ML17219A616
| ML17219A616 | |
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| Site: | Saint Lucie  |
| Issue date: | 05/29/1987 |
| From: | Rubenstein L Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
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| NUDOCS 8706120113 | |
| Download: ML17219A616 (5) | |
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7590-01 UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION FLORIDA POWER AND LIGHT COMPANY ST.
LUCIE PLANT UNIT NO. I DOCKET NO. 50-335 NOTICE OF ISSUANCE OF ENYIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND FINDING OF NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACT The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Comission (the Commission) is considering issuance of an amendment to Facility Operating License No. DPR-67, issued to Florida Power and Light Company (the licensee),
for operation of the St. Lucie Plant, Unit No. 1, located in St. Lucie County, Florida.
Identification of Pro osed Action:
The amendment would consist of a change to the operating license to extend the expiration date of the operating license for the St. Lucie Plant, Unit No. 1, from July 1, 2010 to March 1, 2016.
The license amendment is responsive to the licensee's application dated February 28, 1986, as supplemented by letters dated November 14, 1986, and April 15, 1987.
The Cooeission's staff has prepared an Environmental Assessment of the proposed action, entitled "Environmental Assessment by the Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Relating to the Change in Expiration Date of Facility Operating License No. DPR-67, Florida Power and Light.Company, St. Lucie Plant, Unit No. I, Docket No. 50-335," dated Sumar of Environmental Assessment:
The Comission's staff has reviewed the potential environmental impact of the proposed change
'iti the expiration date of the operating license for the St. Lucie Plant, Unit No. 1.
This evaluation considered the previous environmental
- studies, including (1) the "Final Environmental Statement 8706120113 870529 PDR ADQCK 05000335 P
Related to the St. Lucie Plant. Unit No. 1," June 1973, (2) the "Final Environmental Statement Related to the Operation of the St. Lucie Plant, Unit No. 2," April
- 1982, and (3) more recent NRC policy.
The Unit No.
2 Final Environmental Statement was used because it contained updated demographic information.
Radiolo ical Im acts:
The staff considered the radiological impacts expected as a result of a hypothetical design basis accident at St. Lucie Plant, Unit No. 1, and from normal plant operation including the impact of revised population estimates.
In'982, the staff evaluated the regional demography and found the land area within a 25 mile radius, as indicated by the population statistics, to be flat with dense vegetation, including pine tree and fresh water marshes typical of Florida Coastal swamps.
The population within 50 miles of the plant was 310,000 in 1970; 573,048 in 198l; with 1,006,452 projected for the year 2000 and 1,710,139 projected for the year 2030.
The entire area is experiencing a large population growth which is expected to continue until limited either by physical constraints such as traffic congestion and the availability of potable water, or by zoning restrictions.
The outer boundary of the low population zone (LPZ) is at a nominal distance of I mile from the plant.
Based on the 1968 census, the LPZ population was about 1,980; 10,326 in 1981; 12,506 (estimated) in 1983; and the projected resident population for the LPZ for 2030 is 83,599.
The nearest population center with more than 25,000 people is the City of Fort Pierce, Florida, whose nearest boundary is about 4 miles northwest of the site.
The staff concludes that, based upon these population estimates, the current Exclusion Area Boundary, Low Population
- Zone, and the nearest population center distances will likely be unchanged from those used for licensing the unit.
Therefore,
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p 3 a the conclusion reached in the staff's Safety Evaluation in 1973 that St. Lucie Unit I meets the requirements of 10 CFR Part 100 remains unchanged.
Station radiological'effluents to unrestricted areas during normal operation have been well within Commission regulations regarding "as-low-as-is-reasonably-achievable" (ALARA} limits, and are indicative of future releases.
In addition, the additional years of operation will not increase the an'nual public risk from reactor operation.
With regard to normal plant operation, the licensee complies with Ceanission guidance and requirements for keeping radiation exposures "as-low-as-is-reasonably-achievable" (ALARA) for occupational exposures.
The environmental impacts attributed to transportation of fuel and waste to and from the St. Lucie Plant, Unit No. I, with respect to normal conditions of transportation and po"sible accidents in transport, would be bounded as set forth in Su@nary Table S-4 of 10 CFR 51.52, and the values in Table'-4 would 4
continue to represent the contribution of transportation to the environmental costs associated with the reactor.
Non-Radiolo ica1 Im acts:
The Comnission has concluded that the proposed extension will not cause a
significant increase in the impacts to the environment and will not change any conclusions reached by the Commission in the Final Environmental Statement for Unit No. 1.
FINDING OF NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACT The Commission's staff has reviewed the proposed change to the expiration date of the St. Lucie Plant, Unit No. I, Facility Operating License relative to the requirements set forth in 10 CFR Part 51.
Based upon the environmental assessment, the Coamission's staff concluded that there are no significant radiological or non-radiological impacts associated with the proposed action
4 and that the proposed lfcense amendment wfll not have a significant effect on the quality of thc human environment.
Therefore, the Conrnission has determined pursuant to 10 CFR 51.31, not to prepare an environmental impact statement for the proposed amendment.
For further details with respect to this action, sce (1) the application for amendment dated February 28, 1986, as supplemented on November 14, 1986, and April 15, 1987, (2} thc Final Envfronmental Statement rclatcd to the St.
Lucfe Plant Unit No t
. 1, dated June 1973, (3) the Final Environmental Statement Related to Operatfon of the St. Lucfe Plant, Unit No. 2, dated April 1982, and (4) the Environmental Assessment dated
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These documents arc available for public inspection at the Conmfssfon's Public Document
- Room, 1717 H Street, N.M., Washington D.C., 20555 and at thc Indian River Junior College Library, 3209 Yfrgfnfa Avenue, Ft. Pierce, Florida.
Dated at Bethesda, Maryland, this FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Lestet S.
- henstcfn, Director Pro)ect Directorate II-2 Division of Reactor Prospects-I/II
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