company 212 West Michigan Avenue Jackson, Michigan 49201 Judd L. Bacon, Esquire Consumers Power Company 212 West Michigan Avenue Jackson, Michigan 49201 Regional Administrator, Region III U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 799 Roosevelt Road Glen Ellyn, Illinois 60137 Jerry Sarno Township Supervisor Covert Township 36197 M-140 Highway Covert, Michigan 49043 Office of the Governor Room 1 - Capitol Building Lansing, Michigan 48913 Mr. Patrick M. Donnelly, Director Safety and Licensing Palisades Plant 27780 Blue Star Memorial Highway Covert, Michigan 49043 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Resident Inspector Office Palisades Plant 27782 Blue Star Memorial Highway Covert, Michigan 49043 Palisades Plant Nuclear Facilities and Environmental Monitoring Section Office Division of Radiological Health Department of Public Health 3423 N. Logan Street P. 0. Box 30195 Lansing, Michigan 48909 Gerald Charnoff, Esquire Shaw, Pittman, Potts and Trowbridge 2300 N Street, N. W.

Washington DC 20037 Alora Davis Committment Tracking System Coordinator Palisades Plant Consumers Power Company 27780 Blue Star Memorial Hwy.

Covert, Michigan 49043-9530 Mr. Gerald B. Slade Plant General Manager Palisades Plant Consumers Power Company 27780 Blue Star Memorial Highway Covert, Michigan 49043

I ii DATE:

January 15, 1993 LOCATION:

OWFN MEETING ATTENDANCE PLANT (DOCKET NO.): Palisades, 50-255 PURPOSE:

Discuss Options for Spent Fuel Storage NAME Pat Donnelly Jim Heller John Massey Bud Gerling Bill Lee Roger Sinderman Dick Smedley Paul J. Klaskowski Ross Chappell Nancy Osgood Armand Masciantonio Paul Lohaus John A. Zwolinski L. B. Marsh Michael Raddatz Charles J. Haughney Frank A. Costanzi Guy A. Arlotta Fritz Sturz Doris M. Liao George Goralski AFFILIATION cpco NRC/RIII/SRI SNC CPCo SNC CPCo cpco CPCo NRC/Transportation Br.

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NRC/NRR NRR/NMSS NRR/ADRIII NRR/PDIII-1 NRR NRC/NMSS NRC/RES NRC/NMSS NRC/NMSS NRC/PDill-1 CPCo Enclosure I

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l' Starting Assumptions

1.

Certificate of Compliance will not be issued in time to support 93 Refout; but, issuance will occur soon thereafter.

2.

93 Refout will commence 6-4-93.

3.

10 year ISI scheduled for 94 Refout can be postponed.

4.

currently approved DFS systems not available for use for same reason as VSC-24.

Options under consideration

1.

11 x 11 Rack Reinstallation Removal.

a.

Temporary rack in South Tilt Pit

b.

Re-rack Spent Fuel Pool

c.

Fuel consolidation

2.

Off-site shipment.

3.

Combined temporary usage of shipping casks and MSB.

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- Potential impact on 1 94 Refout

- None, post~ =1-1.5 Yrs.

ref out

- Potential impact on 1 94 Refout

- None post

=17 mos. to ref out mobilize

- Potential

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=20 mos. to impact remove llxll Licensing Needs Assumptions

- CPCo requires

- No gross mechanical licensing damage during actions complete removal/storage for recovery in unheated bldg plan prior to llxll option implementation

- Need to clarify NRC commitment

- T.S. Change

- SxlO rack reusable

  • Criticality or new one readily
  • Seismic available
  • Thermal-Hyd
  • Structural
  • Radiological
  • Inventory Loss

- T.S. Change

- Racks already high

  • Criticality density - assumes
  • Seismic higher densif i-
  • Thermal-Hyd cation possible
  • structural
  • Radiological

- T.S. Change

- Consolidation may

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  • Seismic rack installed
  • Thermal-Hyd

- SFP design will

  • structural support
  • Radiological consolidation
  • Heavy Load (eg, load, dose,

- Long-term issue heat load, etc.)

for DOE acceptance

Likelibood Potential for Licensing opt~on ot Success Ref out Duration Needs Assumptions I

Extension I

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=12-16 Wies NRC Concurrence GE will agree Shipmen~

  • Approve route to fuel swap I

- State of MI

- Shipping cask.

emergency compatible with authorization Palisades for shipment facilities Notice of trans-

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