ML19317H470
| ML19317H470 | |
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| Site: | Crane  |
| Issue date: | 05/28/1980 |
| From: | Harold Denton Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
| To: | Arnold R, Diechamp H GENERAL PUBLIC UTILITIES CORP., METROPOLITAN EDISON CO. |
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| NUDOCS 8006090106 | |
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- e Docket No. 50-320 Mr. Heman Dieckamp, President General Public Utilities Corporation 100 Interpace Parkway Parsippan.v. New Jersey 07054 Mr. R. C. Arnold Senior Vice President Metropolitan Edison Company 100 Interpace Parkway Parsippany, New Jersey 07054
Dear Mr. Dieckamp and Mr. Arnold:
In Mr. Dieckamp's letter to Chaiman Ahearne on Mar:h 4,1980 he indicated that Metropolitan Edison will, in the near future, be requesting NRC approval to install and operate a specific system to decontaminage the water in the TMI-2 containment building.
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,1 By letter (TLL-160), dated April 10,1980,4etropolitan Edison Company forwarded for NRC review and approval the Technical Eysluation Report for the Submerged Demineralization System (SDS). We initiated our review of the report and st:bmitted a request (NRC/TMI-80-89, John T. Collins to R. C. Arnold, dated May 16,1980) for additional infomation.
Our May 16 letter is not to be interpreted as approval of the Submerged Demineralizer System as the preferred technique for decontaminating the water in the Containment Building. Approval of any system will be preceded by NRC's evaluation of the environmental impacts of alternate techniques, as given in our final Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (PEIS), consistent with the Comitission's policy Statement of Policy (and on this matter, as enunciated in the November 21, 1979 44 F.R.
Notice of Intent to Prepare a Programatic Environmental Impact Statement 67738). As the Connission stated, in keeping with the purposes of the National Environmental Policy Act, a PEIS will be prepared in which the Commission will focus on environmental issues and alternatives before connitments' to specific cleanup choices are made. The draft PEIS which is currently under preparation will serve to engage the public in the Connission's decision-making process.
Since Metropolitan Edison Company has not received NRC approval for use of its proposed system for cleanup of the contaminated water in the Metropolitan Edison Company's reactor building. purchase and installation of any portions of the system are at its own risk.
Furthermore, the assumption by Metropolitan Edison f
Company that solid waste generated during operation of a cleanup system can all be disposed of in a connercial shallow land burial system is not valid.
It is apparent that these wastes will be more like high-level wastes than material that is nomally disposed of by shallow land burial. Further guidance will be provided by NRC as the questions of waste disposal are examined in the PEIS environmental reviews. Accordingly, it is very important that Metropolitan Edison Company 9006090 /O [
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Mr. H. Dieckamp W 28 M Mr._R. C.. Arnold consider appropriate handling for these highly active wastes so as not to foreclose potential future options.for treatment to improve their form for long-term off-site storage or disposal.
In the interim until a system is approved by NP.C, we consider it important that Metropolitan Edison Company promptly complete their contingency plan, which is being developed, to transfer the untreated water from the containment building to suitably shielded on-site tanks, should the need arise. Please advise within two weeks when we may expect this contingency plan for our review.
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Harold R. Denton, Director Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation cc:
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