ML20247R280
| ML20247R280 | |
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| Site: | Hope Creek  |
| Issue date: | 06/05/1989 |
| From: | Thadani M Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
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| NUDOCS 8906070191 | |
| Download: ML20247R280 (3) | |
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7590-01 UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COPMISSION PUBLIC SERVICE ELECTRIC AND GAS COMPANY
_ DOCKET NO. 50-354 NOTICE OF ISSUANCE OF ENVIRONMENTti ASSESSMENT AND FINDING OF NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACT I
The U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Commission) is considering issuance of an amendment to Facility Operating License No. NPF-57, issued to Public Service Electric and Gas Company, (the licensee), for operation of the Hope Creek Generating Station, located in Salem County, New Jersey.
Identification of Proposed Action:
The amendment would consist of an addition to the Technical Specifications (TS) that would authorize the storage capacity of the spent fuel pool at 1290 spent fuel assemblies.
The amendment to the TS is responsive to the licensee's application dated October 26, 1988. The NRC staff has prepared an Environmental Assessment of the proposed action, " Environmental Assessment by the Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Relating to the Expansion of the Spent Fuel Pool, Facility Operating License No. NPF-57, Public Service Electric and Gas Company, Hope Creek Generating Station, Docket No. 50-354," dated June 5
, 1989.
Summary of Environmental Assessment:
The " Final Generic Environmental Impact Statement (FGEIS) on Handling and StorageofSpentLightWaterPowerReactorFuel"(NUREG-0575), Volumes 1-3 (1979),
concluded that the environmental impact of interim storage of spent fuel was 8906070191 890605 PDR ADOCK 05000354 P
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continued generation of nuclear power with the accompanying spent fuel storage.
Because of the differences in design, the FGEIS recommended evaluating spent fuel pool expansions on a case-by-case basis.
For Hope Creek Generating Station, the expansion of the storage capacity of the spent fuel pool will not create any significant additional radiological effects or non-radiological environmental impacts beyond those assessed in the Commission's Final Environmental Statement (FES) issued in December 1984 related to the operation of Hope Creek Generating Station, and in the Safety Evaluation Report issued October 1984 in support of a license amendment concerning storage capacity.
The occupational radiation dose for the proposed operation of the expanded spent fuel pool is estimated to be less than one percent of the total annual occupational radiation exposure for this facility.
FINDING OF NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACT The staff has reviewed the proposed spent fuel pool expansion to the facility relative to the requirements set forth in 10 CFR Part 51. Based on this assessment, the staff concludes that there are no significant radiological or non-radiological impacts associated with the proposed action and that the issuance of the proposed amendment to the license will have no significant impact on the quality of the human environment. Therefore, pursuant to 10 CFR 51.31, no environmental impact statement needs to be prepared for this action.
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-3 For further details with respect to this action, see (1) the application for amendment dated October 26,1988,(2) the FGEIS on Handling and Storage of Spent Light Water Power Reactor Fuel (NUREG-0575), (3) the FES for Hope Creek Generating Station dated December 1984, and (4) the Environmental Assesspent dated June 5, 1989 These documents are available for public inspection at the Commission's Public Document Room, 2120 L Street, N.W., Washington, D.C.
20555 and at the Pe.nasville Public Library, 190 S. Broadway, Pennsville, New Jersey 08070.
l Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 5th day of June
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' Q ;AC Mohan C. Thadani, Acting Director Project Directorate I-2 Division of Reactor Projects I/II Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation l
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