ML20083G979

Monitoring of Lng & Liquid Petroleum Shipping & Const Activities on Delaware River

ML20083G979
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Site:	Hope Creek
Issue date:	12/31/1983
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HOPE CREEK GENERATING STATION MONITORING OF LNG AND LPG SHIPPING AND CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES ON THE DELAWARE RIVER t

Docket No. 50-354 M P83 120/01 1-df December 1983 8401060493 831227

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

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SUMMARY

2. INTRODUCTION

3. YEARLY REPORT 3.1 Total Number of Ships Per Year 3.2 Construction Activity 3.3 Conclusions M P83 120/01 2-df

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SUMMARY

On November 4, 1974, the Atomic Energy Commission issued a Construction Permit (CP) for the construction of the Hope Creek Generating Station in Salem County, New Jersey.

The Hope Creek site is located on the Delaware River estuary near the southern end of an artificial peninsula known as Artificial Island.

Amendment No. S to the Construction Permit requires PSE&G to monitor activities related to the shipment of liquefied natural gas (LNG) and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) on the Delaware River. This monitoring includes shipping rates of liquefied flammable gases and various types.of construction activity. The chemicals clas-sified as liquefied flammable gases are propane, butane, butadiene, vinyl chloride and liquefied natural gas.

The results of this study show that the shipping activ-ity of interest has decreased.slightly, and that no new or proposed construction which could have an effect on the probability calculations has apparently been authorized.

2. INTRODUCTION The activities of interest are those which might result in an increased rate of shipping or which could cause an increased probability of accident occurrence.

An increase in the shipping rate would occur either should an existing facility increase its importation rate or because of the construction of a new storage or refining facility. PSE&G has monitored these events by keeping in touch with local authorities, contacting those refineries and import terminals on the Delaware River which are capable of receiving liquid fuels and by reviewing the "Public Notices" issued by the Department o f the Army " U . S . Corps of Engineers."

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Although there is currently no LNG shipping on the river, there have been proposals to initiate such shipping. All have either been withdrawn or re-jected by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). Consequently, there are currently no out-standing proposals for an LNG facility that could possibly af fect the Hope Creek Generating Station.

PSE&G is continuously monitoring the applications received by FERC relating to LNG terminals. -

Other tvoes of construction on the nelaware River ,

could also result in increased risk to the Hope Creek Generating Station. It has been estimated (PSE&G, Dockets 50-354 and 50-355 before the NRC, exhibits 9, 10, 11) that a flammable vapor cloud which forms as a result of an accidental spill of a ,

liquid fuel on water could travel up to 12 miles.

Therefore, any spill occurring within a distance of 12 miles up or downstream of the nuclear facility has to be analyzed to determine if it presents a potential hazard to the plant. Currently, with the exception of Tower 97,* there are no rammable ob-jects in the vicinity of the shipping channel near Hope Creek. However, in the future, docks, jetties, moorings, piles, or other potential obstructions could be constructed in the river. Therefore, PSE&G is monitoring construction activity of this type.

The calculation of the probability of a flammable cloud reaching the Hope Creek plant is made from a series of conditional probabilities. These proba-bilities involve the-expected number of accidents per mile of river transit, the probability that a spill will result given that an accident occurred, the probability that a vapor cloud will form given that there has been a spill, and the meteorological factor.

The NRC has established guidelines for the accept-able upper limit of the probability that the Hope Creek Generating Station will be affected by a flam-mable vapor cloud formed as a result of an accident on the river. In an estimate in which the factors are determined based on conservative approximations, the number of incidents cannot exceed 10 6 per year.

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IlOPE CREEK GENERATING STATION MONITORING OF LNG AND_ LPG SHIPPING AND

_ CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES ON Tile DELAWARE RIVER

3. YEARLY REPORT - 1982 (YR-4)

Docket No. 50-354 M P83 120/01 5-df December 1983

3.1 Total Number of Ships Per Year The. total number of ships passing by the nuclear plant in 1982 and carrying each of the designated chemicals was developed by Poten & Partners, Inc.,

a shipping consultant. The data was derived from U.S. Coast Guard Records, Import and Export Re-cords, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The list presented in Table 1 specifies the discharge date, quantity, product, vessel, origin and, where t _

' possible. the importer. This in Fnrmar inn is sum--

marized in Table 2, and graphically presented on Figures 1 through 5.

Also, the shipments of vinyl chloride have ceasod.

This is due to the fact that the manufacturing >

facility, located in Puerto Rico, from which the vinyl chloride was being imported, went out of business.

3.2 Construction Activity The constructiontactivity along the Delaware River was monitored through the review of "Public Notices" issued by the U.S. Army Corps. of Engineers, by contacting various facilities located upstream of the plant (see Table 3 and Figure 6) and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, which is responsible for reviewing and approving any -

proposals for construction of LNG terminals.

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Liquefied Gas Cargos Trensiting the Delaware River - 1982 DISQiABGE QUAtCITY DATE (METRIC ' IONS) PRODUCf VESSEL ORIGIN IMPOIRER January 9 14,669 Butane Faraday Saudi Arabia February 2 2,427 Butadiene Bow Elm United Kingdom 8 13,054 Butane Mundngas Europe Saudi Arabia l

Marc _h 22 11,521 Butane Iord Kelvin Venezuela Warren 4

30 3,400 Butadiene Luigi Casale United Kingdom Exxon Chemical April 28 7,205 Butane Ferrreave Algeria MBK MB1 20 5,488 Butane Danian Gas Libya Naftomar 25 2,900 Butadiene Pascal United Kingdon Exxart Chemical June 15 2,155 Butane Svend Maersk France Warren 15 2,200 Butadiene Svend Maersk France July 7 3,158 Butadiene Deltagas United Kingdom Exxon Chemical August September October November 24 3,525 Butadiene Epsilongas United Kingdam Exxcn Chemical December 11 8,932 Butane Susan Maersk Australia Warren 21 8,961 Butane Wiltshire Netherlands Warren M P83 120/01 7-df

. .TableE Sununary of Liquid Gas Ships

'Ibtal Numbar of Ships Vinyl Year Propane Butane Butadiene Chloride IlG Total 1977 1 li)~ O 10 25 0 46 _

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Table 2 - Continued Suninary of Liquid Gas Ships Total Number of Ships Vinyl Year Propane Butane Butadiene Chloride ING Total 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 2028 2029 2030 M P83 120/01 9-df

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^T he focus of our. review of construction activity was on the following:

a.; Have any. LNG or LPG tacilities been licensed on the

-Delaware River?

b. Have any new docking facilities been authorized which might result-in an increase in transportation of pro-

pane, butane, butadiene, or vinyl chloride?

'3. Has the construction of any rammable objects in or near the shipping channel in the 24 mile catchment distance near Hope Creek been proposed or authorized?

-An ongoing activity, which has no impact on the nuclear

. power plant, is the dredging of the river in front of Arti-ficial Island, on which the plant is located. This activity is sponsored by Public Service Electric and Gas.

-3. 3 Conclusions

-Based on our review of "Public Notices" issued by the U.S.

Army Corps of Engineers, responses to inquiry letters sent to the facilities listed in Table-3, and Federal Energy Regulatory Commission notices, we conclude that no new or proposed construction which would have an effect on the cal-culation of the probability of a flammable fuel vapor cloud reaching the-Hope Creek Nuclear Generating Station has ap-parently been' authorized.

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Table 3 Mailing address of LPG' Facilities- located on the

-Delaware' River Atlantic Richfield Company Box'7709 Philadelphia, PA 19101 (215) 339-2632 British Petroleum Oil Company Marcus Hook, PA 19061 (215) 494-3600 British Petroleum Oil Company Paulsboro, NJ 08066 (609) 423-4000 Cities Services Company Box 300 Tulsa, Oklahoma 74102 (918) 586-2211

.Getty Oil Company Delaware City, Delaware 19706

! Gulf Oil Company Girard Point,.Pa. 19145 l (215) 389-3500

! Mantua Chemicals. Terminal, Inc.

Crown Point Road Thorofare,.New Jersey 08086 (609) 423-5400

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