ML020180200
| ML020180200 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Millstone  |
| Issue date: | 01/18/2002 |
| From: | John Hickman NRC/NRR/DLPM/LPD4 |
| To: | Price J Dominion Nuclear Connecticut |
| Hickman D, NRR/DIPM 415-8541 | |
| References | |
| TAC MB2874, TAC MB2875, TAC MB2876 | |
| Download: ML020180200 (8) | |
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January 18, 2002 Mr. J. A. Price Vice President - Nuclear Technical Services - Millstone Dominion Nuclear Connecticut, Inc.
P. O. Box 128 Waterford, Connecticut 06385
SUBJECT:
MILLSTONE NUCLEAR POWER STATION, UNITS 1, 2, AND 3 -
ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT RE: PHYSICAL PROTECTION LICENSE CONDITION AND SITE NAME (TAC NOS. MB2874, MB2875, AND MB2876)
Dear Mr. Price:
Enclosed is a copy of the Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact related to your application for amendment dated August 8, 2001. The proposed amendment would incorporate two changes into each operating license. Specifically, the physical protection (security) related license condition is revised to indicate that the physical security program plans listed may, rather than do, contain safeguards information; and the plant name is changed from the 'Millstone Nuclear Power Station' to the 'Millstone Power Station.'
The assessment is being forwarded to the Office of the Federal Register for publication.
Sincerely,
/RA/
John B. Hickman, Project Manager, Section 2 Project Directorate IV Division of Licensing Project Management Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos. 50-245, 50-336 and 50-423
Enclosure:
Environmental Assessment cc w/encl: See next page
January 18, 2002 Mr. J. A. Price Vice President - Nuclear Technical Services - Millstone Dominion Nuclear Connecticut, Inc.
P. O. Box 128 Waterford, Connecticut 06385
SUBJECT:
MILLSTONE NUCLEAR POWER STATION, UNITS 1, 2, AND 3 -
ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT RE: PHYSICAL PROTECTION LICENSE CONDITION AND SITE NAME (TAC NOS. MB2874, MB2875, AND MB2876)
Dear Mr. Price:
Enclosed is a copy of the Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact related to your application for amendment dated August 8, 2001. The proposed amendment would incorporate two changes into each operating license. Specifically, the physical protection (security) related license condition is revised to indicate that the physical security program plans listed may, rather than do, contain safeguards information; and the plant name is changed from the 'Millstone Nuclear Power Station' to the 'Millstone Power Station.'
The assessment is being forwarded to the Office of the Federal Register for publication.
Sincerely,
/RA/
John B. Hickman, Project Manager, Section 2 Project Directorate IV Division of Licensing Project Management Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos. 50-245, 50-336 DISTRIBUTION:
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Enclosure:
Environmental Assessment PDI-2 Reading CCarpenter RidsNrrDlpm (SRichards) cc w/encl: See next page RidsNrrDlpm (EAdensam)
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DATE 12/17/01 1/3/02 12/14/01 12/14/01 12/20/01 OFFICE OGC PDI-2/SC PDIV-2/SC NAME DCummings* RBE for JClifford SDembek DATE 12/27/01 1/9/02 1/9/2002 OFFICIAL RECORD COPY Millstone Nuclear Power Station
Units 1, 2, and 3 cc:
Ms. L. M. Cuoco Process Owner - Oversight Senior Nuclear Counsel Dominion Nuclear Connecticut, Inc.
Dominion Nuclear Connecticut, Inc. Rope Ferry Road Rope Ferry Road Waterford, CT 06385 Waterford, CT 06385 Ernest C. Hadley, Esq.
Edward L. Wilds, Jr., Ph.D. P. O. Box 1104 Director, Division of Radiation West Falmouth, MA 02574-1104 Department of Environmental Protection Mr. John Markowicz 79 Elm Street Co-Chair Hartford, CT 06106-5127 Nuclear Energy Advisory Council 9 Susan Terrace Regional Administrator, Region I Waterford, CT 06385 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 475 Allendale Road Mr. C. J. Schwarz King of Prussia, PA 19406 Master Process Owner - Operate the Asset Dominion Nuclear Connecticut, Inc.
First Selectmen Rope Ferry Road Town of Waterford Waterford, CT 06385 15 Rope Ferry Road Waterford, CT 06385 Mr. D. A. Smith Process Owner - Regulatory Affairs Mr. W. R. Matthews Dominion Nuclear Connecticut, Inc.
Vice President and Senior Rope Ferry Road Nuclear Executive - Millstone Waterford, CT 06385 Dominion Nuclear Connecticut, Inc.
Rope Ferry Road Ms. Nancy Burton Waterford, CT 06385 147 Cross Highway Redding Ridge, CT 00870 Mr. Charles Brinkman, Manager Washington Nuclear Operations Mr. D. J. Meekhoff ABB Combustion Engineering Unit 1 General Manager 12300 Twinbrook Pkwy, Suite 330 Dominion Nuclear Connecticut, Inc.
Rockville, MD 20852 Rope Ferry Road Waterford, CT 06385 Senior Resident Inspector Millstone Nuclear Power Station c/o U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission P. O. Box 513 Niantic, CT 06357 Mr. P. J. Parulis
Millstone Nuclear Power Station Units 1, 2, and 3 cc:
Mr. G. D. Hicks Master Process Owner - Training Dominion Nuclear Connecticut, Inc.
Rope Ferry Road Waterford, CT 06385 Mr. Evan W. Woollacott Co-Chair Nuclear Energy Advisory Council 128 Terrys Plain Road Simsbury, CT 06070 Mr. D. A. Christian Senior Vice President - Nuclear Operations and Chief Nuclear Officer Innsbrook Technical Center - 2SW 5000 Dominion Boulevard Glen Allen, VA 23060 Mr. William D. Meinert Nuclear Engineer Massachusetts Municipal Wholesale Electric Company P.O. Box 426 Ludlow, MA 01056 Attorney Nicholas J. Scobbo, Jr.
Ferriter, Scobbo, Caruso, Rodophele, PC 75 State Street, 7th Floor Boston, MA 02108-1807
7590-01-P UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION DOMINION NUCLEAR CONNECTICUT, INC.
DOCKET NOS. 50-245, 50-336 AND 50-423 MILLSTONE NUCLEAR POWER STATION, UNITS 1, 2, AND 3 ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND FINDING OF NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACT The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is considering issuance of an amendment to Facility Operating License No. DPR-21 issued to Dominion Nuclear Connecticut, Inc. (the licensee) for the Millstone Nuclear Power Station, Unit 1, a permanently shutdown nuclear facility located in Waterford, Connecticut, and to Facility Operating License Nos. DPR-65 and NPF-49, issued to Dominion Nuclear Connecticut, Inc., for operation of the Millstone Nuclear Power Station, Units 2 and 3, located in Waterford, Connecticut. Therefore, as required by 10 CFR 51.21, the NRC is issuing this environmental assessment and finding of no significant impact.
ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT Identification of the Proposed Action:
The proposed action would revise the physical protection (security) related license condition to indicate that the physical security program plans listed may, rather than do, contain safeguards information; and change the name of the 'Millstone Nuclear Power Station' to the
'Millstone Power Station.'
The proposed action is in accordance with the licensees application dated August 8, 2001.
The Need for the Proposed Action:
Currently, License Condition 2.C.(4) for Units 1 and 2 and License Condition 2.E for Unit 3, identifies the plans which describe the NRC approved program for physical protection of Millstone Units 1, 2, and 3. They are the Millstone Nuclear Power Station Physical Security Plan, the Millstone Nuclear Power Station Suitability, Training, and Qualification Plan, and the Millstone Nuclear Power Station Safeguards Contingency Plan. License Conditions 2.C.(4) and 2.E also indicate that the plans contain safeguards information protected under 10 CFR 73.21.
However, Revision 15 to the Millstone Nuclear Power Station Suitability, Training, and Qualification Plan removed safeguards information to allow declassification of the document.
The proposed revision to the license conditions would allow declassification of the document.
Additionally, the licensee also proposed the deletion of the word "Nuclear" from the title of the physical security program plans listed under the security related license condition and when it is used in the phrase "Millstone Nuclear Power Station" elsewhere in the operating license. This change is purely administrative and does not alter any regulatory requirements or commitments made by the licensee.
Environmental Impacts of the Proposed Action:
The NRC has completed its evaluation of the proposed action and concludes that the issuance of the proposed amendment will not have an environmental impact. The proposed changes to the licenses are considered editorial or administrative in nature. The licensee does not propose any changes to structures, systems, components, site boundaries or operational practices.
The proposed action will not significantly increase the probability or consequences of accidents, no changes are being made in the types of effluents that may be released off site, and there is no significant increase in occupational or public radiation exposure. Therefore, there are no significant radiological environmental impacts associated with the proposed action.
With regard to potential nonradiological impacts, the proposed action does not have a potential to affect any historic sites. It does not affect nonradiological plant effluents and has no other environmental impact. Therefore, there are no significant nonradiological environmental impacts associated with the proposed action.
Accordingly, the NRC concludes that there are no significant environmental impacts associated with the proposed action.
Environmental Impacts of the Alternatives to the Proposed Action:
As an alternative to the proposed action, the staff considered denial of the proposed action (i.e., the "no-action" alternative). Denial of the application would result in no change in current environmental impacts. The environmental impacts of the proposed action and the alternative action are similar.
Alternative Use of Resources:
The action does not involve the use of any different resource than those previously considered in the Final Environmental Statement for the Millstone Nuclear Power Station.
Agencies and Persons Consulted:
On December 12, 2001, the staff consulted with the State of Connecticut official, Mr. Michael Firsick of the Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection, regarding the environmental impact of the proposed action. The State official had no comments.
FINDING OF NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACT On the basis of the environmental assessment, the NRC concludes that the proposed action will not have a significant effect on the quality of the human environment. Accordingly, the NRC has determined not to prepare an environmental impact statement for the proposed action.
For further details with respect to the proposed action, see the licensees letter dated August 8, 2001. Documents may be examined, and/or copied for a fee, at the NRCs Public Document Room (PDR), located at One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike (first floor),
Rockville, Maryland. Publicly available records will be accessible electronically from the ADAMS Public Library component on the NRC Web site, http://www.nrc.gov (the Public Electronic Reading Room). Persons who do not have access to ADAMS or who encounter problems in accessing the documents located in ADAMS, should contact the NRC PDR Reference staff by telephone at 1-800-397-4209, or 301-415-4737, or by e-mail at pdr@nrc.gov.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 18th day of January 2002.
FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
/RA/
Stephen Dembek, Chief, Section 2 Project Directorate IV Division of Licensing Project Management Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation