ML20217J334

Forwards Request for Addl Info Re Sale of Portion of Land Part of Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station Site Including Portion of Exclusion Area

ML20217J334
Person / Time
Site:	Oyster Creek
Issue date:	10/19/1999
From:	Pastis H NRC (Affiliation Not Assigned)
To:	Roche M GENERAL PUBLIC UTILITIES CORP.
References
TAC-MA5644, NUDOCS 9910250068
Download: ML20217J334 (5)

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Mr Mich",el Rocho October 19, 1999 Vice Pr:sidInt cnd Dirrctor G'PU Nucl:ar, Inc.

.'Oyst:r Crt:k Nucle:r G:n : rating Station P.O. Box 388 ~

Forked River, NJ 08731

SUBJECT:

SALE OF A PORTION OF LAND THAT IS PART OF THE OYSTER CREEK NUCLEAR GENERATING STATION SITE INCLUDING A PORTION OF THE EXCLUSION AREA - REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION (TAC NO. MA5644)

Dear Mr. Roche:

In a telephone conference on October 15,1999, with the management and staff of the Oyster l Creek Nuclear Generating Station (Oyster Creek), we discussed tho need for additional information bat.ed on our review of your September 22,1999, letter responding to our September 2,1999, letter.

The request for additional information is enclosed, it was agreed during our conference call that your response would be submitted within 15 days of the date of this letter. If you have questions regarding this correspondence, please contact me at (G01) 415-1261.

Sincerely, Original signed by:

Helen N. Pastis, Sr. Project Manager, Section i Project Directorate 1 Division of Licensing Project Management Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-219

Enclosure:

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%g*****,/ I Mr. Michael Roche Vice President and Director GPU Nuclear, Inc.

Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station i P.O. Box 388 Forked River, NJ 08731

SUBJECT:

SALE OF A PORTION OF LAND THAT IS PART OF THE OYSTER CREEK NUCLEAR GENERATING STATION SITE INCLUDING A PORTION OF THE EXCLUSION AREA - REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION .

(TAC NO. MA5644)

Dear Mr. Roche:

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In a telephone conference on October 15,1999, with the managelnent and staff cf the Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station (Oyster Creek), we discussed the need for additional

• information based on our review of your September 22,1999, letter responding to our -

September 2,1999, letter, i

The request for additionrlinformation is enclosed it was agreed during our conference call that your response would be submitted within 15 days of the date of this letter. If you have questions regarding this correspondence, please contact me at (301) 415-1261.

Sincerely,

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%v)li% / '/ ,f )h ct o Helen N. Pastis, Sr. Project Manager, '.stion I Project Directorate 1 Division of Licensing Project Management Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-219

Enclosure:

As stated cc w/ encl:' See next page

Y I* ' M.- Roche

" GPU Nuclear, Inc, cc:

Mr. David Lewis Deborah Stauding:3r Shaw, Pittman, Potts & Trowbridge Hogan & Hartsor, i 2300 N Street, NW Columbia Square I Washington, DC 20037 55513* St., NW Washington, DC 20004 Manager Licensing & Vendor Audits-

' GPU Nuclear, Inc.

1 Upper Pond Road Parsippany, NJ 07054 Manager Nuclear Safety & Licensing Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station -

Mail Stop OCAB2 .

P. O. Box 388 '

Forked River, NJ 08731 Regional hmir,istrator, Region i U.S. Nuclear Regu;6iory Commission 475 Allendale Road King of Prussia, PA 19406-1415 Mayor I Lacey Township  !

818 West Lacey Road Forked River, NJ 08731 Resident inspector c/o U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission

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Kent Tosch, Chief L New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection Bureau of Nuclear Engineering -;

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t Reauest for Additional Information l

1. - in accordance with applicable sections in 10 CFR 50.71, state how all records pertaining to release or property on the Forked River Site (FRS) being sold will be maintained until license termination, and provide the location of these records.

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2. ' GPU Nuclear Calculation C-2820-99-010, " Dose Assessment of Residual Radioactivity on the Forked River Site - Demonstration per 10 CFR 20.1402", dated August 18,1999, )

was not enclosed in the submitted package for review. This reference is requested for I docketing and NRC staff review.

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3; " Sale of the Fof Ked River Site Portion of the Oyster Creek Facility", Attachment 1, Comoliance with the Radioloaical Criteria for License Termination, page 12: Indicates the established screening Derived Concentration Guideline Levels (DCGLs) for soil I (pCi/g) are from SECY 98-051. According to SECY98-242 document, dated October 21, 1998, the only values published, by NRC, were DCGLs for building surface contamination (dpm/100cm2) at the 90* percentile of the output dos,e distribution. SECY

.98-242 included SECY 98-051 (as Attachment 1) and the table for building surface contamination screening DCGLs (as Attachment 2), which was subsequently revised November 11,1998. Provide the computer code / version along with the parameters used to justify the established DCGLs, and the corresponding outputs.

4, " Sale of the Forked River Site Portion of the Oyster Creek Facility", Attachment 1, Comoliance with the Radioloaical Criteria for License Termination, page 13: The 10 CFR61 waste stream analysis includes tritium, however, no specific sampling was performed to demonstrate the tritium is present on the FRS in quantities greater than background levels. Tritium in groundwater, in the immediate vicinity of the Oyster Creek plant area, was reported to be less than 5% of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) drinking water limit of 20,000 pCl/L. Provide information on why specific sampling for tritium in soil should not be required for any part of the FRS.

5. " Sale of the Forked River Site Portion of the Oyster Creek Facility", Attachment 1, Classification of Areas by Residual Radioactivity Levels, page 5: Buildings (1,12,14, Spectrum) contain exempt and/or sealed quantities of radioactive material used primarily for training purpose 3, and for source checking and calibrating instruments. These radiation sources will remain in the buildings (with the exception of the Spectrum building) for use by GPU staff following sale of the property. For clarity, identify the nuclides and activities of the radiation sources. Provide supporting information, in additiori to the floor surface contamination survey date submitted, to justify that all areas knov" to contain radiation sources are classified as non-impacted.

6.  : Sale of the Forked River Site Portion of the Oyster Creek Facility", Attachment 1,

' Classificatior of Areas by Residual Radioactivity Levels, page 5: Buildings (Motor Pool,

0) contained _ measurable fixed contamination on tools that were either *tored or transported to the FRS. An investigation and smear surveys were conducted resulting in no removable contamination. Provide this supporting information to justify that all areas known to contain contaminated material / items are classified as non-impacted.

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. 7. Historical Site Assessment of the Forked River Site", Attachment 1, Description of Past and Current Ooerations, page 15: Fourteen truckloads of dirt with activity concentrations up to 0.3 pCi/g Cs-137 and 0.2 pCi/g of Co-60, determined by gamma spectroscopy, were temporarily stored adjacent to/on the Firing Range (FR) parking lot. ,

These areas were classified as Class 3 -impacted. GPU Operations Quality Assurance (QA) Monitoring Report, Serial No. 9114001, dated February 7,1991, states tliat the soil was excavated from outside the Radiological Controlled Area (RCA), in June / July 1990, '

from the area north of the reactor building. The report further mentions that the soil was  ;

" spread over the parking lot at the Firint Range by a Facilities contractor unaware of the j sampling or concern about the soil." For clarity, define the boundary of the RCA, the volume of soil transported, and the final disposition of the soil onsite. NRC also requests information in isotopic soil analyses in the impacted area for potential alpha / beta emitters which may result from fission, activation, or other licensed activities.

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8. " Historical Sits Assessment of the Forked River Site", Attachment 1, Potential i Contaminated Areas, page 20: Noble gasos were observed in the Switchyard Building through a conduit from the condenser bay which was sealed. Provide information that describes this direct exposure pathway to include the time frame at which this event occurred; the identity of the noble gases with emission types, half-lives, and energies; i respective concentrations and submersion does assessment, the method on how the leak was sealed; and a comprehensive analysis that demonstrates a similar event is i unlikely to reoccur following sale of the property to justify that the area is classified as  !

non-impacted.

9. " Radiological Scoping Survey of the Forked River Site, Soil Sampling,1998" Soil samples results, provided in Appendix 1, " Laboratory Reports of Gamma Isotropic Analyses of Soil Samples Collected From the Forked River Site" were analyzed by GPU Environmental Radioactivity Laboratory in Harrisburg, PA, in accordance with GPU's procedures and QA plan. Confirm that the QA plan for the Harrisburg lab has been approved by the NRC and that it meets applicable requirements in 10 CFR Part 50, Appendix B. " Quality Assurance Criteria for Nuclear Power Plants and Fuel Reprocessing Plants", otherwise submit the QA plan for review.

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