ML19305D432
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| Site: | 07001113 |
| Issue date: | 02/13/1980 |
| From: | Page R NRC OFFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY & SAFEGUARDS (NMSS) |
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7590-01 O-UNITED STAT'ES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION NOTICE OF RECEIPT OF APPLICATIONS AND INTENT TO PREPARE ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENTS CONCERNING AMENDMENTS OF LICENSE SNM-1097 GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY DOCKET NO. 70-1113 Agency:
U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission t
Action: Notice of Receipt of Applications for Amendments of License and Intent to Prepare Environmental Assessments Summary:
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Description of Proposed. Actions - General Electric Company, pursuant to Section 70.34 of 10 CFR Part 70, has made two applications for amendment of its special nuclear material license for operations with low s
enriched uranium at its Wilmington, North Carolina, fuel fabrication plant.
The 1,664-acre General Electric plant site is located approximately 6 miles
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north of Wilmington,- North Carolina, in New Hanover County. The amendment appli atio'ns concern (1) expansion of the facilities for conversion of uranium. he.xafluoride to uranium dioxide, and (2) replacement of an incin-erator for combustible wastes contaminated with uranium. The applications were dated December 21, 1979, and. December 27, 1979, respectively.
Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Part 51, provides for the preparation of environmental assessments pursuant to the National 4
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. Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA) prior to the issuance of amend-ments where there may be a significant change in effluent releases.
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In preparation of the assessments, the NRC staff will review environmental monitoring data, the waste treatment systems, the environ--
mental monitoring program, and consider the alternative of denial of either application for license amendment.
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In conducting its assessments, the NRC staff will consult with interested State and local agencies, EPA Regional Office, and interested members of the public as well as the applicant.
Based on the environmental assessments, the staff will determine whether to prepare environmental impact statements or make findings of no significant impact, as appropriate to each of the two applications.
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The environmental assessment cor.cerning the expanded conversion operation is expected to be available to the public in October 1980. The environmental assessment concerning the new incinerator is expected to be available to the public in March 1981.
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The NRC evaluations of the amendment applications will include both the environmental effects and the safety of the proposed operations. Thus, in addition to the types of environmental data to be reviewed in preparing the environmental assessments, the, evaluations will cover NRC inspection records, administrative procedures, General Electric organization, the radio-logical safety program, and the nuclear criticality safety program. The
' results of the safety evaluation for the expanded conversion operations will be reported in a Safety Evaluation Report (SER) to be available about October 1980.
The SER for the incinerator should be available about April 1981.
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The amendment applications and any subsequent documents will be available for inspection and copying at the Public Document Room, 1717 H Street, N. W., Washington, D. C. 20555.
Address: Questions about the amendment applications should be directed to Mr. R. L. Stevenson, Project Manager, U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Division of Fuel Cycle and Material Safety, 396-SS, Washington, D. C.
20555, Phone (301)427-4510.
Dated at Silver Spring, Maryland, this 13th day of February,1980.
FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION HW l
R. G. Pag 6,' Acting Chief Uranium Fuel Licensing Branch Division of Fuel Cycle and Material Safety F
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