ML20147B795

Discusses 780425-27 Site Visit Made to Familiarize Proj Manager & Contractors W/Spent Fuel Facil

ML20147B795
Person / Time
Site:	07002623
Issue date:	05/08/1978
From:	Spitalny B NRC OFFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY & SAFEGUARDS (NMSS)
To:	Starostecki R NRC OFFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY & SAFEGUARDS (NMSS)
References
781108, TAC-57316, TAC-57317, NUDOCS 7812180059
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MAY 8 1978 Docket flo. 70-2623 MEMORANDUM FOR: Richard W. Starostecki, Chief Fuel Reprocessing and Recycle Branch Division of Fuel Cycle and liaterial Safety .

FROM: Brett S. Spitalny Fuel Reprocessing and Recycle Branch olvisionoof Fuel Cycle and Material Safety

SUBJECT:

SITE VISIT TO MC'GUIRE AtID OC0!iEE flVCLEAR POWER STATI0:1S Ref. (a): Letter to Greg Pollak (Duke Power Co), dated April 19, 1978 Purpoce:

Site viiit to familiarize the project manager and contractors with the spent fuel facility at the McGuire and Oconee riuclear Power Stations.

Place and Date:

Duke Power Co., McGuire fluclear Station Terrell, NC. April 25 and 27,1978 Duke Power Co., Oconee fluclear Station, Seneca, SC, A$ril 26, 1978 Duke Power Co., General Offices.CBarlotte, HC, April 27, 1978. .

Attendees:

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Di_s_cussion; Reference (a) cJivised Duk'e Power Company of our intentions for a site visit to the McGuire and Oconee Nuclear Stations. It also containci points of interest for each respective site which would be viewed or discussed during

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the three day trip.

April 25, 1970 Members from the staff of Battelle/ Pacific florthwest Laboratory (BPflL) and Oak Ridge Hattacol Laboratory (ORiiL) along with myself met with representatives from Duke Power Co. for an introduction to the plant site.

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Richard W. Starostecki MAY 8 1970 Maurice McIntosh, McGuire Plant Manager, and George Case, Superintendent of Operations, gave us an overview of their intentions and need for storing Oconee. Spent Fuel at the McGuire site.

Following the meeting, a complete tour of the facility was given by Greg Pollak, Brew Barron and Steve Frye. The spent fuel pool, cask handling equipment and supporting systems, such as ventilation;

' cooling and boron recycle were reviewed in detail.

April 26, 1978 A tour of the Oconee spent fuel pools and fuel handling equipment was conducted by Dave Bito of the Oconee staff.

The location of fuel with respect to age was discussed in an effort to understand the applicant's decision to ship 120 day old fuel vice 1 year old fuel. Mr. Bito was unable to confirm their decision based on locality. A significant number of aged fuel elements are located within easy access.

The proposed truck route between Oconee and McGuire was driven to and from the site to familiarize the visiting personnel with the actual route which will be used, in addition to the bordering area.

April 27, 1978 Dan Glenn, Larry Cadwell, Ed Frederick and myself met with Tony Owen and Terry Keene, station chemist and radiological health physicist, respectively, to discuss some of the environmental aspects of the project.

Following a question and answer period, we toured the site environmental laboratory, both the aquatic and radiological sections.

An additional tour of the spent fuel pool was conducted. A complete walk-thru of the handling process was accomplished covering cask receipt, washdown, inspection and decontamination, cask unloading and final element positioning and storage.

The remainder of the visit at the McGuire site was concluded in a meeting with Greg Pollak to discuss any final questions and to determine what information/ material was lacking by either of the national laboratories or NRC.

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MAY 81978 Richard W. Starostecki One final meeting was scheduled at Duke Power Company's main office in downtown Charlotte. This meeting was convened between the Fuel Management Group and myself to discuss their reasoning for shipping 120 day old fuel. Dave Freck and Mike Glover provided Duke's logic behind the decision.

Quantitatively, it can be shown, using their present plans for maintaining a full core reserve, that it becomes advantageous to ship 120 day old in lieu of 1 year old fuel. It would become necessary to handle the fuel a second time, maintaining the pools as presently planned. However, it may also.be shown that using a different arrange-ment for maintdining Ahfiull core reserve, it is possible to ship fuel

at least 1 year old without causing any impact to their discharging and/or shtpping schedule.

Conclusions:

The list of information and questions which was developed during the last m,eeting at the McGuire site is being supplemented by additional questions and comments which have surfaced after the trip. This list is presently being compiled, and will be formally forwarded to Duke Power Co. at a

.later date.

Ad MA Brett S. Spitalny -

Fuel Reprocessing and Recycle Branch Division of Fuel Cycle and Material Safety

Enclosure:

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ATTENDEES Name Organization Capaci'ty Brett Spitalny NRC Project Manager Ed Frederick ORNL Manager, Regulatory Programs Dan Glenn BPNL Senior Development Engineer Larry Cadwell BPNL Ecologist Maurice McIntosh Duke-McGuire Plant Manager George Cage Duke-McGuire Superintendent of Operations Brew Barron Duke-McGuire Operating Engineer

• Greg Pollak Duke-Steam Assistant Engineer, Licensing Production Steve Frye Duke-McGuire Shift Supervisor Tony Owen Duke-McGuire Station Chemist Terry Keene Duke-McGuire Station Health Physicist Dave Freck Duke-Fuel Associate Engineer Management Mike Glover Duke-Fuel Junior Engineer Management Dave Bito Duke-Oconee Junior Engineer

• Greg Pollak has been designated as the point of contact for communications with respect to this licensing review.

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