ML19281A559
| ML19281A559 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Oyster Creek |
| Issue date: | 02/26/1979 |
| From: | Masnik M Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
| To: | Lear G Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
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| NUDOCS 7903210154 | |
| Download: ML19281A559 (5) | |
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L FED ' ^ U/9 HEMCRNiDUM FOR: George Lear, Chief Environmental Specialists Branch, CSE THRU:
Bob Samworth, Section Leader FRO:1:
Mtchael '4asnik
SUBJECT:
TRIP REPORT - OYSTER CREEK JANUARY 23-26,1979 On the 24th and 25th of January 1979, I accorpanied Ed Hawkins, KG, DSE, to the Oyster Creek / Forked River 316(a) and (b) review meeting held at the Oyster Creek / Forked River Visitors Center, Forked River N.J.
The utilities' purpose in conducting the meeting was to assemble the various state and federal environmental regulatory agencies for an oral presentation of the results of their 316(a) and (b) studies and to answer informally questfors pertaining to the environmental studies. Due to the concern expressed by the local municipalities and the Department of Envircreental Protection. State of New Jersey, an update of the cooling tower drift modeling effort by the applicant was presented. An agenda of the meeting and a list of attendees is attached.
The meeting presented a detailed discussion of 316(b) related issues with an emphasis on impingement and entrainment. Both the EPA reviewer and I expressed concern about several of their mortality estimates associated with impingement and entrainment. Our opinion was that the estimates were low and that organisms inhabiting the bay were experiencing a higher total mortality than was estimated by the utility's consultants. The consultant reccgnized our concerns and agreed that the additional sources of mortality identified by us would have significantly altered the estimte of total mortality but insisted that it would not have translated into a significant impact to the bay fishery. Further analysis and monitoring, particularly for the Blue Crab, seems to be needed.
The presentation on cooling tower salt deposition elicited a considerable number of questions from individuals from the State of New Jersey.
I was assured by GPU representatives that the most recent analysis was performed using state of the art models and conservati re estimates of drift rate and droplet size.
I was told that the infomation is summarized in an application to the State of New Jersey for a variance in the maximum ho.
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between G. Gears and a megber of the GpU Services Licensing Division has resulted in a connitment on the part of the utility to send us portions of the application for the variance that will answer our questions on salt deposition.
In discussion with L. Wareham and Barbara Pasterlove, EPA, (technical reviewers for 316(a) and (b) demonstrations for Oyster Creek) I mentioned the recent Yellow Creek Appeal Board decisicn and alerted then to the possible ramificatfoas of this decision on the continuance of aquatic non-radiological monitoring studies at Oyster Creek.
Both EPA reviewers stated that some additional or different studies would be desirable at the Oyster Creek Station and suggested that the ilRC, EPA and the State of New Jersey meet to discuss these monitoring requirements.
It is my impression that the EPA reviewers could like the NRC to impose these additional requirements through our Environmental Technical Speciff-m tions. Both reviewers expressed concern over the implications of the fellow Creek Decision, specifically the cecession of biological monitoring.
We all agreed that a meeting is necessary to clarify the need or lack of need of continued monitoring and who specifically will require the studies.
Discussions with D. Brown, from 1.he Department of Environmental Protection for the State of New Jersey indicated that the state was interested in relying on the NRC's expertise in the areas of impingement, entrainment and shipwoms since the states involvement in the actual cxamination of the data has been minimal to date. He also expressed interest in meeting with us to discuss in particular future monitoring.
In conversations with members of the EPA Region II s aff we have agreed to a meeting at the EPA P.egional Office sometite during the week of the T;.a of February with representatives from the State of New Jersey in a;,t.endance.
On Friday, the 26th of January, I mot with E. Hoagland from Lehigh University to discuss her contract with the RES-NRC to monitor shipwom in the vicinity of the Oyster Creek Station. We were.joinedf by F. Swanberg, RES. Dis-cussions dealt with-work completed to date, and continued support in FY '80.
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' M E. Hoagland expressed interest in continued funding althcugh on a slightly reduced level.
She has agreed to submit a proposal for review within the emnth. The remainder of the day was spent visiting the sampling stations, examining shipworm damage and inspecting the con-tinuously recording salinometers and temperature probes.
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