ML20045E077

Responds to Licensee 930423 Request for Approval of Route to Be Used for Transport of Spent Fuel from Hope Creek Nuclear Station,Salem,Nj to GE Vallecitos Nuclear Ctr,Pleasanton,Ca

ML20045E077
Person / Time
Site:	Hope Creek, 07000754
Issue date:	06/24/1993
From:	Macdonald C NRC OFFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY & SAFEGUARDS (NMSS)
To:	Kirkland M GENERAL ELECTRIC CO.
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NUDOCS 9307010075
Download: ML20045E077 (5)

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Dear Mr. Kirkland:

Onclbrah.] A orc lqw%l, This is in regard to your request dated April 23, 1993,-for approval of a.

1 route to be used for transport of spent fuel from the Hope Creek' Nuclear Power Station, Salem, New Jersey to the GE Vallecitos Nuclear-Center, Pleasanton, California.

The route, as set forth in Enclosure 1,'is judged to' meet the regulatory-requirements for shipment of spent reactor fuel in.10 CFR 73.37.

Enclosures 2 and 3 constitute approval for this route. 'In the event'your carrier is required to _ deviate from the approved route, please call the contact listed on page two of this letter as soon as possible providing the details. Please note that armed ' escort is required in.Wilmington, Delaware; Baltimore, Maryland; Columbus, Ohio; Indianapolis, Indiana; Champaign / Urbana, Peoria, and East Moline,. Illinois; Davenport and Des Moines, Iowa; Omaha and Lincoln, Nebraska; Salt Lake City, Utah; Reno, Nevada; and Sacramento, Stockton, and Hayward, California. This route approval will be deemed to have expired two years from the date of this letter, unless renewed.

Arrangements with law enforcement agencies along the route as required by 10 CFR 73.37(a)(2) have'been completed by the NRC staff. Data relating to these' arrangements are included in Enclosure 3.

This information is to be incor-porated into your shipment plans and provided to your carrier along with instructions regarding its use.-

Please note that assuringLhighway safety is the responsibility of the licensee and carrier, and our approval'is not intended to provide relief in this-regard..

During seasonal-periods when inclement weather can. occur with ~short notice, the appropriate state police should be contacted with regard to road. con-ditions before a shipment commences.

Please note that the notification requirements of 10 CFR 73.37(f) and 73.72 apply for.each shipment.

When making notification to this office, please confirm that armed escort will be provided as required and the governor or his-designee will or has been notified. ' Notification to'a governor.or-his designee should be very specific especially with regard to' series' shipment's.

Designate exactly ~ how many individual shipments are to be included. -In the' event the number of shipments in a series is revised, indicate that:it is a 7'g\\

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revision of the original notification and an increase or decrease in the number of shipments.

In addition, the change notification should specify that the information for any of the shipments in the revised series may not be decontrolled until ten days after the arrival at the destination of the last shipment in that series.

Should you require additional information or have questions concerning this matter, please contact John R. Cook of my staff at (301) 504-2458.

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Charles E. MacDonald, Chief Transportation Branch Division of Industrial and Medical Nuclear Safety, NMSS

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171 ROAD TRANSPORTATION ROUTE HOPE CREEK NUCLEAR POWER STATION, SALEM, NJ TO GE VALLECITOS NUCLEAR CENTER, PLEASANTON, CA NEW JERSEY 1.

Hope Creek via local road to NJ-49 11 miles 2.

NJ-49 northwest to I-295 9 miles 3.

I-295 south to the Delaware state line 3 miles Subtotal 23 miles l

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I-295 south to I-95 2 miles l

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I-95 south to the Maryland state lines 13 miles Subtotal 15 miles MARYLAND 6.

1-95 north / northeast to I-695 45 miles 7.

I-695 south / north / west to I-70 23 miles 8.

I-70 northwest to I-68 91 miles 9.

1-68 west to the West Virginia state line 81 miles Subtotal 240 miles WEST VIRGINTA 10.

1-68 west to I-79 31 miles 11.

I-79 north to the Pennsylvania state line 14 miles Subtotal 45 miles PENNSYLVANIA 12.

I-79 north to I-70 33 miles 13.

I-70 west to the West Virginia state line 26 miles Subtotal 59 miles

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171 ROAD TRANSPORTATION ROUTE (Cont'd) 1 WEST VIRGINIA l

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I-70 west to I-470 7 miles 15.

I-470 west to the Ohio state line 5 miles l

Subtotal 12 miles l

OHIO 1

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I-470 west to I-70 6 miles i

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I-70 west to I-270 108 miles 18.

1-270 south / west / north to I-70 18 miles l

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I-70 west to the Indiana state line 93 miles l

Subtotal 233 miles l

l INDIANA 1

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I-70 west to I-465 67 miles 21.

1-465 south / west / north to I-74 25 miles 22.

I-74 west to the Illinois state line 71 miles i

Subtotal 163 miles ILLIN0IS 23.

I-74 west to I-274 127 miles 24.

1-274 west / north to I-74 15 miles 25.

I-74 west to I-280 74 miles 26.

1-280 west to the Iowa state line 10 miles Subtotal 226 miles IOWA 27.

1-280 west / north to I-80 9 miles 28.

I-80 west to I-680 261 miles 29.

1-680 west to the Nebraska state line 29 miles Subtotal 299 miles I

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ROAD TRANSPORTATION ROUTE (Cont'd)

NEBRASKA 30.

1-680 west to I-80 13 miles 31.

I-80 west to the Wyoming state line 452 miles Subtotal 465 miles l

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I-80 west to the Utah state line Subtotal 404 miles i

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I-80 west to the Nevada state line Subtotal 197 tailes l

l NEVADA 34.

I-80 west to the California state line Subtotal 410 miles CALIFORNIA 35.

I-80 west to I 122 miles 36.

1-5 south to I-205 64 miles 37.

1-205 west to I-580 13 miles 38.

1-580 west to I-680 21 miles 39.

1-680 south to CA-84 8 miles 40.

CA-84 east to Pleasanton facility 1 mile Subtotal 229 miles Total 3,020 miles

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