Initial Site-Specific De-Inventory Report for Big Rock Point Report No.: RPT-3014537-002
2.0 PERTINENT SITE INFORMATION 2.1 Description of Site/Characteristics
The BRP site is located on the eastern shore of Lake Michigan about 4 miles north of Charlevoix and approximately 11 miles west of Petoskey, MI. The BRP Nuclear Plant was a Boiling Water Reactor (BWR) rated at 75 MW electric, designed by General Electric (GE), with the balance of plant designed by Bechtel Corporation. The Operating License DPR-6 (Docket No, 50-155) was issued in August 1962. The plant ceased operations on August 29, 1997, with all SNF being removed from the reactor vessel by September 20, 1997. By May 2, 2003 all SNF and GTCC LLW was transferred to the ISFSI and after decommissioning of the plant, the Part 50 license was changed in January 2007 to cover only the approximately 20 acres associated with the ISFSI [3] . The BRP ISFSI is regulated under 10CFR Part 72 and is licensed under a General ISFSI License (Docket No. 72-043) [3] . In 2006, Consumers Energy (CE) announced that the site, including the ISFSI, was for sale. In July 2006, it announced that the BRP ISFSI was a part of the sale of the Palisades facility to Entergy Corporation, who were required to obtain an NRC license for the BRP ISFSI operation (the sale was completed in April 2007) [2] . Figure 2-1 provides an aerial view of the BRP site, where the reactor and associated structures have been removed. Figures 2-2 and 2-3 show the BRP ISFSI. Electrical power is available at the BRP ISFSI. There is no soil or groundwater contamination in the ISFSI area, as any previous site contamination was remediated as part of the plant decommissioning activities. The nearest residence to the BRP ISFSI is approximately ½ mile to the west [3] . There is a total of eight FuelSolutions W150 concrete storage casks located on the ISFSI pad. The equipment needed to transfer the SNF and GTCC LLW in W74 canisters from the storage casks to a TS125 transportation cask is in place, is tested on a periodic basis, and preventive maintenance is performed [4] . The ISFSI concrete pad is approximately 100’ long by 75’ wide [3] and is elevated above the adjacent access road, as shown in Figure 2-3. A transfer station is provided on the pad (refer to Figure 2-2), which provides the space and equipment for performing horizontal transfers of a W74 canister between a storage cask and a transportation cask. While the FuelSolutions System is designed for either vertical or horizontal canister transfers, only horizontal transfer is allowed outside of a licensed building [11] . As such, the canister operations at BRP must be done in the horizontal orientation.
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Initial Site-Specific De-Inventory Report for Big Rock Point May 10, 2017
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