ML17158C138
| ML17158C138 | |
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| Site: | Susquehanna  |
| Issue date: | 05/02/1997 |
| From: | Stolz J NRC (Affiliation Not Assigned) |
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| NUDOCS 9705080316 | |
| Download: ML17158C138 (4) | |
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UC AR R GULATORY COMMISSION NNS A
0 R 5 GH OMPANY LEGHEN ELECT IC COOPERATIVE INC.
OCKET NOS. 50-387 AND 50-388 SUS UEHANNA STEAM ELECTRIC STATION UNITS 1
AND 2 NVIRONMENTAL ASS SSMENT AND FINDING OF 0 SIGNIFICANT MPACT The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Commission) is considering issuance of an exemption to Facility Operating License Nos.
NPF-14 and NPF-22, issued to Pennsylvania Power
& Light Company (the licensee),
for operation of the Susquehanna Steam Electric Station, Units 1 and 2, located in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, from the requirements of 10 CFR 50.71(e)(4).
ENVIRONMENTAL SSESSM NT Identification of the Pro osed Action:
The proposed action would allow exemption from the requirements of 10 CFR 50.71(e)(4) regarding the submission of revisions to the Final Safety Analysis Report (FSAR) and safety evaluation summary reports for facility changes made under 10 CFR 50.59 for Susquehanna Steam Electric Station (SSES).
Specifically, the exemption requests that Pennsylvania Power 5 Light Company be allowed to schedule updates to both units of the SSES FSAR and submit safety evaluation summary reports based upon the refueling cycle frequency for Unit 2.
The proposed action is in accordance with the licensee's application for exemption dated September 6,
1996.
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The Need for the Pro osed Aetio It is required in 10 CFR 50.71 (e)(4) that licensees are to submit the updates to their FSAR within 6 months after each refueling outage provided that the interval between successive updates does not exceed 24 months.
Since SSES Units 1 and 2 share a
common FSAR, the licensee must update the same document within 6 months after a refueling outage for either unit.
The proposed action would maintain the SSES FSAR current within 24 months of the last revision and would not exceed the 24-month interval for submission of the 10 CFR 50.59 design change report for either unit.
Environmental Im acts o
the Pro osed Action:
The Commission has completed its evaluation of the proposed action and concludes that the change will not increase the probability or consequences of accidents, no changes are being made in the types of any effluents that may be released offsite, and there is no significant increase in the allowable individual or cumulative occupational radiation exposure.
Accordingly, the Commission concludes that there are no significant radiological environmental impacts associated with the proposed action.
With regard to potential nonradiological
- impacts, the proposed action does involve features located entirely within'the restricted area as defined
'I in 10 CFR Part 20. It does not affect nonradiological plant effluents and has no other environmental impact.
Accordingly, the Commission concludes that there are no significant nonradiological environmental impacts associated with the proposed action.
Alternatives to the Pro osed Action:
Since the Commission has concluded there is no measurable environmental impact associated with the proposed action, any alternatives with equal or greater environmental impact need not be evaluated.
As an alternative to the proposed action, the staff considered denial of the proposed action.
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.
lte native Use of Resou ces This action does not involve the use of any resources not'previously considered in the Final Environmental Statement for the Susquehanna Steam Electric Station, dated June 1981.
A encies and Persons Consulted:
In accordance with its stated policy, on Parch 24, 1997, the staff k
consulted with the Pennsylvania State official, Nr. David Ney of the Bureau of Radiation Protection, Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Resources, regarding the environmental impact of the proposed action.
The State official had no comments.
INDING OF 0 SIGNIFICANT C
Based upon the environmental assessment, the Commission concludes that the proposed action will not have a significant effect on the quality of the human environment.
Accordingly, the Commission has determined not to prepare an environmental impact statement for proposed action.
For further details with respect to the proposed action, see the licensee's letter dated September 6,
1996, which is available for public inspection at the Commission's Public Document
- Room, The Gelman Building, 2120 L Street, NW., Mashington, DC, and at the local public document room located at the Osterhout Free Library, Reference Department, 71 South Franklin Street, Milkes-Barre, PA 18701.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 2nd day of Hay 1997.
FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Jo n F. Stolz, Direc r
oject Directorate
-2 Division of Reactor Projects I/II Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation