ML20097D292
| ML20097D292 | |
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| Site: | McGuire, Mcguire  |
| Issue date: | 02/07/1996 |
| From: | Imbro E NRC (Affiliation Not Assigned) |
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| NUDOCS 9602120299 | |
| Download: ML20097D292 (3) | |
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7590-01 UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMISSION DUKE POWER COMPANY DOCKET NOS. 50-369 AND 50-370 MCGUIRE NUCLEAR STATION. UNITS 1 AND 2 ENVIR0 MENTAL ASSESSMENT AND FINDING OF NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACT The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Commission) is considering i
issuance of amendments to Facility Operating License Nos. NPF-9 and NPF-17, issued to Duke Power Company (the licensee), for operation of the McGuire Nuclear Station, located in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina.
ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT Identification of the Proposed Action:
The proposed action would revise the current combined Technical Specifications for Unit I aiid Unit 2 by separating them into individual volumes for each unit.
The proposed action is in accordance with the licensee's application for-amendments dated July 18, 1994, as supplemented by letter dated October 9, 1995.
The Need for the Proposed Action:
The proposed action would facilitate Technical Specification changes when it was required to be done separately for each unit. This would especially be important when, for a period of time, Unit I will have different steam generators than Unit 2.
Environmental Impacts of the Proposed Action:
The Commission has completed its evaluation of the proposed action and concludes that the changes proposed by the licensee are administrative in nature and have no nonradiological or radiological environmental significance.
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The' change will not increase the probability or consequences of i
accidents, no changes are being made in the types of any effluents that may be released offsite, and there is no significant increase in the allowable individual or cumulative occupational radiation exposure. Accordingly, the Commission concludes that there are no significant radiological environmental impacts associated with the proposed action.
1 With regard to potential nonradiological impacts, the proposed action does involve features located em within the restricted area'as defined in 10 CFR Part 20.
It does not affect nonradiological plant effluents and has no other environmental impact. Accordingly, the Commission concludes that there are no significant nonradiological environmental impacts associated with the proposed action.
Alternatives to the Proposed Action:
Since the Commission has concluded there is no measurable environmental 1
impact associated with the proposea action, any alternatives with equal or greater environmental impact need not be evaluated. As an alternative to the proposed action, the staff considered denial of the proposed acth Denial of the application would result in no change in current envit n e p*e.mpacts.
The environmental impacts of the proposed action and the alternative action are similar.
Alternative Use of Resources:
This action does not involve the use of any resources not previously considered in the Final Environmental Statement for the McGuire Nuclear Station, Units 1 and 2.
. Aaencias and Persons Consulted:
In accordance with its stated policy, on January 4. 1996, the staff consulted with the North Carolina official, Mr. J. James of the Division of Radiation Protection, North Carolina Department of Environment, Health and Natural Resources, regarding the environmental impact of the proposed action.
The State official had no coments.
FINDING OF NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACT Based upon the environmental assessment, the Commission concludes that the proposed action will not have a significant effect on the quality of the human environment. Accordingly, the Commission has determined not to prepare an environmental impact statement for the proposed action.
For further details with respect to the proposed action, see the licensee's letter dated July 18, 1994, as supplemented by letter dated October 9,1995, which 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 Atkins Library, University of North Carolina, Charlotte (UNCC Station), North Carolina.
Dated at Rockvi~lle, Naryland, this 7th day of February 1996.
FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMISSION WY Eugene V. Imbro, Acting Director Project Directorate II-2 Division of Reactnr Projects - I/II Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
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