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Director Rosie Summers . Stancil felt that the tour targeted the concerns expressed by the CFE in <br /> terms of allowing representatives to spend time in the waste storage pool facility . Many <br /> questions were asked about the storage process and the long -term storage plans . Based on <br /> comments from CP &L staff, Stancil indicated that CP &L does not plan on accepting future <br /> waste from non- CP &L operations . <br /> For the sake of brevity , the following section of the minutes will summarize the questions and <br /> comments posed by CFE numbers to David Stancil , Paul Thames , and Rosie Summers . <br /> Rafalow : What safeguards are in place at Shearon Harris ? <br /> Stancil: According to CP &L there is little threat of a storage -pool waste accident expanding <br /> beyond the confines of the Shearon Harris facility . <br /> Jurgelski: A report on public radio stated that there was limited interest in the expansion of waste <br /> pools at the plant based on the level of attendance at the tour . What this something put out by <br /> CP & L ? <br /> Fortmann : Similar stories were in the newspaper : <br /> Thames : There were 6 local government officials and 14 CP &L staff at the tour <br /> Jurgelski : Will there be a public hearing on the CP &L ' s permit application? <br /> Thames : The BOCC is making a decision regarding whether to intervene in the permitting <br /> process . The county has hired a consultant to review CP &L ' s permit application and will be <br /> speaking , during the BOCC ' s 2/9/99 work session, to which CP &L has been invited . During the <br /> work session the public can submit questions in written form to the Commissioners . <br /> Rafalow : What permitting questions or decisions are ahead ? <br /> Thames : If issued, the permits will let CP &L begin storing waste in all (4) of their storage pools . <br /> Rafalow: Will the waste come from other utilities ? <br /> Thames : Storage for high level nuclear waste is at a premium . Even if the NRC opens their own <br /> ikely use storage space at Shearon Harris for its own waste . <br /> facility , CP &L will more than l <br /> Price : How many years of storage do the pools have ? <br /> Thames : The existing waste pools can store waste for up to two more years . If Shearon Harris is <br /> allowed to expand, then they will have the ability to store waste unti12056 . <br /> MacRae : What was the condition of the cement in the waste pools ? <br /> Thames : The pools currently contain water <br /> Kohorn . Where are the pools located ? <br /> Thames . The pools are located in a separate building away from the core , so as to minimize the <br /> potential for contamination . The primary safety concern associated with the pools is that the <br /> cooling water in the pools will leak, destabilizing the rods in the pools , and possibly leading to a <br /> fire which would result in the release of radioactive particulate matter . Additionally , there have <br /> been concerns regarding the effectiveness of the redundancy and back-up systems in place at <br /> Shearon Harris to minimize the possibility of such accidents . <br /> Kohorn : Have there been any strange accidents , such as what you have described? <br /> Thames : There have been incidents of racks being dropped, but none where the loss of water in <br /> the pools has resulted in a fire . CP &L feels that given that the rods are cool fuel they pose a low <br /> risk . <br /> Kohorn : What is the level of risk that a Shearon Harris would retain if their waste is shipped to <br /> the proposed national repository at Yucca Mountain, Nevada? <br />