ML041100292

Letter, Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact Related to Your Application for Withdrawal of Exemption Alternative Shutdown Capability to Achieve Cold Shutdown within 72 Hours of Offsite Power

ML041100292
Person / Time
Site:	Davis Besse
Issue date:	05/12/2004
From:	Hopkins J NRC/NRR/DLPM/LPD3
To:	Myers L FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Co
Hopkins J, DLPM/NRR, 415-3027
References
TAC MC1632
Download: ML041100292 (7)

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May 12, 2004 Mr. Lew W. Myers Chief Operating Officer FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station 5501 North State Route 2 Oak Harbor, OH 43449-9760

SUBJECT:

DAVIS-BESSE NUCLEAR POWER STATION, UNIT 1 (TAC NO. MC1632)

Dear Mr. Myers:

Enclosed is a copy of the Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact related to your application for withdrawal of exemption dated December 17, 2003. The withdrawal is proposed because you have determined that Davis-Besse meets 10 CFR Part 50, Appendix R, Subsection III.L.1, regarding alternative shutdown capability to achieve cold shutdown within 72 hours8.333333e-4 days <br />0.02 hours <br />1.190476e-4 weeks <br />2.7396e-5 months <br /> independent of offsite power, and therefore, the exemption is no longer required.

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

Sincerely,

/RA/

Jon B. Hopkins, Senior Project Manager Project Directorate III, Section 2 Division of Licensing Project Management Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No.: 50-346

Enclosure:

Environmental Assessment cc w/encl: See next page

May 12, 2004 Mr. Lew W. Myers Chief Operating Officer FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station 5501 North State Route 2 Oak Harbor, OH 43449-9760

SUBJECT:

DAVIS-BESSE NUCLEAR POWER STATION, UNIT 1 (TAC NO. MC1632)

Dear Mr. Myers:

Enclosed is a copy of the Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact related to your application for withdrawal of exemption dated December 17, 2003. The withdrawal is proposed because you have determined that Davis-Besse meets 10 CFR Part 50, Appendix R, Subsection III.L.1, regarding alternative shutdown capability to achieve cold shutdown within 72 hours8.333333e-4 days <br />0.02 hours <br />1.190476e-4 weeks <br />2.7396e-5 months <br /> independent of offsite power, and therefore, the exemption is no longer required.

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

Sincerely,

/RA/

Jon B. Hopkins, Senior Project Manager Project Directorate III, Section 2 Division of Licensing Project Management Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No.: 50-346

Enclosure:

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

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Mary E. OReilly Zack A. Clayton FirstEnergy Corporation DERR 76 South Main St. Ohio Environmental Protection Agency Akron, OH 44308 P.O. Box 1049 Columbus, OH 43266-0149 Manager - Regulatory Affairs FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company State of Ohio Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station Public Utilities Commission 5501 North State - Route 2 180 East Broad Street Oak Harbor, OH 43449-9760 Columbus, OH 43266-0573 Director, Ohio Department of Commerce Attorney General Division of Industrial Compliance Office of Attorney General Bureau of Operations & Maintenance 30 East Broad Street 6606 Tussing Road Columbus, OH 43216 P.O. Box 4009 Reynoldsburg, OH 43068-9009 President, Board of County Commissioners of Ottawa County Regional Administrator Port Clinton, OH 43252 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 801 Warrenville Road President, Board of County Lisle, IL 60523-4351 Commissioners of Lucas County One Government Center, Suite 800 Michael A. Schoppman Toledo, OH 43604-6506 Framatome ANP 1911 N. Ft. Myer Drive David Lochbaum, Nuclear Safety Engineer Rosslyn, VA 22209 Union of Concerned Scientists 1707 H Street NW, Suite 600 Resident Inspector Washington, DC 20006 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 5503 North State Route 2 The Honorable Dennis J. Kucinich Oak Harbor, OH 43449-9760 United States House of Representatives Washington, D.C. 20515 Barry Allen, Plant Manager FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company The Honorable Dennis J. Kucinich Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station United States House of Representatives 5501 North State - Route 2 14400 Detroit Avenue Oak Harbor, OH 43449-9760 Lakewood, OH 44107 Dennis Clum Mr. James P. Riccio Radiological Assistance Section Supervisor Nuclear Policy Analyst Bureau of Radiation Protection Greenpeace Ohio Department of Health 702 H. Street, NW, Suite 300 P.O. Box 118 Washington, DC 20001 Columbus, OH 43266-0118 Paul Gunter Carol OClaire, Chief, Radiological Branch Director Nuclear Watchdog Project Ohio Emergency Management Agency Nuclear Information & Resource Service 2855 West Dublin Granville Road 1424 16th Street NW Suite 401 Columbus, OH 43235-2206 Washington, DC 20009

7590-01-P UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION FIRSTENERGY NUCLEAR OPERATING COMPANY DOCKET NO. 50-346 DAVIS-BESSE NUCLEAR POWER STATION ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND FINDING OF NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACT The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is considering withdrawal of an exemption from Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) Part 50, Appendix R, Subsection III.L.1 for Facility Operating License No. NPF-3, issued to FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company (FENOC or the licensee), for operation of the Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station (DBNPS), located in Ottawa County, Ohio. 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 withdraw an exemption to 10 CFR Part 50, Appendix R, Subsection III.L.1, regarding the plants capability to achieve cold shutdown within 72 hours8.333333e-4 days <br />0.02 hours <br />1.190476e-4 weeks <br />2.7396e-5 months <br /> by the alternative shutdown process, independent of offsite power.

The proposed action is in accordance with the licensees application dated December 17, 2003.

The Need for the Proposed Action:

The action is proposed because the licensee has now determined that DBNPS can achieve cold shutdown within 72 hours8.333333e-4 days <br />0.02 hours <br />1.190476e-4 weeks <br />2.7396e-5 months <br /> by the alternative shutdown process independent of offsite power; therefore, the exemption is no longer required.

Environmental Impacts of the Proposed Action:

The NRC has completed its evaluation of the proposed action and concludes that the proposed exemption withdrawal does not involve radioactive wastes, release of radioactive material into the atmosphere, solid radioactive waste, or liquid effluents released to the environment.

The DBNPS systems were evaluated in the Final Environmental Statement (FES) dated October 1975 (NUREG 75/097). The proposed exemption withdrawal will not involve any change in the waste treatment systems described in the FES.

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 offsite, 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 DBNPS FES dated October 1975.

Agencies and Persons Consulted:

On April 16, 2004, the staff consulted with Ohio State official, C. OClaire of the Ohio Emergency Management Agency, 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 December 17, 2003 (ADAMS ML033600026). Documents may be examined, and/or copied for a fee, at the NRCs Public Document Room (PDR), located at One White Flint North, Public File Area O1-F21, 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 12th day of May 2004.

FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

/RA/

Jon B. Hopkins, Senior Project Manager Project Directorate III, Section 2 Division of Licensing Project Management Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation