ML19261E425

Requests Denial of Util 790511 Motion for Summary Disposition.Citizens Energy Forum States Motion Is Premature & Ignores Unresolved Issues Re Proposed Mod

ML19261E425
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Site:	North Anna
Issue date:	06/05/1979
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BEFORE THE ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD c, pa .e n. Tsaw In the Matter of ) *N

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RESP 0t:SE TO VErCo'S MOTIch Fort SUFnRI DISPOSITION In accordance vith 10 CFn 2.7h9, Citizens Energy Forun (CEF) hereby responds

.to 7epco's Motion for Surr.srv Disposition, served May 11, 1979 C:5 believes that Vepco's F.ction for Su=ary Disposition is pre =3ture and i:;ncres tr.e fact that the issues surroundin;- its proposed modificatic.n are still a matter of centroversy and have yet to be resolved. Many of the factA to which ,

Vepco maintains tnere is no Renu.ine issue to 'ae heard in its annex to its Mction for Sumary Dis"orition are merely recitations of Vepco's previous sub:r.ittals that have vet t: be preted one wa. Or an:ther. Indeec, Vepec's Motien for Sur:.ary Disposition and its acco pa:rjin : Statement of ".aterial Fact: as to Enich there Is No Genu.ine Issue to 3e Heard are masterful atte= pts to gl,:ss ovcr C9's contentions vi:.nout even re=ctely addressin: ,ne s.sc-cifi: ;es ,i::2 ra.. : ei :- t..oss cen an:1:.ns.

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At this time, .;Vepco.sinoly.has _nct.shown 'that it has conridered several cuestions ' ~

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Intervener contends that the possible consequences caused by the additier.a1 heat to be discharged as a result of the proposed modifications have not been adecuately addressed by the IN Staff and the Applicant.

, '!.his cententien enbraces the rate of tecperature rise in the spent -

fuel stora;;e facility r.s e res:lt of an acci& tal leak in the spent fuel pool. It further includes tne affir.r.ati '. that the spent fuel pool coolim, syste.. vill be inadequate to present dhot spots" and possible boiling.

Vepco raintains th it the adiitional aeat to be discharged as A res' '.t of the proposed inodification w:21d have' an insig Tificant effect en tin environment. But Vepco has presented no' evidence that .;.t w analyzed the effects of the additioncl ' '

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' heat.61 eased to the environ .ent. 7epco disnisses the potential for hot spots in the spent fuel pocl as a res;1t Of the proposed modification without presenting any evidence to suppe-t its cle in that hot spots would not resu21. Vepco has given ne avera e, overall te=perature of tne pool as between 1h0 F0 and 170c7 but has not she , . areas of hl.7.cr er lo. er temperatures tnroughout the pool. This is -the

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na y of Proposed Kodifi::tions nor any other of its supuerting docunents hive ce-s ribed the distance i t .-- nodified racks frc:- the fl:er and si des of tne spent fue; pocl~. ~Jepending en this cistance,' the ficv.cf water in tle spent fuel pool can be inhibited and he: ~ spets 0s. .~re sn'.t .

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failed .to der.onrtrate that sirnificant adverse environ:nental effects vill not resul, from s;ch emissions.

In disputin[this centention, Vepco relies heavily on its experience w3.th the spent fuel pool at its 'er;> nuclear facility, despite the fact that the Sur:/

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'Ihe design basis accident Vesco relies on in disputine this contention assumes t:.;t.. dropned spent fuel assennly will lar.i vertically and that only the dropped assently itsez vill be da aced. 1:o consideration has been given to the chance that a drepped asse217 vill land horicontally or that more than one assemblyxill

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Contentien 5: Corrosion.

Inte:iener centends tnat there ha s been inadec.astc exaninetton of the rchlens that r.ay arise due to a potential incremental increase

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lepco no .,e s en ?a.,e 1 r_ its hotion fc: Enn . arc Lisposi ,icn tnat "tnere is no reason to te'.ieve (and certainly ne evidence) to sur; gest that the prcposed codif; cation "ill significantly increase corrosion." But even Vepco admits, on page 56 of its Su:c:arv cf Prepo sed F.odifications, that su ch an increase will result. In f act, the amount of corrosien that r.ny result in tt:c spent fuel pool over lon pericis _of storage has yet to be ascertained and is the subject of continuing debate both within the 12.0 (ITJ.3 OuGL, Vol. 2, "Cerrosion effec:,s that night occur aftcr longer storare periods need to be examined in nach .reater detail so that effects such as accelerated corrosion, nicrostructural changes, or alterations in ,eenanical prepoerties can be det.ern'.ned.") and in tne scientific con:::rJ.ty at large (A.S. Jchnsen Jr., "3chavior of Spent Weler.r hel i . Uater Pool eters e,"

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Again, these issues are the subject of CEF', s ,interrogatcries -tc Vence .

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In short, Vepc: has fcik d to shew that sone very basic cuestions concerning the posed modification ".sve even been considered by the Applicant. ihere a-e naterial cuestiers ._ fact, as set f. rtn in tne acconpan ring ^tste .e .t cf Facts As t o '..'ni;h There Exists a Genuine Iseue to Ee . Heard,that can only be resolved in an evidentiary

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