ML20248F169

Forwards RAI on 2.206 Petition Re Sfpc Methods.Petition Refers to 980311 Meeting at Plant Site

ML20248F169
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Site:	Haddam Neck File:Connecticut Yankee Atomic Power Co icon.png
Issue date:	05/28/1998
From:	Fredrichs T NRC (Affiliation Not Assigned)
To:	Mellor R CONNECTICUT YANKEE ATOMIC POWER CO.
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2.206, NUDOCS 9806040133
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Mr. Russ:ll Mallor May 28, 1998 Vics Presidrnt - Operati:ns 4 and Decommissioning -

Connecticut Yankee Atomic Power Co.

362 Injun Hollow Road East Hampton, Connecticut _06424-3099

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SUBJECT:

REQUEST FOR INFORMATION - 2.206 PETITION REGARDING b;'Ft FUEL i POOL COGuic METHODS

Dear Mr. Mellor:

By letter dated March 13,1998, Citizen's Awareness Network, Inc. (CAN) petitioned NRC to take action with respect to spent fuel pool cooling methods at Haddam Neck (HN),

among other items. The CAN petition refers to your March 11,1998, public meeting at  !

' the HN plant site where your staff discussed a modification to the spent fuel pool cooling )

system. Your staff proposed to cool the spent fuel pool by ventilating the building through I cpen doors and the roof hatch in the event the forced cooling system becomes unavailable.

In order to respond to the CAN petition, we require additional information, as listed on the enclosure. ' Also, enclosed is a copy of the CAN petition. Please respond to this request within 30 days of the date of this letter.

This request affects 9 or fewer respondents and therefore, is not subject to Office of:

l Management and Budget review under Public Law 96-511.

1 l Sincerely, ORIGINAL SIGNED BY:

Thomas L. Fredrichs, Project Manager Non-Power Reactors and Decommissioning Project Directorate Division of Reactor Program Management Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No.: 50-213

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SUBJECT:

REQUEST FOR INFORMATION - 2.206 PETITION REGARDING SPENT FUEL POOL COOLING METHODS

Dear Mr. Mellor:

j By letter dated March 13,1998, Citizen's Awareness Network, Inc. (CAN) petitioned NRC to take action with respect to spent fuel pool cooling methods at Haddam Neck (HN),

among other items. The CAN petition refers to your March 11,1998, public meeting at the HN plant site where your staff discussed a modification to the spent fuel pool cooling ,

system. Your staff proposed to cool the spent fuel pool by ventilating the building through i open doors and the roof hatch in the event the forced cooling system becomes unavailable.

In order to respond to the CAN petition, we require additional information, as listed on the enclosure. Also, enclosed is a copy of the CAN petition. Please respond to this request within 30 days of the date of this letter.

l This request affects 9 or fewer respondents and therefore, is not subject to Office of j Management and Budget review under Public Law 96-511.  !

Sincerely, ORIGINAL SIGNED BY:

Tho,nas L. Fredrichs, Project Manager Non-Power Reactors and Decommissioning l Project Directorate '

l Division of Reactor Program Management j Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation j Docket No.: 50-213

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[ May 28, 1998 Mr. Russell Mellor Vice President - Operations and Decommissioning Connecticut Yankee Atomic Power Co.

362 Injun Hollow Road East Hampton, Connecticut 06424-3099

SUBJECT:

REQUEST FOR INFORMATION - 2.206 PETITION REGARDING SPENT FUEL POOL COOLING METHODS

Dear Mr. Mellor:

By letter dated March 13,1998, Citizen's Awareness Network, Inc. (CAN) petitioned NRC to take action with respect to spent fuel pool cooling methods at Haddam Neck (HN),

among other items. The CAN petition refers to your March 11, #998, public meeting at the HN plant site where your staff discussed a modification to the spent fuel pool cooling system. Your staff propoced to cool the spent fuel pool by ventilating the building through open doors and the roof hatch in the event the forced cooling system becomes unavailable, in order to respond to the CAN petition, we require additionalinformation, as listed on the enclosure. Also, enclosed is a copy of the CAN petition. Please respond to this request '

within 30 days of the date of this letter.

This request affects 9 or fewer respondents and therefore, is not subject to Office of Management and Budget review under Public Law 96-511.

Sincerely,

.< d i Thomas L. Fredrichs, Project Manager Non-Power Reactors and Decommissioning j Project Directorate  :

C: vision of Reactor Program Management !

Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No.: 50-213 7

Enclosure:

As stated cc: See next page 1

! Connecticut Yankee Atomic Power Co. Haddam Neck Plant Docket No. 50-213 l

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Lillian M. Cuoco, Esq. Resident inspector Senic duclear Counsel Haddam Neck Plant Northeast Utilities Service Company c/o U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission P. O. Bc.< 270 362 injun Hollow Road l

Hartford, CT 06141-0270 East Hampton, CT 06424-3099 l

Mr. Kevin T. A. McCarthy, Director Mr. James S. Robinson Monitoring and Radiation Division Manager, Nuclear Investments and Department of Environmental Administration Protection New England Power Company 79 Elm Street 25 Research Drive Hartford, CT 06106-5127 Westborough, MA 01582 Mr. Atlan Johanson Mr. G. P. van Noordennen Assistant Director Manager - Nuclear Licensing Office of Policy and Management Northeast Utilities Service Company Pol icy Development and Planning 362 Injun Hollow Road Division East Hampton, CT 06424-3099 450 Capitol Avenue-MS#52ENR P. O. Box 341441 Regional Administrator Hartford, CT 06134-1441 Region i U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Mr. F. C. Rothen 475 Allendale Road Vice President - Work Services King of Prussia, PA 19406 Northeast Utilities Service Company P. O. Box 128 Board of Selectmen

\Naterford, CT 06385 Town Office Building Haddam, CT 06438 Mr. D. M. Goebel Vice President - Nuclear Oversight Deborah Katz, President Northeast Utilities Service Company Citzens Awareness Network P.O. Box 83 P. O. Box 1~28 Shelburne Falls, MA 01370-0083 Waterford, CT 06385 Jonathan M. Block Mr. J. K. Thayer Main Street Recovery Officer, Nuclear Engineering P.O. Box 566 and Support Putney, VT 05346 l Northeast Utilities Service Company i P. O. Box 128 Rosemary Bassilakis Waterford, CT 06385 Citizen Awareness Network, Inc.

54 Old Turnpike Road Haddam, CT 05346-0566 1

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'a Request for Information 2.206 Petition, Citizen's Awareness Network

1. Do you intend to use ventilation through open doors and roof hatches of the spent fuel building (SFB) to cool the spent fuel pool (SFP) in the event forced cooling is unavailable? If yes, answer questions 2 through 6. If no, answer question 6.

2. As the SFP water level drops, particulate material may deposit on the SFP walls. How has your dose consequence evaluation accounted for the potential release of particulate material?

3. What are the dose consequences of cooling the SFP by ventilating the SFB through open doors and the roof hatch under normal conditions and postulated design basis events?

4. What is your procedure for monitoring and quantifying a release of radioactive materials via pathways through the open doors and roof hatch?

5. What action will be taken in the event that high radiation levels are detected emanating from the SFB, while the SFB is being ventilated through open doors and the roof hatch?

6. How will local noise levels be affected by the modified SFP cooling system?

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