ML20045C972
| ML20045C972 | |
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| Site: | Trojan File:Portland General Electric icon.png |
| Issue date: | 06/16/1993 |
| From: | Weiss S Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
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| NUDOCS 9306250169 | |
| Download: ML20045C972 (4) | |
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION PORTLAND GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY. ET. AL.
TROJAN NUCLEAR PLANT-DOCKET NO. 50-206 ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND FINDING OF NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACT The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Comission (the Comission) is considering issuance of an exemption to Facility Operating License No. NPF-1, issued to Portland General Electric Company (the licensee), for operation of the Trojan Nuclear Plant located in Columbia County, Oregon, on the bank of the Columbia River.
ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT Identification of Proposed Action:
The proposed action would allow exemptions from the requirements of 10 CFR 50.54(y) for the operation of Trojan Nuclear Plant in response to the licensee request dated January 27,-1993. Trojan Nuclear Plant was permanently shut down on November 9,1992, and defueling of the reactor completed on 1
i January 27, 1993. On March 24, 1993, the NRC staff issued an order confirming the licensee February 17, 1993 commitment not to move fuel back into the containment without prior NRC staff approval. On May 5, 1993, the NRC staff issued an amendment to Facility Operating License No. NPF-1 modifying the operating license to a possession only license. The licensee Certified Fuel Handler Training and Retraining Program was approved by the staff on April 27, 1993. Amendment No. 191 to the Trojan license permitted the licensee to
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- . replace the 10 CFR Part 55 licensed operator program at the Trojan Nuclear Plant with the approved Certified Fuel Handler Training and Retraining Program. Senior Reactor Operators are no longer required at Trojan Nuclear-Plant. The non-licensed Certified Fuel Handler position is the highest level of defueled plant operator, analogous to a licensed senior operator at an operational facility.
The Need for the Proposed Action:
The underlying purpose of 10 CFR 50.54(x) is to permit personnel to take emergency actions in response to abnormal conditions which may not have been considered when the License Conditions and Technical Specifications were formulated. However, for the Trojan Nuclear Plant, these emergency actions could not be permitted by 10 CFR 50.54(y) due to the absence of licensed operators following implementation of license Amendment No.191, the approved Certified Fuel Handler Technical Specification change.
Environmental Imoact of the Proposed Action:
There are no environmental impacts of the proposed action. The proposed exemption is an administrative change that is a means by which the licensee will assure that the underlying purpose of 10 CFR 50.54(y) is fulfilled by establishing administrative controls requiring that any' emergency action permitted by 10 CFR 50.54(x) be approved, as a minimum, by a Certified Fuel Handler prior to taking the action. Since the proposed exemption does not i
otherwise affect radiological plant effluents or cause any significant occupational exposures, the Commission concluded that there are no radiological environmental impacts associated with the proposed exemption.
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With regard to potential nonradiological impacts, the proposed exemption involves systems located entirely within the restricted area as defined in 10 CFR Part 20. The proposed exemption does not affect nonradiological plant effluents and has no other environmental impact. Therefore, the Comission concludes that there are no significant nonradiological environmental impacts associated with the proposed exemption.
Alternatives to the Proposed Action:
The Comission has concluded that there are no measurable environmental impacts associated with the proposed exemption. The principal alternative would be to deny the requested exemption. This denial would not reduce environmental impacts of plant operation and may result in unnecessary expense, unnecessary radiation exposure to operating personnel and delay.
Alternative Use of Resources:
This action does not involve the use of resources not previously considered in the Final Environmental Statement for the Trojan Nuclear Plant, dated August 1973.
Aaencies and Persons Consulted:
The NRC staff consulted with a representative of'the State of Oregon regarding the environmental impact of the proposed action. The State representative had no coment.
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 Comission concludes that the proposed action will not have a significant effect on the quality of the human environment.
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For further details with res'pect to this action, see the licensee application for exemption. dated January 27, 1993, which is available for
. public inspection at the Commission's Public-Document Room, Gelman Building, j
2120 L Street, N.W.,. Washington, D.C.
20555, and at the Local Public Document Room for the Trojan Nuclear Plant ;at the Branford Price Millar Library, Portland State University, Portland, Oregon 97207.
l Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 16th day of June 1993.
FOR'THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION' Seymo r H. Weiss, Director I
Non-Power Reactors and Decommissioning Project Directorate.
-i Division of Operating Reactor. Support.
Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation l
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