ML20148C403
| ML20148C403 | |
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| Site: | Vallecitos File:GEH Hitachi icon.png |
| Issue date: | 01/14/1988 |
| From: | Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
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| NUDOCS 8801250184 | |
| Download: ML20148C403 (3) | |
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SAFETY EVALUATION BY THE OFFICE OF NUCLEAR REACTOR REGULATION SUPPORTING AMENDMENT NO. 4 TO FACILITY LICENSE NO. DR-10 GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, ESADA VALLECITIOS EXPERIMENTAL SUPERHEAT REACTOR (EVESR)
DOCKET NO. 50-183
1.0 INTRODUCTION
By letter dated August 6, 1987, the licensee, General Electric Company (GE) requested an amendment to license DR-10 for its EVESR. The requested amendment would permit the licensee to perform radiation surveys annually rather than semi-annually as is presently done. The EVESR license was amended on April 15, 1970, to authorize possession but not operation of the reactor located at the Yallecitos Nuclear Center, Alameda County, California. The EVESR has been shutdown since February 1, 1967. All fuel and other special nuclear material have been removed from the facility.
2.0 EVALUATION The regulation in 10 CFR 20.201 requires that licensees make radiation surveys, as may be necessary, to comply with the regulations in 10 CFR Part 20 as are reasonable under the circumstances to evaluate the extent of radiation hazards that may be present. The licensee has made radiation surveys during the past several years and found that there was no significant change in the status of the facility. Since there is no fuel, special nuclear or spent fuel on site, and since there is no significant change in the radiation status of the site, the staff finds that a semi-annual survey does not enhance the health and safety of the public and that an annual survey would be adequate and acceptable.
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3.0 ENVIRONMENTAL CONSIDERATION
The staff has determined that this amendment involves no significant increase in the amounts, and no significant change in the types, of any i effluents that may be released offsite, and that there is no significant i increase in individual or cumulative occupational radiation exposure. l The Comission has previously issued a proposed finding that this )
amendment involves no significant hazards consideration and there has '
been no public comment on such finding. Accordingly, this amendment meets the eligibility criteria for categorical exclusion set forth in 10 i
CFR 51.22(c)(9). Pursuant to 10 CFR 51.22(b), no environmental impact statement or environmental assessment need be prepared in connection with the issuance of this amendment.
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4.0 CONCLUSION
The Commission made a proposed determination that the amendment involves no significant hazards consideration which was published in the FEDERAL REGISTER (52 FR 39298) on October 21, 1987. No public comments were received.
The staff has concluded, based on the considerations discussed above, that: (1) there is reasonable assurance that the health and safety of the public will not be endangered by the proposed manner, and (2) such activities will be conducted in compliance with the Commission's regulations and the issuance of this amendment will not be inimical to the common defense and security or the health and safety of the public.
Principal Contributor: Theodore S. Michaels
- Dated: January 14, 1988 i
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