ML20244C188

Notice of Issuance of Environ Assessment & Finding of No Significant Impact Re Authorization to Store 3,229 Spent Fuel Assemblies in Spent Fuel Pool

ML20244C188
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Site:	Millstone
Issue date:	06/07/1989
From:	Stolz J Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
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~' 7590-01 UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION NORTHEAST NUCLEAR ENERGY COMPANY DOCKET NO. 50-245 NOTICE OF ISSUANCE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND FINDING OF NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACT The U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Comission) is considering issuance of an amendment to Facility Operating License No. DPR-21, issued to Northeast Nuclear Energy Company, (the licensee), for operation of.the Millstone Nuclear Power Station, Unit 1, located in New London County, Connecticut.

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 3229 spent fuel assemblies.

The amendment to the TS is responsive to the licensee's application dated June 24, 1988, as supplemented by letters dated July 29, August 12, and December 2,1988, and February 14, March 1, March 22, and April 10, 1989. The NRC staff has pre 7ared 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. OPR-21, Northeast Nuclear Energy Company, Millstone Nuclear Power Station, Unit 1 Docket No. 50-245," dated June 6 , 1989.

Summary of Environmental Assessment:

The " Final Generic Environmental Impact Statement (FGEIS) on Handling and Storage of Spent Light Water Power Reactor Fuel" (NUREG-0575) Volumes 1-3 (1979), '

concluded that the environmental impact of interim storage of spent fuel was j

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Because of the differences in design, the FGEIS recomended evaluating spent fuel pool-expansions on a case-by-case basis.

For Millstone Unit 1, 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 Comission's Final Environmental Statement (FES) issued in June 1973 related to' the operation of Millstone Unit 1, in the safety evaluation and environmental assessment.

issued June 30, 1977 in support of a license amendment concerning storage capacity, and in the Environmental Evaluation related to conversion to a Full-Tem Operating License issued December 17, 1984. The 1984 Environmental Evalua-tion concluded that the FES was still adequate.

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.

t 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 th6t 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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For further details with respect to this action, see (1) the application for amendment dated June 24, 1988, as supplement by letters dated July 29, August 12 and December 2,1988, and February 14, March 1. March 22 and April 10, 1989; (2) the FGEIS on Handling and Storage of Spent Light Water Power Reactor Fuel (NUREG-0575); (3) the FES for Millstone Unit 1 dated June 1973; (4) Amendment No. 39 to the Millstone Unit 1 license dated June 30, 1977; and (5) the Environmental Assessment dated June 6 , 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 Waterford Public Library, 49 Ropa Ferry Road, Waterford, Connecticut 06385. '

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 7th day of June 1989.

FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION l$'

John F. Stolz Director Project Directorate I-4 Division of Reactor Projects I/II Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation i

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