ML18085A523

Findings of Fact & Conclusions of Law in Support of 801111 Exceptions to Aslb 801027 Initial Decision Re Applicant Proposed Expansion of Fuel Storage.Certificate of Svc Encl

ML18085A523
Person / Time
Site:	Salem
Issue date:	01/13/1981
From:	Coleman A, Coleman E AFFILIATION NOT ASSIGNED
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ISSUANCES-OLA, NUDOCS 8101200299
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-?ages l and 2 Findings of Fact -Ptu;:es 1 through 17 -Pages 1 and 2 Conclusions of Law -:Pages l. and 2 .... Faf;es 1 and 2 Ser."ice List -Pages l and 2 . . . ' . ._ *; : : . _.,. .-:

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& CrAS CuNiPAN'f. et al ( t3alem Nuclear :ti ,.. . t *.* l 'J <..;} ... a: on, uni .... o. 1 Docket No. 50-272 OLA * (Snent Pool) Certification of Mailing I hereby certify that the B::-ie'f in *support of filed with the Atomic '.:lafety ii: Licensing

\p!)ea.1 Board in the above IT:.a.tte.r by Intervenors A.li'red.

c. Coleman, Jr-. and. .Jleanor-G.

was mai1ed this l)th day of January. 1981 b"J deposit in the United . Stat.es Pennsville, Eew Jersey, Post Of':fice to indieated on the atts.ched mailing list. e e Introduction. Intervenors Allred c. Colem.s..."l, Jr. and Eleanor G. Coleman {herein dter ref-erred to as The Colemans or Intervenors) took exc-e]'tiGm. to the Atomic Saf'e"cy & Licenaing Board's {ASLB) Initial Oeci.sion of :October 27. 1980 as .filed on November ll, l?Stl. It is not sur-prisinG that the ASL.B made an ini tJ.al decision in favor of the apnllcant for the pro-posed o:f £ue1 storage * .finding "" ** addl storage ean be. acomn:plished wi thou.'t the health. 0r safetlf of the publio *.** In our Opinion.. the 11.SLB felt eompelled to take 'this pcsi*ticm. because i:f tbi a num.t :proposal were d.smied, they wau.ld have had to aeoep_tabili ty of ?Jrior d9*ci sions. A denial would have overturned the .l\J,e*iear Regul.atoey COmmiesion* a (r-iRC) earlier findillt:;s and decisions expansion of spent fuel pool.s a:t other reactors .* Our brief i-n eupport o.f excep 4 t:ions is 'based on substantive

evidence, by tb.e Stai'.!* and !'acts completely ignored by berth the t.he 1t:;'!LB in their conelusio*ns and decision.

rne Initial D:eeision issued by the ASL.fi infers, after full tion o'.f exna.."lded on-site storage pool, a. ;perme.nerrt suent :f'"l.ilel stora.ee facili 'b'cf will be available by nuclear utill ties. There is no that the gp&nt fuel will leave this site at any time, riven. the nonexistence of'i'*m te storage, disposal o.*r reprocessing facilities, or economic incentives in the form of subsidies.

i'he a:nal.ysis do-ne 'the Final Impact Statement re.luted. to the operati.on o:f Stlem Nuclear Generating Uni ts 1 and 2 (Anril, 1973), Environmental Imp.act Ass<!lssment fcu* Salem Nuelear Unl t No. l and the l"inal Generic ?:ttvironmental Impact Statement an Handling and 0£ Spent Light Water Power Fe.actor {NUH.EG 0505, Vol. 1 Ex.eeutive. Summary, Aw.;us1: 1, 1979) did not consider this expansion (eozapact on si.te as a long-term on-aite storage 1'.aeillty. possibly extending beyond the ll tlensing period of the power react.ors. None the ana.J.:rais ccmsider&d the normal contents o-£ spen't fuel. pools :f:or light water reactor (IMR) nuclear plants and cally Salem Unit No. 1.. Anvironmen'ta.l considerations associate{! with the issuance of' ope.rating llcgnse :for the Salem Nuclear Generating Stations *Uzd t No. 1 and testing pe;rmi t :f'or Unit No. 2 Nos. 50.-272 an:d 50-.)ll) were prepared by the u .. s. Atomic Energy Commission {AF..-'C), Directorau of Licensing ( stai'i") in acoordance with the Co:.mll ssion' s 10 Part .50

• Appen.di.z.:::.D, im.p1emerrt*

ing the requirements of the National iillvironm.ental Polley Act o:r 1969

• e ,,.. -.i:::-ln3f.rR.d\tqtj.oD e NEPA s"tates, 1m!Ong other things, that it is the continu:lllg responsibil.i ty of the Feda..-al Government to .use aJ..l practicable means., consistmrt with other esgantial considerations of' national.

polley, to imprGVe and Federal :Plans, :functions. programs a,.'l"td resources: to *the end ti'...at tb:e nation ma.vi .fu.l:f'ill the responsibilities of each a.s tl"'u.stee of the environment for . .

• a.saure f'or all America.n*s sats1* heal th.ful, productive and :a;e111thetieally and eu1 turally pleasing surroundings
• attain the widest range of benai'i cial uses of the ment without degradation.

risk 'to health or safety or c"thar lmdesirable and tmL.,.,.ter.tdrlfl c-onsequ9nces .. Iu.rmer, major J.iledera.l a.etions si<<rdfieantly ai'f'ectine; the quality oi" the human. 011VL-onmS1t, 3ection 102{2) (c) of NEPA caJ.ls £fJr prepa.ra.tion o.f a d$'tailed statement oni

• the environmental impactr5 cf the proposed .any adverse environme."i:tal e:ff.ecte which cannot a.voided should the proposal be inrpl9rnent.ed
• .. the relai:i:anmup between local ahQrt.-term users 0-f s envi.ranment an.d the maintenance and enhancement or term produ.ctivi ty, .a?"ty irreversible and irre-trieva.ble commi oi' resources which would b\!1 involved in the proposed action shoul.d it be implem'ented.,

r. The Nuclear Gsneratmg Station Uni ts l

• a.."lci 2 were presented "tc the public and lice.r1.sed as p!'J\'lGr .reactors with onJ.y a mininutl ineidental spent fuel. stol!'at';e city {interim storage oi' spent :fuel.). The Atomic Commission vimved interim storage si "te by original design for Salem Unite l and. 2 as needed .for 264 spert"t f:u.el. assemblies, and as sueh, just:ii'ied it by stating a myth. a ?ermanant s-pent fuel storage i'acillty will be available when needed b; nuclear u-tili ti. es. II. S"taf'f" * .iJ.censee and AZLB carefully limi. tee!

tions (issues), discovery., and continue to ignore material facts. Ow:" original 'Petition

f'or l.eave t"O intervene, da.te<51 i>'iaz-ch li., 1978, contained twenty (20) contentions, aliH3:t1ded and reduced to

{ 13) by the Departmen:t ()f' the Pu.blic 0£ 'th0 of New .Jersey on May u. 1978 .. During: the proceee<lings, the ASLB lj;ili tep, our interest to 2 and 6 as amendec?. 1 1'hi s ap:oarerit mail-order c2.talof: use of re{;"Ulations (butdnt!tss am usual) has limited the issues to be reviewed S-lld sheltersd t..1<\& utility com})any trom a full exacting analysis of undetermined and. u."'llrnown potential dat!fter to the public in the veH:ini ty of a nuclear fa.cill ty (rrJ.ni-p.ark, four reactors) rel.atetl to the compaction 0£ fuel. A.""l environment 0£ approval. wits always presen:t and apparent. This attitude and prac-tice stems from " ** *l -ts announcement, tl.ated September

16. 1975. the Commission stated 1 ts µosi ticm that>> in the public interest, th.are should be no def"srral.

of individual lia13llsin;; actions on i;ne expansion

• of' at-reae*tor spent fuel stor2.t-;e eapaci ty during the period required .for the preparation o:f this asgessment.

In line ".rith this policy a.s of J*anuary. 1979, applications for tions to incraa.se sto.rat;e-pool caµaoi ty at 65 operating nuclear pcr.ver have been re.cei ved. by the HRC. *

• The action fl can be taken wi thou:t e:f":f'ec"t on public heal tli. 2Uld safety, and to date, 39 0£ of theee a!rpll cations r...ave b.ee..l'l e.p:proved end actions are proceeding as Eacll. of these a;-ppllcation.s were evaluated on.:an individual basirs with findings in each ease the. ti

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• at-reactor apa.11*t .fue.1 storage can 'be increased., .* the a*itions can be taken wi i;f4 no sacdi"iee of pu.hlJ.c heal*th. and safety a:nd ':"he Pinal Bnvironmantal Impact Stat.ement en Handling and of Spsn't Light \iat*e.r Power Reactor ?uel is on erroneous informa:tion assom.hl.ed for Dl"a;f."t Ce1$ !'HJJCI:G-04-04, Vol .* 2 Ap11andicea,

1978, Uc. f5-4, re,gardin.e; Nucl.eal:' 'tin;:; Plant Uni i: No. l

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z. ;*, ... prtrn des Sj)f;)c1;fic data ueed in a.nal.y-sis .a'td the results ineividual rer:!.ctor for the ne.;rt 10-year })$l'."io;l."

• r;.1 retlect$ spet1t available ro.r .. eh rr-:!;;..ctor.

In case of iJo. l ru-.ie used 2.2,.:,.* thQ! iJni*t :No **. l. pool would be :full in 1985 as i:n Tab1e ::. 3.'+ If desit;n S:or 261+ Wl!t"e u*sed, r;i.c;;rumi.rAI.:!:: di8charge scheCule Tt1.b.l* ,:£ .. the :pool \l'"OUld full in 198,. This of iP...f o:-n:ation m1J.1S°t hGt.Ve been v-en to Gill? Gon,;;ressmarl 3". Huch$S in 19??, which led him to ""rri te

.following ort July 20, 1977 t "'l'he nuclear Plant has l':.d*c>QU$.te

f'aciliti ayip::.'Ovc::.

by t:b.-::: i::::::, tc fuel on-rate until 1990. toek thio added !E'G-Cau.tien to against eny bili "t".! of a.ri extension o:f t...t-i.e & Ad'mlni

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l:*equirement to .find a sl "'te by the '-lead.line."-' lana.1 Generic }.!nvircn":len'tal Imunc-t Stateraant crn Eanci.li.n;;;: r:n.d at::e o:r S'p0nt Light ?owar* ::"teactor Puel, Aue:.uet, 1979 11 :rToject N-lh Hl.Et&.:t-057.5, Vol. 1 ve .i:'.;.:3-5, :1.1 1*1 .... -i* +..;..: ... ,,, **t1f!lo * -n ............... ..,..£' *.-,,.... ..... ""-o;iu "I *.'+ * ****-* * *1 ...___ t -* l

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as 2. page Vol. 2. (0404) a3 2. .l;J..3, Pfl.*,<a Vol. 2 (OJ.J.04) Scon,gres.man liut;l1es l9tter, July-20. 1977 to Mrs. l>etty H..orner, page z. pareQai'?h 3, line l.2

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III. e ?indirtf"S og Fm.gt e 1:ne J.JJ..cansee astS"il!lied f'or storaBS* ret'lectsd in Robert M, letter of 19, 1978 ( i.:.Yhi bit 9 and 10),

3. :iU)Gl\t ;fuel pool capaai ty adequate throw;h 1993 {Sm.lorn No. l) .and 1994 ( ila.lem Ho

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• i::ven wi tl"l the ass-umed exT,m ... 'l'lsion., it vrn.s not claar to the "j'hat thG rationale ws.s for .5-yerar coo1in6: fuel cr.i

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'+, Lines 1 r.uvJ. 2) * .. that the :taepSl"tmmlt of Energy (.OOJ:i:) inv*st4'l* gate further the SDent fuel s.paeitication with the thouf';ht o::f tr.is ;'.'eriod. F*::;B&n certainly woul.d :prefer to it redUce.d. (l'.'.X-'1.ibi t lG. 2, !+, 6 through 9)." raco;&ni.zad the li.k"3'llhood oi' situations. "!t must be tha;t 'there is the -of emarGit-*n.cy situ:J.tie.':rn such :.ts fu.al or smne other *!if.ficulty which will notice "transfer \.:L:tll..ibit 10, page 2, 4, Lines "1 .. .... . ... ..,. ""* .., s; . .l -cnrougn ..t...h i Fur.J'ier of liceilm.&e a.11d tion <> ** , l .. .. ' r.> ' 1 t . '\... l.i+..1 ox posru..o

• • • oece.u$e o::i. :1-m1eren ot./ to predict *future i'uf}l isotopic burnup, fuel etc.. ( bit 10. page 2. Unes 24 throW(')l 27}. Additional ot conc:'etn and licens4:fe' s opinion, **eoolinr of fiYe yearn a:opears to be e:-:cessi.,.:c and would ureter to hsve a more reasonable neriod on order Oi'

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:El* Or' 1;he minimurr:

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• i'he Licensee Y1as success!'ul in their shell game to keep r,;; ('.,...,,,,,..i,.,,,,.r..t V1* t'>.O A'f' >;;-.,.._,,

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s 1,0 the O()JS, By aanctio.ninf".' the exclv.siort 0£ wi .. l*lt'. or em;pl-::>ye$s (not hired ezpert: wi tnes.ses)

• the A.>.i.B precludect Inti?..rvt?norE'.

from ducing a."1.ii elal".lratin(::

en full contents of licensee* s conccrrw would e'!:fec't sii.inifi cantly the conclusions tlra.i1m by 'the Btdf ASLB. 'I*he cf New Jersey, as intex'est;ed offered the correspondence in*to the record bi ts 9 an.1 lC;

• The ASLlL .. denied responses to a. uet of interrogatories enti tl.sd "Inte.rve.nors
• Sert of Interrogatories of the Licensee, 0 doc..'!teted by on January .29, 1.979 received by the Ool1.m1ans on February 2, .1979. The Board denied the Cole.mans anS!ffers to Interrogatories 13, 17, 18, lB(a), 18'b), 19, 19{a)1 19(b), 1.9(c), 20, 21, 2.l(a), a:rter t..'1.e llc,a'laee moved for a protecti vc order that discovery be disallowed.

It was the responW.bill ty or t.11.e l.:iQard to inform lntervenora their "'ri*',hts. in :point, * * .f!" ,,.,.. ..._, * ..._

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J.e i.,Ory .u.1>o1--0rmB. _c;n ,, .... righ.t to be with our one-time counsel. our In*t;-ervenors were derd.ecl consti tutiona.l right of due procei3?. excluded f'rom 2:.xxon conf'e.:r.ence during the proceec.inc with no of rev*iew. 'This exclu3ion makes 1* ">'- v "U1 -!*o +'h".'.lt tn""r.+1* .... ._.._ ... "' -_ ... _" l.4-L--..... ----tJ. ....r.t.;; v,; ***\;.::(. _ .. t;; __ ..; --interro{-:atories wouJ.d not have had a very important in.flt.tcnce on this Dy littltint::- eonterttions f'._'Yld discovery, -the B.o.ard. fied its decision ey to 10 C.f'H 2.. 74-0 (b) (1;, Jf *** di scov-ery*

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w1'.J..ch haYe been !G.enti:fied.c .... re[.'."E.rd.leBs of whether the ans*11ers to tha questions woul:-3. yrotect the heal th a.."'.l.d 8<?..fety of the !.)1J.blic po*('.!rf.'.d. bly h.a.V"e eome on th.eir (ASLB) plai."'t1'1.Ed conclusions. V. i::vi.G.e-.ncc o:f ASLTI not *wa...""lting to address f'a.ctual findings a...---id. questions to this without response, is one limi -"W?.id written statemen:t, dated A?>ril lJ, 1979 by F.iehael JiEerrmrdo 1'.'hich six.. ( 6) material issues related to +.,he proposed increased. stora;,r,e o:f SI'e?lt fuel rod assemblies to be etGred at S.alem Unit No. 1 and No. 2 *

• Normal routine releases to t>he environment, increa.aed inv-en*l;o:ry,

nercen*tace of nossil)iJ.i tjr of lar(;er r9sult in tmdue risk to health and safety of the public *

• Bcron concei'1."tration, many reportable ocCU?rances of low coneentration of boron and an event o:r hir-her tion, reports :rrom. Aug12st, 1976 March .22, 1979, what i.s pro"babili 1;,y of' or effect cm racks with. such nuctuations

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• M<)ne o..r the problems *tnat we :had With :.'*** *
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• Intervenors contend that the Staff ignored *the full :-'. .
• of NEPA snd failed* to resolve posSi'ble problems ,. and consider beyend the licensing periods of .* the four { 4} reactors..

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