ML20206R610

Responds to 860725 Request for Assistance in Matters Re Plant & Siting of Hazardous Waste Disposal or Storage Facilities.Nrc Has No Position on Presence of Waste Sites Near Reactor Sites.Related Info Encl

ML20206R610
Person / Time
Site:	Oyster Creek
Issue date:	09/04/1986
From:	Zech L NRC COMMISSION (OCM)
To:	Connors L NEW JERSEY, STATE OF
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ML20206R614	List: ML20206R610 ML20206S170 ML20214M260 ML20214M280
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NUDOCS 8609110029
Download: ML20206R610 (2)

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%*****4 CHAIRMAN September 4, 1986 The Honorable Leonard T. Connors, Jr.

New Jersey Senate 620 W. Lacey _ Road Clocktower Building-

' Forked River, New Jersey 08731

Dear Mr. Connors:

This is in response to your July 25, 1986 letter requesting assistance in~ matters related to the Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station and the siting of hazardous' waste disposal.or- i storage facilities. In particular, you referred to New Jersey legislative. proposals to permit the siting of such facilities within 20 miles of nuclear generating stations. You requested information on NRC's policy on the siting of such. facilities near nuclear plants; the proximity of all hazardous waste facilities to nuclear plants around the country; and, how other states deal with this issue. t On the question of NRC policy on the siting of such facilities, the NRC does not have a position with respect to the presence of specific types of activities in the vicinity of reactor sites.

In our s-iting regulations (Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Parts 50 and 100), the NRC requires that each utility include a safety analysis report (SAR) in the application-for a construction permit. The'SAR should include a description and an evaluation of potential accidents involving all industrial, transportation, and military facilities and activities within five miles of the plant, and facilities at greater distances if accidents there have the potential for affecting plant safety-related features. Such facilities

include air, ground, and water traffic, pipelines, and fixed manufacturing, processing and storage facilities. The information is reviewed by the NRC to evaluate as many of the

potential accident situations as possible. If activities are

identified as having potentially hazardous effects on safe i operation of the nuclear plant, the evaluations are performed with respect to the inherent capability of the plant or special plant design measures to prevent radiological releases in excess of regulatory limits should there be an accident at one of the L

neighboring facilities.

I It is the licensee's responsibility to provide sufficient

information to assure the NRC that the plant is adequately protected and can be operated with an acceptable degree of safety with regard to potential accidents which may occur as the result of the presence of hazardous materials or activities at bof // OOR p

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nearby facilities. Periodically during the operating life of l the plant, the licensee must update the Final Safety Analysis Report (FSAR) and include the identification and analysis of all new activities in the vicinity of the plant site.

The information you requested on the proximity of all hazardous waste facilities to nuclear plants around the country is not readily available within the NRC. The Environmental Protection Agency should have a compilation on the location of hazardous waste facilities in the United States. On the third item, we do not have information on the manner in which other states deal with this issue. The only source that we are aware of for such information is the National Conference of State Legislatures.

I hope this information is of assistance to you and your constituents in Ocean County with regard to the hazardous waste siting activities in New Jersey. For your information, I am enclosing that portion of the updated FSAR for Oyster Creek which provides the description and accident evaluation of nearby facilities.

Sincerely, b, k.

Lando W. Ze , J[.

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