ML20029D345
| ML20029D345 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Framatome ANP Richland |
| Issue date: | 04/25/1994 |
| From: | Pierson R NRC OFFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY & SAFEGUARDS (NMSS) |
| To: | Maas L SIEMENS CORP. |
| References | |
| TAC-L21656, NUDOCS 9405050178 | |
| Download: ML20029D345 (4) | |
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0 Docket 70-1257 License SNM-1227 R 2 6 IE i
Mr. Loren J. Maas
' Manager, Regulatory Complianca Siemens Power Corporation P.O. Box 130 Richland, WA 99352-0130 i-
Dear Mr. Maas:
SUBJECT:
LICENSE RENEWAL - ENVIRONMENTAL REPORT SUPPLEMENT, (TAC NO. L21656)
This refers to your renewal application dated August 26, 1992, and the accompanying Sucolement to Aeolicant's Environmental Report, dated August 1992. Our review of the Environmental Report (ER) has identified that additional information is needed to complete the review and prepare an Environmental Assessment. Additional comments on the renewal application will be provided at a later date.
The ER review included your renewal application; license amendments; semiannual effluent reports; inspection reports and related compliance documents; information obtained during the December 1993 site visit; your January 1994 Waste Management Engineering Plan; and information obtained from the Benton-Franklin Counties ' Clean Air Authority, the Washington Department of Ecology, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and the U.S. Department of Energy.
The additional information described in'the enclosure should be provided within 90 days of the date of this letter.
Please reference the above TAC No.
in future correspondence related to.this. request.
If you have any questions, please call Mary Adams at (301) 504-2505 or me at (301) 504-3493.
Sincerely, WM 8@ed UT Robert C. Pierson, Chief Licensing Branch Division of Fuel Cycle Safety
Enclosure:
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i REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION RENEWAL APPLICATION DATED AUGUST 26, 1992 SUPPLEMENT TO APPLICANT'S ENVIRONMENTAL REPORT SIEMENS POWER CORPORATION DOCKET 70-1257 1.
Section 2.2, Land Use and Regional Demography, and Table 2.2-1 should show 1990 population distributions based on 1990 census data.
In addition, since the license is being issued for a 10-year period, the population should be projected for 10 years (to 2005) instead of 5 years.
2.
The discussion of land use and demography in Section 2.2 is based on a 1970 development study for the Horn Rapids Triangle.
This section should be updated to discuss current land uses and current projected land uses for the next 10 years, between 1995-2005.
Include any planned new activities on the Hanford Reservation.
3.
Section 2.3, Meteorology and Climatology, should identify the source of the information discussed in this section and in Tables 2.3-1 and 2.3-2.
4.
Cultural resources in the area should be discussed and their locations shown on an area map, including buildings or other sites listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
5.
Show the locations of the Columbia River, Richland City water intakes, the equalizing reservoir, and the filtration plant, relative to the Siemens plant.
6.
Section 10.2.3 states that water wells, which were the earlier source of water for Richland before construction of the present water filtration plant on the Columbia River, have been kept in operable condition as a secondary backup source.
The locations and depths of these wells, and any private wells, should be shown on an area map.
7.
Much useful site-specific information has been generated as a result of the recent SPC groundwater studies, and this information should be used to update the geology and hydrology discussions in Sections 2.4 and 2.5.
Provide the report (s) that pre,em the LM racteri7.ation data, including maps, cross sections, and aquifer descriptions.
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The placement of new ground-water monitoring wells near the lagoons indicates that the flow of the site groundwater is to the north.
This direction appears inconsistent with the ground-water flow for the Hanford Reservation 300 tea.
Section 2.5.2 should be updated to include water level measurements in the new monitoring wells (GM-1 through GM-16) and existing test wells (TW-1 through TW-25) during all quarters of 1992 and 1993, to confirm the direction of the site ground-water flow.
Figure 4 of the Geraghty & Miller Ground-Water Study Work Plan (February 24,1992) is a water table surface nap of measurements l
taken in November 1991; however, 2 years of quarterly water-level measurements will provide assurance that the ground-water flow direction is consistent over a long period of time _and that the monitoring wells are correctly located.
9.
Section 2.4.1, Geology, should discuss site-specific information collected from the SPC ground-water studies, in addition to the regional geologic data.
10.
Section 2.5, Hydrology, should be revised (as appropriate) to reflect the results of the site-specific ground-water studies.
A summary table showing the total number of wells, drilled depth, depth of completion, and water levels should be provided.
11.
Section 2.5 should include a description of the flow of surface runoff from the plant site and identify the receiving stream, if any.
It is recognized that Richland has an arid climate, however, occasional storms will result in runoff from the plant site.
12.
The source of Figure 2.5-1, Flooding Potential, should be identified.
13.
Identify the source of the information in Section 2.6, Ecology of the Site and Environment.
It appears that the information presented in this discussion is based on 1970 data; significant changes in the area ecology over the past 20 years should be described.
14.
Include a section that describes the status of other environmental pemits held by SPC.
Include the provisions of the radioactive materials license issued by the Washington Department of Health, the status of dangerous waste permitting by the Washington Department of Ecology, the provisions of air emissions permits from the Benton-Franklin Counties Clean Air Authority, the conditions of the discharge permit to the Richland wastewater treatment plant, and any other environmental licenses or permits.
15.
Table 1, Appendix A, Exhaust Air Sampling Matrix, should include the K-58 stack serving the U0 Building laboratory, K-47 serving the ARF, and 2
K-56 serving the GSUR
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Section 1.4 of Appendix A states that soil samples are taken from between 1 and 5 cm beneath the surface of the topsoil, indicating that the topmost I cm of soil is removed before the samples are taken.
Since uranium would be deposited on the surface of the soil, the soil sampling i
procedure should include soils from the top 1 cm.
The sampling method should specify that tne soil samples will include the topmost layers of soil.
17.
Table 3, Ground Water Sampling Matrix, should be updated to include the analytical parameters addressed in License Amendment 18 issued on September 3, 1993.
Figure 2A should also include monitoring wells TW-6, TW-7, and TW-21.
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