ML19029A660

Township of Lower Alloways Creek, Memorandum in Support of Contentions

ML19029A660
Person / Time
Site:	Salem
Issue date:	05/17/1978
From:	Horner W Lower Alloways Creek Township, NJ
To:	Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
References
Download: ML19029A660 (7)

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e* .e UNI rJ:D S'l'ATi':; np AHl"£HICA NUCLEAR Hf\GULAJ\*.1y COr'.IHSHIOJ.r 5/ti-/;tc?

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'Jree~ ( 1'Town~hi p") petitioned the Nuclear :1.e~ula tory . !

Comriission ( "NRC") for leave to int~rvene in th~ rintter of the exp:insion of the capacity of the soent fi1el rool Ht Salerri Unit No! 1. 'I'hi~J petition lnclwi.etl. eleven coritentlons -0f the ~ownship.

Ori April 26, 1979, the Atomic 3nfety and Llcensin~

Board ls~uad ff*Nemorartdu~ and Order settin~ for~h its views re.cr;.qrclino; the acceptE'\.1)111.ty of t}1.ese cont~ntionn.

The present Mem~ran~um is intende~ to clarify certain

,, of the Township r. s contetjtlons and to dP.rionstri::i. te their import n.rid. relevance in .the current Droceeflinp,s. *! '

Contention *2.: Iri this Contention, the ~owns~ip holds to the ~t~w that Public Service ~lectric and Gas Company

("Licensee") has not set forth in its submissions to th9 I

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• • '*.* NRG prerii~~l~ "t>That 1 ts lntf~ntions nre reo:f.\rdinp; t'he

• utilization '.:of the proposed expanded spent. fu~l. p'ool.

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It .*sn*oµld be emphasized that the NHC lic~ns tn>>:

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f.lfe NRC, i1cen~ins:i.: process con'siqers not onl;y-. th.e need for: a ..facility and 1 ts utilization,* but ql$o- l ts

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at the* enri of its useful. llfe. '

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the pe$l-sop why

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the. NHC requires a qec9mmisslontn~

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'1* .hecom8' 'avail.able." ( SinphE\S 1 s added,.}

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• Sp¢nt'fue1 pools are facilities l1 rhich are tr8,cl1.,..

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tionaly *Rnd -"by desi~n internled for .the t'8Mporary stora15e.:tj:f'-sp~nt f*ltel, ___ .It is not clflar thRt. the

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._:L~c~ns,_e~: d:oe~ pot ~.nten"cl to le1?.ve open the -~fl.t1on of

• ret:~1nihg :spe~t fuei in the pool ~:..ieri" at_ 13. tim~* wh'3n

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'1Tnich shou.1,d *be care fully examined .

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. ' re*quest~Ci::.amendment by the foll.qwin.e; condition, the

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CC?,n~.entlon* 4;'* - Tf!.e st~te~ent re.r;ardlntr, thiq *contention in the J)o~1;d 1 ..s V¢rnor1;tndum anrl Order of Apr,tl ~6, 197~>.,

that 11 Nll,(~ nas* al,re~dy reviewed tne extent.to which spent fue.~ :Q'an- be stored in* the pool .*for the. len(5th of i  :. .

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ti!"le regueste*ri, ** *" (empha.sis adoed) is dif'flcult for the Township to co!'1preh~md.. The HRC could not p6ssibl~ have resolved this question at earlier pro-ceed1.n~s 6rtthe Licensee's Construction Permit or Operatin.o:: License, since the currently proposed 'spent fuel pool loading and stora~e perio~ were not contem-plated at: the time of the earlier proceedln~s.

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• Construc_ti_o~ Fermi t or Opera tin.3 ttcense s tar:e ,* this 6ontentloh would hR~e been disallowed as'pertainln~

to a util1zation of the facility which was not con-templated no~ sought by the applicant. Thus any con-sideration of stora~e beyon~ the usual one-year periort l'Tas beyond* the seope, uncontested and superflnous Rt an earlier time. Had the Licensee planped or irttended to store tu~l beyond the usual one-year period, it

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Clearly, the .o;ran,t1'h~ of a 40 year Opera tirir.r, License for Salem Unit No. 1 ct.iri not autonatically carry with.it any sort of provision for the stora~e of fuel for 40 years, since stora~e beyonri the usual onl"l-year period was not envisioned or requested at the

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~ssue ts. 'S.imp~;y *as follows: In the 'ev~nt of*** a LOCA, with the fltei.. pool* rut1 -.

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r.z:rotip Of ass~rnbl+es, 1-lill' there be SU ff le ~ent qoo.J in:7;

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