ML19351D725
| ML19351D725 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Yankee Rowe |
| Issue date: | 03/30/1977 |
| From: | Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
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| NUDOCS 8011170509 | |
| Download: ML19351D725 (2) | |
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ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT APPRAISAL BY THE OFFICE OF NUCLAR REACTOR REGULATION _
SUPPORTING AMENDMENT NO. 35 TO FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE NO. DPR-3 YANXEE ATOMIC ELECTRIC COMPANY YANKEE NUCLEAR POWER STATION (YANKEE-ROWE)
DOCKET NO. 50-29 Introduction 13, 1976, Yankee Atomic Electric Company By application dated December (the licensee) propos.ed certain changes to the Technical Specifications The proposal appended to License No. DPR-3 for the Yankee-Rdwe reactor.
relates to the Environmental Monitoring Program in Table 4.7-4 in the Technical Specifications.
Discussion and Evaluation The Appendix A Technical Specifications for Yankee-Rowe incorporate an operational environmental monitoring program designed to demonstrate the adequacy of safeguards inherent in the plant design and the effectiveness of established control measures for the releases of radioactive materials.
The specific monitoring requirements are detailed in Table 4.7-4 in the Technical Specifications. The licensee's proposal in its December 13, 1976, application involves expanding the radiological monitoring program by increasing the number of air, soil, milk and direct radiation hampling The proposal _ also involves decreasing the number of water and river points.
sed bent sampling points as well as reducing various sampling frequencies.
The river sampling points have been reduced to avoid redundant sampling since two of the points have the same source.
Several river sediment points have been deleted because the current monitoring program has verified the absence of accumulation of activity at these peints.
Based on this experience, the sampling frequency at these points has also been decreased.
All of the above changes are consistent with the environmental monitoring program suggested in Table 2 of Regulatory Guide 4.8, " Environmental Technical Specifications for Nucelar Power Plants," and are therefore acceptable.
t The-licensee's proposed changes to the milk sampling program were found to be acceptable.
The licensee proposed to sample from three locations rather than two but to decrease the sampling frequency from monthly to eight times per year (monthly during the grazing season and quarterly when the animals are fed 80111706%
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To meet the NRC rosition that the sampling frequency be continued on a monthly basis, the licensee has agreed to maintain a monthly sampling frequency for all three milk sampling locations.
The licensee's proposed changes to Table 4.7-4 as modified v ill provide year-rcund assurance that the milk pathway dose is acceptably ronitored.
The proposed change for the soil sampling station involves decreasing the sampling frequency to once per three years.
This change is consistent with the provisions in Table 2 of Reculatory Guide 4.8 and is therefore acceptable.
The other changes involve acceptably increasing the number of sampling locations.
Conclusion and Basis for Neoative Declaration On the basis of the foregoing analysis, it is concluded that there will be no sign.ificant environmental impact attributable to the proposed action.
Having made this conclusion, the Commission has further concluded that no environrental impact statement for the proposed action need be prepared and that a negative declaration to this effect is appropriate.
Date:
March 30,1977 i
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