ML022380068

Environmental Assessment & Finding of No Significant Impact Related to a Schedular Exemption from the Requirements of CFR 50.71 (e)(4)

ML022380068
Person / Time
Site:	Dresden, Quad Cities
Issue date:	09/17/2002
From:	Lyon C NRC/NRR/DLPM/LPD3
To:	Skolds J Exelon Generation Co
References
TAC MB5864, TAC MB5865, TAC MB5866, TAC MB5867
Download: ML022380068 (8)

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September 17, 2002 Mr. John L. Skolds, President Exelon Nuclear Exelon Generation Company, LLC 4300 Winfield Road Warrenville, IL 60555

SUBJECT:

DRESDEN NUCLEAR POWER STATION, UNITS 2 AND 3, AND QUAD CITIES NUCLEAR POWER STATION, UNITS 1 AND 2 -

ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND FINDING OF NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACT RELATED TO A SCHEDULAR EXEMPTION FROM THE REQUIREMENTS OF 10 CFR 50.71(e)(4) (TAC NOS. MB5864, MB5865, MB5866, AND MB5867)

Dear Mr. Skolds:

Enclosed is a copy of the Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact related to your application for exemption dated August 9, 2002. The proposed exemption would grant a one-time extension for the submittal of revisions to the Dresden Nuclear Power Station and Quad Cities Nuclear Power Station Updated Final Safety Analysis Reports until June 30, 2005, and October 20, 2005, respectively.

The assessment is being forwarded to the Office of the Federal Register for publication.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Carl F. Lyon, Project Manager, Section 2 Project Directorate III Division of Licensing Project Management Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos. 50-237, 50-249, 50-254, and 50-265

Enclosure:

Environmental Assessment cc w/encl: See next page

Dresden, Units 2 and 3 Quad Cities, Units 1 and 2 cc:

Site Vice President - Dresden Nuclear Power Station Exelon Generation Company, LLC 6500 N. Dresden Road William D. Leech Morris, IL 60450-9765 Manager - Nuclear MidAmerican Energy Company Dresden Nuclear Power Station Plant Manager P.O. Box 657 Exelon Generation Company, LLC Des Moines, IA 50303 6500 N. Dresden Road Morris, IL 60450-9765 Vice President - Law and Regulatory Affairs Regulatory Assurance Manager - Dresden MidAmerican Energy Company Exelon Generation Company, LLC One River Center Place 6500 N. Dresden Road 106 E. Second Street Morris, IL 60450-9765 P.O. Box 4350 Davenport, IA 52808 Dresden Resident Inspectors Office U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Chairman 6500 N. Dresden Road Rock Island County Board Morris, IL 60450-9766 of Supervisors 1504 3rd Avenue Chairman Rock Island County Office Bldg.

Grundy County Board Rock Island, IL 61201 Administration Building 1320 Union Street Regional Administrator Morris, IL 60450 U.S. NRC, Region III 801 Warrenville Road Site Vice President - Quad Cities Nuclear Power Sta. Lisle, IL 60532-4351 Exelon Generation Company, LLC 22710 206th Avenue N. Illinois Department of Nuclear Safety Cordova, IL 61242-9740 Office of Nuclear Facility Safety 1035 Outer Park Drive Quad Cities Nuclear Power Station Plant Manager Springfield, IL 62704 Exelon Generation Company, LLC 22710 206th Avenue N. Document Control Desk-Licensing Cordova, IL 61242-9740 Exelon Generation Company, LLC 4300 Winfield Road Regulatory Assurance Manager - Quad Cities Warrenville, IL 60555 Exelon Generation Company, LLC 22710 206th Avenue N.

Cordova, IL 61242-9740 Quad Cities Resident Inspectors Office U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 22712 206th Avenue N.

Cordova, IL 61242

Dresden, Units 2 and 3 Quad Cities, Units 1 and 2 Senior Vice President - Nuclear Services Exelon Generation Company, LLC 4300 Winfield Road Warrenville, IL 60555 Vice President Mid-West Operations Support Exelon Generation Company, LLC 4300 Winfield Road Warrenville, IL 60555 Senior Vice President Mid-West Regional Operating Group Exelon Generation Company, LLC 4300 Winfield Road Warrenville, IL 60555 Vice President - Licensing and Regulatory Affairs Exelon Generation Company, LLC 4300 Winfield Road Warrenville, IL 60555 Director - Licensing Mid-West Regional Operating Group Exelon Generation Company, LLC 4300 Winfield Road Warrenville, IL 60555 Senior Counsel, Nuclear Mid-West Regional Operating Group Exelon Generation Company, LLC 4300 Winfield Road Warrenville, IL 60555 Manager Licensing - Dresden and Quad Cities Exelon Generation Company, LLC 4300 Winfield Road Warrenville, IL 60555

September 17, 2002 Mr. John L. Skolds, President Exelon Nuclear Exelon Generation Company, LLC 4300 Winfield Road Warrenville, IL 60555

SUBJECT:

DRESDEN NUCLEAR POWER STATION, UNITS 2 AND 3, AND QUAD CITIES NUCLEAR POWER STATION, UNITS 1 AND 2 -

ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND FINDING OF NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACT RELATED TO A SCHEDULAR EXEMPTION FROM THE REQUIREMENTS OF 10 CFR 50.71(e)(4) (TAC NOS. MB5864, MB5865, MB5866, AND MB5867)

Dear Mr. Skolds:

Enclosed is a copy of the Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact related to your application for exemption dated August 9, 2002. The proposed exemption would grant a one-time extension for the submittal of revisions to the Dresden Nuclear Power Station and Quad Cities Nuclear Power Station Updated Final Safety Analysis Reports until June 30, 2005, and October 20, 2005, respectively.

The assessment is being forwarded to the Office of the Federal Register for publication.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Carl F. Lyon, Project Manager, Section 2 Project Directorate III Division of Licensing Project Management Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos. 50-237, 50-249, 50-254, and 50-265

Enclosure:

Environmental Assessment cc w/encl: See next page Distribution:

PUBLIC OGC, O15B18 PD3-2 r/f ACRS, T2E26 A. Mendiola J. Tappert C. Rosenberg L. Rossbach F. Lyon M. Ring, RIII Adams Accession Number: ML022380068 OFFICE PM:LPD3-2 LA:LPD3-2 SC:RLEP OGC SC:LPD3-2 NAME FLyon CRosenberg JTappert SUttal, NLO AMendiola DATE 8/27/02 8/27/02 9/7/02 9/12/02 9/13/02 OFFICIAL RECORD COPY

7590-01-P UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION EXELON GENERATION COMPANY, LLC DOCKET NOS. 50-237, 50-249, 50-254, and 50-265 DRESDEN NUCLEAR POWER STATION, UNITS 2 AND 3 QUAD CITIES NUCLEAR POWER STATION, UNITS 1 AND 2 ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND FINDING OF NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACT The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is considering issuance of an exemption from certain requirements of 10 CFR 50.71(e)(4) for Facility Operating License Nos.

DPR-19 and DPR-25, issued to Exelon Generation Company, LLC (the licensee), for operation of the Dresden Nuclear Power Station, Units 2 and 3, located in Grundy County, Illinois, and for Facility Operating License Nos. DPR-29 and DPR-30, issued to the licensee, for operation of the Quad Cities Nuclear Power Station, Units 1 and 2, located in Rock Island County, Illinois.

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 grant a schedular extension for Dresden Nuclear Power Station (Dresden), Units 2 and 3, and for Quad Cities Nuclear Power Station (Quad Cities),

Units 1 and 2, for submittal of revised Updated Final Safety Analysis Reports (UFSARs) from the regularly scheduled dates. 10 CFR 50.71(e)(4) requires that subsequent revisions to the UFSAR be submitted periodically to the NRC provided that the interval between successive updates does not exceed 24 months. The Dresden and Quad Cities UFSAR revisions are currently submitted on a 24-month cycle. The next scheduled date for submittal of the revised UFSAR for Dresden is June 30, 2003, and for Quad Cities is October 20, 2003. However, the

licensee plans to submit revised UFSARs along with Operating License Renewal Applications (LRAs) for Dresden and Quad Cities in January 2003. The licensee plans to resume the established schedule for submittal of the UFSAR revisions in 2005 for both stations. The licensee requests a one-time exemption to postpone submittal of the revised Dresden and Quad Cities UFSARs until 2005.

The proposed action is in accordance with the licensees application dated August 9, 2002.

The Need for the Proposed Action:

The licensee proposes to submit revised UFSARs with LRAs in January 2003, and to resume the established schedule for submittal of UFSAR revisions for Dresden on June 30, 2005, and for Quad Cities on October 20, 2005. An exemption is required because 10 CFR 50.71(e)(4) requires that subsequent revisions to the UFSAR be submitted periodically to the NRC provided that the interval between successive updates does not exceed 24 months.

Environmental Impacts of the Proposed Action:

The NRC has completed its evaluation of the proposed action and concludes that there are no significant adverse environmental impacts associated with the proposed action.

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 Dresden Nuclear Power Station, Units 2 and 3, dated November 1973, and for the Quad Cities Nuclear Power Station, Units 1 and 2, dated September 1972.

Agencies and Persons Consulted:

On August 22, 2002, the staff consulted with the Illinois State official, Mr. F. Niziolek of the Department of Nuclear Safety, 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 9, 2002. 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 Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Public Electronic Reading Room on the Internet at the NRC Web site, http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html.

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 to pdr@nrc.gov.

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 17th day of September 2002.

FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

/RA/

Anthony J. Mendiola, Chief, Section 2 Project Directorate III Division of Licensing Project Management Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation