ML20059C597
| ML20059C597 | |
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| Site: | Beaver Valley |
| Issue date: | 10/26/1993 |
| From: | Butler W Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
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| NUDOCS 9311010213 | |
| Download: ML20059C597 (3) | |
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t UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COPNISSION DUQUESNE LIGHT COMPANY OHIO EDISON COMPANY PENNSYLVANIA POWER COMPANY DOCKET NO. 50-334 o
NOTICE OF ISSUANCE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND FINDING OF NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACT z
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Comission (the Commission) is considering issuance of an amendment to Facility Operating License No. DPR-66, issued to the Duquesne Light Company (DLC, or the licensee), for operation of the Beaver Valley Nuclear Station, Unit 1 (BV-1), located in Beaver County, Pennsylvania.
Identification of Proposed Action:
The amendment would consist of changes to-the Technical Specifications (TSs) and would authorize an increase of the storage capacity of the spent fuel pool (SFP) from 833 fuel assemblies to 1627 fuel assemblies.
The amendment to the TS is responsive to the licensee's application dated November 2,1992, as supplemented in letters dated February 23, 1993, June 28, 1993, July ?, 1993, August 16, 1993 (two letters), September 3, 1993, September 8, 1993, and October 8, 1993. The NRC staff has prepared an Environmental Assessment of the Proposed Action.
Summary of Environmental Assessment:
The " Final Generic Environmental Impact Statement (FGEIS) on Handling and Stora9e of Spent Light Water Power Reactor Fuel" (NUREG-0575), Volumes 1-3, concluded that the environmental impact of interim storage of spent fuel was 9311010213 931026 PDR ADOCK-05000334 p
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continued generation of nuclear power with the accompanying spent fuel storage. Because of the differences in design, the FGEIS recommended evaluating SFP expansions on a case-by-case basis.
For BV-1, the expansion of the storage capacity of the SFP will not create any 'significant additional radiological effects or nonradiological environmental impacts.
l The additional whole body dose that might be received by an individual at t
the site boundary and the estimated dose to the population within an 80 kilometer radius is believed to be too small to have any significance when compared to the fluctuations in the annual dose this population receives from exposure to background radiation. The occupational radiation dose for the ~
proposed operation of the expanded SFP is estimated to be extremely small compared to the total annual occupational radiation exposure for this facility.
The only nonradiological impact affected by the SFP expansion is the waste heat rejected.
The total increase in heat load rejected to the environment will be small in comparison to the amount of total heat currently being released. There is no significant environmental impact attributed to the waste heat from the plant due to this very small increase.
FINDING OF NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACT The staff has reviewed the proposed SFP expansion to the facility relative to the requirements set forth in 10 CFR Part 51.
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assessment, the NRC staff concludes that there are no significant radiological or nonradiological impacts associated with the proposed action and that the l
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. issuance of the proposed amendment to the license will have no significant impact on the quality of the human environment.
Therefore, pursuant to 10 CFR 51.31, no environmental impact statement needs to be prepared for this action.
For further details with respect to this action, see (1) the application for amendment to the TSs dated November 2, 1992, as supplemented in letters dated February 23, 1993, June 28, 1993, July 9, 1993, August 16, 1993 (two letters), September 3, 1993, September 8, 1993, and October 8, 1993, (2) the FGEIS on Handling and Storage of Spent Light Water Power Reactor Fuel (NUREG-0575), (3) the Final Environmental Statement for the Beaver Valley Power Station, Unit I dated July 1973, and (4) the Environmental Assessment dated October 26, 1993.
These documents are available for public inspection at the Commission's Public Document Room, 2120 L Street, NW., Washington, DC 20555, and at the local public document room located at B.F. Jones Memorial Library, 663 Franklin Avenue, Aliquippa, Pennsylvania 15001.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 26th day of October 1993.
FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
(/l Walter R. Butler, Director Project Directorate I-3 Division of Reactor Projects - I/II Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation A