ML19329F254
| ML19329F254 | |
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| Site: | Midland |
| Issue date: | 11/05/1976 |
| From: | Feld S Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
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| Download: ML19329F254 (8) | |
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION ::
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In the Matter of CONSUMERS POWER COMPANY Docket Nos. 50-329 50-330 (Midland Plant, Units 1 & 2)
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NRC. STAFF TESTIMONY OF $IDNEY E. FELD GM.
COST OF REPLACEMENT POWER RESULTING FROM SUSPENSION
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CIn 1971, Michigan manufacturers' purchased fossil fuels.for hea. ting -
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and power purposes equivalent to 149.3 billion kVhs.cf. electr.icity.
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tihe same year, these industries' direct use of electrici;ty. amounted to..,
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'about 25.4 billion kWhs. Thus, approxintely 14.5 percen;t.of -their -..
energy needs were being met with electricity. This-3s. slighti.y. high.ere - - - -. -
than the national average in 1971 of about 13.4.38 -
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- - However, Michigan's dependence on fossil fuels is hea.vily.hiased.:. _ --,;. e, "toward that which is in shortest supply -- namely, natural gas., :. :
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Seventy, point two billion kWh equivalent, or 47 percent'of the energy used by Michigan manufacturers was produced with nhtural
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gas.39 'Thus, independent of economic growth in the state, there
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nevertheless does exist a vast potential source of increased demand
by manufacturers in the MECS. This potential is somewhat:on the order of three times the electricity demand by manufacturers in the For each billion c"bic ' feet of natural' gas replaced by elec.
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tricity, the MECS would realize an increase in electricity sales of about.3 billion kWhs or an increase in their annual electric sales growth rate of about 0.5 percent (using 1975 as base). That is, if growth in '976 is presently projected at 5 percent, with an additional one billion CF of conversions, it would be 5.5 percent.
ArFone billion CF of natural gas represents only 0.4 percent of what manufacturers'~in' ~
Michigan used in 1971. Adding potential conversions from'other fossil
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fuels and other customer groups would of course add f5Nher'bi the
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"pAtential growth in electricity from substitution.
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- s Derived from--(f.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Census,1972 Census of Manufacturers Fuels and Electric Enercy Consumed, (Wasnington 0.C.: Government Printing Office, July,1973), Tables 1 and 4.
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-:2 ENVIRONMENTAL PROJECTS BRANCH NO. 2 DIVISION OF SITE SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS U. S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION r'
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, Site Safety and Environmental Analysis, U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission,'"..d.. '. -
z;,5v responsible for managing and coordinating the review of Applicant's.
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environmental reports, analysis and evaluation 'of environmental impac~ts ' ~(
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'of nuclear power plant construction and operation and the preparation of p.n..,. q.;
' NRC Environmental Statements in accordance with the Commission's regulation,' - :'
10 CFR Part Si, whic'h implements the requirements of the National
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.. Environmental Policy Act of 1969. At present, I am the Environmental '" F.
Project Manager for the Clinton, Hartsville, Vogtle, Barton, Harris, Sprry; Arkansas and Midland Nuclear Stations.'
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I was awarded a Bachelor of Science degree in Nuclear Engineering in f..
1969 from the University of Florida.
I received a Master of Business'...t (J.%.UU.
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l Administration degree in 1970 and a Doctor of Philosophy degree in
' ~'i Environmental Engineering in 1973, from the University of Florida.
While in the doctoral program majoring in Health Physics, I was employed.
S, to conduct a radiological field study of a Nuclear Power Plant. My doctoral research was conducted at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 3
.where I studied the differential chemoprotection of radioprotective drugs i
on normal and malignant tissues in various types of radiation fields.
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.From 1973,to 1974, I worked for an architectural engineering. firm as an ' '
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i Environmental Project Engineer.
I was responsible for the coordination.
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..and production of the Applicant's environmental reports and, in that
,two-year period, I completed reports for four utilities and also contributed -
to the PSAR effort on each with special attention to site suitability.
During this period, I also taught evening courses in the Business Admin-' :.
- istration~ Department, Montgomery College.
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- In 1974, I accepted my present position as an Environmental Profect
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Manager.. I am a member of the American Nuclear Society, the Health Physics Society and the International Association for Pollution Control..
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Constmetion activity for the next year will be in the immediate D EA area of the reactor complex where land has already been completely. ____ _ _ _,_.
altered and control procedures employed.. Such activity includes-concrete placement and earthwork, such as grading, exciVatfdrVand i; :. backfilling. The environmental igacts due to constr'sc'tfiid ex'p'eciteC -
I during the next year are the nonnal traffic and noisd"iss6 cia'teF F O Et 2,
with the project. Virtually all impacts to the environment as a
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T??. ~~' result of construction.have occurred. No significant advdrseiinipEcTf'T';. :7 upon the., environment are expected to occur in the next year due to
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construction of the Midland Plant, Unit Nos.1 and 2.1 z ui: -- :~+
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The Staff believes that a ~ ten month schedule, from November I,1976,.
will be required for the remanded envimnmental revi~ew.~of'the MidTand '
project.
It should be noted that. portions of the schedule are fixed 1
by 10 CFR Part 51, e.g., 45 day comment period after CEQ ~ Federal
. Register Notice is published, and a minimum of 30 days betweet. issuance
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November 1,1976 Begin review;
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January 15, 1977 Issue DES
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January 21, 1977 CEQ Federal -Register Notice l
March 7,1977 End Comment Period
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April 29,1977 Issue FES June 1,1977 Hearing begins
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September 1,1977 ASLE-Decisidn ~" '
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