ML14183A106
| ML14183A106 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Robinson  |
| Issue date: | 07/22/1987 |
| From: | Adensam E Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
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| NUDOCS 8707300217 | |
| Download: ML14183A106 (3) | |
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7590-01 UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION CAROLINA POWER & LIGHT COMPANY DOCKET NO. 50-261 ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND FINDING OF NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACT The U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Commission) is considering issuance of an exemption from the requirements of Appendix R to 10 CFR Part 50 to Carolina Power & Light Company (the licensee), for the H. B. Robinson Steam Electric Plant, Unit No. 2, located in Darlington County, South Carolina.
ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT Identification of Proposed Action: The exemption would grant relief in 5 areas where fire protection features are not in conformance with the technical requirements of Appendix R to 10 CFR Part 50, Section III.J which requires 8 hour9.259259e-5 days <br />0.00222 hours <br />1.322751e-5 weeks <br />3.044e-6 months <br /> battery powered emergency lighting units in certain areas for safe shutdown and in access routes to these areas.
The exemption is responsive to the licensee's request dated June 29, 1984, as supplemented by letter dated January 16, 1985.
The Need for the Proposed Action:
The proposed exemption is needed because the features described in the licensee's request regarding the existing fire protection lighting at its plant for emergency lighting are the most practical method for meeting the intent of Appendix R. Literal compliance would not significantly enhance the fire protection capability.
Environmental Impacts of the Proposed Action:
The proposed exemption will provide a degree of fire protection such that there is no increase in the risk of fires at the facility. Consequently, the probability of fires has not been PR ADOCK 05000261 PDR
-2 increased and the post-fire radiological releases will not be greater than previously determined nor does the proposed exemption otherwise affect radiological plant effluents. Therefore, the Commission concludes that there are no significant radiological environmental impacts associated with this proposed exemption.
With regard to potential nonradiological impacts, the proposed exemptions involve features located entirely within the restricted areas as defined in 10 CRF Part 20. They do not affect nonradiological plant effluents and have no other environmental impact. Therefore, the Commission concludes that there are no significant nonradiological environmental impacts associated with the proposed exemption.
Alternative Use of Resources:
This action involves no use of resources not previously considered in the Final Environmental Statement for the H. B.
Robinson Steam Electric Plant, Unit No. 2, dated April 1975.
Agencies and Persons Consulted: The NRC staff reviewed the licensee's request and did not consult other agencies or persons.
FINDINGS OF NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACT The Commission has determined not to prepare an environmental impact statement for the proposed exemption.
Based upon the foregoing environmental assessment, the staff concludes that the proposed action will not have a significant effect ongthe quality of the human environment.
For further details with respect to this action, see the applications for the exemption dated June 29, 1984, as supplemented January 16, 1985, which are available for public inspection at the Commission's Public Document
-3 Room, 1717 H Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. and at the Hartsville Memorial Library, Home and Fifth Avenues, Hartsville, South Carolina 29550.
Dated at Bethesda, Maryland, this 22day of July 1987 FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Elinor G. Adensam, Director Project Directorate II-1 Division of Reactor Projects I/II