ML20207G562

Requests That Nc Denr & Div of Radiation Protection Use Whatever State Sources Necessary to Do Thorough Independent Technical,Regulatory,Safety,Risk & Engineering Review of Proposed Amend.With Certificate of Svc.Served on 990309

ML20207G562
Person / Time
Site:	Harris
Issue date:	01/12/1999
From:	Hackeny J, Kinnaird E, Lee H NORTH CAROLINA, STATE OF
To:	Hunt J NORTH CAROLINA, STATE OF
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CON-#199-20070 LA, NUDOCS 9903120110
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Governor of North Carol;aa 116 W. Jones Street Raleigh, North Carolina 27603-8001 Re: CP&L'S request to double the licensed capacity of their high-level waste storage at Shearon Harris for feel rods shipped from outside the triangle.

Dear Governor Hunt:

Oar constituents in Chatham and Orange Counties are concerned about safety and other effects of a request by Carolina Power and Light for approval to open two more fuel pools, doubling their capacity to take high-level radioactive waste at the Shearon Harris Nuclear Plant from the four reactors owned by CP&L.

We request the NC DENR and the Division of Radiation Protection use whatever state resources are necessary to do a thorough independent technical, regulatory, safety, risk and engineering review of the proposed license amendment. While the federal government is planning to open a federal depository for eventual disposal of these high-level wastes, the many obstacles to that plan -- legal, technical, regulatory, and political I

have kept the date of opening stretching farther into the future. Therefore, the state needs to be concerned with an indefinite length oflife for these pools.

We recommend inquiries to the state PUC and AG's office with regard to cost and

liabilities from the South Carolina Robinson Nuclear Plant's waste transported into and stored at the Shearon Harris facility. They are likely to have some information on this since Robinson waste is already stored in the two operating pools at the Harris site.

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! January 12,1999 7 Page 2 As you know, South Carolina is not accepting any low-level radioactive waste from North Carolina in contradiction to the Interstate Commerce Clause W

. e understand that there is considerable public and local government concem that the technical and safety aspects of the plan be explored in an appropriate public forum in which information, that state officials develop and consider in making state comments to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, will be discussed.

Please contact us if there is any difficulty with sufficient funding for a thorough investigation. We look forward to your response as we understand the application was filed in December,1998 and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission limits formal input to l 00 days after publication of their findings in the Federal Register.

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In the Matter of-l CAROLINA POWER & LIGHT COMPANY Docket No.(s) 50-400-LA (Shearon Harris Nuclear Power Plant)

. 1 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that copies of the foregoing LTR NC ST REPS TO GOV. HUNT have been served upon the following persons by U.S. mail, first class, except as otherwise noted and in accordance with the requirements of 10 CFR Sec. 2.712.

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Office of Commission Appellate G. Paul Bo11werk, III, Chairman i Adjudication Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel ;

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Mail Stop - T-3 F23 '

Washington, DC 20555 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission ,

Washington, DC 20555 Administrative Judge Administrative Judge l Frederick J. Shon Peter S. Lam Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel  ;

Mail Stop - T-3 F23 Mail Stop - T-3 F23 l U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555 Washington, DC 20555 Marian L.'Zobler, Esq. j Richard G. Bachmann, Esq. Diane Curran, Esq. i Office of the General Counsel Harmon, Curran, Spielberg & Eisenberg j Mail Stop 15 B18 2001 S Street, N.W., Suite 430 '

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20009 Washington, DC 20555 William D. Johnson John H. O'Neill, Jr., Esq.

Vice President and Senior Counsel William R. Ho11away, Esq.

Carolina Power & Light Company Shaw, Pittman, Potts & Trowbridge P. O. Box 1551 2300 N Street, NW Raleigh, NC 27602 Washington, DC 20037 I

k Docket No.(s)50-400-LA LTR NC ST REPS TO GOV. HUNT Dated at Rockville, Md. this /

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