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BOOK 17 PAGE 547 RESOLUTION REGARDING PROPOSED EXPANSION OF HIGH LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE STORAGE FACILITIES AT CP&L'S SHEARON HARRIS NUCLEAR POWER PLANT WHEREAS, the Lee County Board of Commissioners were advised as to plans for the expansion of the high level radioactive waste facilities at Carolina Power & Light's Shearon Harris Nuclear Power Plant in Wake County; and WHEREAS, the Lee County Board of Commissioners have been apprised of the potential risks inherent with the doubling of the storage capacity of the temporary storage pools for high level radioactive waste for the purpose of long term storage of high level radioactive waste, not only from the Shearon Harris plant, but also from two other nuclear power plants from elsewhere in North and South Carolina; and WHEREAS, citizens of Lee County who are alarmed about the plans to expand the waste storage capacity at the Shearon Harris facility and the lack of public input into the approval process for those plans have requested that the Lee County Board of Commissioners intervene in the plan approval process on behalf of the citizens of Lee County to ensure that no such expansion occurs without the public's knowledge and consent; and WHEREAS, the Lee County Environmental Affairs Board has asked that the Lee County Board of Commissioners request that an appropriate entity hold public hearings in which Carolina Power and Light will provide additional information about its plans to expand its storage capacity at Shearon Harris and respond to questions about long term storage of high level radioactive wastes: NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Lee County Board of Commissioners requests that the North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission conduct public hearings in which Carolina Power & Light and appropriate regulatory staff: 1) explain the plans to expand the storage facilities for high level radioactive waste at the Shearon Harris Nuclear Power Plant; 2) outline the risks or lack thereof and explain the risk assessment methodology employed to develop risk projections related to the use of facilities designed for short term storage of high level radioactive wastes for long tern storage; 3) outline the risks or lack thereof and explain the risk assessment methodology employed to develop risk projections associated with the transportation and handling of materials from other distant nuclear power generating facilities; and 4) accept and consider public comments relative to support for or opposition to operating or expanding such a facility in this area. Commissioner Matthews seconded the motion, and upon a vote, the results were as follows: 003 3