ML20101D915

FOIA Request for Documents Re Charleston Earthquake of 1886 & Seismic Design for Vogtle Nuclear Power Plant

ML20101D915
Person / Time
Site:	Vogtle
Issue date:	05/23/1984
From:	Bell N NUCLEAR INFORMATION & RESOURCE SERVICE
To:	Felton J NRC OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION (ADM)
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FOIA-84-430 NUDOCS 8412260075
Download: ML20101D915 (2)

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\ucear n"ormation anc Resource Service 1346 Connecticut Avenue NW. 4th Ficor, Washington, D.C. 20036 (202) 296-7552 May 23, 1984 James M. Felton, Director Division of Rules and Records FREEDOM OF INFORMATION Office of Adminstration ACT REQUEST U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20555 FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT REOUEST h *

Dear Mr. Felton:

Pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act, 5 U.S.C. 522, as amended, the Nuclear Information and Resource Service re-quests the following documents regarding the Charleston Earthquake of 1886 and seismic design for the Vogtle nuclear power plant. Please consider " documents" to include reports, studies, test results, correspondence, memoranda, meeting notes, meeting minutes, working papers, graphs, charts, diagrams, notes and summaries of conversations and interviews, computer records, and any other forms of written communication, including internal NRC Staff memoranda. The documents are specifically requested from, but not limited to, the Office of the Executive Legal Director (OELD);

Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research (Research); Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation (NRR); Generic Issues Branch of the Division of Safety Technology, NRR; and the Operating Reactors Branches of the Division of Licensing. In your response, please identify which documents correspond to which requests below.

Pursuant to this request, please provide all documents pre-pared or utilized by, in the possession of, or routed through the NRC related to:

1. The Millett earthquake fault postulated to exist 7 miles from the Vogtle reactor site (USGS Open File Report No.82-156);

2. The implications for the siting and seismic design of the

Vogtle nuclear plant of the 1886 Charleston earthquake; t

! 3. The development (and any subsequent reanalysis) of a Safe l Shutdown Earthquake (SSE) and an Operating Basis Earthquake (OBE) for'the Vogtle nuclear plant; l

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5. All correspondence between USGS and the NRC regarding the Charleston earthquake, the Millett fault or the Vogtle nuclear plant; and

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6. All NRC Staff memoranda or correspondence related to the seismic design and/or siting of the Vogtle nuclear plant.

In our opinion, it is appropriate in this case for you to waive copying and search charges, pursuant to 5 U.S.C.

552(a)(4)(A) "because furnishing the information can be considered as primarily benefiting the general public." The ,

Nuclear Information and Resource Service is a non-profit organization serving local organizations concerned about nuclear power and providing information to the general public.

Sincerely, D

Nina Bell Nuclear Safety Analyst ec: File