ML19347C554

Forwards Request for Addl Info for Review of Radiological Aspects of Util 800929 Proposed Spent Fuel Bin Storage Mods. Description of Method Used to Remove & Dispose of Old Racks Is Required

ML19347C554
Person / Time
Site:	Maine Yankee
Issue date:	12/08/1980
From:	Clark R Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
To:	Groce R Maine Yankee
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NUDOCS 8012310043
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Dear Mr. Groce:

We have reviewed the radiological aspects of your September 29, 1980 i

submittal on modified spent fuel pin storage with new 10.5" center racks to replace the 12" center racks and find that additional information is required to complete our review. The enclosure provides questions to which we require formal responses in order to complete our review.

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Operating Reactors Branch #3 Division of Licensing

Enclosure:

Request for Additional i

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Maine Yankee Atomic Power Company cc:

Mrs. L. Patricia Doyle, President E. W. lhurlow, President SAFE POWER FOR MAINE Maine Yankee Atomic Power Company Post Of fice Box 774 i

Edison Drive Camden, Maine 04843 i

Augusta, Maine 04336 First Selectman of Wiscasset Mr. Donald E. Vandenburgh Municipal Building Vice President - Engineering U. S. Route 1 Yankee Atomic Electric Company Wiscasset, Maine 04578 l

20 Turnpike Road Westboro, Massachusetts 01581 Director, Criteria and Standards Iivision i

Office of Radiatio. Programs (ANR-460)

John A. Ritsher, Esquire U.S. Envirori: ental Protection Agency Ropes & Gray Washington, D.C.

20460 225 Franklin Street Boston, Massachusetts 02110 U. S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 1 Of fice Mr. John M. R. Paterson ATTN:

EIS C00i<DINATOR Assistant Attorney Gcneral JFK Federal Building State of flaine Boston, Massachusetts 02203 Augusta, Maine 04330 Stanley R. Tupper, Esq.

Mr. Nicholas Barth Tupper and Bradley Executive Director 102 Townsend Avenue Sheepscot Valley Conservation Boothbay Harbor, Maine 04538 Association, Inc.

P. O. Box 125 David Santee Miller, Esq.

Alan, Maine. 04535 213 Morgan Street, N. W.

Wiscassett Public Library Association High Street Mr. Paul Swetland Wisca. set. Maine 04578 Resident Inspector / Maine Yankee Mr. Torbert H. Macdonald, Jr.

c/o U.S. NRC P. O. Box E Office of Energy Resources State House Station #53 Wiscasset, Maine 045 8 Augusta, Maine 04333 Mr. Charles B. Brinkman Robert M. Lazo, Esq., Chairman Manager - Washington Nuclear Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Operations U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Comission C-E Power Systems Washington, D. C.

20555 Combustion Engineering, Inc.

4853 Cordell Ave., Suite A-1 i

Dr. Cadet H. Hand, Jr., Director Bethesda, Maryland 200i4 Bodega Parine Laboratory University of California i

Bodega Bay. California 94923 State Planning Officer Mr. Gustave A. Linenberger Executive Department Atomic Safety and Licensing Board State 9f Maine U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Comission 189 State Street Washington, D. C.

20555 Augusta, Maine 04330

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I (1) With respect to removal and disposal of the presently installed con-taminated low density racks and installation of the new high density racks please provide the followina information:

(1) Describe the method that will be used to remove and dispose of the old racks (i.e. crating intact racks or cuttir.g and drumming them) and installing the new ones.

(2) Provide a table for each operation performed in (1) above giving the following information:

(a) the number of workers required l

for each phase of the operation including divers, if necessary; (b) the dose rates they will be working in; (c) the occupancy i

times for each dose rate; (d) the total man-rem to complete the i

operation.

Include any ope ation to be performed that would be used as a dose reduction step during the modification.

(2) Demonstrate that the method used for-removai and disposal of the old racks will provide as low as is retsonably achieveable exposures to personnel performing the operations.

If compaction-of-racks by cutting and drum-ming is the alternative selected as your disposal method, please provide i

the man-rems that may be incurred as compared to-shipping the racks--

intact and show that this alternative is cost effective with respect to ALARA exposure criteria, and adequacy of burial space.

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