ML19309E026
| ML19309E026 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Oconee, McGuire, 07002623  |
| Issue date: | 04/11/1980 |
| From: | NRC COMMISSION (OCM) |
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| Shared Package | |
| ML16245A502 | List: |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 8004160210 | |
| Download: ML19309E026 (2) | |
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SUPPLEMENTAL STAFF REPORT related to SPENT FUEL STORAGE OF OCONEE SPENT FUEL AT McGUIRE NUCLEAR STATION - UNIT 1 DUKE POWER COMPANY DOCKET NO. 70-2623 Physical Security of Spent Fuel in Transit On June 15, 1979 the Nuclear Regulatory Commission published new regulations for the protection of shipments of spent fuel against sabotage.
(44 Fed. Rec.
o 34467; 10 C.F.R. H 73.37.) Under these rules the licensee must:
1.
Give advance notification to the NRC before making a shipment and secure NRC approval of the route to be used before making a shipment.
2.
Make arrangements with local law enforcement authorities along the route to assure their response to'an emergency or request for assistance.
3.
Use routes that avoid, where practicable, heavily populated areas.
4.
Scnedule shipments, where practicable, without intermediate stops except for refueling and obtaining provisions and maintain surveillance of the vehicle during stops that are made.
5.
Develop procedures for coping with threats and safeguards emergencies.
6.
Assure that each shipment is accompanied by at least one driver and one escort in the transport vehicle or at least one driver in the transport vehicle and two escorts in a separate vehicle.
7.
Assure that escorts are trained in accordance with specified requirements.
8.
Equip the transport vehicle or the escort vehicle (if one is used) with a radio telephone and citizens-band radio, or approved equal.
9.
Equip the transport vehicle with features that permit immobilization of the cab or the cargo-carrying portion of the vehicle.
- 10. Assure that the escort or driver maintains a shipment log.
The NRC Staff has taken steps to assure that the Applicant has the capability to comply with the protection requirements.
The Applicant has submitted information or has otherwise provided a demonstration of his ability to comply with Requirements 1, 3 and 8.
With respect to Requirement-2, the NRC Staff, in response to its own responsibilities to establish safeguards contingency 8004160
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. plans, conducts surveys of routes and local law enforcement response capabilities for certain licensed shipments, including these spent fuel ship-ments. Appropriate arrangements have been made to meet Requirement 2 and the NRC Staff has made this information available to the Applicant, who is responsible for maintaining it thereafter.
The carrior selected to make the shipments under consideration, namely Tri-stateMotor Transit Company, has demonstrated its ability to meet Requirements 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9 and 10 on other shipments which have been inspected by the NRC Staff. Compliance witn these requirements for the shipments proposed by the Applicant will be assured tnrough the NRC inspection program.
The NRC Staff has concluded that there is reasonable assurar.:e that the require-ments of 10 C.F.R. Section 73.37 will be met for the shipments of spent fuel proposed by the Applicant.
Continuing compliance will be assured through the regular NRC inspection program. Periodic inspections will be conducted both at the reactor sites and/or along the route of the shipments.
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