ML20126B705
| ML20126B705 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Maine Yankee |
| Issue date: | 01/19/1980 |
| From: | Ed Miller SENSIBLE MAINE POWER |
| To: | Ahearne J NRC COMMISSION (OCM) |
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| NUDOCS 8003190123 | |
| Download: ML20126B705 (3) | |
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{{#Wiki_filter:. _ _ 1 9-Boothbay Harbor, Maine. Hanuary 19, 1980.
Dear Mr. Ahearne ,
Will you please read the enclosed copies of two news releases of January 11tn and January 12th? We had a very I am a member ofThe SensibleNuclear Maine Power. Commission's Regulatory successful meeting. delegation was extremely courteous and sympathized witn our problems and questions, for some of which they had answers, and many they did not. If this delegation ot tnree members of tne Nuclear Pegulatory Commission staff could make such a mistake in tne interpretation of Maine Yankee 's application tor license amendment, we wonder what other mistakes they will make in assessing the very serious question of 75% added waste fuel storage on plant site in Wiscasset, whien is located very close to tne Robinnood eartnquake fault. We cannot accept tne hazards of disassemoling fuel rods and adding waste storage at Maine Yankee nuclear power plant in Wiscasset. We have We no evacuation plan. and never can are on the end of ato twelve milewe have a workable one. escape, long peninsula, and in case or an accicent, l must travel nortn on Route 27, getting closer to tue plantDurin witn every mile. lour montns, there are close to ivo,v00 people on tnese peninsulas and islancs, wnose only escape is via Rouce 27. We av Ad like to hear your remarks regarding this very grave problem. I speak for well over five hundred members l of our organization. Sincerely yours ,
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i , g - Fantile a tqe hu lear fler.utgy Mnals "it was a revelation," Talrtile s?!d of the mino h.ccer; Alan h.i!Lrook, a formtr 1 l'~ , sia:h Da ua of t,4 crating 1,ca tm. .Ic - inLcmational tact ting, waith La Lillcres to I.h!ne Y. nice unp!ayac,and othcr3. t' scrit,ed the camy .* anitial na t ting v.tih Le the first of its kind Lttwcen the NRC and lhe crcup expres=d conecrn over acci- ?-
- res. Ltutrc of the sati-tmolmr troup, a roncerned group Ile at ured participants dcnts and operctcr error; et the plant, a' . 4~ .
j Supble LLme imer,ljera Ep day. tha he would louh hJa nuny of the matters matter ttnt cptwrently is soon to Le ad. 1ii g - ' Iqtik, esLLnt beryl h., L. y end t!ct vrere called to las attemion anst tvn!d dretsed Ey the I4RC. ' ccra .naLn at:.tt st'otnfy linQ J. idar- (Aw cp_ cn wme cf Sendble f.bine "f.Line Ycnt:ce chca-!v ins received ino
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rcn met v..th ILnrot3p na an Jiil y:.. An IV=t's sumettions, uldt h he found valid. citaticns from tin coimnialon - one fcr -l to diama the cmaps interu a ta a h- .One s.uch seg;uio;t Lrornht up by na failing to search into the Lati:caund cf per- Rap 0!'d j n ftine Yanhee unr.ta'cee, was the nxd tenn:t and trepuly tr in th.mt, and ancthar Sicdb 3- , Sqa cme n.Lam:r.g; rb a.;tb.rtace. cujet wad far la far a "i.otline" so t!ut chizens cocLi rcprat for Liling ta scr.rch gircannct leaving the _. , ~
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trorat;c c:p;b:ht, by wpkcid th.: fn.ue- IMC, ftee of clarco. FailtiNspon"Ed il*[* the !!RC will per-v;c& cf wh of da C3161 au l t nada s at Tlaoughout (Le seraion, Fairtile centin- plant mancndv"cu statien tveo hY pectors and a lat. b ' " " ' 5 **N I" " tLe punt to i m;t ng camp t star.W. . tally s eminded & nsible fdaine Power mem- time sfertt:ry ct f. hine Yantee bcfare and r an acaqtaant, accading
'Itc ruim. Ant trames noull silow Lers th.t the izue at stake was only the spring.
in ataca duccr Md C _ Lhout EJ fait rods to be h(L1 ia cach ' granting cf the ticense amendment allowing The f;RC official who will be the senior bandle for stcr::;c. Whcn fuelug the tc- . f,bine Yantee to ht more fuel rods into the rerddent inspector, however, said Timrsday h*"*'ed A.sh for clarification, Sindis sa . ectsr each buralia hold; only 176 rods. The same storage space. , recombining proculure would not require "We have to take a narrow look at the
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dissasscmL!ian the roda or exposing the proposal - not even at its future potential, 'g 7 because we don't know what that potential i 4 tween 1974 and 197o and m November uranium fact pctlets. IO70- ' Wre tLan W Sail le Lbine Pawer mem- is," Fairtile said. 'll:e engineer said that if I ye argued that rigorous screening of se-tLa amendment is granted, the next sicp t l curity peopla is important to revent laxity i. ; r .- - - - ' veau!d I e for Pbine Yankee to apply for un- or coopmtsan an,the thcft pf ow-lev (l con- 1 ! f , ' ctLcr eraandment allowing them to mercare i , , tanunated m:terial or crcticntials, though ti e tonnage cf spent fuel at the plant. i; I ' 1:e did not conte :t Learus's statement that l -
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have apptled for Loth in the same proposal, E v - '. l shortening the time factor and the expense { g a,M vpied ,ccccern sLcut ,the p! nt's loca-
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liittile pointed out thnt while recombin- Gr.rrett qu f . ult and the area's peninsula 't im fuel auth,, tLe FLut pLas to quade the m t p-..a icn.
"The only mute for evacuation of Booth-u-v L. tia. pie ston d in to tau t nett reisinic f
o in .iCLILlwd a ycar cao l.y t;.e l!!!C. tcst j that there tra no outstanding " citations"Lyf.py:!enu Ita (1 t, sd lTtnga ILa mtC ns claar p&ple. to the plant,* cA J Loati f.e the i ricliad afect cf u..%t% . i ;a LI;ina Yant c. r.r.t ona ci our Lyal tcr:ns," said g Llan 16th uunxmt the Il .nt's effpct
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@ Aut ilm.it A pre:identLJ order spwt lutt itprocciing haa forced utiliti stoppi.j, far tLe ILat contaius ucne, Indicating tint concer ns tly.t war not releva,t to the i :.ne, c:::
M ' to stuao 44 tut! ruds in temporary stor. any previous ittms have been resolved or Funtile said he was impre:;;cd by the so. xiola ad t.fant tjtes. cre in ahe process of corra tion. pMchn d U,4 pp - nd up M , On the tharpe that LLine Yankee was what, attorney *1utocr calkd "c-ti:Llish. ! aghath a down p ( pared talks on aspects of ment peupla - and the research that they .
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that 6t would be in fjaine's interest for the plant, lazarua said. *1'm nut cware il any have dunu on Pdaine Yank.e and nuclear - , l um. nduwnt to 1.a denied, to keep clos.r rectulis sumt" to do so. Unhke fuel plants, power fa cencral lulatite said he and otlar commiss!on w.,h h on the unhty mul to work tomrds he ut lained, ognJing mu-tors hm nq g , remhiy srcessible Lichly radioactive materi. repre:catativog will return to the area in , j i thumnn Line Nkm down. t Icht wette by u,Lcun en,erency prepared- c y 4.m ha imh a GL 1: mil
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1, e W: ASSET- Tha Nuclear Femtlator'; Cem-imion ernd n RJ i.;m; rMation cf Mte Yr.rkee's a51cen l L. for tice a n: e .:= ant, NRC reactor en';ineer ~~ Sher / Wei " W !a t". Wppi! cation the plant ecu:;ht to increate th , hat er h ' mc.. Ni stere';c capacit'/ from 953 to IEd
> rpenN d m.me"es, a proreas which involves recombm. .
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' i.y ,.m;f/. ;b B RC interore;ed tne proposal as a two pMm oratadon. This application wculd allow Maire Yct.:ee to fit more fuel rods into th3 came rpace. but vruhi not permit them to increase the total tonnage cf '
; gent fuel stored at the plant. Although increasing the '
amcunt cf v/usto. was the ultimate plan, an NRC
- s. pokesmcn said as recently as Wednesday, to do so would invch e rerqSting to the commfuien.
Ahr c =Hrq tb!r files Frica*/, the NRC has IcameiN i that in gran:ing cpproval for this p c;csal, they vmuhl -)
' also be rosroving the plant's future etcrage of oddit!0n.J ') ' ,
- BeoQ!:ay rrtfe!.' Thro atmbers of the commission vaff tmv:!el to %
Draor from Washin,ton, D.C., this week to ' lixen to the eencerns of the ant! nuclear group Senrible , 1 l thino Power, whLh formally intervened on the applica- i l
' t:ca in November, The g arp e':orermi concerns nbout the plant's increas-in ? .m c w wm cf rpent fuel at the h?arina, but w a; ,
" -hehEC tlut 'hdr ws:Ws wer? prema-turs "Fr ?ct .cl cnywhom Sorn .a're rbt ,"t SMP chairm:m .
ma poin:ed cut . ?ncMay. *11 sems irn-Setit Fo ' spcnnb.s :o produco any more a on we haven't f mr:~l . out w!T. to do v.;th ~; hat we o! cMy nave." ha ra!d. c.:m Juel rin ; to !.u Carter tdmmhtetP.n';; cc:tr ta :::ep w:i ats reprecs":nr.g and tempomnly ctoro waste at the p tbmre:res.- S .1P members were told hv Mor.cn Fa! rile of the
- NEC's Civision of Operatin; Reactora that Ma!no Y:n-hea's appucation was not a request to put more fuelinto %. '
the pool, and that they could not address that issue at up h) ccmirg:aur"entica hearfnzs. Fd.rt!!e raid that Maine Yarkee cri;inally came to the . MRC in 19IS wkh tha request f;r increasing its storace ca -.} ,'d parity."It was touch and go whether they ne+ded NRC appmv. j al ten cm! Maine Yankee was of tha opinion % that th0y cid ' 4 ; p not," 7nimic to!d the SMP mernwra.But a year a73. Fairtde cen inued, the NRC came : '
;, wth new :?!smic criteria for the rpent fuel recb. and 3 l ccmmission approval for the procedure cf disacaem: ling g i fael rods became mandato'"/. l M 4...a Lakes information officer Don:!d C. Vita m-cali:d ; ' l Lune Yan!;ee had oppEed tot tha right to e:cra more vw;:0 h a two-phase tnacact Md. In IC. !ia aared :ht R :: ot1cials thcught at the time that no Ib cence amedment v'as needed to compact th? fuel rodA "We v;;d the M.C then that at tre peint, we m:d
.come brd :or ancoet amendment clowfn't ua to ccra mora s, eat foi. In the pool," Vipue said. Out thy c0!d r
that we cou!dn't divide tr a subject, that it murt be cent ' 'fD\n q\ [ ered na ct.? " e D O . SMP excurcil Stanley R. Tupper taid Frh!ay tbt his iD
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< cppuration c; proval would nilow the plant to store more wato. w.,- -- .
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