ML20035C633
| ML20035C633 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Vogtle  |
| Issue date: | 03/31/1993 |
| From: | Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
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| NUDOCS 9304080220 | |
| Download: ML20035C633 (2) | |
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SAFETY EVALUATION BY THE OFFICE OF NUCLEAR REACTOR REGULATION RELATED TO AMENDMENT NO. 61 TO FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE NPF-68 AND AMENDMENT NO. 40 TO FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE NPF-81 GEORGIA POWER COMPANY. ET AL.
I V0GTLE ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT. UNITS 1 AND 2 DOCKET N05, 50-424 AND 50-425
1.0 INTRODUCTION
By letter dated December 7,1992, Georgia Power Company, et al. (the licensee) proposed licensing amendments to change the Technical Specifications (TSs) for Vogtle Electric Generating Plant (Vogtle or the facility), Units 1 and 2.
The proposed changes, in effect, would change the frequency of reporting the quantity of each of the principal radionuclides released from the plant site to unrestricted areas in liquid and in gaseous effluents from semiannual to-annual.
Specifically, the title " Semiannual Radioactive Effluent Release Report" would be changed to " Annual Radioactive Effluent Release Report" in TSs 1.19, 6.8.1, 6.13.2, and TS Index page XXIII.
The proposed change for TS 6.8.1 would also require that the Annual Radioactive Effluent Release Report covering the op *ation of t." "di during the previous calendar year be submitted before May. of each year, sna that the quantity of solid waste releases be reported on an annual, rather than a semiannual, basis.
j 2.0 EVALUATION As noticed in the Federal Reaister on August 31, 1992 (57 FR 39353), the NRC has amended 10 CFR 50.36a, " Technical Specifications on Effluents from Nuclear Power Reactors," to reduce the required frequency of reporting the quantity of each principal radionuclide released to unrestricted areas in liquid and gaseous effluents from every 6 months to every 12 months. The amended regulation is intended to reduce the administrative burden to licensees. The NRC staff finds that the proposed amendments for Vogtle with respect to reporting releases in liquid and gaseous effluents on an annual (rather than semiannual) basis is consistent with the revised regulation, has no adverse safety implication, and is, therefore, acceptable.
The reporting requirement for solid waste releases is not addressed by the revised 10 CFR 50.36a. However, reporting the quantity of solid waste releases on an annual (rather than semiannual) basis is consistent with the intent of the proposed changes for liquid and gaseous effluents. - Moreover, this change affects only the reporting frequency and has no adverse safety implications. The change to an annual reporting basis for solid wastes is, l
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i therefore, acceptable to the NRC. Additionally, the NRC staff contacted the agencies that receive the reports regarding the proposed issuance of the amendments. -These agencies include:
(1) the Division of Habitat Conservation, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. Department of the Interior; (2) the Reactor Radiological Division of the National Institute of Standards and Technology; and (3) Region 4 of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
The representative of each agency acknowledged that reporting of solid vaste on an annual basis would be acceptable.
3.0 STATE CONSULTATION
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'In accordance with the Commission's regulations, the Georgia State official was notified of the proposed issuance of the amendments. The State official-had no ce~ments.
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4.0 ENVIRONMENTAL CONSIDERATION
j The amendments relate to changes in recordkeeping, reporting, or administrative procedures or requirements. Accordingly, the amendments meet.
the eligibility criteria for categorical exclusion set forth:in 10 CFR 51.22(c)(10).
Pursuant to 10 CFR 51.22(c), no environmental-impact statement or environmental assessment need be prepared in connection with the issuance of the amendments.
5.0 CONCLUSION
The Commission has concluded, based on the considerations discussed above, that:
(1) there is reasonable assurance that i.e health and safety of the public will not be endangered by operation in the proposed manner, and (2)
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such activities will be conducted in ' compliance with the Commission's regulations, and the issuance of these amendments will not be inimical to the common defense and security or to the health and safety of the public.
t Principal Contributors:
D. Hood J. Harold Date:
March 31, 1993
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