ML20058D659
| ML20058D659 | |
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| Site: | Yankee Rowe |
| Issue date: | 11/12/1993 |
| From: | Dudley R Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
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| NUDOCS 9312030252 | |
| Download: ML20058D659 (3) | |
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7590-01 UNITED STATES h aLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION YANKEE ATOMIC ELECTRIC COMPANY YANKEE NUCLEAR POWER STATION DOCKET NO. 50-29 ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND FINDING OF NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACT The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is considering issuance of a partial exemption to the Training Rule,10 CFR 50.120. The exemption would be granted to the Yankee Atomic Electric Company (the licensee) for the Yankee Nuclear Power Station (YNPS) located in Franklin County, Massachusetts.
ENVIRONMJNTAL ASSESSMENT Identification of Prooosed Action:
The proposed action would grant a partial exemption from the training program establishment, implementation, and maintenance requirements of 10 CFR 50.120.
The licensee requested the proposed exemption by letter dated July 28, 1993.
Ihe Need for the Proposed Action:
The licer ee in its letter of July 28, 1993, stated that it has evaluated its training requirements under 10 CFR 50.120 in' light of the permanently defueled status of the plant and determined that the category of Shift Technical Advisor (STA) should be exempted from the requirements of the rule as applied to the YNPS, because the requirement for a STA is no longer applicable to YNPS. License Amendment No. 141 to Facility License DPR-3, dated July 22, 1992, eliminated the requirement for an STA at the plant.
The proposed exemption would relieve the licensee from the training
. program establishment, implementation, and maintenance requirements for the STA position in 10 CFR 50.120. However, it would not relieve the licensee from previous requirements or commitments to train and qualify facility personnel or from the remaining 10 CFR 50.120 requirements.
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b Environmental Impacts of the Proposed Action:
Based on the staff review of the July 28, 1993 submittal, the staff concludes that the environmental and safety consequences of accidents which may result in a radiological release due to the proposed exemption are non-existent. This conclusion is based on the fact that the STA pocition is required only at an operating nuclear plant and that the STA has no function at a permanently defueled facility.
Tierefore, the proposed action does not increase the probability or consequences of any accidents, no changes are being made in the types of any effluents that may be released offsite, and there is no increase in the allowable individual or cumulative occupational radiation exposure onsite.
Accordingly, the Commission concludes that the proposed action would result in no additional radiological environmental impact.
With regard to potential nonradiological impacts, the proposed action does not affect nonradiological plant effluents and has no other environmental impact. Therefore, the Commission concludes that there are no nonradiological environmental impacts associated with the proposed action.
Alternative to the Proposed Action:
As an alternative to the proposed exemption, the staff considered denial of the exemption. Denial of the request would result in no change in current environmental impacts. Therefore, denial of the proposed exemption or the granting of the exemption would have identical non-existent environmental impacts.
i Alternative Use of Resources:
This action does not involve the use of any resources not considered in previous reviews for the Yankee Nuclear Power Station. The plant was licensed prior to the requirement for issuance of a Final Environmental Statement.
Agencies and Persons Consulted:
The staff consulted with the Commonwealth of Massachusetts regarding the environmental impact of the proposed action. The State representative contacted had no comment on the proposed exemption.
FINDING OF NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACT The Commission has determined not to prepare an environmental impact f
statement for the proposed action. Based upon the foregoing environmental assessment, the staff concludes that the proposed action will not have any i
effect on the quality of the human environment.
for further details with respect to this action, see the application for exemption dated July 28, 1993, which is available for public inspection at the Commission Public Document Room, 2120 L Street, NW, Washington, DC 20555, and at the local public document room located in the library of the Greenfield Community College,1 College Drive. Greenfield, Massachusetts 01301.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 12th day of November 1993.
FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION t'
L Richard F. Dudley, Jr., Acting Director Non-Power Reactors and Decommissioning Project Directorate Division of Operating React iupport Office of Nuclear React'
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