ML20237E115

Notice of Issuance of Environ Assessment & Finding of No Significant Impact Re Amend to License DPR-61,changing Expiration Date from 040526 to 070629

ML20237E115
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Site:	Haddam Neck File:Connecticut Yankee Atomic Power Co icon.png
Issue date:	11/23/1987
From:	Boyle M Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
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7590-01 UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION CONNECTICUT YANKEE ATOMIC POWER COMPANY DOCKET NO. 50-213 HADDAM NECK PLANT NOTICE OF ISSUANCE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND FINDING OF NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACT The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Connission (the Commission) is considering the >

issuance of a proposed amendment to Facility Operating License No. DPR-61, issued to Connecticut Yankee Atomic Power Company (the licensee), which would change i

the expiration date for the Haddam Neck Plant Operating License DPR-61 from May 26, 2004, to June 29, 2007.

Identification of Proposed Action:

The currently licensed term for the Haddam Neck Plant is 40 years commencing with issuance of the construction pennit (May 26,1964). Accounting for the time that was required for plant construction, this represents an effective operating license term of 36 years,10 months and 26 days. The licensee's i

application dated November 24, 1986 requests a 40-year operating license tenn for the Haddam Neck Plant.

i Summary of Environmental Assessment: j The NRC staff has reviewed the potential environmental impact of the proposed change in the expiration date of the Operating License for the Haddam B712280167 871123 PDR.

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7590-01 Neck Plant. This evaluation considered 1.Sc previous environmental studies, including the " Final Environmental Statement Related to the Haddam Neck (Connecticut Yankee) Nuclear Power Plant," (October 1973), and more recent NRC policy.

Radiological Impacts:

Although the population in the vicinity of the Haddam Neck Plant has increased, the site requirements of 10 CFR Part 100 are still met with regard to Exclusion Area Boundary, Low Population Zone, and nearest population center distances. In addition, the proposed additional years of reactor operation do not increase the annual public risk from reactor operation.

With regard to nonnal plant operation, the licensee complies with NRC guidance and requirements for keeping radiation exposures "as low as is reason-ably achievable" (ALARA) for occupational exposures and for radioactivity in i

effluents. The licensee would continue to comply with these requirements during any additional years of facility operation and also apply advanced technology when available and appropriate.

Non-Radiological Impacts:

The NRC review identified no additional degradation of the habitat sur-rounding the Haddam Neck Plant with regard to indigenous plant and animal species, including those that are commercially valuable, for the additional years of facility operation. In addition, the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit provides additional environmental protection.

P 7590-01 FINDING 0F NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACT:

The staff has reviewed the proposed change to the expiration date of the Haddam Neck Plant Facility Operating License relative to the requirements set forth in 10 CFR Part 51. Based upon the environmental assessment, the staff concluded that there are no significant radiological or non-radiological impacts associated with the proposed action and that the proposed license amendment will not have a significant effect on the quality of the human environment. Therefore, the Comission has detennined, 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 amendment dated November 24,1986,(2) the Final Environmental Statement Related to the Haddam Neck (Connecticut Yankee) Nuclear Power Plant, issued October 1973, and (3) the Environmental Assessment dated November 23, 1987. These documents are available for public inspection at the Commission's Public Document Room, 1717 H Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20555 and at the Russell Library, 124 Broad Street, Middletown, Connecticut 06457.

j Dated at Bethesda, Maryland, this 23rd day of November 1987, i FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION J'

Michael L. Boyle, Acting Director Integrated Safety Assessment Project Directorate Division of Reactor Projects - III, IV, Y and Special Projects i

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