ML20082Q763
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| Site: | Brunswick  |
| Issue date: | 08/30/1991 |
| From: | Adensam E Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
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7590-01 UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION CAROLINA POWER & LIGHT _ COMPANY DOCKET NOS. 50-325 AND 50-324 NOTICE OF ISSUANCE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND FINDING OF NO SIGdIFICANT IMPACT The United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Commission) is considering issuance of anendments to Facility Operating License Nos.
DPR-71 and DRP-62 issued to the Carolina Power & Light Company (the licensee) for the operation of the Brunswick Steam Electric Plant, Units 1 and 2 (BSEP1 and BSEP2), located in Brunswick County, North Carolina.
ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT Identification of Proposad Action The amendments would consist of changes to the operating licenses to extend the expiration date to September 8, 2016, for BSEP1 and to Decerber 27, P014, for BSEP2. The application for a license amendment was submitted August 17, 1987, as supplemented May 30 and June 29, 1990, and August 8 and August 29, 1991. The Commission's staff has pree-So Environmental Assessment of the proposed action, dated August 30, 1991.
Summary of Environmental Assessment The Commission's staff has reviewed the potential environmental impact of the proposed change in expiration date of the operating licenses for BSEP1 and BSEP2. This evaluation considered the previous environmental studies, including, the Final Environmental Statement for BSEP1 and BSEP2, and more recent NRC Policy.
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Radiological Impacts The staff concludes that the Exclusion Area (owned and controlled by the licensee), the low Population Zone (LPZ), the area within 5 miles of the site, and the nearest population center distance will probably remain unchanged from those described in the Brunswick Steam Electric Plant (BSEP) Final Environmental
-Statement (FES). Based on the 1980 census, indications are that the population density within the LPZ surrounding the site has increased more slowly that projected in the original Final Safety Analysis Report (FSAR), which was based on the 1970 census. For example, for the year 1996, the projected population within 5 miles of the site based on the 1980 census is 69 percent of the number projected from the 1970 census.
The additional period of plant operation, approximately 6 years and 7 months for Unit 1 and 4 years and 10 months for Unit 2, would not significantly
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-radiological effluents _to unrestricted areas during normal operation have been well within Commission regulations regarding as-low-as-reasonably-achievable (ALARA) limits and are indicative of future releases.
Future techn' ologies may serve to further reduce effluents from the site. The proposed additional years of reactor operation do not increase the annual public risk from reactor operation.
With regard to the occupctional exposure for normal plant operations, the licensee is striving for further dose reduction utilizing ALARA programs, dose-sa.ving plant modifications, and the use of robotics to reduce increased doses from probable increased maintenance and corrosion product build-up. Accordingly, C-
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annual radiological impacts ori man, both offsite and onsite, are not more severe than those previously estimated in the FES, and the staff's previous cost-benefit conclusions remain valid.
With respect to nortal conditions of transport and possible accidents during transport, the environmental impacts attributable to transportation of fuel and waste from BSEP would be bounded as set forth in Summary Table S-4 of 10 CFR Part 51.52. The values in Table S-4 would continue to represent the contribution to the environmental costs of transportation costs associated with plant operation.
Non-Radiological Impacts The Commission has concluded that the proposed extensions will not cause a significant increase in the impacts to the environment and will not change any conclusions reached by the Commission in the FES.
FINDING OF NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACT The Commission has reviewed the proposed changes to the expiration date of the Facility Operating License '
'e to the reruirements set forth in 10 CFR Part 51.
Based upon the envira....iental assessment, the staff concluded that there are no significant radiological or non-radiological impacts associated with the proposed action and that the proposed license amendment will not have a significant effect on the quality of the huran environment. Therefore, the Commission has determined, pursuant to 10 CFR 51.31, not to prepare an environmental impact statement for the proposed amendment.
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For further details with respect to the action, see-(1) the application j
for amendment dated August 17, 1987, as supplemented May 30 and June P9, 1990, and August 8 and August 29,1991,(2) the " Final Environmental Statement Related to the Continued Construction and Proposed Issuance of an Operating License for the Brunswick Steam Electric Plant, Units 1 and 2," issued by the
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Unites States Atomic Energy Commission in January 1984, and (3) the Environmental Assessment dated August 30, 1991 L
These documents are available for public inspection at the Commission's i
Public Document Room, 2121 L Street, N W., Washington, D.C., and at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington, William Madison Randall Library, 601 S. College Road, Wilmington, North Carolina 28403-3297.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 30th day of August 1991.
FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Orignal signed by:
Elinor G. Adensam, Director Project Directorate 11-1 Division of Reactor Projects. 1/II
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