ML20197D987

Forwards Section 3.5, Radioactive Waste Sys, for Des.Des Concludes Facility Conforms to Requirements of App 1 to 10CFR50

ML20197D987
Person / Time
Site:	Columbia
Issue date:	12/13/1978
From:	Jay Collins Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
To:	Ballard R Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
References
CON-WNP-0870, CON-WNP-870 NUDOCS 7901050189
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DEC 131978 y et File 50-397 ETSB Reading File f1RR Reading File Docket No. 50-397 ETSB Docket File 50-397 JTCollins MEMORA'lDtN FOR: R. L. Ballard, Chief. Environmental Projects Branch No. 1, DSE i l

FRDM: J. T. Collins, Chief Effluent Treatcent Systems l Branch, DSE SUOJECT: RADWASTE SECTIQU FOR DRAFT ENVIR0!iEhTAL STATEFfHT F0it WPPSS fiUCLEAR PROJECT, Uti1T 00. 2 Pl!. fit NAME: 1:ashington Public Power Supply System Nuclear Project Unit No. 2 LICEliSIfiG STAGE: OL DOCKET NLMBER: 50-397 HILEST0fiE liUMBER: 31 RESP 0iGICLE BRAf4Clh EP-1 PROJECT MArmGER: J. fiorris DESCRIPTION OF RESPuliSE: Radwaste Section for UES REQUESTED COP,PLETI0ti DATE.: December 15, 1977 REVIEW STATUS: Complete Enclosed is Section 3.5, " Radioactive Waste Systems," for tie draf t environ-rental state:aent for WPPSS t;uclear Project Unit No. 2, addressing confor-mance with the requirements of Appendix I to 10 CFR Part 50.

Based on our evaluation, we conclude that the WPPSS Nuclear Project Unit lio. 2, conforms to the requirements of Appendix I to 10 CFR Part 50. Our detailed evaluation of the raowaste systems and the capability of these systems to neet the requireacnts of Appendix I will be presented in the SER.

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L RADWASTE SECTI0f4 FOR DRAFT EtiVIR0fMEtiTAL STATEMEfiT FOR WPPSS fiUCLEAR PROJECT, Uf11T f40. 2 3.5 RADI0 ACTIVE WASTE SYSTEMS Part50.34aofTitle10oftheCodeofFederalRegulationsrequiresanappli- -

cant for a permit to construct a nuclear power reactor to include a prelimin-ary description of the design of equipment to be installed for keeping levels of radioactive materials in effluents to unrestricted areas as low as is reasonably achievable. The term "as low as is reasonably achievable" means as low as is reasonably achievable taking into account the state of technology, and the economics of improvement in relation to benefits to the public health and safety and other societal and socioeconomic cop,siderations and in rela-tion to the utilization of atomic energy in the public interest. Appendix I to 10 CFR Part 50 provides numerical guidance on design objectives for light-water-cooled nuclear power reactors to meet the requirement that radioactive materials in effluents released to unrestricted areas be kept as low as is reasonably achievable.

To meet the requirements of 10 CFR Part 50.34a, the applicant has elected to meet the requirements of the Annex to Appendix I, dated September 4,1975, in lieu of performing a cost-benefit analysis as required by Section II.D of

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Appendix 1. The applicant has provided final designs of radwaste systems and effluent control measures for keeping levels of radioactive materials in effluents to unrestricted areas as low as is reasonably achievable within the requirements of Appendix I to 10 CFR Part 50 and the requirements of the Annex to Appendix I. In addition, the applicant has provided an estimate of

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. the quantity of each principal radionuclide expected to be released annually to unrestricted areas in liquid and gaseous effluents produced from normal operation includtng anticipated operational occurrences. ,

The staff's detailed etaluation of the radwaste system and the capability of these systems to meet the requirements of Appendix I are presented in Chap-ter 11 of the Safety Evaluation Report. The quantities of radioactive mater-ial calculated by the staff to be released from the plant are also presente,d in Chapter 11 of the Safety Evaluation Report and in Section 5.X of this Environmental Statement with the calculated doses to individuals and the l

population that will result from these effluent quantities.

At the time of the operating license, the applicant will be required to submit Technical Specifications which will establish release rates for radioactive material in liq'uid and gaseous effluents and which provide the routine monitoring and measurement of all principal release points to assure that the facility operates in conformance with the requirements of Appendix I to 10 CFR Part 50.

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