ML19259B571

Ack Receipt of Encl from Mr & Mrs Russart Re Storage of Spent Fuel at Haven Plant.Safety Evaluation & Eia Re Mod of Spent Fuel Storage at Kewaunee Encl

ML19259B571
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Site:	Kewaunee
Issue date:	01/17/1979
From:	Gossick L NRC OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR OPERATIONS (EDO)
To:	Proxmire W SENATE
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c The Honorable William Proxmire United States Senate Washington, D. C. 20510

Dear Senator Proxmire:

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRt') Staff has reviewed the letter of November la,1978 fren fir. and firs. Raymond Russart, Route 2, Sheboygan, Wisconsin 53081.

The following comnents are provided in response.

The Russarts have expressed concern over the storage of spent nuclear fuel at the Haven plant, in particular, Ariendment 15 which would allow increased fuel storage capability at Hatr.

All nuclear plants have the capability for storage of spent nuclear fuel.

The safety of such storage is carefully evaluated and monitored by the NRC to assure the protection of public heal th and safety.

As a result of 'ne current national posture not to reprocess spent nuclear f Jel, additional storage capacity is required to provide interir.. storage until pemanent high level waste storage facilities are established.

The increased capacity proposed for Haven would have negligible safety significance and approval of such fuel storage expansion is given only if all appropriate safety criteria are met and if environnental inpacts are judged acceptable.

As an example of the procedures being followed for review of the proposed Haven fuel storage expansion, I am enclosing a copy of the NRC Staff's Safety Evaluation and Environmental Impact Appraisal relating to modification of the spent fuel storage pool at the Kewaunee Huclear Power Plant. Our review addressed all important aspects of the licensee's request for an increase in the spent fuel pool storage capacity.

These documents identify the issues reviewed by the Staff and pro-vide the basis for the conclusion that such an increase is consistent with our requirements for the protection of public health and safety and will not adversely affect the environ-ment. You will find a summary of the safety evaluation on pages 11 and 12 of that report and a summary of the environ-mental analysis on page 19 of that document.

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Ke..aunee Safety Evaluation f.eport 2.

Kewaunee Envirormental Impact Appraisal 2073 375