ML19341A831

Response to ASLB 800909 Order Requesting Briefs & Addl Info Re Early Site Review Portion of CP Application.Issues Identified in Order Do Not Affect Issuance of Partial Initial Decision.Certificate of SVC Encl

ML19341A831
Person / Time
Site:	05000510, 05000511
Issue date:	01/23/1981
From:	Plettman S, Wetterhahn M CONNER, MOORE & CORBER, GULF STATES UTILITIES CO.
To:	Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY CCMMISSION Sefore the Atomic Safety and Licensinc Scard In the Ma.ter cf )

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APPLICANT ' S RESPCNSE TO 3 CARD ORDER RECUESTING ADDITICNAL INFORMATICN Cn September 9, 1980, the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board presiding over the early site review portion of the construction permit application in the capt.ioned proceeding s

issued an " Order Requesting Briefs and Additional Informa-tion." The order was stated to be a result of the i.suance of " additional si ung-related pronouncements which may be applicable to the Blue Hills proceeding" following comple-tion of the hearing on suitability of the site and the submission of proposed findings of fact and conclusions of law by the Applicant, Gulf States Utilities ccmpany, and by -

the NRC Staff.

On October 1S, 1980, the NRC Staff responded to the Licensing Board's request, setting forth detailed responses to each of the subjects raiSatTi. I e the Staff and Ap-y c  %

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isst:es raised, to avoid repetition, the Applicant will ccmpare its position with that of the Staff, discussing the points where there is a disagreement, and providing additional information, where apprcpriate.

I. Siting The Applicant is in accord with the views presented by the Staff with regard to the first matter raised by the Scard. At page 3 of its response, the Staff states that the 1970 permanent populanica within 10 =iles, the plume emergency planning zone, was'1500 people and that this figure was expected to double by the year 2020. The Staff has issued a publication designated NUREG-0348, " Demographic Statistics Pertaining to Nuclear Pcwer Reactor Sites," which places

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scme perspective on the pcpulation figures. mased upon 1970 data (Table 6 of NUREG-0348), for the 0-10 mile popu-lation, Blue Hills would rank as the fourth best site when compared to the 111 active sites listed. Even were the maximum transient population added to the permanent popula-tion for Blue Hills, the site would still rank as the eighth

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best among the 111 sites listed.--2/

_1/ Pursuant to 10 C.F.R. 52.743(i), the Applicant wculd ask that the 3 card take official notice of the desig-nated portions of Tables 6 and 7 of NUREG-0343, at-tached hereto. .

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2/ A transient population of 2,500 was utilized. See Staff response ai 3-4. This is quite conservative in that the comparison is.between the sums of the permanent and maximum transient population at Blue Hills and the l permanent population at the other sites inasmuch as the '

listed population only includes permanent residents.

Comparing the projected population within ten miles of Blue Hills for the year 2020 of 3,000 with Table 7 of NUREG-0348, Blue Hills would rank as the fourth best site among 3/

the 111.

Thus, it may be seen that en a demcgraphic basis, Blue Hills ranks among the best of sites licensed by the Nuclear Regulatory Cc= mission.

II. Imergency Planninc the Applicant is in accord with the views presented by the Staff regarding this matter. The Applicant would add that, based upcn its review cf the land use and pcpulation within 10 miles of Blue Hills, it has identified ne charac-teristic which wculd creclude the development of an emergency plan in acccrdance with the Cc missicn's latest recuirements.

III. Accident Consicerations Under NEPA The Applicant is in accord with the conclusien reached by the Staff related to this point. Applicant would state, however, that for purposes of issuance of an early site re-view decision, NUREG-0449, the Site Environmental Statement for Blue Hills (Staff Exhibit 7) is a final environmental impact statement (See 10 C.F.R. SSSI.2(e) and 51.5) which, in accordance with the Ccmmission's Statement of Interim Policy on Nuclear Power Plant Accident Considerations under 3/

- ~ . Inasmuch as NUREG-0318 does not give statistics for the year 2020, it is extremely conservative to ccmpare the figure for the year 2020 for Blue Hills to the population figures for other reactors for the year 2000.

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NEPA, would trigger the prchibition age. inst consideration

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of accidents at this stage. In any event, such analysis will have to be done at the construction permit stage. In-asmuch as no construction is permitted until after Ccmmissicn 6/

approval at that tine, there is no raason why this cannot be postponed. In fact, inasmuch as no facility design has been specified, it would be extremely difficult to conduct such a facility-specific review; even if conducted, the re-sults wculd be generalized and imprecise. The Applicant is not aware of any characteristics of the site or vicinity which wculd present unique or unusual considerations in such an accident analysis.

IV. Applicability of NUREG-0718 The Applicant is in accord with the views presented by the Staff with regard to this item.

V. Other Matters for Which the Scard

• Recuests Infernation The Applicant accepts the explanaticn of the Staff as to the fact that there is no essential disagreement between viewponts of Applicant and Staff. Thus we believe that -

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_4/ 45 Fed. Reg. 40101 (June 13, 1980).

5/ Were the consideration of accidents not required to be delayed until the construction permit review stage, such a course has much to commend it. First, the Commission may change the interim guidance prior to the submittal of the application for construction per-mi ts . Second, the Staff's methodology for such review will be much further developed.

_6/ See 10 C.F.R. 52.606 (a) .

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5-Applicant's Proposed Finding 103 as construed by pp. 12-14 of the Staff's respense to the Board Order should be adopted.

With regard to the second difference discussed beginning at the second full paragraph of page 14, Applicant believes 7/

that its positien as stated in its proposed findings is warranted by the record. The Applicant takes its planning responsibilities with regard to sccio-econcmic impacts quite sericusly. To that end, it has agreed to reper the results of its planning discussions with 1ccal officials and regicnal planners and Applicant's position with respect to such matters _a_t least sin months prior :c the time that the con-8/

struction permit application is filed. Appli: ant is of the view tha: the requirement to report " mitigative activi-ties it will under: he"--9/ at the time a ccnstructicn permit application is filed, as proposed by the Staff, is unneces-sary and unwarranted censidering Applicant's commitment. It may be that the sccio-econcaic impacts may be minor or of such type that planning by the Applicant wculd be of limited value. In any event, there would be no construction approved

_7/ Finding No. 84; see also Applicant's Reply to NRC Staff Proposed Findings of Fact, Conclusions of Law and Proposed Order in the Form of A Partial Initial Decision dated July 20, 1979 at 6-7, 10-11.

--8/ The Staff, for its own reason, has not chosen to amend its Finding 109 (29) to reflect this.

_9/ NRC Staff Proposed Findings of Fact, Conclusions of Law and Proposed Order in the Form of a Partial Initial Decision dated July 5, 1979, Item (29) at 13.

until the Ccmmission was assured that the matter had been adequately addressed from the Applicant's standpoint. For these reasons, the finding propcsed by the Applicant should be adopted.

Conclusion As set forth above, none of the matters identified by the Beard in its September 9, 1980 Order affect the issuance of a partial initial decision by the Beard for the Blue Hills Station and such a decision shculd be issued as dis-cussed above.

Respectfully submitted, CONNER & MCORE

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Mark J. Wetterhahn Counsel for Gulf States Utilities Ccmpany Of Counsel:

Stanley Plettman, Esq.

Orgain, Bell & Tucker Beaumont Savings Building Beaumont, Texas 77701 -

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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION BEFORE THE ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING 30ARD i In the Matter of )

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GULF STATES UTILITIES COMPANY ) Decket Nos. STN 50-510

) 50-511 (Blue Hills Station, )

Units 1 and 2) )

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I herabl certify that cepies of " Applicant's Response to Soard Crder Requesting Additicnal Informaticn," dated January 23, 1931, in the capricned natter were served upon the folicwing by deposit in the United States mail this 23rd day cf January, 1981:

Marshall E. Miller, Esq. Stanley Plettman, Esq.

Chairman, Acomic Safecy and orgain, Bell and Tucker Licensing Board Beaumont Savings Building U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Seatmont, Texas 77701 Commission Washington, D.C. 20555 Colleen P. Woodhead, Esq.

Office of the Executive Mr. Lester Kornblith, Jr. Legal Director Atomic Safety and Licensing U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Board Ccemission U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Washington, D.C. 20555 Commission Washington, D.C. 20555 Atemic Safety and Licensing Scard Panel Dr. Linda W. Little U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Member, Atomic Safety and Ccmmission Licensing Board Panel Washington, D.C. 20555 5000 Hermitage Drive -

Raleigh, North Carolina 27612 Atomic Safety and Licensing Appeal Board John L. Hill, Esq. U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Attorney General of Texas Ccmmission Post Office Sox 12548 Washington, D.C. 20555 Capitol Station Austin, Texas 78711 Docketing and Service Section office of the Secretary Richard Lowerre, Esq. U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Assistant Attorney General Ccmmission Environmental Protection Division Washington, D.C. 20555 Post Office Box 12548 Capitol Station Austin, Texas 78711

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