ML20148D553

Advises That Procedures W/Commitments in Re Procedures for Disposal of Contaminated Sewage Sludge Acceptable Provided That Ltr Permanently Incorporated Into Offsite Dose Calculation Manual

ML20148D553
Person / Time
Site:	Point Beach
Issue date:	01/13/1988
From:	Crutchfield D Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
To:	Fay C WISCONSIN ELECTRIC POWER CO.
References
TAC-65821, TAC-65822, NUDOCS 8801250417
Download: ML20148D553 (3)

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, . January 13, 1988 Docket Nos. 50-266 DISTRIBUTION:

and 50-301 ' Docket Files OGC-Bethesda NRC POR EJordan Local PDR JPartlow PDIII-3 r/f ACRS (10)

Mr. C. W. Fay, Vice President kPerkins PDIII-3 Gray File Nuclear Power Department GHolahan WMeinke Wisconsin Electric Power Company PKreutzer 231 W. Michigan Street, Room 308 DWagner Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201

SUBJECT:

APPROVAL UNDER 10 CFR 20.302(a) 0F PROCEDURES FOR DISPOSAL 0F CONTAMINATED SEWAGE SLUDGE AT POINT BEACH NUCLEAR PLANT (TAC #65821AND65822)

In ycur letter dated October 8,1987, you submitted an application for procedure; for disposal of the subject licensed material not previously considered by the staff in the Final Environmental Statement (FES), related to the operation of Point Beach Nuclear Plant Units 1 and 2, dated May 1972. This extensive application, prepared in accordance with 10 CFR 20.302(a), contains a detailed descriptien of the licensed material, thoroughly analyzes and evaluates the information pertinent to the effects on the environment of the release of the licensed material, and comits you to follow specific procedures to minimize the risk of unexpected or hazardous exposures. In the Final Environmental Statement for the operation of Point Beach I d 2, the staff considered the potential effects on the environment of licensed material from operation of the plant and, in the sumary of environmental impact and adverse effects, concluded that there would be a "very small increase in radiation exposure to the popula-tion frcm planned radioactive releases to the air and water in comparison to normal background."

Since the disposal proposed in your October 8,1987 letter involves licensed materials containing less than 3% of the radioactivity, primarily cobalt-60 and cesium-137, already considered acceptable in the FES, and involves exposure pathways much less significant than those considered in the FES, the staff considers this site-specific application for Point Beach Nuclear Plant to have insignificant radiological impact. The staff accepts the comitments and evaluations documented in your October 8,1987 letter as further assurance that the propor.ed disposal procedures will have a negligible effect on the envircnment ard on the general population in comparison to normal background radiation.

The staff finds the Wisconsin Electric Power Company procedures with comitments as docunented in your October 8,1987 letter to be acceptable, provided that that letter is permanently incorporated into your Offsite Dose Calculation Manual (00CM) as an Appendix, and that future modification of that letter be reported to NRC in accordance with your comitments regarding ODCM changes.

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C. W. Fay 2 Pursuant to 10 CFR 51.32 the Cccinission has determined that granting the approval to dispose of the slightly radioactive sludge by land application <

will have no significant impact on the environment (52 FR 48471 J.

Sincerely, h/

Dennis M. Crutchfield, Director Division of Reactor Proj3 cts - III, IV, V and Special Projects Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation cc: See next page Office: LA/PD111-3 FNTPCIII-3 PD/P IM -3 OG n

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t Mr. C. W. Fay Point Beach Nuclear Plant Wisconsin Electric Power Company Units 1 and 2 cc:

Mr. Bruce Churchill, Esq.

Shaw, Pittman, Potts and Trowbridge 2300 N Street, N.W.

Washington, DC 20037 Mr. James J. Zach, Manager Point Beach Nuclear Plant Wisconsin Electric Power Company 6610 Nuclear Road Two Rivers, Wisconsin 54241 Town Chairman Town of Two Creeks Route 3 Two Rivers, Wisconsin 54241 Chairman Public Service Commission of Wisconsin

. Hills Farms State Office Building Madison, Wisconsin 53702 Recional Administrator, Region 111 U.$. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Office of Executive Director for Operations 799 Roosevelt Road Glen Ellyn, Illinois 60137 Resident inspector's Office U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 6612 Nuclear coad  ;

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