ML12306A333

Summary of 10/18/12 Pre-licensing Meeting to Discuss Future License Amendment Request to Address Impacts of Remediation Activities Undertaken by Department of Energy in the Owner-Controlled Area at Columbia Generating Station (TAC No. ME972

ML12306A333
Person / Time
Site:	Columbia
Issue date:	11/16/2012
From:	Gibson L K Plant Licensing Branch IV
To:	Energy Northwest
Gibson L K
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TAC ME9721
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UNITED STATES .;:,vv "I), NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION t:! WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555*0001 << 0 : r4 November 16, 2012*,..,..*1' Energy Northwest Columbia Generating Station SUMMARY OF OCTOBER 18, 2012, MEETING WITH ENERGY NORTHWEST AND U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY ON POTENTIAL IMPACTS ON THE SITE FROM THE REMEDIATION OF WASTE BURIAL GROUND 618-11 (TAC NO. ME9721) On October 18, 2012, a Category 1 public meeting was held between the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), representatives of Energy Northwest, and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) at NRC Headquarters, One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland. The purpose of the meeting was for the NRC staff to discuss potential impacts on the 618-11 site resulting from remediation activities that the DOE is undertaking in the controlled area at Columbia Generating Station (CGS). Energy Northwest, the licensee, plans to submit a license amendment request to address the impacts of the remediation activities. A list of attendees is provided as an Enclosure. The licensee's presentation slides on the status of the 618-11 Project are available in the Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) at Accession No. ML 12292A 164. The 618-11 site is a waste burial ground adjacent to CGS that DOE plans to remediate shortly. The remediation will be done in two phases; the vertical pipe units and the trenches will be Phase 1 while the caissons will be Phase 2. The expected license amendment request would address the impacts on the site from Phase 1 of the remediation. Possible areas of impact include the emergency plan and control room habitability in case of an accident. The licensee will develop the license amendment request once DOE finalizes its Documented Safety Analysis, which is expected in the near future. Energy Northwest and the NRC staff then intend to have another pre-submittal meeting. The NRC staff queried Energy Northwest about the methods and engineering controls being planned for the remediation activities, the inventory in the burial ground, and the areas of impact that would be considered for the license amendment request. When appropriate, DOE contributed to the responses. Many of the NRC staff's questions and concerns will be better addressed after DOE finalizes its Documented Safety Analysis and after the memorandum of understanding currently under discussion concerning emergency plans, security, and other subjects is complete. The planned closed portion of the meeting was not held because the NRC staff did not have any questions that were not able to be addressed in the public forum. Prior to the public meeting, DOE and the NRC staff discussed the remediation effort and status without the licensee present. Beyond the information covered in the public meeting, DOE and the staff discussed the roles of the different federal agencies in relation to this project.

-Members of the public observed by teleconference. Public Meeting Feedback forms were not received. Please direct any inquiries to me at 301-415-1056, or Lauren.Gibson@nrc.gov. Lauren K. Gibson, Project Manager Plant Licensing Branch IV Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. List of cc w/encl: Distribution via LIST OF ATTENDEES OCTOBER 18, 2012, MEETING WITH ENERGY NORTHWEST AND U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 618-11 BURIAL GROUND REMEDIATION PROJECT AT COLUMBIA GENERATING STATION DOCKET NO. 50-397 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (*via teleconference) Lauren Gibson, Project Manager for Columbia Generating Station Michael T. Markley, Chief, Plant Licensing Branch IV Undine Shoop, Branch Chief, Health Physics and Human Performance Branch Mark Blumberg, Technical Reviewer, Accident Dose Branch Steven Garry, Technical Reviewer, Health Physics and Human Performance Branch Jennivine Rankin, Licensing Project Manager Jeremy Groom*, Sr. Resident Inspector, Columbia Generating Station Mahdi Hayes*, Resident Inspector, Columbia Generating Station Mike Norris*, Technical Reviewer for Emergency Planning (Office of Nuclear Security and Incident Response) Energy Northwest Mot Hedges Gary McNair Zach Dunham U.S. Department of Energy (via Video Teleconferencing) Mark French, Federal Project Director for the River Corridor Closure Project (RL-41) Catherine Louie, Deputy Federal Project Director for the River Corridor Project (RL-41) Jamie Zeisloft, River Corridor Project (RL-41) Mark Jackson, Team Lead, Authorization Basis Team, Safety and Engineering Division Paul MacBeth, Authorization Basis Team, Safety and Engineering Division Kyle Rankin, Authorization Basis Team, Safety and Engineering Division Warren Bryant, Contractor, Washington Closure Hanford Company John Darby, Contractor, Washington Closure Hanford Company Abdelhalim (Halim) Alsaed, Contractor, Washington Closure Hanford Company In addition, representatives of the State of Washington and the State of Oregon observed via teleconference. Enclosure

-Members of the public observed by teleconference. Public Meeting Feedback forms were not received. Please direct any inquiries to me at 301-415-1056, or Lauren.Gibson@nrc.gov. Docket No. List of cc w/encl: Distribution via DISTRIBUTION: PUBLIC Branch Reading RidsAcrsAcnw_MailCTR Resource RidsNrrDorlLpl4 Resource RidsNrrDraAadb Resource RidsNrrDraAhpb Resource RidsNrrLABurkhardt Resource RidsNrrPMColumbia Resource RidsNsirDdep Resource RidsOgcRp Resource IRA! Lauren K. Gibson, Project Manager Plant Licensing Branch IV Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation RidsRgn4MailCenter Resource TWertz, NRR MBlumberg, NRR/DRAlAADB SGarry, NRR/DRAlAHPB ,IRankin, NRR/DORLlLPL4 JGroom, RIVlDRP/PRB-AlCGS MHayes, RIVIDRP/PRB-AlCGS MNorris, NSIRIDPR/DDEP/ORLB SKennedy, EDO RIV ADAMS Accession Nos.: Mtg. Notice ML12278A121, Summary ML12306A333; Slides ML12292A164 *via email OFFiCi: DORLlLPL4/PM DORLlLPL4/LA DORLlLPL4/BC DORL/LPL4/PM NAME MMarkley (CFLyon LKGibson (BBenney LKGibson JBurkhardt* for) for) DATE 11/15/12 11/15/12 11/16/12 11/16/12 OFFICIAL RECORD COpy