ML20058L597
| ML20058L597 | |
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| Site: | Trojan File:Portland General Electric icon.png |
| Issue date: | 11/12/1993 |
| From: | Dudley R Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
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| NUDOCS 9312170100 | |
| Download: ML20058L597 (4) | |
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4 7590-01 UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISS,1QN PORTLAND GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY. ET AL.
TROJAN NUCLEAR PLANT DOCKET NO. 50-344 ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND FINDING OF NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACT The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is considering issuance of an exemption from 10 CFR 50.120. This exemption would be granted to the Portland General Electric Company (the licensee) for the Trojan Nuclear Plant (Trojan) located in Columbia County, Oregon.
ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT Identification of ProDosed Action:
The proposed action would grant an exemption from the training program establishment, implementation, and maintenance requirements of 10 CFR 50.120.
By letters dated August 10, October 14, and October 21, 1993, the licensee requested this exemption.
The Need for the Proposed Action:
The purpose of 10 CFR 50.120 is to ensure that civilian nuclear power plant operating personnel are trained and qualified to safely aperate and maintain the facility commensurate with the safety status of the plant, lhe proposed action would grant an exemption from the training requirements of 10 CFR 50.120 for the Trojan plant. However, it does not relieve the licensee from previous requirements or commitments to train and qualify facility personnel. The licensee requested this exemption in letters dated August 10, October 14, and October 21, 1993.
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4 Environmental Impaits of the Proofsed Action:
The proposed action does nnt have any effect on accident risk and the possibility of environmental impact is extremely remote.
The licensee stated in their submittal of October 14, 1993, that there are no credible accident scenarios at Trojan that could result in offsite doses greater than a small fraction of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Protective Action Guidelines.
Furthermore. the level of perscnnel
~' activity at Trojan is low compared to an operating reactor facility and the existing training programs are deemed acceptable, given the low level of activity at the site and the shutdown and defueled status of the plant.
Based on our review of the August 10, October 14, and October 21, 1993, submittals, the staff concludes that accidents which may potentially result in a radiological release are greatly decreased given the permanently shutdown and defueled status of Trojan.
Therefore, the proposed action does not increase the probability er consequences of any accidents, no changes are being made in the types of any effluent that may be released offsite, and there is no significant increase in the allowable individual or cumulative occupational radiation exposure onsite.
Accordingly, the Commission concludes that this proposed action would result in no significant radiological environmental impact.
With regard to potential nonradiological impacts, the proposed action does not affect nonradiological plant effluent and has no other environmental impact. Therefore, the Commission concludes that there are no significant nonradiological environmental impacts associated with the proposed action.
. Alternative to the Proposed Action:
i Since the Commission concluded that there are no significant environmental effects that would result from the proposed action, any alternatives with equal or greater environmental impacts need not be evaluated.
The principal alternative would be to deny the action. This would n t reduce environmental impacts of plant operation and would net enhance the
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protection of the environment nor public health and safety.
Alternative Use of Resources:
This v/..un does not involve the use of any resources not previously considered in the final environmental statement for the Trojan Nuclear Plant, i
dated August 1973.
Aaencies and Persons Consulted:
The NRC staff consulted with representatives of the State of Oregon Department of Energy regarding the environmental impact of the proposed i
action. The State representative contacted had no comment.
FINDING OF NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACT Based upon the foregoing environmental assessment, we conclude that the proposed action will not have a significant effect on the quality of the human environment. The Commission has determined not to prepare an env'ronmental impact statement for the proposed action.
For further details with respect to this action, see the licensee submittals dated August 10, October 14, and October 21, 1993, which are i
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.. available for public inspection at the Commission Public Document Room, 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.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 12th day of November 1993.
FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY C0KMISSION c;,
Richard F. Dudley, Acting Director Non-Power Reactors and Decommissioning Project Directorate Division of Operating Reactor Support Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation i
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