ML20062C879
| ML20062C879 | |
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| Site: | Palisades  |
| Issue date: | 10/22/1990 |
| From: | Diianni D Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
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UNiiED. STATES. NUCLEAR REGULATORY. COMMISSION CONSUMERS POWER COMPANY PAllSADES PLANT DOCKET NO. 50-255 NOTICE OF lSSUANCE OF ENVIR0hMENTAL. ASSESSMENT i
AND F I NDJ,N,6, Of, p0,,SJ,G,NJfj C,AN,T, J MPA,C,T The U.S. Nuclear ReSulatcry. Cearnitsion (the Cosmission) is considering-ist.uer>(e of an an.endnent to Provisici.a1 Operating License No. DPR-20 issued to Censur:.trs Power Company (the licensee or CPCo), for opetetion of the Pelisades Nuclear Centrating Plar.t (Palisades) located in Var. Buren County,111chigan.
IDEh11 FICA 110N OF PROPOSED ACTION:
The arner dnent would consist of a conversion of the Provisior,a1 Operating License (POL) Nc. DPR-20 te a Full-Term Operatir.g Lic= e (FTOL) with ar, opiratier. date for the FTOL to be 40 years from the date of issuar:r.e of the construction perinit. The construction permit for Palisades was issued cri March 14, 1967; therefore, the expiratiot, date for the FTOL is Parch 14, 2007.
l The anendn:ent to the liter.se is in response to the licensee's application datedfanuary 22, 1974 for the conversion. The NRC staff has prepared an Environn.er.tal Assessn.ent of the Proposed Action, "Environtental Assessment by the Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Relating to the Conversion of the Provisional Operating License tc a Full-Terrn Operating License," Consuners
,e Power Cor.pany, Palisades Plant, Docket No. 50-255 dated October 22, 1990.
l SUttARY OF ENVIR0hbEh1AL. ASSESSMENT:
The NRC staff h6s~ reviewed the potential environinental in. pact of the ptoposed conversion of the POL to an FTOL for Palisades..This evaluation
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..4 considered the previous environn+ntal studies, including the " Final Environr.ent61Statenent(FES)RelatedtoOperationofPalisadesNuclear Gerierating Plant," issued in June 1972, a Final Addenduni to the FES (NUREG-0343),
issued in February 1970, and tore recent NRC policy.
,R,a di,olegi c,6,1,;Inipa ets :
c The staff concluc'es that the exclusico area, the low populatior, zone and the neerest pcroletion center distances will likely be unchanged frco. those descritad it. June 1972 Finil Environrent61 Statement and the February 1978 Final Adc'er. dun to the FES. The area ac'j6 cent to the site is prir.arily egriculturel 16r.c' and is spersely pcpulated. Thelowpopulationzone(LPZ),
as defirac by 10 CFR 100, exter.c's E distance of 4,820 m.eters, er 3 niiles, frori the pl6r.t site. The n.inin.un, exclusicti area diste <e to en ut.controllec' area is E77 cieters (2200 feet). The n;inintm enlusion area and LPZ distances forr, the b6ses for the site evaluation in accordance with 10 CFR Part 100 (FSAR Sectier2.0). There 6re approxinately 432 acres withir. the site boundary, all curr ently a red by Consun'ers Fcv.er Ccr.pany.
Consuners Power Cor.pany has sole control of the era within the site bcut.dary for the purpose of excluding personnel or property.
Section 2.1.2 of the Palisades FSAR discusses the populatio; density in and around the Pelisades Plant. Table 2.10 of the Palisades FSAR p'ovides i
current end estinisted population density for all counties within a 50-mile redius of theJalisades Pibnt through the year 2000. A con.parison of the FSAR data bnd the nost current census and population growth estinetes indicate that the data presented in Table 2.10 of the FSAP, accurately-tstineted pcpulation l
changes to date. Althcugh there ore nc reliable estinietes for the population i
in the three counties (Burien, Van Buren, and Allegan) inc.ediate.ly adjacent 1
to the Palisadts Plant site for-the years between 2000 and 2007, recent
...4 population growth and economic trends for southwestern Michigan do not indicate any significant change in population growth trends or to the economic composition of the area.
The probable off-site radiation exposure received by a member of the general public from the operation of the Palisades Plant was assessed and is documented in the Palisades FSAR and the FES.
This assessment was based on the assumed 40 year life for the plant.
The FES concluded that the operation of the Palisades Plant will contribute only an extremely small increment to the radiation dose that area residents receive from natural background.
The FES also noted:
"Since fluctuations of the natural background dose may be expected to exceed the small dose increment contributed by the Plant, this increment will be unmeasurable in itself and will constitute no demonstrable meaningful risk.... " To ensure that exposure of members of the general oublic to radioactive material released by the operation of the Palisades Plant is kept as low as is reasonably achievable, the Plcnt maintains a radiological environmental monitoring program in compliance with the requirements of i
Section IV of Appendix I to 10 CFR Part 50.
Based on the operating hi; tory of the Polisades Plant and the conclusions of the FES, the total radiation dose to any member of the general public is not expected to be significantly affected by tha conversion of the-POL to a FTOL.
All plant employees are exposed to radiation caused by plant operation.
Thetotalexgosurereceivedbyindividualemployeesdependstoagreatextent
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upon the work assignment of the employee.
To ensure that employee exposure is minimized, the Palisades Plant has implemented an effective exposure ALARA (As low As Reasonably Achievable) Program.
In addition, the plant has instituted administrative limits that require that the exposure received by individual l
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l Enployees renair. veithin the guidelines of 10 CFR Part 20.
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that the issuance of the FTOL will materially affect employee exposure.
Accordingly, annual radiological impacts on inan, both off-site and on-site,
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are r.ct rore severe than previously estimated in the FES and our previous ccst-beriefit conclusions remair, valid.
i No r:- R a d i c l og,1,c 6,1,,I mpa,c,t s :
The staff reevalueted the non-radiological aspects of operation c.f the plar.t and transtnission facilities. The effects of (coling systen,operaticn, fist inpingement, thern.a1 discharge effects, then.ic61 discharge effects, u.dangerec' arid threatened species, lar.c' use, terrestri61 ecology, and tiersnittici. lines were evalutted.
Effluer.t liniitation and water quality motiitoririg at pcwer plar.ts are intesed by the EFA through the Natier.a1 Follutar,t Discher se Elin.ir.aticti Systen. (!!PDES) Permit issued for each facility.
An NPDES Fernit fcr Felisatts u s issued by the State of Fichigan and the i
staff's c'iscussions in the erivirorrer.tal assessnent rely or. the findings made by the State in its inipact review.
The staff alsc verified that the origirial ccst/beriefit anolysis provided in the Fir.a1 Environner.tal Staten.ent ar d Fir,a1 Addu dura to the FES, and discussions with respect to conciita, erit of resources and alternatives, are still valid.
FINDING OF NO.SIGNIFICAhl 1HPACT:
The stafsf has reviewd the proposed conversion of the P01. to an FTOL for Pelisades relative to the requirener.ts set forth in _10 CFR Part 51.
Based upcn the enviror.nental essessnent, the staff concluded that there are no sigt ificant radiclogical or non-radiological inpat.ts associated with the proposed action er.C that the proposed licer.se amendn4nt trill r.ct have a sigt.ifit. ant
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de'errined, pursuant to 10 CFR 51.31, riot to prepart an erivironmental impact statentent for the proposed atendn.ent.
Forfurtherdetailswithrespecttothisaction,see(1)theapplication for anendment dated January 22,1974,(2) the Fir.a1 Environner,tal Statement Rclated to Operations of Palisades Nuclear Generating Plant, issued June 1972, (3) the Fira.1 Adder.dur.. to the FES, issued February 1978, and (4) the Envirotir.erital Assusnett Dated October 22, 1990. These'docunents art evailatile for public inspection at the Coneiission's Public Document Rocr..
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2120 L Street, N.F., Washington, D.C., 20555 and at the Var.' Zoeren Public l
Library, Hope College, Holland. Michigan 49423.
Dated at Rockville, Faryland, this 22nd day of October 1990.
FOR THE NUCLEAR REGUL RY CO 41SS10k 0
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Doronic C. Dilent i.. Acting Director-Project Directorate III-1 Divisier, of Reactor Proftcts - III, IV, V & Special Projects Office of Nuclear Reactor Re901aticri 4
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