ML24080A450
| ML24080A450 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Hermes File:Kairos Power icon.png |
| Issue date: | 03/20/2024 |
| From: | NRC |
| To: | NRC/NRR/DANU |
| References | |
| Download: ML24080A450 (4) | |
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From:
Peyton Doub Sent:
Wednesday, March 20, 2024 4:28 PM To:
Kairos-Hermes2PUBLICem Resource
Subject:
FW: Kairos Power Test Reactor NRC Attachments:
Kairos Power Test Reactor NRC 0324 Letter_FINAL-Signed_20240320 (1).pdf From: Houston, Effie <Effie_Houston@nps.gov> On Behalf Of BISO Superintendent, NPS Sent: Wednesday, March 20, 2024 3:36 PM To: Peyton Doub <Peyton.Doub@nrc.gov>
Cc: Berhman, Wendy <Wendy_Berhman@nps.gov>; john.shewairy@science.doe.gov; Nicholas, Niki S
<Niki_Nicholas@nps.gov>; beau.golstein@nps.gov
Subject:
[External_Sender] Kairos Power Test Reactor NRC If you have any questions or need further assistance, please contact Dr. Niki Stephanie Nicholas at niki_nicholas@nps.gov.
Niki Stephanie Nicholas Superintendent Big South Fork National River & Recreation Area Obed Wild & Scenic River Manhattan Project National Historical Park (Site Manager for Oak Ridge) 4564 Leatherwood Road Oneida, Tennessee 37841 423-569-9778 niki_nicholas@nps.gov Big South Fork National River & Recreation Area: WEBSITE FACEBOOK TWITTER INSTAGRAM YOUTUBE Obed Wild & Scenic River: WEBSITE FACEBOOK TWITTER INSTAGRAM YOUTUBE Manhattan Project National Historical Park: WEBSITE FACEBOOK TWITTER INSTAGRAM YOUTUBE
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Mr. J. Peyton Doub Environmental Project Management Branch 3 Division of Rulemaking, Environmental, and Financial Support Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards Peyton.Doub@nrc.gov
Dear Mr. Doub,
I am writing in response to your January 31, 2024 (received February 8, 2024) letter regarding the request to initiate Section 106 Consultation for Kairos Power Proposed Non-Power Test Reactors (Hermes 2) Construction Permit Review in Roane County, Tennessee.
I want to thank you and the rest of the project staff for your outreach to the National Park Service (NPS) regarding the project that initiated in spring 2022. In our scoping comments letter to NRC (April 12, 2022) we provided three main comments on the project: 1) concern with accessibility to/around the K-25 site; 2) NPS interest in collaborating to include interpretation material at or in proximity to the proposed Kairos facility, and 3) nexus to the ongoing Department of Energy (DOE) planning for the site, and public access locations to the NPS K-25 site.
We appreciate the August 23, 2022, virtual meeting and the follow-up email on August 30, 2022.
The key takeaways from the follow up conversation with your staff included:
- 1) Kairos Power would not limit recreation along that waterway. Kairos Power plans to have barriers preventing access to their property along Poplar Creek; however, the Kairos Power property is relatively small and the length of any barrier on their side of Poplar creek would not impact recreation along the creek.
- 2) The NRC has discussed our request for collaboration with Kairos Power. We have had discussion since with the Kairos Power communications team to discuss possible interpretative opportunities and collaboration.
We appreciate the follow-up on our first two issues of concern. At this point DOE is still in the process of developing plans for the area and there is not clarity yet about public access locations at the site. Until the access locations are defined, we cannot evaluate possible impacts to the park historical resources.
United States Department of the Interior NATIONAL PARK SERVICE Manhattan Project National Historical 12795 West Alameda Parkway P. O. Box 25287 Denver, Colorado 80225-0287 IN REPLY REFER TO:
Thank you for the opportunity to continue to provide comments on the project. If you have questions, you may contact Manhattan Project NHP Oak Ridge Site Manager, Dr. Niki Stephanie Nicholas at niki_nicholas@nps.gov.
Sincerely, Wendy Berhman Superintendent cc: John Shewairy, DOE, John.Shewairy@Science.doe.gov Niki Stephanie Nicholas, Big South Fork Nation River & Recreation Area and Obed Wild &
Scenic River Superintendent and Manhattan Project NPS, niki_nicholas@nps.gov Beau Goldstein, NRC Environmental Project Manager, Beau.Goldstein@nps.gov WENDY BERHMAN Digitally signed by WENDY BERHMAN Date: 2024.03.20 00:22:17
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