ML20148F165

Discusses 780926-27 Site Visit to Utils Alternate Sites in Westerly Ri & to Original Site in Charlestown,Ri.New England Pwr Offered Rationale for Preferring the Charlestown Site

ML20148F165
Person / Time
Site:	New England Power
Issue date:	11/01/1978
From:	Jubach R Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
To:	Hulman L Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
References
NUDOCS 7811070296
Download: ML20148F165 (2)

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November 1, 1978 Docket Nos. 50-568 and 50-569 MEMORANDUM FOR:

L. G. Hulman, Chief Hydrology-Meteorolog y Branch, DSE i

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Earl H. Markee, Jr., Leader [MNe/I Meteorology Section, HMB, DSE

SUBJECT:

SITE VISIT TO NEP 1&2 ALTERNATE SITE AT WESTERLY, R.I.

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NEP 1&2 LICENSING STAGE: CP On September 26-27, 1978, I travelled to Westerly, Rhode Island to.

visit an alternate site for New England 1&2. The site is approximately 4 miles west of the proposed site which is located in Charlestown on the Rhode Island coast..NRC participants included P. Cota (environ-mental project manager) and R. Ballard (Chief, EP Branch No. 1). On the morning of September 27, we met with representatives of the applicant (New England Power), Yankee. Atomic, Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the State of Rhode Island. As part of their review of NEP 1&2, the State of Rhode Island requested the site visit to examine the Westerly site and determine if this could be a viable site for the proposed plant.

The Westerly site is currently very wooded with marsh covering over one half of the area. The site is located 1.5 to 2 miles inland as compared to the essentially shoreline location of the Chairestown site.

As indicated by the marsh areas, the site is in a low-lying area with surrounding hills (which totally. encompass the site) 50 to 90 feet higher in elevation than the elevation in the center of the site.

I Generally, topographic sheltering is expected to produce a higher occurrence of low windspeeds at Westerly than the more open site at Charlestown.

There is no onsite meteorological system at the site.

The onsite meteorological system at Charlestown is described in the NEP 1&2 SER.

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L. G. Hulman After the site visit at Westerly, we briefly toured the Charlestown site for the benefit of the State of Rhode Island representatives.

We then had a meeting with all parties at which the applicant discussed their rationale for preferring and selecting Charlestown as the proposed site. After this reeting, I drove P. Cota and R. Ballard to the airport in Providence.

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