ML20203L405
| ML20203L405 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Diablo Canyon  |
| Issue date: | 02/26/1998 |
| From: | Steven Bloom NRC (Affiliation Not Assigned) |
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| ML20203L407 | List: |
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| NUDOCS 9803060020 | |
| Download: ML20203L405 (3) | |
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7690-01 UNITED STATER NUEt 8AR REQULATORY COMMlRRION s
PACIFIC QAR AND ELECTRIC COMT DOCKET NOS. 50 278 AND 50123 DIAn' O CANYON Nuel EAR POWER PLANT. UNIT NOR 1 AND 2 ENVIROMMENTAL AnasamufNT AND FINDING OF NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACT The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Commission) is considering issuance of an exemption from certain requirements of its regulations for Facility Operating Lloonses Nos.
l DPR 60 and DPR42, issued to Padflc Gas and Electric Company (the licensee), for operation l
l of the Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant (DCNPP), Unit Nos.1 and 2, located in San Luis obispo County, Caittomia.
ENVIRONMENTAL ARLESSMENT identification of Pmad Adiare The proposed action is in response to the licensee's application dated December 8, 19g7, for exemption from the requirements of 10 CFR 50.71(eX4) regarding submisp% of revisions to the Final Safety Analysis Report (FSAR) and design change reports for the fadlity changes made under to CFR 50.5g for DCNPP. Under the proposed exemption, the licensee would schedule uMatos to the single, unified FSAR for DCNPP based on the refueling cycle of
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4 The Need for the Proposed Acilon-Section 50.71(eX4) requires licensees to subr di updates to their FSAR within 6 months after each refueling outage providing that the interval between successive updates does not
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2-exosed 24 months. Since Unha 1 and 2 of DCNPP share a common FSAR, the licensee must I
update the same document within 6 months after a refueling outoge for either unit. Allowing the exerr tion would maintain the FSAR ounont within 24 months of the last revision and still would not exceed a 24-month interval for submission of the 10 CFR 50.59 design change report for l
olther unit.
i Environmentalimoacts of the Proposed Action:
No changes are being made in the types or amounts of any radiological effluent that may be released off site. There is no significant increase in the allowable individual or cumulative occupational radiation exposure. The Commission concludes that granting the j
proposed exemption would result in no significant radiological environmental impact.
1 With rogsrd to potential non radiological impacts, the proposed exemption does not affect non-radiclo2ical plant effluents and has no other environmental impact. The Commistion concludes that there are no significant non-radiological impacts associated with the proposed exemption.
l Altamatives to the Pronosed Action:
As an altomative to the proposed exemption, the staff considered dealal of the requested exemption. Dental of the request would result in nu change in current environmental impacts. The environmentalimpacts of the proposed acuon and the attemative ac6on are similar.
Altamative Use of Rt.nourcas:
This action does not involve the use of any resources not previously considered in the Final Environmental Statements related to the operation of the Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant, Unit Nos.1 and 2 dated May 1973.
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j in accordance with ha stated policy, on February 26.1998, the staff consuhed with the i
Califomia State WT,cial, Mr. Steve Hsu of the Radiologic Health Stand of the State Department of Health 8swvices, regarding the envimnmentalimped of the proposed action. The State officist had no c4'nments.
FINDING OF NO RIGNIFICANT IMPACT l
Sased upon the foregoing envirtnmental assessment, the Commission concludes that the proposed action will not have a significant offect on the quality of the human environment, Accordingly, the Commission has determined not to prepare en environmentalimpact Statement for the proposed exemption.
For further details with respect to the proposed action, see the %nsoe's letter dated December 8,1997, whid is available for pubile inspection at the Commission's Public Document Room, which is located at The Gelman Building,2120 L Street, NW., Washington, D.
C., and at the local public document room located at the Califomia Polytechnic State University, Rober1 E. Kennedy Library, Govemment Documents and Maps Department, San Luis Obispo, Califomic 93407, Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 26th day of February 1998.
1 FOR THE NUCLEAR REGUL.ATORY COMMISSION i
Steven D. Sloom, Project Manager Project Directorate N 2 DMolon of Rocctor Projects lil/N a
Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation 1
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