ML19259B892
| ML19259B892 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Callaway  |
| Issue date: | 04/10/1979 |
| From: | Gossick L NRC OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR OPERATIONS (EDO) |
| To: | Eagleton T SENATE |
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D. Vassallo Docket Files (STN 50-483/486)
ED0 Reading R. Boyd J. Yore, ASLB NRC PDR LWR #3 File Attorney, ELD IE (3)
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The honoracle Thor:.as F. Eagleton
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3 United States Senate E. Hughes D. Bunch Washington, D. C.
2C510 B. Moore R. DeYoung
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E. Licitra R. Mattson M. Rushbrook D. Ross In accordance with your request of Parch 7,1979, I am pleased to provide you with the information you requested regarding the Callaway plant which is uncer construction in Callaway County, Missouri.
In your letter you state that you recently received a letter frct a Er. Richard Lauf regarding a number of concerns which you have not identified.
However, you do state that Pr. Lauf is interested in having a report on the progress of the Callaway plant. You also request a sumnary of the Nuclear Regulatory Cerrission's (NkC) involverent with the Callaway plant which can be provided for Mr. Lauf's inf err:ation.
In respense to your recuest, we are providing the information requested in tw separete enclcsures, which are attached, so that you may provice thet as infort'ation in your response to Fr. Lauf's letter. The first enciesure, entitled "Sumary cf Progress of Callaway Plant," provides summary inforr..ation on the Callaway plant, including a brief description of the plant, the key milestone cates for our involvement in the review of the construction permit application, the status cf construction, the plans for submittal of an application for operating licenses, and the role of the hP.C inspectier, a:4 entarcement progran during construction and operation of a nuclear power plant. The seconc enclosure, entitled "Tne Reactor Licensing Process",
provides core detailed infernation regarding the NRC's role in tbc licensing and regulation of nuclear power plants.
Thark ycu for the opportunity to provide this infcreation in response te your request.
If you would like further inferraation on the Callaway plant, please let us know.
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Sutr+ry of Progress of UI 2.
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9 ENCLOSURE 1
SUMMARY
OF PROGRESS OF CALLAWAY PLANT The Callaway Plant, Units 1 and 2, which is under construction in Callaway County, Missouri, is one of the four Standardized Nuclear Unit Power Plant System (SNUPPS) standard plants which were reviewed under the NRC's standardization policy using the duplicate plant option. The other three SNUPPS plants are Wolf Creek (Coffey County, Kansas), Tyrone (Dunn County, Wisconsin) and Sterling (Cayuga County, New York). The duplicate plant option allows for a simultaneous review of the safety-related parameters of a limited number of duplicate plants which are to be constructed within a limited time span at a multiplicity of sites. The Union Electric Company is the applicant for the Callaway application.
A common SNUPPS Preliminary Safety Analysis Report (PSAR) was submitted in support of the applications for the four SNUPPS plants.
The SNUPPS PSAR describes the standard portion of each plant, including the nuclear steam supply system and associated support systems and structures up to and including the steam and power conversion system. The nuclear steam supply system for each unit will be a four loop pressurized water reactor, rated at 3425 thermal megawatts (1150 electrical megawatts), to be supplied by the Westinghouse Electric Corporation (RESAR-3 Consolidated Ve rsion). The architect / engineer for the standard portion of the SNUPPS plants outside the scope of the nuclear steam supply system is the Bechtel Power Corporation. The General Electric Company will supply the turbine generator for each unit.
A separate PSAR Addendum Report was also submitted in support of the Callaway application.
The PSAR Addendum Report describes the portions of the plant outside the scope of the SNUPPS PSAR (i.e., site-related and applicant-related aspects, such as offsite power, ultimate heat sink and emergency planning).
In addition, an Environmental Report was submitted providing an evaluation of the environmental impact of the Callaway plant.
A description of the Reactor Licensing Process, which was followed for the construction permit review of the Callaway plant, is provided in Enclosure 2.
The key milestone dates for the review of the Callaway plant application are as follows:
Application Docketed 06/21/74 Draf t Environmental Statement Issued 10/23 /74 Final Environmental Statement Issued 03/21/75 Limited Work Authorization Issued 08/14/75 Safety Evaluation Report Issued 08/07/75 Supplements to Safety Evaluation Report Issued 11/21/75, C1/23/76 Construction Permits Issued 04/16 /76 2072 156
a All of the above documents are available for public inspection at the NRC's Public Document Room,1717 H Street, N. W., Washington, D. C.
20555, at the Fulton City Library, 709 Market Street, Fulton, Missouri 65251, and at the Olin Library of Washington University, Skinker and Lindell Boulevards, St. Louis, Missouri 63130.
Currently, the construction of Unit 1 of the Callaway plant is about 30 percent complete. Construction of Unit 2 has been postponed because of financial considerations. The Union Electric Company plans to submit its application for operating licenses in the fall of 1979. At that time, the NRC. staff will perform a detailed review of the application to determine if operating licenses should be granted.
This review process is also discussed in the attachment.
Through its inspection and enforcement program, the NRC maintains surveillance over construction and operation of a plant throughout its lifetime to assure compliance with NRC regulations for the protection of public health and safety and the environcent.
In the case of Callaway, inspections have been, and will con'.inue to be, held on a f requent basis. These inspections have included the inspection of the construction activities at the site, inspection of design activites at the office of the contractors and primary vendors and the inspection of the implementation of the quality assurance programs of the applicant and its contractors and primary vendors. Many of these inspections are unannounced.
The reports of these inspections are also available for public inspection at the Public Document Rooms discussed above.
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The Honorable Clarence /. Miller United States House of Representatives Washington, D. C. 20515
Dear Congressman Miller:
We are pleased to respond to the inquiry of Mr. Thomas J. Harriel, III which you transmitted to us by mmorandum dated February 24, 1970 We hope that this letter satisfactorily responds to his concerns.
The standards and criteria established by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for the evaluation of proposed nuclear power plants include provisions for substantial conservatisms in design and operating safety ma rgi n s.
Tnrough the licensing process these are implemented in the design, construction, and operation of nuclear power plants such that their operation should pose no undue risk to the public health and sa fety.
It i s recognized, however, that no body of knowl edge can ever be so complete as to reduce uncertainties and risks to zero. The Commission has, therefore, adopted a policy of prudence in this regard and taken r.ertain additional steps to establish a reasonable state of preparedness for coping with emergency situations.
These steps include emergency planning requirments which must be met and maintained by licensees, backed up by planning at the Federal, State and local levels of goverment.
In answer to Mr. Harriel's particular questions, the Commission's Reactor Site Criteria require that due consideration be given to the population distribution and land use in the environs of a nuclear power plant.
These have led to improved safety features to mitigate the consequences of accidents and to provisions for assuring that any risk due to nearby industrial hazards is acceptably small.
In addition, we requi re each utility applicant to submit for Commission approval procedures for notifying, and agreements reached with local, State and Federal officials and agencies for the early warning of the public and for public evacu-ation, or other protective measures should such warning, evacuation, or other protective measures becme necessary or desirable.
Every operating nuclear power plant must have a physical protection system and security organization which will provide a high degree of protection against successful industrial sabotage from two types of threats:
(1) a determined, violent, external assault, attack by stealth, or deceptive actions carried out by several persons, assisted by an insider; and (2) an internal threat of an insider, including an employee in any position. The Commission sets the requirments for an acceptable physical security program, reviews the adequacy of each r; ope 2072 158 q NSoforp
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