ML20205B928
| ML20205B928 | |
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| Site: | South Texas  |
| Issue date: | 10/18/1988 |
| From: | Paulso W Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
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| NUDOCS 8810260347 | |
| Download: ML20205B928 (3) | |
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7590-01 UNITED STATES h0 CLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION HOUSTON LIGHT!hG & POWER COMPANY 00gETNO.50-498 h0TICE OF ISSUANCE OF EhVIRONPENTAL ASSESSPENT AND FINDING OF N0 SIGNIFICANT IMPACT The U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Conwissicn (the Commission) is considering d
issuance of an arendnent to Facility Cperating License No. NPF-76, issued to the Fcuston Lighting i Power Company (the licensee), for operation of the South i
Texas Project. Unit 1, located in Patagorda County, Texas, Idu.tifice ticn,pf,PrpppgMcQonj 1
The amendment would consist of changes to the Tech.1 cal Specifications i
(TS) and woule authcrire :n incicosc cf the storage capacity of the spent fuel 1
pcol from 169 f uel asserblics to 1969 fuel assemblies.
1 The anendnent to the TS is responsive to the licensee's application dated Parch F, 19EP as suppl eented Parch FC, 19EP. The NRC staff h6s prepared an Environnental Assessnent of the Proposed Acticn, "Envircnner.tal Assessnent by a
j the Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Pelating to the Expansion of the Spent Fuel Pool, Facility Operating License No. NPF-76. Houston Lighting 1. Power Corpany, South Texas Project, Unit 1. Docket No. 50-498, dated October 18, 1988.
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Sunwary of Environnental Assessnent:
The "Final Generic Environrental Impact Statement (FGEIS) on Handling and t
Storage of Spent Light Water Pcker Reactor Fuel" (NOREG-0575), Volumes 1-3, 4
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i concluded that the environnental impact of interini storage of spent fuel was negligible and the cost of the various alternatives reflects the advantage of continued generation of nuclear power with the accompanying spent fuel storage.
Recause of the dif ferences in design, the FGEIS recontrended evaluating spent fuel pool expansions on a case-by-case basis.
For the South Texas Project. Unit 1. the expansion of the storage capacity of the spent fuel peel will not create any significant additional radiologicel l*
effects or non-radiological environmental impacts.
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The additional whole bcdy dose that might be received by an individual at the site boundary is less than 0.1 mrem / year; the estinated dose to the t
populaticn within an EO kilometer radius is estimated to be less than 1
0.1 person-rcr/ year. These doses are sm311 corpared to the fluctuations it.
l the annual dose this population receives from exposure to background radiation.
The cccupational radiation dose for the proposed operation of the expanded spent fuel pool is estimated tc be less than three percent of the total annual occupational radiation exposure for this facility.
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The only non-radiological irrpact affected by the SFP expansion is the l
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waste heat rejected. The increase in total plant waste heat is less than
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0.017. There is no significant environnent611rpact attributed to the waste I
beat from the plant due to this very small increase.
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FINDING OF NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACT I
l The staff has reviewed the proposed spent fuel pool expansion to the I
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facility relative to the requirenents set forth in 10 CFR Part 51. Based on l
this assessnent, the staff concludes that there are no significant radiological l
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or non-radiolcgical impacts associated with the proposed action and that the j
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impact on the quality of the human environment. Therefore, pursuant to 10 CFR i
51.31, no environnental impact statement needs to be prepared for this action.
r for further details with respect to this action, see (1) the application f
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I for anendrent to the Technical Specifications dated March 8,1988 as supplemented on l' arch 26, 1988; and additional information provided by the licensee in letters r
dated August 9, 10, 19, 30 andSeptember21,??,and29,1988,(2) the FGEIS l
on Handling and Storage of Spent Light Water Power Reactor Fuel (NUREG-0575),
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(3) the final Environner.tal Statement for South Texas Project, Units 1 and ?,
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dated August 1986, and (4) the Environniental Assessrent dated October 18 f
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l These docurents are available for public inspection at the Concission's i
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Fublic Docurent Room 2120 L Street, N.W., Washington, D.C.
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Whartun Jur.ior College, J.M. Hodges Learning Center, 9118 cling Highway, i
l Wharten, Texas 77480 ard Austin Public Library, 810 Guadalupe Street, Austin, f
Texas 78701.
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Dated at Rockville, Faryland, this 18th day of October 1988 FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORT C0tMISSION l
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Walter A. Paulson, Acting Director Project Directorate - IV i
i Division of Reactor Projects - Ill, IV, Y and Special Projects i
Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation i
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