ML20207C320
| ML20207C320 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | McGuire, Mcguire  |
| Issue date: | 12/16/1986 |
| From: | Youngblood B Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
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| Shared Package | |
| ML20207C327 | List: |
| References | |
| TAC-60427, TAC-60428, NUDOCS 8612300112 | |
| Download: ML20207C320 (4) | |
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7590-01 UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY C0tNISSION DUKE POWER COMPANY 1
DOCKET N05. 50-369 AND 50-370 NOTICE OF ISSUANCE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND FINDING OF NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACT l
l The U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Comission) is considering the issuance of proposed amendrents which would change the expiration date for the McGuire Nuclear Station, Unit 1, Operating License, NPF-9 from February 28, 2013, to June 12, 2021, and change the expiration date for the McGuire Nuclear Station l
Unit 2, Operating License, NPF-17, from February 28, 2013 to March 3, 2023.
Identification of Proposed Action
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The currently licensed term for McGuire, Units 1 and 2, is 40 years com-mencing with issuance of the construction permits (February 28,1973). Acccunt-ing for the time that was required for plant construction, this represents an effective operating license term of 31-3/4 years for Unit I and 30 years for Unit 2.
The licensee's application dated December 16, 1985, requests a 40-year E
operating ifcense term for McGuire, Units 1 and 2.
Additional information in support of the request is provided by the licensee's letter of November 24, 1986.
Summary of Environmental Assessment o-The Commission has reviewed the potential environmental irract of the pro-posed change and has issued " Environmental Assessment by the Office of Nuclear ao jgg Reactor Regulation Relating to the Change in Expiration Dates of Facility F
Operating License Nos. NPF-9 and NPF-17, Duke Power Company, McGuire Nuclear Station, Unit Nos. 1 and 2."
This evaluation considered the previous environmental Ng studies, including the " Final Environmental Statement Pelated 'o Operation of m a.o.
William B. McGuire Nuclear Station, Units 1 and 2" (FES) April 1976, its addendum of January 1981, and more recent Comission policy.
l 7590-01 Radiclogical Impacts:
The population beyond a five mile radius of McGuire Units 1 and 2, based on the 1980 census, is lower than the population which was predicted in the FES based on the 1970 census. The population within the five-ntile radius cf the McGuire Station is greater than that predicted in the FES. The exclusion area and nearest population center are not changed and local land usage remains rural.
The site will continue to nieet the requirements of 10 CFR Part 100. Station radiological effluents to unrestricted areas during normal operation have been well within Commission reculations regarding as-low-as-is-reasonably-achievable (ALARA) limits, and are indicative of future releases.
In aedition, the pro-posed additional years of reactor operation do not increase the annual public risk from reactor operation. Thus, the higher-than-projected population growth rate within five miles of the site does not change the environmental impact findings in the FES because its effects are offset by favorable radiological exposure from plant releases during normal operation and by low public risk from accidents. With regard to station personnel, the licensee complies with E
Consnission guidance and requirements for keeping radiation exposures ALARA for occupational exposures and would continue to comply with these requirements during any additional years of facility operation and also apply advanced tech-nology when available and appropriate.
Accordingly, radiological impacts on man, both onsite and offsite, are not significantly more severe than previously estimated in the FES and our previous cost-benefit conclusions remain valid.
The net annualized environmental impacts attributable to the uraniun. fuel cycle, which form the basis for Table S3 of 10 CFR 51, remain essentially unchanged from those addressed in the SER addendum. The environmental impacts attributable to transportation of fuel and waste to and from the McGuire fiuclear
. 7590-01 Station, with respect to normal conditions of transport and possible accidents in transport, would continue to be as set forth in Sumary Table S-4 of 10 CFR 51.52, and the values in Tab'e S-4 would continue to represent the con-tribution of transportation to the environmental costs associated with the reactor.
Non-Radiological Impacts:
The licensee has conducted a demonstration project in accordance with Section 316(a) of the Clean Water Act which deacnstrates that thermal discharges from the Station are such that the water quality and the indigenous biota of Lake Norman are protected. The demonstration project has been approved by the State of North o
Carolina, the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permitting authority.
The Commission's review of the requested extension concluded that all poten-tial inpacts have been identified, described and evaluated in its previously-issued environmental impact statements and/or appraisals and reviews by the NPDES permit-ting authority under the Clean Water Act. All operational non-radiological impacts E
on aquatic biological resources have been assessed by the Commission on bases other than a life-of-plant basis; hence, the requested extensions will not alter pre-vious Comission findings and conclusions. The NPDES permit provides additional environmental protection.
Findine of No Significant Impact The Comission has reviewed the proposed change to the expiration dates of the McGuire Units 1 and 2 Facility Operating Licenses relative to the require-ments set forth in 10 CFR Part 51. Based upon the environmental assessment, the Comission concluded that there are no significant adverse radiolcgical or non-radiological impacts associated with the proposed action and that the preposed license amendments will not have a significant adverse effect on the quality of
. the human environment. Therefore, the Commission has determined, pursuant to 10 CFR 51.31, not to prepare an environmental impact statement for the proposed amendments.
For further details with respect to this action, see (1) the application for amendments dated December 16, 1985, and supplemental letter of November 24, 1986 (2) the Final Environmental Statement Related to Operation of William B.
McGuire Nuclear Station Units 1 and 2, April 1976, with its addendum dated January 1981, (3) licensee's letter of August 23, 1985 with report pursuant to Section316(a)oftheCleanWaterAct,and(4)theEnvironmentalAssessment dated December 16, 1986 These documents are available for public inspection at the Commission's Public Document Rocm, 1717 H Street, N. W. Washington, D. C., 20555 and at the Atkins Library, University of North Carolina, Charlotte (UNCCStation),NorthCarolina28223.
th Dated at Bethesda, Maryland, this 16 day of December 1986.
FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION NS\\
B. J. Youngblood, Director PWR Project Directorate #4 Division of PWR Licensing-A
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