ML20148G085

Eia Supporting Amend 21 to License DPR-3.Negative Declaration Encl

ML20148G085
Person / Time
Site:	Yankee Rowe
Issue date:	11/05/1975
From:	Regan W Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
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ML20148G075	List: ML20148G072 ML20148G077 ML20148G085 ML20148G092 ML20148G096 ML20148G102
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EldlRONMEllTAL IMPACT APPRAISAL.

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'l . Description of Proposed- Ac' tion a

By letter dated July-14,1975,. Yankee Atomic: Electric Company sub- d mitted proposed changes to the Technical Specifications, Appendix A to License DPR-3. Supplementary information was provided by letter i dated' October 10, 1975. The proposed changes were requested to incorporate limiting conditions for operation resulting from the application of the Acceptance Criteria for the Emergency Core Cooling

. System (ECCS), and are being made in conjunction with core changeout for Core XII.

Yankee Atomic Electric Company is presently licensed to operate the Yankee Roue Atomic Power Plant, located in Rowe, Massachusetts, at

. power levels up to 600 megawatt thermal (MWt). The proposed change -

! to incorporate tM ECCS Acceptance Criteria will not result in any change in authorized power level. The restrictions'on heat generation ,.

rates might reoaire careful control of power distribution in the core.

There should t'e no significant change in total burnup resulting from .

the revised ECCS evaluation methods. E E=

\ 2. Environmental Impacts of Proposed Action _

! Potential environmental impacts associated with the proposed action i are those which might be associated with incorporation of the ECCS W

- Acceptance Criteria and utilization of nuclear fuel for this Facility.

It is particularly noted that, in the absence of any significant-long j term change in power levels, there will be no change in cooling water j

requirements, and consequently no increase in environmental impact from radioactive effluents and thermal effluents _ for normal operating or-post-accident conditions which in turn could not lead to significant increase in radiation doses or thermal _ stress to the public or to biota _

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predicted for the proposed action. The Commission's calculated 6"

'y releases or radioactive effluents, both gaseous and liquid, are '

based on expected release rates to the environment and are c

quantified on the basis of the total quantity of nuclear fuel within the reactor. The estimates of radionuclides and release rates will' not be affected by the proposed action, and since the total quantity of nuclear fuel is unchanged, no increase in the

, calculated release of radioactive effluents is predicted. Conse-quently, no increases in radiation doses to man or other biota

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3. Conclusion and Basis for Negative _peclaration On the basis of the foregoing analysis, it is concluded that there will be no environmental impact attributable to the proposed action, i llaving made this conclusion, the Commission has further concluded that no environmental impact statement for the proposed action ne-J be prepared and that a negative declaration to the effect is ropriate,

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[ The' Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Commission).has considered l

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.0perating License' No. DPR-3. These changes would authorize the Yankee m

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] Power. Plant (located .in Rowe, liassachusetts) with changes' to limiting I -conditions for operation associated with application of the Acceptance _

-Criteria for Emergency Core Cooling System (ECCS). This action is being

!. taken in conjunction with core changeout for Core XII.

l The U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, . Division of Reactor Licensing, has prepared an environmental impact appraisal for the proposed changes to the Technical Specifications of License No. DPR-3, Yankee Rowe .

, Atomic Power Plant, mentioned above. On the basis of this appraisal, the l l

Commission. has concluded that an environmental impact statement for the

. particular action is not warranted because there will be no environmental -d impact attributable to the propos.ed action. The environmental impact

-appraisal is available for public inspection at the Commission's Public

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Document Room,1717 H Street, N. W., Washington, D. C. and at -the g i Greenfield Public' Library, 402 Main Street, Greenfield, liassachusetts.

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