ML20206S170

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

ML20206S170
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Site:	Oyster Creek
Issue date:	09/04/1986
From:	Zech L NRC COMMISSION (OCM)
To:	Moran J NEW JERSEY, STATE OF
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CHAIRMAN September 4, 1986 l

1 The Honorable Jeffrey W. Moran 1 New Jersey Senate -I 620 W. Lacey Road Clocktower Building Forked River, New Jersey 08731

Dear Mr. Moran:

This is in response to your July 25, 1986 letter requesting I assistance in matters related to the Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station and the siting of hazardous waste disposal or 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 t

states deal with this issue.

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 siting 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 l identified as having potentially hazardous effects on safe

, operation cf 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 neighboring facilities.

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It is the licensee's responsibility to provide sufficient information to assure the NRC that the plant is adequately I protected and can be operated with an acceptable degree of l safety with regard to potential accidents which may occur as the result of the presence of hazardous materials or activities at r609220098 e60904 PDR ADOCK 05000219-P PDR l

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nearby' facilities. Periodically during the operating life of 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 availabic within the NRC. The Environmental Protection Agency should have a compilation on the location of hazardous waste fac'ilities 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, Lando W. Ze h, Jr c.s

Enclosure:

As Stated

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OCNCS FSAR UPDATE 2.2 NEARBY INDUSTRIAL,-TRANSPORTATION, AND MILITARY FACILITIES 2.2.1 Industrial Locations Within 10 miles of the Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station (OCNCS),

there are 38 industrial facilities. A survey of these industries showed that approximately 1832 individuals were employed there (data was not available from seven firms). The list of industries and their locations are shown on Table 2.2-1 and Figure 2.2-1.

2.2.2 Other Facilities 2.2.2.1 Waterways The nearest navigable waterway to the OCNGS is Barnegat Bay. This body of water is relatively shallow. The average depth is less than 5 feet -

with a range of less than 1 foot to 20 feet at mean low tide. The U.S.

Army Corps of Engineers maintains the Intercoastal Waterway, which crosses Barnegat Bay at a depth of 6 feet, mean water line. The Inter-coastal Waterway is used by pleasure craft and commercial fishing boats.

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There are 10 airport facilities within 20 miles of the OCNGS (Table

(: 2.2-2 and Figure 2.2-2) . The closest of these is a seaplane base some seven miles southeast.

Two Restricted Areas are within 20 miles, but none within 10 miles.

These and air lanes and military air routes are listed on Table 2.2-2 l and shown in Figure 2.2-2.

I 2.2.3 Evaluation of Potential Accidents 2.2.3.1 Aircraft Accidents Aircraft strike probabilities were estimated for three size categories including small general aviation, medium-sized commercial, and large (heavy) commercial or military aircraft. The nearest airports of significance are at Lakehurst, 16 miles north-northwest and McGuire Air l Force Base about 24 miles northwest. At these distances there is no significant hazard due to landing and takeoff activities. Low level military training routes in the area must be kept more than five miles from the plant by agreement between the military and the NRC. There is little traffic .along these routes, and at this distance they represent an extremely low hazard to the plant.

Based on evaluation of the available information on air traffic conditions at the site, it was concluded that the only significant

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OCNCS FSAR UPDATE hasard is from the traffic along the V312 airway and general aviation in the area. Probabilities for a strike on the plant were developed for three sizes of aircraft based on available traffic information for each size. The largest mean frequency is from general aviation at 4.0 x 10-7 2.2.3.2 Explosions Possible sources of explosions are essentially limited to transportation accidents. Explosion of chemicals being transported along Route 9 or the Parkway (the railroad along Route 9 is no longer is use) would present the only significant hasard in this regard. Route 9 is located about 400 meters east at its closest approach and the Parkway is located more than 1,000 meters west. Portions of the Parkway are closed to trucks; therefore, little through truck traffic passes the plant. There are no shipping channels near the plant.

Based on NRC Regulatory Guide 1.91 and information received from the New Jersey Department of Highways, the probability of explosions was estimated at 1.5 x 10-8 (mean frequency).

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. OCNCS FSAR UPDATE TABLE 2.2-1 (Sheet 1 of 2)

INDUSTRIES WITHIN 10 MILES OF OYSTER CREEK Number Reference Of Number (a) Name Location Town Employees 1 Ocean County Utilities Hickory Ln Bayville 195 Authority (Sewage) 2 Fisher Bros Sand & Hickory Ln Bayville 11 Gravel 3 New Jersey Pulverizing Hickory Ln Bayville 20 Quarry Operation Of f Hwy 9 Bayville * -

4 5 Urner Barry Publica- Double Trou- Beachwood 25 tion ble Rd 6 Dover Oil Co Dover Rd S Toms 13 River 6 Best Block of Toms Dover Rd S Toms 12 i River River 7 Laursen Sheet Metal Flint Rd S Toms 35 River

(- 8 Nor-Dan Manufacturing Irons St Toms River 6 8 Park Iron & Steel Co Irons St Toms River 1 8 Shru-Heat Oil Co Irons St Toms River 17 9 H. Clay Glover Inc Robbins St Toms River 17 9 Ocean County Times- Robbins St Toms River 125 Observer 10 Sun Printing Inc Hyers St Toms River 1 11 Durvin Press Lakehurst Rd Toms River 5 12 Towne Fabrics Lowell Ave Toms River 20 13 S P Sheet Metal Co Inc Hwy 37 East Toms River 12 14 Ciba-Geigy Corp Hwy 37 West Toms River 1100 15 Woodland Manufacturing Wheaton Ave Bayville 18 16 Micro-Industrial Corp Hickory Ln Bayville 40 16 Denzer & Schafer X-Ray Co. Hickory Ln Bayville 6 17 DeMott & Aldrich Truck- Hickory Ln Bayville 8 ing Co.

18 Moore & Carvey Roofing Hwy 9 Bayville 4 19 Rickborn Industries Hwy 9 Bayville 6 20 D & H Precision Tool Co K St Seaside 5 Park 21 Eastern Shore Transit Hwy 9 Waretown

• 22 - Warren Industries Hwy 9 Waretown 10 23 Island Oil Co Stafford Ave Manahawkin 10 24 Times-Beacon Co Bay Ave Manahawkin 40

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INDUSTRIES WITHIN 10 MILES OF OYSTER CREEK Number Reference Of Number (a) Name Location Town Employees 25 Bay Construction W Bay Ave Barnegat 20 26 Francis M Moon Inc Hwy 72 Barnegat 5 W Bay Ave

• 27 Vogue Construction Barnegat 28 Modern Gas Service Inc Hwy 72 Barnegat 14 Lacey Rd Lacey Twp

• 29 French Earch Materials 30 Brick-Wall Corp Lacey Rd Lacey Twp 25 -

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• 31 Atlantic Gravel Co. Lacey Rd 32 Quarry Operation Lacey Rd Lacey Twp Lacey Rd Lacey Twp

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AIRPORTS, RESTRICTED AREAS AND AIR LANES WITHIN APPROXIMATELY 20 MILES OF OYSTER CREEK Airport / Heliport /

Seaplane Base

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1. Lakewood Airport 400 04' 00" 740 10' 40"

2. Mantoloking Sea- 40 02 00 74 03 30 plane Base

3. Pinelli Seaplane 39 45 00 74 07 00 Base

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5. Manahawkin Airport 39 42 00 74 16 45

6. Eagles Nest Airport 39 40 00 74 18 30

7. Lentine South PAF 39 47 05 74 22 36

8. Coyle Field 39 48 45 74 25 30

9. Ocean County Airpark 39 55 30 74 17 30 ,

(Miller Airport)

10. Lakehurst Naval Air 40 01 45 74 20 00 Facility (Multiple Runway)

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Dear Chairman Zech:

t This correspondence is to seek your assistance in matters related to the Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station at Forked River within our legislative district in southern ocean County, New Jersey, Under existing state law, the siting of hazardous waste disposal or storage facilities within a 20-mile radius of a nuclear generating plant is prohibited. New Jersey, like many other states, is facing a crisis in handling growing volumes of toxic wastes. There are, therefore, growing concerns and actual legislative initiatives that propose to permit the siting of '

toxic waste facilities within 20 miles of nuclear generator stations.

We request from your office information regarding how the NRC and other states deal with this issue. For instance, we would like to know the proximity of all hazardous waste facilities to nuclear plants around the country. Secondly, we seek information regarding the NRC's established policy position toward the siting of hazardous waste facilities near nuclear plants.

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-July 25, 1986 Lando W. Zech, Jr.

Page 2 These concerns are of great interest to the citizens of Ocean County, and your assistance is invaluable to us in representing the best interests of our constituents.

Thanking you in advance for your help, we are

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Senator 9th-District

<f( DR)' h LWG JEFFREY W. MORAN Assemblyman 9th-District LTCJR-JWM/gpl Rel-86-25 ,

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