ML20044A096
| ML20044A096 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Hope Creek  |
| Issue date: | 06/07/1990 |
| From: | Butler W Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
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| NUDOCS 9006280065 | |
| Download: ML20044A096 (3) | |
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7590-01 UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION l
i PUBLIC SERVICE ELECTRIC AND GAS COMPANY DOCKET NO. 50-354 NOTICE OF ISSUANCE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMEMT AND FINDING OF NO SIGHIFICANT IMPACT The U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Comission (the Covission) is considering j
issuance of an amendment to Facility Operating License No. NPF-57, issued to PublicServiceElectricandGasCompany,(thelicensee),foroperationofthe Hope Creek Generating Station, located in Salem C30nty, New Jersey.
Identification of Proposed Action:
The amendment would consist of an addition to the Technical Specifications (TS) that would authorize the storage capacity of the spent fuel pool as 4006 spent fuel assemblies.
I The amendment to the TS is responsive to the licensee's application dated Octot'er 11, 1989. The NRC staff has prepared an Environmental Assessment of the proposed action, " Environmental Assessment by the Office of Nuclear Reactor Peculation Relating to the Expansion of the Spent Fuel Pool, Facility Operating License No. NPF-57, Public Service Electric and Gas Company, Hope Creek Generating Station, Docket No. 50-354," dated ' June 7, 1990.
Sumary of Environmental Assessment:
The " Final Generic Environmental Impact Statement (FGEIS) on Handling and Storage of Spent Light Water Power Reactor Fuel" (NUREG-0575), Volumes 1-3 (1979), concluded that the environmental impact of interim storage of spent
-fuel was aegligible and the cost of the various alternatives reflects the advantage of continued generation of nuclear power with the accompanying spent feel storage.
Because of the differences in design, the FGEIS recommended evaluating spent fuel pool expansions on a care-by-case basis.
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r For Hope Creek Generating Station, the expansion of the storage capacity of the spent fuel pool will not create any significant additional radiological effects or non radiological environmental impacts beyond those assessed in the Connission's Final Environmental Statement (FES) issued in December 1984 related to the operation of Hope Creek Generating Station, and in the Safety Evaluation Peport issued October 1984 in support of a license arandeent conctening storage capecity.
The occupational radiation dose for the proposed operation of tle expan6ed spent fuel pool is estimated to be less than one percent of the total annual occupational radiation exposure for this facility.
FINDING OF NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACT The staff has reviewed the proposed spent fuel pool expansion to the facility relative to the requirements set forth in 10 CFR Part 51. Based on this assessment, the staff concludes that there are no significant radiological or non radiological impacts associated with the proposed action and that the issuance of the proposed amendment to the license will have no significant impact on the quality of the human environment. Therefore, perwens to 10 CFR 51.31, no er.vircnmental impact statement needs to be prepered fo, this action.
Forfurtherdetailswithrespecttothisactionsee(1)theapplication for amendment dated October 11,1989,(2) the FGEls on Handling and Storage of g
Spent Light Water Power Reactor Fuel (NUREG-0575), (3) the FES for Hope. Creek Generating Station dated December 1984, and (4) the Environmental Assessment dated June 7, 1990.
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These documents are available for public inspection at the Commission's Public Document Room. 2120 L Street, N.W., Washington, D.C.
20555 and at the Pennsville Public Library,190 S. Broadway, Pennsville, New Jersey 08070.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 7th day of June
, 1990.
FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMIS$10N y
Walter R. Butler Director Project Directorate 1-2 Division of Reactor Projects 1/11 Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation i
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