ML20236H423
| ML20236H423 | |
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| Site: | Fort Calhoun  |
| Issue date: | 07/29/1987 |
| From: | Bournia A Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
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7590-01 UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COINISSION OMAHA PUBLIC POWER DISTRICT FORT CALHOUN STATION, UNIT 1 DOCKET NO. 50-285 NOTICE OF ISSUANCE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND FINDINGS OF NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACT l The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Commission) is considering the issuance of a proposed amendment to Facility Operating License No. DPR-40, issued to the Omaha Public Power District (licensee), for operation of the Fort Calhoun Station, Unit 1, located in Washington County, Nebraska.
Identification of Proposed Action: The amendment would consist of changing l the operating license to extend the expiration date of the operating license for Fort Calhoun Station, Unit 1 from June 7, 2008 to August 9, 2013. The proposed license amendment is responsive to the licensee's application dated July 17, 1986, as supplemented on April 30 and May 15, 1987. The Commission's staff has prepared an Environmental Assessment of the proposed action,
" Environmental Assessment by the Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Relating to the Change in Expiration Date of Facility Operating License No. OPR-40, Omaha Public Power District, Fort Calhoun Station, Unit 1, Docket No. 50-285,"
dated July 29, 1987.
Summary of Environmental Assessment: The Commission's staff has reviewed the potential environmental impact of the proposed change in the expiration date of the Operating License for Fort Calhoun, Unit 1. This evaluation considered the previous environmental studies, including the " Final Environmental Statement Related to Fort Calhoun, Unit 1," (FES) August 1972, and more recent NRC policy.
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7590-01 Radiological Impacts: Based on the 1980 U.S. Census data, the actual population was approximately three times less than was projected in the FES based on the 1972 census. The U.S. Census data shows the low population zone is 6,418 and within 50-mile radius 883,525 (of which 569,614 reside in the metropolitan area of Omaha). The census shows an increase in population in the Omaha metro-politan area and in most of the nearby cities, but a decrease in the rural population. The estimated growth rate is 1.2% or 22,449 for the year 2013.
The staff concludes, based upon these population estimates that the nearest Exclusion Area Boundary, Low Population Zone, and nearest population center distances will likely be unchanged in the future. Therefore, the conclusion reached in the staff's Safety Evaluation in 1973, that Fort Calhoun Station meets the requirements of 10 CFR Part 100, remains unchanged.
Station radiological effluents to unrestricted areas during normal operation have been well within Commission regulations regarding as low as reasonably achievable (ALARA) limits, and are indicative of future releases. In addition, the proposed additional years of reactor operation do not increase the annual public risk from reactor operation. Thus, the slightly increase in projected l
population growth rate does not change the environmental impact findings in the FES because its effect are offset by favorable radiological exposure from plant releases during normal operation and by low public risk from accidents. ,
I With regard to normal plant operation, the licensee complies with Commission guidance and requirements for keeping radiation exposures to ALARA for occupa-tional exposures and for radioactivity in offluents. The licensee would continue ,
to comply with these requirements during any additional years of facility ,
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operation and also apply advanced technology when available and appropriate.
Accordingly, radiological impacts on man,- both onsite and offsite, are not sig-nificantly more severe than previously estimated in the FES and our previous cost-benefit conclusions remain valid.
The environmental impacts attributable to transportation of fuel and waste to )
and from the Fort Calhoun Station, with respect to normal conditions of transport and possible accidents in transport, would be bounded as set forth in Summary Table S-4 of 10 CFR 51.52, and the values in Table S-4 sould )
continue to represent the contribution of transportation to the environmental costs associated with the reactor.
Non-Radiological Impacts: The Commission has concluded that the proposed extension will not cause a significant increase in the impacts to the environ-ment and will not change any conclusions reached by the Commission in the FES.
FINDINGS OF NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS:
1 The Commission's staff /has reviewed the proposed change to the expiration i date of the Fort Calhoun Station, Unit 1, 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 propostd license amendment will not have a significant effect on the quality of :
the human environment. Therefore, the Comission has determined, pursuant to 10 CFR 51.31, not to prepare an environmental impact statement for the proposed amendment.
For further details with respect to this action, see: (1) the application for amendment dated July 17, 1986, as supplemented on April 30 and May 15, 1987, (2) the Final Environmental Statement Related to Operation of Fort Calhoun
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7590-01 Station, Unit 1, issued August 1972 and (3) the Environmental Assessment dated July 29 . ,1987. These documents are available for public inspection at the-Concission's Public Document Room,1717 H Street, Washington', D.C., 20555 and at the W. Dale Clark Library, 215 South 15th Street, Omaha, Nebraska 68102.
Dated at Bethesda, Maryland, this 29tiday of July,1987 . ,
FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMISSION Anthony Bournia, Project Manager Project Directorate - IV Division of Reactor Projects - III, IV, V and Special Projects Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulaton l
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