ML20206M923
| ML20206M923 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | 05000000, 05000603, 05000604 |
| Issue date: | 11/23/1988 |
| From: | Margulies M Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel |
| To: | Bordenick B, Irving S ALL CHEMICAL ISOTOPE ENRICHMENT, INC., NRC OFFICE OF THE GENERAL COUNSEL (OGC) |
| References | |
| CON-#488-7561 88-570-01-CP-OL, 88-570-1-CP-OL, 88-571-01-CP, 88-571-1-CP, CP, CP-OL, NUDOCS 8812020072 | |
| Download: ML20206M923 (2) | |
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SbVEdb[251%I Bernard M. Bordenick, Esq.
Office of the General Counsel Stephen A. Irving, Esq.
/C Mith Illinois Avenue U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Comission Suite 2026 Washington, D. C.
20555 Oak Ridge, Tennc::&6 37830 In the Matters of ALL CHEMICAL ISOTOPE ENRICHMENT INC.
(AlchemIE Facility-1 CPDF)
Docket No. 50-603-CP/0L: ALSPB No. 88-570-01-CP/0L t
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ALL CHEMICAL ISOTOPE ENRICHMENT, INC.
(AlChemIE Facility-2 Oliver Springs)
Docket No. 50-604-CP: ASLBP No. 88-571-01-CP
Dear Messrs. Bordenick and Irving:
This letter concerns certain questions which were raised by the Board's study of All Chemical Isotope Enrichment, Inc.'s Environmental l
Reports on Facility 1 - CPDF and Facility 2 - Oliver Springs. The Board expects responses to its questions to come primarily from the Applicant, l
but wants to infonn the Staff of its questions as well and would welcome any coment from the Staff.
1.
At page 5-11 of both Environmental Reports a worst case accident scenario is discussed in which a cylinder of mercury feedstock i
compound is ruptured and its contents released to the environment. The probable impact of this accident includes at least one fatality and l
exposure of the imediate area to mercury contamination.
The reports go i
on to state that "(t)hese impacts could be mitigated by requiring proper protective clothing and respirator, persisinel safety P. raining, and an i
enclosed loading dock."(emphasis added) Our question is, if these impacts "could be" so mitigated, will they be? If no:, why not?
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2.
At page 7-1 of both Environmental Reports 11 is stated one of i
the materials to be consumed by the facilities will be "fluorocarbon l
coolants that may be lost from plant systems". Our question is, considering the fact that fluorocarbon coolants are considered to be contributors to the green house effect and are undet* consideration for l
replacement by coolar,ts that have less adverse impac.t upon the environment, has cr will AlchemIE consider using coolants that have less environmental impact when they become available?
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Appendix E-3 to the Environmental Report for Facility 1 and in the EDGE Ecological Survey for facility 2 is a copy of a June 11, 1987 letter from the U. S. Fish and Wi dlife Service cor. erning AlchemIE's l
' proposed Gas Centrifuge Stable Isotcoe Enrichment Facility in which the Fish and Wildlife Service stated that it had reviewed the material provided to it about the proposed facility and concluded that "(a)dverse impact to fish and wildlife resources could result from implementation of this proposal; however, due to manpower and funding limitations we cannot at this time provide significant coments." Our question is, has the Fish and Wildlife Service subsequently provided any additional coments abcut such impacts, and if so, what were they?
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