ML20076C827

Requests Update of Util Precautions Re Safe Transshipment of Spent Fuel Through State of Sc.Related Correspondence

ML20076C827
Person / Time
Site:	Catawba
Issue date:	08/16/1983
From:	Medlock T SOUTH CAROLINA, STATE OF
To:	Carr A DUKE POWER CO.
References
NUDOCS 8308230207
Download: ML20076C827 (2)

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. T. TRAVIS MEDLOCK POST OFFICE BOX 11549 ATTORNEY GENERAL COLUMBIA, S C. 29211 TELEPHONE 803 758-2072 August 16, 1983 Albert V. Carr, Esquire Duke Power Company Post Office Box 33189 Charlotte, North Carolina 28242 Rei Catawba Nuclear Station (NRC Docket Number 50-413 and 50-414)

Dear Mr. Carr:

Since your client, Duke Power Company (Company), is re-questing permission from the United States Nuclear Regulatory Com '

mission (NRC) to receive spent fuel shipments from its Oconea Nuclear Station and McGuire Nuclear Station in the above-referenced proceeding, and, since the State of South Carolina has a policy favoring minimum transshipment of spent fuel into and within the State, we accordingly believe that the public record in the above-referenced proceeding should contain an explanation of the Company's need for. permission to transship and the extent to which it may actually be used in South Carolina. Specifically, we believe that showings should be entered on the record as to 1) the Company's spent fuel management strategy,

2) the measures taken and planned by the Company to avoid transshipr ment to the extent possible, and, 3) the actual extent to which the Company expects to rely on transshipment to Catawba as a spent fuel management option in its overall strategy. The entry into the record of a detailed sworn or notarized written response from an appropriate corporate officer addressing the State's concerns would appear to accomplish this purpose most efficiently.

We also understand that the estimated number of spent fuel shipments to Catawba has been reduced from original estimates to less than 300 per year with the result that the Table S-4's values now app,1y. Therefore, the contention previously raised by the Intervenor.

Palmetto Alliance has been dismissed and is no longer an issue in the case. This is not an attempt to resurrect the contention as a 8308230207 830816 PDR ADOCK 05000413 A PDR

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litigable issue before the Licensing Board, but instead is a request '

for an update of the Company's efforts to avoid exposing the public to the risks of transshipment and the actual extent to which it may nonetheless be necessary. .

Please advise at your earliest convenience whether or not this request is acceptable. Of course, if you have any questions or suggestions, please do not hesitate to contact me.

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Richard P. Wilson Assistant Attorney General RPW:st cc: Service List I

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