ML20211A722

Environ Assessment & Finding of No Significant Impact Re Issuance of Amend to FOL NPF-1.Proposed Action Would Exempt Util from Emergency Plan Requirements of 10CFR50.54(q), 10CFR50.47(b) & 10CFR50,App E

ML20211A722
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Site:	Trojan File:Portland General Electric icon.png
Issue date:	08/16/1999
From:	Larry Wheeler NRC (Affiliation Not Assigned)
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION PORTLAND GENERAL ELECTRIC DOCKET NO. 50-344 TROJAN NUCLEAR Pl. ANT ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND FINDING OF NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACT The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Commission) is considering issuance of an amendment to Facility Operating License No NPF-1 issued to Portland General Electric Company (PGE), the licensee, for operation of the Trojan Nuclear Plant located in Prescott, Oregon and a concurrent exemption from 10 CFR 50.54,10 CFR 50.47(b) and 10 CFR Part 50, Appendix E.

ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT Identification of the Proposed Action:

The proposed action would exempt PGE from the emergency plan requirements of 10

, CFR 50.54(q),10 CFR 50.47(b), and 10 CFR Part 50, Appendix E and delete the requirements for an emergency plan from the 10 CFR Part 50 licensed portion of the site after the spent nuclear fuel is transferred to a Part 72 licensed independent spent fuel storage installation (ISFSI).

The proposed action is in accordance with the licensee's application for a license amendment and exemption dated August 27,1998.

The Need for the Proposed Action:

The proposed action is needed because the remaining quantities of radioactive material I

in the Part 50 licensed facility will be less than the quantities specified in 10 CFR 30.72, 9908240115 990816 PDR ADOCK 05000344 F PDR

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• Schedule C" after the transfer of the spent nuclear fuel to the ISFSI. This represents a

_ reduction of over 99 percent of the radioactivity existing prior to the transfer and the radioactivity remaining in the Part 50 licensed plant will be below the amount requiring an emergency plan as designated in 10 CFR 30.72 above. The ISFSI which will receive the radioactive inventory has an NRC-approved emergency plan. The proposed action will allow the licensee to conserve resources for decommissioning activities.

' Environmentalimoscts of the Proposed Action:

The Commission has completed its evaluation of the proposed action and concludes that exempting the plant from emergency plan requirements will not have any adverse environmentalimpact. There will be very minor savings of energy and vehicular use associated with the reduced effort related to emergency preparedness drills.

The proposed action will not increase the probability or consequences of accidents, no changes are being made in the types of any effluents that may be released off site, and there is no significant increase in occupational or public radiation exposure. Therefore, there are no significant radiological environmental impacts associated with the proposed action.

l With regard to potential non-radiological impacts, the proposed action does not involve any historic sites, it does not affect non-radiological plant effluents and has no other environmental impact. Therefore, there are no significant non-radiological environmental impacts associated with the proposed action.

Accordingly, the Commission concludes that there are no significant environmental impacts associated with the proposed action.

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Attematives to the Proposed Action:

As an attemative to the proposed action, the staff considered denial of the proposed action (i.e., the 'no-action" attemative). Denial of the application would result in no change in current environmentalimpacts. The environmentalimpacts of the proposed action and the attemative action are similar.

Alternative Use of Resources: 1 This action does not involve the use of any resources not previously considered in the Final Environmental Statement for the Trojan Plant.

Aaencies and Persons Consulted:

In accordance with its stated policy, on July 19,1999, the staff consulted with the Oregon State official, Mr. Adam Bless of the Oregon Office of Energy, regarding the environmentalimpact of the prowsed action. The State official had no comments.

FINDING OF NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACT On the basis of the environmental assessment, the Commission concludes that the l l

proposed action will not have a significant effect on the quality of the human environment. '

Accordingly, the Commission has determined not to prepare an environmental impact 1

statement for the proposed action. '

For further details with respect to the proposed action, see the licensee's letter dated August 27,1998, which is available for public inspection at the Commission's Public Document Room, The Gelman Building,2120 L Street, NW., Washington, DC, and at the local I

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public document room located at the Branford Price Millar Library, Portland State University, 934 S.W. Harrison Street, Portland, Oregon 92707.

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 16th day of August 1999.

FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION ouis L. Wheeler, Acting Chief Decommissioning Section Project Directorate IV and Decommissioning Division of Licensing Project Management Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation l

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