ML20003F965

Informs That Two Fuel Rack Vendor Proposals Have Been Solicited,In Response to NRC .Proposals Are Due at End of Apr.Design Submittal & Responses to NRC Questions Will Be Submitted by mid-May

ML20003F965
Person / Time
Site:	Maine Yankee
Issue date:	04/17/1981
From:	Garrity J Maine Yankee
To:	Clark R Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
References
FMY-81-62, JHG-81-136, NUDOCS 8104270233
Download: ML20003F965 (3)

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Reference:

(a) License tb. OFR-36 (Docket tb. 50-309)

(b) UStRC Letter to MYAPC dated March 17, 1981

Subject:

Maine Yankee Fuel Storage dodification Dea: Sir:

Your letter, Reference (b), presented twenty-eight questions about the Maine Yankee spent fuel storage increment.

Your staff, at a meeting on March 3, 1981, indicated the scope and depth of information on this matter required by the assigned reviewers.

M;ch of the information your reviewers require can only ce developed during the detailed design effort.

thder normal circumstances, we would prefer to hold development of a detailed design until licensing has progressed to the point at which some indication of ultimate success is available.

This approach would, of course, be consistent with the general tenor of licensing in which it is judged better not to preclude any option by investing heavily in another.

This approacn can be implemented successfully if the tRC properly restricts its role to establishment of criteria and review of licensee ecmmittments to meet those criteria and the licensee is prcperly required to comit to meeting PRC's criteria and explaining hcw satisfaction of tRC's criteria is determined.

This process is reinforced by tRC's inspection and enforcement programs and the cuality assurance programs of licensees.

In fact, the densified spent fuel racks now in use at Maine Yankee were licensed in this way, before the investment necessary to develop cetailed design was made.

In this case however, we have learnec that the staff intends tnat essentially a complete design description be oeveloped and submitted for review at the front end of the licensing process. The design description is expensive and takes some time to precare because it requires that most if not all design work be completed.

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MAIN 3 YANKEE ATOMIC POWER COMPANY United States Maclear Regulatory Commission Page 2 Attention: Cffice of Nuclear Reactor Regalation April 17,1981 We have solicited two fuel rack vendor proposals. Each will contain a detailed design package suitable for submittal and for constituting the basis for responses to your questions.

The proposals are due at the end of April.

Evaluation of the proposals, selection of a vendor and preparation of a submittal will take another two weeks.

Thus by mid May, you will have our design submittal and responses to your questions.

Very truly yours, 1

MAINE YAN(EE ATOMIC POWER COMPANY

$O John H. Garrity, Director Licensing and Engineering JHG/plb

I Maine Yankee Atomic Power Company cc Robert M. Lazo, Chairman, Esq.

Atomic Safety and Licensing Board U. S. toclear Regulatory Comission Washington, DC 20555 Dr. Cadet H. Hand, Jr.

Director, Bodega Marine Laboratory University of California P.O. Box 247 Bodega Bay, CA 94923 Mr. QJstave A. Linenberger Atomic Safety and Licensing Board U. S. NJclear Regulatory Commission Washingts), DC 20555 James E. Tierney Attorney General Department of the Attorney General State House - Station #6 Augusta, ME 04333 Rufus E. Brown Deputy Attorney General Department of the Attorney General State House - Statiin #6 Augusta, ME 04333 David Santee Miller Counsel for Petitioner 213 Morgan Street, N.W.

Washington, DC 20001 Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555 Docketing and Service Section Office of the Secretary U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555 Office of the Executive Legal Director U. S. tbclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555 Henry J. McCurran Staff Counsel U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Comission Washington, DC 20555 Thomas G. Dignan, Jr.

R. K. Gad, III Ropes and Gray 225 Franklin Street Boston, MA 02110

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