ML20246P367

Approves Procedures for Disposal of Slightly Contaminated Septic Waste Onsite,Per 10CFR20.302(a).Disposal Involves Exposure Pathways Less Significant than Pathways Considered in Fes.Procedures Should Be Incorporated in ODCM

ML20246P367
Person / Time
Site:	Vermont Yankee
Issue date:	08/30/1989
From:	Fairtile M Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
To:	Tremblay L VERMONT YANKEE NUCLEAR POWER CORP.
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TAC-73776, NUDOCS 8909110100
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Docket No. 50-271 Mr. L. A. Tremblay Licensing Engineering Verm'nt Yankee Nuclear Power Corporation Engis.eering Office 580 Main Street Bolton, Massachusetts 01740-1398

SUBJECT:

APPROVAL UNDER 10 CFR 20.302(a) 0F PROCEDURES FOR DISPOSAL OF SLIGHTLY CONTAMINATED SEPTIC WASTE ON SITE AT YERMONT YANKEE (TACNO.73776)

REFERENCE:

(a) June 28, 1989 letter from R. W. Capstick to US NRC Document Control Desk, including Attachment I and Attachment II.

(b) Final Environmental Statement related to the operation of Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station, dated July 1972.

In reference (a) Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corporation (Vermont Yankee, or the licensee) submitted an application for disposal of licensed material on site.

This disposal was not previously considered by the staff in the Vermont Yankee FinalEnvironmentalStatement(FES), reference (b). This extensive application, prepared in accordance with 10 CFR 20.302(a), contains a detailed description l of the licensed material, thoroughly analyzes and evaluates the information l pertinent to the effects on the environment of the proposed disposal of the licensed material, and commits the licensee to follow specific procedures to minimize the risk of unexpected or hazardous exposures. In the FES, the NRC staff considered the potentia 1 effects on the environment of licensed material from operation of the plant and, in the assessment of the total radiological impact of the Vermont Yankee Station concluded that: "... operation of the Station j will contribute only an extremely small increment to the radiation dose that area residents receive from natural background. Since fluctuations of the back-ground dose may be expected to exceed the increment contributed by the plant, the dose will be immeasurable in itself and will constitute no meaningful risk to be balanced against the benefits of the plant."

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\4 L. A. Tremblay August 30, 1989 Since the disposal proposed by the licensee involves itcensed material containing less than 0.1 percent of the radioactive materials, primarily cobalt-60.and cesium-137, already considered acceptable in the FES, and involves exposure pathways much less significant than those considered in the FES, we consider the site-specific application (Reference (a)) for Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station to have insignificant radiological impact. We accept the commitments and evaluations of the licensee, documented in reference (a), as further assurance that the proposed disposal procedures will have a negligible effect on the environment and the general pcpulation in comparison to normal background radiation.

In conclusion, we find the licensee's procedures with commitments as documented in reference (a) to be acceptable, provided that reference (a) is permanently 1

' incorporated into the licensee's Offsite Dose Calculation Manual (0DCM) as an Appendix, and future modifications of reference (a) be reported to_NRC in accordance with licensee commitments regarding ODCM changes.

Pursuant to 10 CFR 51.22(c)(9), no environmental assessment is required. This completes our review under TAC No.73776.

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R. K. Gad, III Special Assistant Attorney General Ropes & Gray Vermont Department of Public Service 225 Franklin Street 120 State Street Boston, Massachusetts 02110 Montpelier, Vermont 05602 '

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Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission P.O. Box 176 Vernon, Vermont 05354 John Traficonte, Esq.

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