ML20034A892
| ML20034A892 | |
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| Site: | Shoreham File:Long Island Lighting Company icon.png |
| Issue date: | 04/18/1990 |
| From: | Thadani M Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
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| NUDOCS 9004250029 | |
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION7590-01 LONGISLANDLIGHTIN1 COMPANY 1)0CKET NO. S0-322 ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND FINDING OF NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACT The U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Comission (the Comission) is considering issuance of a one-time schedular exemption from the requirement for an annual update of the final safety analysis report as prescribed in 10 CFR 50.71(e)(4).
Thir schedular exemption would be granted to the Long Island Lighting Company (LILCO),thelicentee,fortheShorehamNuclearPowerStation(SNPS), located ~
in Suffolk County, New York.
ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT Identification of Proposed Action:
4 The proposed action would grant a one-time schedular exemption.from the.
requirementof10CFR50.71(e)(4).tofileanannualupdateoftheShoreham I
safety analysis report. By letter dated December 5, 1989, the licensee requested an extension of the schedule for filing Revision 3 to the Shoreham Updated Safety Analysis Report (USAR). Revision 3 to the USAR was due on December 7, 1989 and would have contained all changes as of June 7,1989(6 months prior to i
filing date). The licensee seeks schedular relief to file Revision 3 of the USAR by June 1, 1990.
Further, Revision 3 to the USAR would contain all l
changes as of June 28, 1989, the date of the Settlement Agreement between LILCO and the State of New York.
This schedular exemption is the-proposed action being considered by the staff, i
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The Need for the-Proposed Action:
The licensee's letter of December S, 1989 provided justification for a delay in the filing schedule (and content) of Revision 3 to the Shoreham USAR..
In the time between the required filing date (December 7, 1989) and the proposed filing date (June 1, 1990)~, the licensee will submit to the NRC a Defueled Safety Analysis Report (DSAR) for Shoreham Nuclear Power Station, Unit 1.
Granting the request for a schedular exemption represents an appropriate ordering of priorities and prudent allocation of resources.
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Environmental Impact of the Proposed Action:
The proposed exenption affects the schedule of filing Revision 3 to the Shoreham USAR and does not affect the manner of normal facility operation or the risk of facility accidents.
(Shoreham is currently shutdown and defueled.)-
The possibility that the environmental impact of licensed activities would be i
altered by changes in the filing schedule for USAR Revision'3 is extremely remote.
The staff has determined, in a safety evaluation to be issued separately, that a change in the required filing date for Revision 3 to the USAR is offset by the licensee's submittal of a Defueled Safety Analysis Report (DSAR) prior-to June 1, 1990. Submittal of the DSAR would be in addition to filing Revision 3 to the USAR by June 1, 1990. Revision 3 to the-USAR would contain all changes as of June 28, 1989,-the date of the Settlement Agreement between LILCO and New i
York State.
In addition, the schedular exemption in question would not authorize construction or operation, would not authorize a change in licensed activities, nor effect changes in the permitted types or amounts of radiological effluents.
Post-accident radiological releases will not differ from those determined previously, and the proposed exemption does not otherwise affect facility 1
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radiological effluents or occupational exposures.- With regard to potential j
non-radiological impacts, the proposed exemption.does not affect plant non.
I radiological effluents and has no other environmental impact.. Therefore, the Comissier concludes there are no measurable radiological or non-radiological environmental impacts associated with the proposed exemption.
1 Alternative to the Proposed Action:
Since the Comission concluded that there is no measurable environmental impact associated with the proposed exemption,- alternatives with equal or greater environmental impacts need not be evaluated. The principal alternative to the exemption would be to require the licensee imhediately to file Revision 3 to the Shoreham USAR, including changes up to 6 months prior to the date of-filing. Such an action would not enhance the protection of the environment.
Alternative Use of Resources:
This action does not involve the use of any resources not previously considered in the Final Environmental Statement for the Shoreham Nuclear Power Station.
Agencies and Persons Consulted:
The NRC staff reviewed the licensee's request and did not consult other agencies or persons.
FINDING OF NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACT The Comission has determined not to prepare an environmental impact statement for the proposed exemption.
Based upon the foregoing environmental assessment, the NRC staff concludes that the proposed action will not have a significant effect on the quality of the human environment.
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4 For further details with respect to this action, see the application for exemption, dated December 5, 1989, which is available for public inspection at the Commission's Public Document Room 2120 L Street, N.W., Washington, D.C.
and at the Shoreham-Wading River Public Library, Route 25A, Shoreham, New York 11786.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 18th day of April 1990.
FOR THE NUCLEAR REGUL ATORY COMMISSION '
ohan*C. Thadani, Acting Director Project Directorate 1-2 Division nf Reactor Projects 1/11 Office of Nuclear. Reactor Regulation t
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