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COUNTY OF CHATHAM <br />COMMISSIONERS <br />MARGARET BRYANT POLLARD, Chair <br />BETTY WILSON, Vlee Chair <br />HENRY DUNLAP <br />JOHN GRIMES <br />UVA HOLLAND <br />PITTS80R0, N. C. 27312 <br />ORGANIZED 1770 707 SQUARE MILES <br />September 18, 1998 <br />Wayne McDevitt <br />Secrets ry <br />NC Department of Environment and Natural Resources <br />512 N. Salisbury Street <br />Raleigh, NC 27604 <br />Dear Secretary McDevitt: <br />6 <br />CHARLIE MORNE <br />County Mansger <br />ROBERT L. GUNN <br />County Attorney <br />Phone (919) 542-8200 <br />Increased storage of high-level radioactive waste in North Carolina at the Shearon <br />Harris Nuclear Power Plant is being proposed by Carolina Power and Light <br />(CP&L). From documents sent me by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), <br />I became aware of CP8tL's intent to submit an application in October, requesting <br />NRC approval by the end of 1999 to open two additional fue! pools at the Harris <br />Plant in Wake County. <br />These pools are planned primarily for storage of activated fuel rods from CP~tI_'s <br />Robinson Plant in South Carolina and Brunswick Plant in Wilmington. Already fuel <br />from these two plants has been shipped in for storage at the Harris plant in the two <br />operating pools. The irony of this fact, as you know, is that South Carolina, by <br />legislative action, is prohibiting low-level radioactive waste from any North Carolina <br />generator at the Barnwell, SC site, yet South Carolina high-level waste is being <br />and more would be shipped into North Carolina. <br />We understand that the U.S. NRC has sole jurisdiction in licensing the plant and <br />any fuel pools or dry casks for storage or transport. Also the U.S. Department of <br />Transportation has jurisdiction over some other aspects of transport. However, we <br />hope the state government of North Carolina would help to assure safety for North <br />Carolinians while the fuel is being transported, while it is unloaded at the Harris <br />site and for the period of time it must remain in storage there. <br />P. O. BOX 87 <br />