ML20095H556

Informs of No Remaining Public Health or Safety Issues to Warrant Further Delay in Issuance of Decommissioning Order. Delay Would Impact Util Ability to Initiate Listed Activities Resulting in Unnecessary Complications & Costs

ML20095H556
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Site:	Shoreham File:Long Island Lighting Company icon.png
Issue date:	04/28/1992
From:	Kessel R LONG ISLAND POWER AUTHORITY
To:	Remick F, Rogers K, Selin I NRC COMMISSION (OCM)
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ML20095H559	List: ML20095H556 ML20095H561
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CON-#292-12847 DCOM, NUDOCS 9204300010
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($16) 742 22CO Power Authoray 92 tsPR 28 P2 M6 April 28, 1992 By Telocopy The Hon. Ivan Solin, Chairman Commissioner Kenneth C.

Rogers Commissioner Forrest W.

Remick Commissioner Jantes R.

Curtiss Commissioner E.-Gail de Planque United Statoc Nuclear Regulatory Cormission 11555 Rockville Pike nucAville. Marylana 208b2 Long Island Pcwor Authority (Shoreham Nuclear Power Station, d(LOW \\

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NRC Docket 50-322 -

Expedited Treatment of NRC Staff necommen:,lation of Irmediately Ef f ective Order Acurovine DAc.pmissionine Plan

Dear Chair:

an Selin and Members of the Commission:

In his memorandum of April 17, 1992 (SECY-92-140), the HRC's Executive Dircctor for Operations (EDC) recommends that the Cormission authorizo issuance of an immediately offective order

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approving _the plan for decommissioning of Shoreham.

_ In the memorandus, the EDO concludos that'the Commission may and should, based upon analysis of the Atomic Energy Act and NRC regulations, issue the order prior to any hearings requested by potential intervonors.

That memorandum also recognized the importance of issuing a decormissioning order in time to permit shipment of the bulk of the low level radioactive waste from the Shoreham site to a lica.med low lovel wasta titoragn f acility before December 31, 1992, after which date all such facilities are expe to bo closed to further disposal from outside their states.,ctedThe Long Island PoWor Authority- (LIPA) wholly concurs with the EDO's recommendation and with the legal and factual besos underlying the recoraendation in the memorandum.

The urgency of being able to ship radioactive waste from Shoraham before tho end of 1992 was a principal subject of a maating'botwcon LIPA representatives and the Staff on March 23, 1992.

A copy of the minutes of that meeting in attached to SECY-92-140 and forms a part of the banis for that memorandum.

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7 9-23 *?2 14:!6 ID:L I PGER AUTHORI TY TEL N0: 1-516 '742-2084 cm W As the Shoreham licensee, LIPA also wishes to reinforce to the com:aission the need for prompt action on the EDO's recommendation.

As summarized belov and detailed in the attached affidavit of L7.PA's Shoreham Plant Resident Manaqer, lir. Tenlie M.

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• 1=.ly a u th o r 1 C, o r.1va t iU COMenCO dQComm1Ssioning Will avoid unnecese,asy costs to LIPA and the Long Island ra t: a pa y ere, and will prevent further complication of an already complex undertaxing.

LIPA therefore respectfully urges that the commission act in time to enable the aforementioned immediately effectivo Decommissioning Order to be issued by May 15, 1992.

As of that date, LIPA will be fully mobili:ed to begin the most complex and radiologically challenging aspect of Shoreham decommissioning, i.e., activities related to removal, segmentation and disposal of the Shoreham Reactor Pressure Vessel (RPV) internals, to be followed immediately by segmentation and disposal of the RPV itself.

Those activitiec are constrained pending authori:ation to decommission Shoreham.

For the reasono described in the attached affidavit, it is imperativo that LIPA begin these activities as scheduled in order that they can be completed before the end of 1992, at which point all federally licensed low level radioactive waste burial sites are scheduled to close. We strongly believo that prompt removal of these components from the Shoreham site is in the bcst interests of LIPA, the Shoreham community, the ratepayers of Long Island and the NRC.

Project plans and preparations for Shoreham decommissioning are proceeding on or close to the schedule originally provided in the December 1990 LIPA Shoreham Decommissioning Plan.

LIPA has come to this point as a result of diligent effort'on the part of both LIPA personnel and the NRC staff.

The NEC staff has fully reviewed the LIPA Shoreham Decommissioning Plan, and has documented its review in a

safety Evaluation Report and Environmenta?.

Assessmanc. To our knowledge, there are no remaining public health or safety issues which would warrant further delay in issuance of e

a Decommissioning Order.

LIPA sinceroly appreciates the efforts of all involved in getting us to this point.

Further delay, however, will impact LIPA's ability to initiate the activities noted above, resulting in unnecessary project complications and costs.

We thank you for your timely consideration of this matter.

Sincerely yours, l

kAws'l N hYg Richard M.

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SS/ab Attachment cc:

Samual J.

Chilk Edwin J.

Reis James M.

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