ML20137D707

Discusses Petition Filed on 951205 by Tj Lodge Re Safety of DSC Sys Due to Reduction in Thickness of Cask Welds Compared to Values Provided in SAR for NUHOMS Cask.Informs That Petition Granted in Part & Denied in Part

ML20137D707
Person / Time
Site:	Davis Besse
Issue date:	03/25/1997
From:	William Reckley NRC (Affiliation Not Assigned)
To:	Snavely C AFFILIATION NOT ASSIGNED
References
2.206, NUDOCS 9703260273
Download: ML20137D707 (5)

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! p i UNITED STATES g j NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON. D.C. 30086-0001 o

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i Mr. Cory Snavely  !

i 215 West Washington j j Ashland, OH 44805 i

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SUBJECT:

DRY CASK STORAGE AT THE DAVIS-BESSE NUCLEAR POWER STATION i

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Dear Mr. Snavely:

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! You were one of several members of the public who wrote to the Nuclear Regulatory i Commission (NRC) expressing concerns over the use of VECTRA Technologies, Inc.,

!' NUHOMS dry-shielded canister (DSC) system for the storage of spent nuclear fuel. In i addition to these letters, a formal Petition was filed on December 5,1995, by Mr. Terry l Jonathan Lodge on behalf of the Toledo Coalition for Safe Energy, Alice Hurt, Charlene  ;

i Johnston, Dini Schut, and William Hoops (the Petitioners). This Petition raised concerns '

! regarding the safety of the DSC system, specifically due to a reduction in the thickness of I cask welds compared to values provided in the safety analysis report for the NUHOMS i cask. The Petition also questioned the Commission's administrative process by which 4 VECTRA was permitted to deliver the canisters to the Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station, i and by which the licensee for Davis-Besse was allowed to use the DSCs. ,

j On February 5,1997, Dr. Carl J. Paperiello, Director of the Office of Nuclear Material i Safety and Safeguards, NRC, issued a Director's Decision under Title 10, Section 2.206 of i the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR 2.206). The Petition was granted in part and denied in part. The Decision stated that the NRC Certificate of Compliance for VECTRA's standardized NUHOMS should be modified to require the vendor to perform an inspection .

j following the fabrication of each DSC. A rulemaking is needed to make this revision to the l certificate and is being initiated by the NRC staff. The NRC rulemaking process includes 1 l publication of proposed rulemakings in the Federal Reaister for the purpose of soliciting i public comments.

i I Because the continued storage of spent fuelin the DSCs at Davis Besse does not pose i

! undue risk to the public health and safety, the Director's Decision stated that no technical

basis exists to require the DSCs to be unloaded pending completion of the rulemaking. In i addition, the Director's Decision noted that VECTRA has already been cited for a i nonconformance with NRC regulations, and there was no basis provided in the Petition to l take further action in this regard.

Davis-Besse has developed loading and unloading procedures for handling spent fuel.

These procedures were tested during dry-run exercises conducted by the licensee prior to loading spent fuelinto DSCs at Davis-Besse. The dry-run exercises and subsequent dry-cask operations at Davis-Besse have been observed by NRC inspectors. Based on this, the Director's Decision found no basis in the Petition for requiring a halt to dry-cask operations j

at Davis-Besse. Accordingly, the Petition was granted to the extent that it requests an i agency rulemaking and was denied in all other respects.

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b Additional details on these issues can be found in the Petition and the Decision, copies of which are available at the NRC local public document room located at the University of Toledo, William Carlson Library, Government Documents Collection, 2801 West Bancroft Avenue, Toledo, Ohio 43606. Please contact me at (301) 415-1314 if you have ,

additional questions or concerns. )

i Sincerely, ORIGINAL SIGNED By:

William D. Reckley, Project Manager Project Directorate 111-3 Division of Reactor Projects Ill/IV J Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation j Docket Nos. 50-346 and 72-14 cc: See next page i

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i Mr. Cory Snavely Additional details on these issues can be found in the Petition and the Decision, copies of which are available at the NRC local public document room located at the University of l Toledo, William Carlson Library, Government Documents Collection, 2801 West Bancroft l Avenue, Toledo, Ohio 43606. Please contact rne at (301) 415-1314 if you have additional questions or concerns.

Sincerely, William D. Reckley, Pr nager Project Directorate 111-3 Division of Reactor Projects lil/IV Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation ,

Docket Nos. 50-346 and 72-14 i cc: See next page 1

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Toledo Edison Company Unit No. 1 cc:

Robert E. Owen, Chief t Mary E. O'Reilly Bureau of Radiological Health Centerior Energy Corporation Service 300 Madison Avenue Ohio Department of Health Toledo, Ohio 43652 P. 0. Box 118 Columbus, Ohio 43266-0118 Mr. James L. Freels  ;

Manager - Regulatory Affairs Attorney General '

Toledo Edison Company Department of Attorney

, Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station General 5501 North State - Route 2 30 East Broad Street Oak Harbor, Ohio 43449-9760 Columbus, Ohio 43216 Gerald Charnoff, Esq. Mr. James W. Harris, Director Shaw, Pittman, Potts Division of Power Generation

& Trowbridge Ohio Dep atment of Industrial 2300 N Street, NW. Regulations Washington, D.C. 20037 P. O. Box 825 Columbus, Ohio 43216 Regional Administrator U.S. NRC, Region III Ohio Environmental Protection Agency 801 Warrenville Road DERR--Compliance Unit Lisle, Illinois 60523-4351 ATTN: Zack A. Clayton P. O. Box 1049 Mr. Robert B. Borsum Columbus, Ohio 43266-0149 Babcock & Wilcox Nuclear Power Generation Division State of Ohio 1700 Rockville Pike, Suite 525 Public Utilities Commission Rockville, Maryland 20852 180 East Broad Street -

Columbus, Ohio 43266-0573 i Resident Inspector U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Mr. James R. Williams 5503 North State Route 2 Chief of Staff Oak Harbor, Ohio 43449 Ohio Emergency Management Agency 2855 West Dublin Granville Road Mr. James H. Lash, Plant Manager Columbus, Ohio 43235-2206 Toledo Edison Company Davis-Besse Company Mr. John K. Wood 5501 North State Route 2- Vice President-Nuclear, Davis-Besse Oak Harbor, Ohio 43449-9760 Centerior Service Company c/o Toledo Edison Company .

President, Board of County Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station Commissioners of Ottawa County 5501 North State Route 2 Port Clinton, Ohio 43452 Oak Harbor, Ohio 43449-9760 Roy P. Lessy, Jr., Esq.

Andrew G. Berg, Esq.

l Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, L.L.P.

I 1333 New Hampshire Avenue, NW., Ste. 400 Washington, D.C. 20036

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Mr. Phillip G. Terrie Ms. Brigitte Guye 530 Send Ridge Rd. 190 Northridge Dr.

Bowling Green, OH 43402-4422 Perrysburg, OH 43551 Mr. John Cheslock Ms. Katie Gagnet 521 Pike St. Apt B 5336 Snowden Dr.

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Toledo, OH 43608 Bowling Green, OH 43403 )

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Toledo, OH 43620 Toledo, OH 43615 I

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