ML063000224

VEGP Environmental Report - Operating License Stage

ML063000224
Person / Time
Site:	Vogtle, 05200011
Issue date:	12/01/2006
From:	Foster D Georgia Power Co
To:	Adensam E Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
Guerrero, C, NRO/DSER/RAP1, 415-2981
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Georgia Power Company Route 2, Box 299A Waynesboro. Georgia 30830 Telechone 404 554-9961, Ext. 3360 404 724-8114. Ext. 3360 D. O. Foster Georgia Power Vice President and Project General Manager the southern eiectric system Vogtte Project March 29, 1985 Director of .Nuclear Reactor Regulation File: X7BC35 Attention: Ms. Elinor G. Adensam, Chief Log: GN-569 Licensing Branch .#4 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20555 NRC DOCKET NUMBERS 50-424 AND 50-425 CONSTRUCTION PERMIT NUMBERS CPPR-108 AND CPPR-109 VOGTLE ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT - UNITS 1 AND 2 APPLICATION FOR OPERATING LICENSES AMENDMENT 6 TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL REPORT- OPERATING LICENSE STAGE (ER-OL)

Dear Mr. Denton:

.Georgia Power Company, acting on its own behalf and as agent for Oglethorpe Power Corporation, Municipal Electric.Authority of Georgia,. and the City of Dalton, Georgia, hereby submits Amendment. 6-to the ER-OL. Included in this transmittal are instructions for inserting this amendment.

This amendment consists of revised pages to the ER-OL that have resulted from Updated information since the last amendment and review of the Draft Environmental :Statement .

In accordance with the requirements of.10 CFR 50.30(c)(1) and (c)(1)(IV),

three .(3): signed originals and forty-one (41) copies of this *amendment are submitted for your use.

Should you have any questions on the enclosed submittals, do not hesitate to contact us.

Yours truly, D. O. Foster DOF/DHW/js Enclosures cc: List attached

Director of Nuclear Reactor Regul ation File: X7BC35 March 29, 1985 Log: GN-569 Page. 2 cc: M. A. Miller R. A. Thomas J. A. Bailey L. T. Gucwa G. Bockhold, Jr.

G. F. Trowbridge, Esquire.

J. E. Joiner L. Fowler C. A. Stangler SWORNWAND SUBSCRIBED BEFORE ME, THIS

• day of VP,,

1985.

MY COMMISSION EXPIRES APRIL 11, 1988

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Vogtle Electric Generating Plant Unit 1 and Unit 2 Applicants Environmental Report Operating License Stage Volume 1 Georgia Power the southern electric system

VEGP-OLSER TABLE OF CONTENTS 1.0 PURPOSE OF THE PROPOSED FACILITY AND ASSOCIATED TRANSMISSION 2.0 THE SITE AND ENVIRONMENTAL INTERFACES 2.1 Geography and Demography 2.1.1 Site Location and Description 2.1.2 Population Distribution-2.1.3 Use of Adjacent Lands and Waters 2.2 Ecology 2.2.1 Terrestrial Ecology 2.2.2 Aquatic Ecology 2.2.3 Rare and Endangered Species 2.3 Meteorology 2.4 Hydrology, 2.4.1 Surface Water Environs 2.4.2 Groundwater 2.5 Geology 2.6 Regional Historic, Archaeological, Architectural, Scenic, Cultural, and Natural Features 2.6.1 The Plant Site 2.6.2 Transmission Facilities 2.7 Noise 2.7.1 Site Noise Environment 2.7.2 Results 3.0 THE PLANT 3.1 External Appearance 3.1.1 Auxiliary, Fuel Handling, and Control Building Complex i

VEGP-OLSER TABLE OF CONTENTS (Continued) 3.1.2 Containment Buildings 3.1.3 Turbine Building 3.1.4 Hyperbolic Cooling Towers 3.1.5 Other Structures 3.1.6 Summary of Station Appearance 3.1.7 Gaseous and Liquid Release Points 3.2 Reactor and Steam-Electric System 3.3 Plant Water Use 3.3.1 Plant Water Sources 3.3.2 System Description 3.3.3 Consumptive Use 3.4 Heat Dissi pation System .

3.4.1 River Intake System 3.4.2 Circulating Water System '

3.4.3 Turbine Plant Cooling Water Systems 3.4.4 Nuclear Service Cooling Water System 3.4.5 Discharge System 3.5 Radwaste S3ystems and Source Terms 3.5.1 Source Terms 3.5.2 Liquid Radwaste Systems 3.5.3 Gaseous Radwaste Systems 3.5.4 Solid Radwaste System 3.5.5 Process and Effluent Radiological Monitoring.

Systems 3.6 Chemical aLnd Biocide Effluents 3.6.1 Cooling Tower Wastes 3.6.2 Low Volume Waste 3.6.3 Liquid Discharge Summary.

3.6.4 Chemical and Biocide Solid Wastes 3.7 Sanitary Ernd Other Waste Discharges A 3.7.1 Sanitary Waste 3.7.2 Auxiliary Boiler Emissions to Air 3.7.3 Diesel Generator Emissions to Air 3.7.4 Oil Leakage 3.7.5 Fluid Bed Dry Waste Processor Emissions to Air*

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VEGP-OLSER TABLE OF CONTENTS (Continued) 3 8 Reporting of Radioactive Material Movement 3.8.1 Nuclear Materials Characteristics 3.8.2 Transportation Impact v: 3 9 Transmission Facilities

' Appendix 3A Basic Data for Source Term Calculations 3A.l General 3A.2 Primary System 3A.3 Secondary System 3A.4. Liquid Waste Processing System 3A.5 Gaseous Waste Processing System 3A.6 Ventilation and Exhaust Systems 3A.7 Solid Waste Processing Systems 4.0 ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS OF SITE PREPARATION, STATION CONSTRUCTION, AND TRANSMISSION FACILITIES CONSTRUCTION 4

4.1 Site Preparation and Station Construction 7 4.2 Transmission Facilities Construction 4..3 -Resources Committed

. 4.4 Radioactivity

.. 4.5 Construction Impact Program 5.0 ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS OF STATION OPERATION

. 5.1 Effects of Operation of-Heat Dissipation System 5.1.1 Effluent Limitations and Water Quality Standards

.5.1.2 Physical Effects 5.1.3 Biological Effects 5.1.4 Effects of Heat Dissipation Facilities

! 5.2 Radiological Impact from Routine Operation 5.2.1 Exposure Pathways 5.2.2 Radioactivity in the Environment 5.2.3 Dose Rate Estimates for Biota Other Than Man 5.2.4 Dose Rate Estimates for Man 5.2..5 Summary of Annual Radiation Doses

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VEGP-OLSER TABLE OF CONTENTS (Continued) 5.3 Effects of Chemical and Biocide Waste 5.3.1 Effects of Liquid Waste Discharges 5.3.2 Effects of Solid Waste 5.4 Effects of Sanitary Waste Discharges 5.5 Effects of Operation and Maintenance of the Transmission Systems 5.5.1 Environmental Effepcts of Operation of the Transmission Systems 5.5.2 Environmental Effects of Maintenance of Transmission Systems 5.6 Other Effects 5.6.1 Noise 5.6.2 Auxiliary Boiler, Diesel Generator, and Fluid Bed--'

Dry Waste Processor Emissions 5.6.3 Other Wastes 5.7 Resources Committed 5.8 Decommissioning and Dismantling 5.8.1 Decommissioning Alternative 5.8.2 Cost of Decommissioning 5.8.3 Safety Impact of Decommissioning 5.8.4 Decommissioning Planning 6.0 EFFLUENT AND ENVIRONMENTAL MEASUREMENTS .. ,

AND MONITORING PROGRAMS . * "y '7 6.1 Preoperational Environmental Programs 6.1.1 Surface Waters 6.1.2 Groundwater 6.1.3 Air 6.1-4 Land 6.1.5 Radiological Monitoring iv.

VOGTLE OLSER Amendment 6 March 29, 1985 Page Instruction

p. 3.6-3 Replace

p. '3.6-3b Add

p. 3.6-4a Add

p. 3.6-9 Replace

t. 3.9-2 Replace

t. 3.9-3 Replace P. 5.7-3 Replace

t. 12.1-4 Replace

t. E290.8-1 (2 Sheets) Replace (Behind Tab April 17, 1984)

VEGP-OLSER TABLE OF CONTENTS (Continued) 6 .2 Proposed Operational Monitoring Program 6.21 Radiological Monitoring 6.2.2 Nonradiological Monitoring

!* 6.3 Related Environmental Measurement and Monitoring Programs 6 4'

..Preoperational Environmental Radiological Monitoring Data 7.0 ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS OF-ACCIDENTS 7.. 1 .Station Accident Involving Radioactivity 7.1.1. Introduction 7.1.2 Analysis of Environmental. Effects of Accidents.

7.1.3 Dose Calculation Methodology 7.1.4. Trivial Incidents (Class 1.0) 7.1.5 Small Releases Outside Containment (Class 2.0) 7.1.6 Radwaste System Failure (Class 3.0) 7.1..1 7 Fission Products to Primary System of Boiling

.Water. Reactors (Class. 4.0)

.7.1.8 Fission Products to .Primary.and Secondary Systems of Pressurized Water Reactors (Class 5.0) 7.1 .9 Refueling Accidents (Class 6..0)

.7.1.10 .Spent Fuel Handling Accidents (Class 7.0) 7.1.1.11 Accident Initiation Events Considered in the Design Basis Evaluation in the FSAR (Class 8.0) 7.2 Transportation Accidents Involving Radioactivity 73K.

Other Accidents 7.3.1 .Introduction 7.3.2 Chemicals Stored Onsite 7.3.3 Chlorine Gas Release Appendix 7A Environmental Effects of Accidents

ý4, ' 7A.1 Probabilistic Assessment of Seve re Accidents 7A.2 Dose and Health Impacts of Atmos pheri~c Releases 7A.3 Economic and Societal Impacts

.7A.4 Releases to Groundwater

. 7A;5 Risk Considerations 7A. 6 Uncertainties 1 7A.7 Conclusions v..

Amend..1 2/84

VEGP-OLSER TABLE OF CONTENTS.(Continued) 8.0 ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS OF PLANT CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION 8.1 Benefits" 8.1.1 Direct Benefits 8.1.2 Indirect Benefits 8.2 .Costs 8.2.1 DirectL (Internal) Project Costs 8.2.2 Indirect .. (External) Project Costs 9.0 ALTERNATIVE ENERGY SOURCES AND-SITES Q!.0. PLANT .DESIGN ALTERNATIVES 11.0.

SUMMARY

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS 11.1 Summary

11. 1.1 Benefits 11.1.2 Costs 12.0 ENVIRONMENTAL APPROVALS AND CONSULTATION1

12. i'Summary 12.1.1 Status of Station Environmental Approva,,,,

Consultations 12.1.2 Status of Transmission System Environm. ,.

Approvals and Consultations 12.1.3 Consultations with .State, Local, and..-Re, Planning Authorities vi

VEGP-OLSER TABLE OF CONTENTS (Continued) 13.0

SUMMARY

OF ACTIONS TAKEN 13.1 Summaryý 13.1.1 Onsite and Transmission Line Construction 13.1.2 Construction Permit Conditions and Final Environmental Statement Requirements Relative to Plant Design and Operation

14.0 REFERENCES

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION PLAN NRC QUESTIONS AND RESPONSES l1 vii Amend. 1 2/84

VEGP-OLSER-2 2.7 NOISE 2.7.1 SITE NOISE ENVIRONMENT This section discusses the ambient sound level survey performed prior to commencement of construction activities on the VEGP site. Section 5.6 discusses the expected environmental impacts of noise from station operation.

The VEGP site is located in a remote section of Burke County, Georgia. Because of the rural setting and lack of major artificial noise sources within 5 miles of the plant site, the ambient noise survey was confined to the VEGP site.

An ambient sound level survey was performed on May 14 and 15, 1974, before construction was begun. Ambient sound levels were measured at nine accessible locations along the plant property line and at eight other representative points on the site, as shown in figure 2.7-1. Readings were also taken around the combustion turbines already onsite. Sound levels were measured the evening of May 14 and the morning of May 15. The measurements were believed 1

to well represent sound levels on a typical summer day.( )

2.7.2 RESULTS The sound level measurement locations can be seen in figure 2.7-1. A-weighted sound levels were taken at each location during the survey.

A summary of the A-weighted sound levels can be seen in table 2.7-1. Sound levels (excluding readings taken near the combustion turbines) ranged from 22 to 44 dBa with most readings falling in the 25 to 35 dBa range. Generally, readings taken on the second day of the survey were higher due to wind rustling

'leaves in the trees. Bird noise and the noise of passing traffic also caused occasional increases in sound level. The combustion turbines were not operating at the time of the property line sound measurements. With the combustion turbines off, transformer noise was dominant at location F.

2.7-1

VEGP-OLSER-2 REFERENCE

1. Hickm.nDr. C. E., .Sound Level Study at .theAlvinW.

Vogtle Nuclear Plant site Prior to Construction," Southern Co6.mpny S6ervcei, hic., 1974.

2:-7-2

VEGP-OLSER-2 TABLE 2.7-1 AMBIENT SOUND.LEVELS MEASURED IN MAY 1974 AT VEGP SITE (PRECONSTRUCTION)

Measurement Sound Level Location dBa A 27-30 B 25-30 C. 25-34 D. 22.725

ýE 25 F 39 G 27 H

28 28 J

34 K 34 L 34-44 M 34-40 N 35-50 0 40-42 P 34-40 Q

35-40

VEGP-OLSER-5 5.6 OTHER EFFECTS This section discusses other effects of station operation that have not been covered in other sections of this report or covered in the Construction Permit Stage Environmental Report (CPSER) section 5.4.

5.6.1 NOISE The VEGP will make noise during normal operation. However, community complaints about plant noise are not anticipated because the area is sparsely populated.

5.6.1.1 Predicted Plant Property Line Noise Levels Noise levels were predicted for seven locations along the property line during full plant operating conditions.

Predictions were made using Edison Electric Institute's Electric Power Plant Environmental Noise Guide.`(1) The ksignificant sound-producing plant components were identified,

.and the effects of directional sources, distance, and other

..attenuation factors were considered. The predicted levels for each location are listed in table'5.6-1. Ambient noise levels at the seven locations were measured during a sound level survey prior to plant startup (see section 2.7); these are also included in table 5.6-1.

5.6.1.2 Community Reaction to Plant Noise The noise guide concludes that the most complete procedure available for evaluating the impact of plant noise on surrounding communities is the Modified Composite Noise Rating System (MCNR). Applying this procedure resulted in a "no reaction" prediction for each of the seven locations as shown in table 5.6-1. 12 5.6.2 AUXILIARY BOILER, DIESEL GENERATOR, AND FLUID BED DRY WASTE PROCESSOR EMISSIONS Air emissions resulting from operation of the auxiliary boiler, diesel generator, fluid bed dry waste processor, and conform-ance to applicable air quality regulations are addressed in section 3.7.

5.6-1 Amend. 2 2/84

VEGP-OLSER-5 5.6.3 OTHER WASTES Any waste which has been designated as a hazardous waste by the Environmental Protection Agency or any appropriate state agency shall be managed in compliance with all applicable regulations.

5.6-2

VEGP-OLSER-5 REFERENCE

1. Edison Electric Institute, Electric Power Plant Environ-mental Noise Guide, 1978.

5.6-3

VEGP-OLSER-5 TABLE 5.6-1 PREDICTED VEGP NOISE EMISSIONS AND RESULTING COMMUNITY RESPONSE Average Measured Predicted Background VEGP Noise Predicted Average.

Noise Emission Total Noise Expected Measurement Level Level Level Community Location(a) dBa dBc dBa dBa Response A 27-30 34 15 27-30 No reaction B 25-30 36 19 26-30 No reaction C 25-34 38 21 26-34 No reaction D 22-25 39. 22 25-27 No reaction E 25 41 25 28 .No reaction F 39 48 35 40 Noreaction K 34 37 20 34. No reaction

a. See site map in section 2.7 for locations.