ML20078K138
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| Site: | Limerick  |
| Issue date: | 11/16/1994 |
| From: | Stolz J Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
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7590-01 UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION PHILADELPHIA ELECTRIC COMPANY LIMERICK GENERATING STATION. UNITS 1 AND 2 DOCKET NOS. 50-352 AND 50-353 1
NOTICE OF ISSUANCE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND i
FINDING OF NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACT The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Commission) is considering issuance of amendments to Facility Operating Licenses Nos. NPF-39 and NPF-85, issued to Philadelphia Electric Company (PEco or the licensee), for the operation of the Limerick Generating Station, Units 1 and 2, located in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.
Identification of Proposed Action The amendment would consist of changes to the Technical Specifications i
(TSs) and would authorize an increase of the storage capacity in each of the spent fuel pools (SFP) from 2040 fuel assemblies to 4117 fuel assemblies.
The amendment to the TS is responsive to the licensee's application dated January 14, 1994. 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 ar, Storage of Spent Light Water Power Reactor Fuel," NUREG-0575, Volumes 1-3, concluded that the environmental impact of interim storage of spent fuel was negligible. Because of the differences in design, the FGEIS recommended licensing SFP expansions on a case-by-case basis.
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, For Limerick, I and 2, the expansion of the storage capacity of the SFP will not create any significant additional radiological effects or nonradiological environmental impacts. The additional whole body dose that might be received by an individual at the site boundary and the estimated dose to the population within an 80 kilometer radius is believed to be too small to heve 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 nonradiological impacts of SFP expansion include increased heat load due to the increased spent fuel inventory and a corresponding increase in spent fuel waste heat rejected from the plant. The total increase in heat load is well within the plant cooling system capability and the additional waste heat 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.
Based upon the environmental assessment, the NRC staff concludes that there are no significant radiological or nonradiological impacts associated with the proposed license amendment and that the issuance of the proposed license amendment will have no significant impact on the quality of the human
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environment. Therefore, the Commission has determined, pursuant to 10 CFR 51.31, not to prepare an environmental impact statement for the proposed amendment.
For further details with respect to this action, see (1) the application for amendments dated January 14, 1994, and supplements dated March 22, July 14, September 1, and October 21, 1994, (2) the FGEIS on Handling and Storage of Spent Light Water Power Reactor Fuel (NUREG-0575), (3) the Final Environmental Statement for the Limerick Generating Station, Units 1 and 2, dated April 1984, and (4) the Environmental Assessment, dated November 16, 1994.
These documents are available for public inspection at the Commission's Public Document Room, the Gelman Building, 2120 L Street, NW., Washington, DC, and at the local public document room located at the Pottstown Public Library, 500 High Street, Pottstown, Pennsylvania 19464.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 16th day of November 1994.
FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION o ii F. Stolz, Direct r '
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