Department of EnergyNational Waste TerminalStorage Program Office505 King AvenueColumbus, Ohio 43201

November 4, 1983

Hubert Miller, ChiefHLW Technical Development BranchDivision of Waste ManagementNuclear Regulatory Commission7915 Eastern AvenueSilver Spring, MD 20910

Dear Mr. Miller:

MINUTES OF THE EA TOPICAL MEETING

Enclosed for your information are the minutes of the October 24, 1983 EATopical Meeting held at Battelle Memorial Institute in Columbus, OH. Thetopics discussed included Transportation, Water Use, Water Availability andWater Rights. Attached are copies of the slides presented by each speaker anda list of attendees.

Sincerely,

J.O. NeffProgram ManagerNWTS Program Office

NPO:GJM:kgh

Enclosure

cc: G.J. Marmer, ANLL. Casey, NPOV. Alspaugh, DOE-CHR. Zussman, DOE-CHD. Keller, ONWIR. Johnson, NRC ST# 070-84

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NAME AFFILIATION

Stanley GoldsmithBob WunderlichJon CashwellR.E. LunaDon KellerAlan HandwerkerGary MarmerJustin LongJohn R. CookJeff NeffLinda K. McClainBill McIntoshTom McSweeneyReuben PetersonDan SwansonGeorge CramerRenwick DeVilleJ.E. MaherCurtis W. StoverTed ThomasDonna R. MattsonMark J. LogsdonTom BaillieulDiane CottranHelen LathamScott S. SmithChed BradleyAl LaSalaJerry SzymanskiMike DeylingVicki AlspaughRon ZussmanLeslie CaseyEllison BurtonCarol BorgstromRobert MusslerJ.W. BennettLarry White

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MINUTES OF EA TOPICAL MEETINGOCTOBER 24, 1983

BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE505 KING AVENUE

COLUMBUS, OH 43201

A one-day meeting was held at Battelle to discuss two EA related issues:

- High-level Waste Transportation- Water Use, Water Availability and Water Rights

Bob Wunderlich (DOE) opened the meeting. A complete list of attendees isattached (Attachment 1)

The first speaker was Bob Luna from the Transportation Technology Center(TTC), Sandia National Laboratories. His presentation included five topics(Attachment 2):

- Regulatory Responsibility- Regulatory Concepts- Risk/Cost Analysis- Emergency Response- Routing

The states indicated they had state-specific data on transportation routes intheir respective states. They requested that this information be used for astate-specific analysis of accidents and radiological impacts.

The second speaker was Scott Smith (ONWI) who outlined the water requirementsfor construction and operation during site characterization activities andrepository construction and operation in the Gulf, Permian and Paradox(Attachment 3). Mike Deyling (ONWI) provided the rationale, based uponpumping capacity of existing wells, that groundwater can provide the waterrequirements in the Gulf and Permian. Finally, Dan Swanson (ONWI) summarizedwater law in the salt states, with emphasis upon Utah since it is uncertainthat on-site wells in the Paradox can provide the water requirements. Severalpotential water sources for the project were discussed (see Attachment 3).

Finally, Bob Wunderlich presented proposed guidance for EA development(Attachment 4). Final guidance will be provided to the states when formalizedby DOE-HQ.

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It was agreed to provide the following to the states:

- State-specific information on transportation accidents/incidents

involving nuclear material shipments- A listing of the Other Reported Incidents category mentioned in

Attachment 2, if requested by the states- RADTRAN II Theory Report- HQ Guidance on EA Preparation (when finalized)- EA Annotated Outline (when finalized)

Since the Fifth Annual Civilian Radioactive Waste Management Information

Meeting will be held in December, there will be no EA Topical Meeting. Steve

Frishman suggested that by the end of the year, the states would evaluate

whether or not to combine the EA Topical meetings with the Salt States

bimonthly meetings.

SUBMITTED BY: Gary J. Marmer, ANL

ATTACHMENT 1

MEETING ATTENDEESOCTOBER 24, 1983

NAME AFFILIATION TELEPHONE

Bob WunderlichJon CashwellR.E. LunaDon KellerGene NodineAlan HandwerkerGary MarmerJustin LongJohn R. CookJeff NeffLinda K. McClainBill McIntoshTom McSweeneyReuben PetersonDan SwansonSteve FrishmanGeorge CramerRenwick DeVilleJ.E. MaherRonald J. ForsytheCurtis W. StoverTed ThomasDonna R. MattsonMark J. LogsdonTom BaillieulDiane CottranHelen LathamScott S. SmithChed BradleyAl LaSalaJerry SzymanskiMike Deyling

DOE/NPOSandia/TTCSandia/TTCONWIBLMDOE/NPOANL/NPONRC/NMSS:FCNRC/NMSS:FCDOE/NPODOE/NPOONWIBPMDBPMDONWIGov. Off./TXLouisiana DOT & DLA Geological SurveyMS Energy & Trans Bd.MS Energy & Trans BdMS Bureau of GeologyONWINRC/WMNRC/WMDOE/NPOONWIONWIONWIDOE/EPUSGS/NPODOE/NPOONWI

614-424-5916505-844-1889505-844-5276614-424-7676801-259-6111614-424-5916614-424-5916301-427-4135301-427-4211614-424-5916614-424-5916614-424-5797614-424-7865202-252-9433614-424-7923512-475-4444504-925-6763504-342-7460601-352-9100601-961-4733601-354-6228614-424-4687301-427-4204301-427-4680614-424-5916614-424-4303614-424-4364614-424-4956202-252-4610614-424-5916614-424-5916614-424-4747

ATTACHMENT 2

Sandia National Laboratories

REGULATORY RESPONSIBILITY

REGULATORY CONCEPTS

RISK/COST ANALYSIS

EMERGENCY RESPONSE

ROUTING OF SHIPMENTS

Sandia National Laboratories

REGULATORY RESPONSIBILITY

DOT - PRIMARY IN REGULATING HAZARDOUS MATERIALS MOVEMENTS- MODAL AGENCIES

NRC - PACKAGING STANDARDS, CERTIFICATION, PHYSICAL SECURITYAND PRENOTIFICATION

DOE - PACKAGING STANDARDS & CERTIFICATION AND DEFENSE MOVEMENTS

EPA - OVERVIEW OF RADIATION STANDARDS

ICC - PRIMARY IN TARIFFS SERVICE

FEMA - EMERGENCY RESPONSE PLAN GUIDELINES

STATES- DOT/NRC BY REFERENCE- SPECIAL STATE REQUIREMENTS

SA 1820-LAI7.811

Sandia National Laboratories

REGULATORY CONCEPTS

PACKAGE IS PROTECTION

PACKAGE KEYED TO HAZARD

LSA/LIMITED QUANTITIES

TYPE A

TYPE B

PROCEDURAL REQUIREMENTS

LABELLING

SEGREGATION

CERTIFICATION

INCIDENT REPORTING

SA 1820-LA(7-81)

SHIPMENT CHARACTERISTICS

INDUSTRIAL

END USE

RADIOGRAPHYOTHER IN

MEDICALINDUSTRIAL

POWERR&D-ACADEMIC

NO. OF PKGS .

79,200219,000

1,640,00095,20017,50018,500

354,0008,690

2,432,090

% OF TOTAL

3%9%

67%4%

4 1%<1%15%<1%

MICWASTEOTHERUNKNOWN/UNSPECIFIED

TRANSPORT MODES% OF PACKAGES

22%HIGHWAY 77%

AIR

PACKAGING ACCIDENT ANALYSIS SUMMARY

RAM PACK GESINVOLVED IN PACKAGEACCIDENTS DESCRIPTION

PACKAGING 56 STRONG & TIGHTFAILURE 5 TYPE A(WITH RELEASE)

PACKAGING 5 STRONG & TIGHTFAILURE 8 TYPE A(NO RELE SE)

PACKAGINGS IN 800 STRONG & TACCIDENT WITH 273 TYPE ANO FAILU ES 51 TYPE B

OTAL 1198 PACKAGINGS INVOLVED IN 108TRANSPORTATION ACCIDENTS

RAM TRANSPORTATION SUMMARY

IN THE 1981 TIME FRAME THERE ARE APPROXIMATELY

1.91 MILLION ANNUAL SHIPMENTS OF RAM. THESE

SHIPMENTS INVOLVE APPROXIMATELY 2.43 MILLION

PACKAGES.

TYPE A AND EXEMPT PACKAGES ACCOUNTED FOR

69.8% AND 14.4% OF ALL THE PACKAGES.TYPE B PACKAGES ACCOUNTED FOR 3.6% OF ALLTHE PACKAGES AND 96.5% OF ALL THE CURIES

TRANSPORTED.

TRANSPORTATION TECHNOLOGY CENTER (TTC)SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES

ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO

RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL (RAM) ACCIDENT/INCIDENT DATA BASE

TOTAL EVENTS REPORTED TO USDOT (1971-1981) 611TOTAL EVENTS REPORTED TO USNRC 200

TOTAL EVENTS IN THE TTC DATA BASE 811

OTAL HAZARDOUS MATERIAL INCIDENT REPORTS ( )SUBMITTED TO USDOT (1971-1981) ALL HAZAMATERIAL (CHEMICALS,POISONS, EXPLOSIVES ETC.)

SUMMARY OF TTC DATA BASE

TRANSPORTATION ACCIDENTS 108

HANDLING ACCIDENTS 134(LOADING, UNLOADING, STORAGE)

OTHER REPORTED INCIDENTS 569

811

Sandia National Laboratories

COST - RISK ANALYSIS

NORMAL TRANSPORT

- NON RADIOLOGICAL - AIR POLLUTION RELATED

- RADIOLOGICAL

POPULATION DENSITY

SPEED

STOPS

ACCIDENT SITUATIONS

- NON RADIOLOGICAL - MECHANICAL/THERMAL ENVIRONMENT

- RADIOLOGICAL

FREQUENCY

SEVERITY

RELEASE FRACTION

AEROSOL FRACTION

RESPIRABLE FRACTION

CONSEQUENCE

SA 1820.LA(7-87)

NORMAL POPULATION DOSE MODELS

ACCIDENT DOSE PATHWAYS

RADIOLOGICAL IMPACTS-ONCE-THROUGH (LATENT CANCERFATALITIES FOR 26-YR OPERATING PERIOD)

REPOSIORYGIR Permian Paradox Yucca Mt Hanford

TRUCKNORMSAL

OCCUPATIONAL 1.1 1.5 1.8 2.1 2.4NONOCCUPATIONAL 4.8 6.5 8.1 9.6 11

OCCPATIONAL 0.002 0.003 0.005 0.005NON CCUPATIONAL 13 16 20 25 26

ACCIDENTNON CCUPATIONAL 0.01 0. 0.0 .01 0.02 0.02

TOTAL 13 16 20 25 26

NONRADIOLOGICAL IMPACTS -ONCE THROUGH (FOR 26-YR PERIOD)REPOSI TORY

GIR Permian Paradox Yucca Mt Manford

TRUCKNORMAL

NONOCCUPATIONAL 0.3 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.7ACCIDENT-FATALITIES

OCCUPATIONAL 3.3 4.7 6.3 7.7 8.3NONOCCUPATIONAL 12 17 22 27 29

TOTAL FATALITIES 15 22 29 36 38ACCIDENT-INJURIES

OCCUPATIONAL 7 9 15 16NONOCCUPATIONAL 191 268 358 429 464

RAILNORMAL

NONOCCUPATIONALACCIDENT-FATALITIES

OCCUPATIONALNONOCCUPATIONAL

TOTAL FATALITIESACCID NT-INJURIES

OCCUPATIONALNON CCUPATIONAL

0.12 0.12 0.19

0.080.9

0.11.2

0.121.5

0.151.9

0.162.0

1.1 1.4 1.8 2.2 2.3

101.8

132.3

173.0

213.6

223.8

Sandia National Laboratories

EMERGENCY RESPONSE

EXPECTED RESULTS

FEMA GUIDANCE

TRAINING TECHNIQUES

SA 1620-LA(7-81)

Sandia National Laboratories

ROUTING

RAIL

ORIGINATING RR

COST SHARE EFFECT

TRUCK

HM 164

PREFERRED ROUTES

STATE INITIATIVES

ATTACHMENT 3

MAJOR WATER REQUIREMENTS

EXPLORATORY SHAFT FACILITY

* CONSTRUCTION

* OPERATION

DETAILED SITE CHARACTERIZATION ACTIVITY

REPOSITORY

CONSTRUCTION

ERATION

ESTIMATED WATER REQUIREMENTS

FOR EXPLORATORY SHAFT FACILITY

GULF COAST

47

PERMIAN

57

PARADOX

44CONSTRUCTION*

OPERATION* 35

82

35

92

35

79

(ESTIMATED PEAK DEMAND APPROXIMATELY 40 GPM AT ALL SITES)

ALL UNITS IN ACRE-FEET

ESTIMATED WATER REQUIREMENTS FOR REPOSITORY

GULF COAST PERMIAN PARADOX

CONSTRUCTION

* TOTAL

* PEAK YEAR

1,000 ACRE-FT

500 ACRE-FT

(420 GPM AVERAGE)

500 ACRE-FT

200 ACRE-FT

(170 GPM AVERAGE)

3,300 ACRE-FT

1,800 ACRE-FT

(1,600 GPM AVERAGE)

OPERATION 300 ACRE-FT/YEAR

(200 GPM AVERAGE)

300 ACRE-FT/YEAR

(200 GPM AVERAGE)

NO DATA, BUT PROBABLY SIMILAR TO PARADOX AND PERMIAN

SUMMARY OF STATE WATER LAW

GULF STATES--MISSISSIPPI

STATE DOES NOT REGULATE WATER

STATE ADOPTS RIPARIAN USE RULE--USE OF WATER WITHIN BOUNDARIES OF LANDOWNER

TEXAS

STATE DOES NOT REGULATE GROUNDWATER

- RULE OF CAPTURE PREVAILS

HIGH PLAINS DISTRICT REGULATES SPACING OF WELLS

STATE DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES REGULATES SURFACE WATER

- POTENTIALLY ACCEPTABLE SITES DO NOT CONTAIN APPROPRIATED BODIES OF SURFACE WATER

UTAH

STATE ENGINEER REGULATES SURFACE AND GROUNDWATER

- PERFECTED APPROPRIATIONS ARE FOR FIXED PERIODS OF TIME, FOR FIXED AMOUNTS OFWATER, AND REQUIRE BENEFICIAL USE.

- STATE REGULATES CHANGES IN APPROPRIATIONS.- PRIORITY IS BASED ON DATE OF FILING OF APPLICATIONS.

STATE ALLOWS PRIVATE APPROPRIATIONS AS WELL AS FOR WATER CONSERVANCY DISTRICTS ANDMUNICIPALITIES.

WATER OPTIONS FOR REPOSITORY CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION

GULF

WELL FIELD

TEXAS

WELL FIELD

UTAH

PURCHASE/LEASE EXISTING WATER RIGHTS

- PRIVATE INDUSTRIAL RIGHTS

- SJWCD

- MUNICIPALITIES

- LOCAL LANDOWNERS

PURCHASE WATER DIRECTLY

- SJWCD

- MONTICELLO DEVELOPMENT PROJECT

- RECAPTURE DAM PROJECT

- MUNICIPALITIES - MOAB, ETC.

ATTACHMENT 4

PROPOSED GUIDANCE FOR EA DEVELOPMENT

- States will be given copies of formal guidance on EA Development

- September 30, 1983 Siting Guidelines will be used to initiate EA's

- EA's should be responsive to public scoping meeting comments

- EA outline to be finalized by October 28, 1983

- EA's to be issued in draft for public comment

- Draft EA's, issued for public comment, will use Siting Guidelinesconcurred in by NRC

- Draft EA's are planned to be issued in mid April 1984

- Referenced documents will be available when draft EA's are issued

- Public hearings to be held on draft EA's (Optional)

- EA's to be issued by the Secretary of Energy

- Sixty day comment period for draft EA's