ML19274E913
| ML19274E913 | |
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| Site: | Dresden, Kewaunee, Point Beach, Cook, Zion  |
| Issue date: | 03/18/1979 |
| From: | Schaefer J LAKE MICHIGAN FEDERATION |
| To: | Harold Denton Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
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| NUDOCS 7906050043 | |
| Download: ML19274E913 (2) | |
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AssJetant Drector Br.dford B. Marton AssJstant Drector BOARD OF DIRECTORS Harold R. Denton, DLtector norene. A w sn
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Dear St. Denton:
a.m.s no..no.um Thank you. for your March 8 lettet in which you responded to our
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questions regarding spent fuel storage at the six nuclear powet Pho s. w n. e.nner plants around Lake Michigan.
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We would appteeiate your notifying us what and under what conditions snowm sasman MXR"l.,
the curtent requests fon. License amendments to store additional Quantities of spent fuel at Kcuttunee, Point Beach, Cook, and Zion
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Furtherunare, please let us know if and when.the owners John K L noumb o.
of Big Rock and Palisades nuclear plants petition for License amend-We'.."O*n.e motts to store increased amounts of spent fuel at those plants.
Thom.s J. Murphy, Ph.D.
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Ptease foruard a copy of the generic study currently underung which
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In order to comptete our report, we need the following additionat
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infotunation:
U$.'*"'d (I) What is.the makeup and. thickness of the smLLs and Liners 5
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of.the six s.torage pools?
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Mrs. Parn.r Singi. ton comptising the (mtes and Liness, e.g., concrete, staintess uscHIGAN OYOU, EAO.
Ur,'%*eN2am.r (2) Do you know precisely where and in which mateuals.the Eckh rt Dersch, Pn D.
feaks at Poitit Beach and Zion exist?
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(3) What is.the ptesatt physical size of.the spent fuel pools
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spott fact, ane any of the storage pools to be physically noo.rt u. vu.ny attarged or are the owners ptopostng to re.-rack the yv, g*"*g existing pools? If any of the four pools are to be phys-ically attarged, what sizes would they be if the Licorses s.m. sch..r.,
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are amended as ptoposed?
(4) How close together are the spent fuel assemblies curtently placed in.the pools? How much space will there be between assemblies if the License amendmotts are approved at the four plants?
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Mt. Denton March 18, 1979 Page 2 (5) When utill cach of the curtent ope,tating Licenses of the sh plants exphe?
(6) You indicated in Enclosure 1 that the Zion plant is the only one of the sh whcse spent fact pool rests directly on or in the ground.
Is the Zion pool in or on.the ground?
If in the ground, how many feet into the soil is the spent fuel pool situated? Is the Lake Michigan utzter Levet above or bcLow the Zion spent fuel poot?
(7) How far from Lake Michigan are.the sh spent fuel pools located?
(8) How of. ten is the soil around the spent fuel pools monitored for parposes of detecting Leakage of radioactive contaminated pool uttter? Are any special precautions or monitoring tech-niques being implemented at Zion to detect Leakage into the soil or groundantter?
(9) Docs the NRC consider suspension of the spent fuel pool utithin the plant preferable to built-in-the-ground construc-tion from a safety standpoint?
(10) What are the quantitics and types of radioactis e emissions to the environment due to current storage of spent fact at the sh nuclear piants? What are the additional estimated radioactive emissions due to increased spent fuet storage at the four plants cartently requesting License amendments?
We are most guteful for your ef forts in furnishing us with this informa-tion. We took fomattd to your reply so that we may finalize our report to the c'ederation's Board of Dhectors.
Cordially, xL Jame Schaefer, Chairman Radioactive Waste Management Study Comalttee LAKE MICHIGAN FEDERATION clo 3741 Koehler Drive Sheboygan, Wisconsin 53081