ML20198Q726
| ML20198Q726 | |
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| Site: | Satsop |
| Issue date: | 01/04/1999 |
| From: | Weiss S NRC (Affiliation Not Assigned) |
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7590-01 P UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION i
WASHINGTON PUBLIC POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM DOCKET NO. 50-508 WASHINGTON NUCLEAR PROJECT UNIT 3 ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND FINDING OF !
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The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Commission) is considering issuance of an order terminating Construction Permit No. CPPR-154, which authorized construction of the Washington Nuclear Project Unit 3 (WNP-3), located at Satsop, Washington. This construction permit (CP) is held by the Washington Public Power Supply System (WPPSS) and includes all remaining WNP 3 structures and the Washington Nuclear Plant Unit 5 (WNP-5) structures that were subsumed in the WNP-3 construction permit following l
expiration of the WNP-5 Const uction Permit No. CPPR-155, which was issued on i-
. April 11,1978, Docket No. 50-509.
Termination of the CP was requested by WPPSS by letter dated August 8,1996, as supplemented by letters dated June 15 and November 5,1998. In a related matter, on I August 16,1998 WPPSS filed a motion for withdrawal of its application for an operating i
~ license (OL) for WNP-3 and for termination of the proceeding on that application before the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board (ASLB). The ASLB approved the withdrawal of
- the OL application and terminated the proceeding on October 16,1996, noting that the staff would prepare an adequate EA on the CP termination and that the impacts addressed 9901070384 990104 PDR ADOCK 05000508 A PDR
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separate EA on OL termination,44 NRC 134 (1996).
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ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT Identification of the Proyosed Action:
The proposed action is issuance of an order that would terminate Construction j I
Permit No. CPPR-154 for WNP-3. WPPSS has decided to terminate the CP of the partially completed, and previously deferred, WNP-3 project. Recent changes in Washington State I law (RCW 80.50.300) have made it possible to transfer ownership of WNP-3 and WNP-5 to an interlocal agency, the Satsop Redevelopment Project (SRP), formed by Grays Harbor County, the Port of Grays Harbor, and the Grays Harbor Public Utilities District. This new agency will not complete the project as a nuclear power plant rather, SRP plans to own l and operate the site and certain structures for economic development purposes.
WPPSS has entered into an agreement to transfer ownership of the 1600-acre Satsop site to the SRP, or its successor, for conversion of the site to an industrial, j business, or research park. Under the agreement, 22 acres (with an option to acquire an ;
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additional 20 acres) are to be maintained under the ownership of WPPSS for a combustion l l turbine energy f acility project.
The plant island area of the site includes the cooling towers, reactor auxiiiary buildings, reactor buildings, turbine building, and the administration building for WNP-3
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and WNP-5. None of these structures are scheduled for demolition. The WNP-3 reactor building and reactor auxiliary building will be secured by the installation of permanent doors and the closure of building openings. The equipment located within these buildings will be removed to the extent practical. Service systems, such as lighting,
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communications, fire protection, and electrical service, will remain operational. The I
partially complete WNP-5 reactor auxiliary building is planned to be enclosed by the j completion of the grade-level floor slab. The WNP-5 reactor building will be reconfigured to serve as the site's raw water supply storage facility. The WNP-3 and WNP-5 turbine 1 1
building will be cleared of the turbine generator and related systems. Service systems within the turbine building will remain operational. The disposition of the cooling towers is uncertain; current plans are to keep them as they are. The administration building, fire protection building, water treatment facility, blowdown building area, north and south tank )
1 farms, and the 230 kV electrical supply system will be retained for future use. '
Warehouses, buildings, material storage yards, and parking lots that were developed to l support the construction of the plant are supplied by service systems and will be retained I or upgraded to support future commercial development. Any temporary buildings and facilities not identified for potential future use will be removed along with their l 1 r- !
I foundations. Developed property and laydown yards w;il be cleared. The existing raw water well will be maintained as a source of potable water and the Ranney well field will t
remain as a source of process water for the Satsop site, including the Combustion Turbine l
Project. The barge unicading facilit) will remain for use by the SP The staff inspected the Satsop site on October 27-28,1998, to determine if possession of source, byproduct, or special nuclear material was controlled as authorized and if the site is being maintained in a safe and stable manner, and to assess key environmental aspects of the sia. The inspectors observed selected portions of the Ranney wells, barge slip, cooling towers, and other site buildings. The inspectors also observed that erosion controls were being maintained.
The site cannot be used as a utilization facility. No nuclear fuel was ever received on site. The Satsop site is in an environmentally stable condition that poses no significant hazard to persons on site, and the plant cannot be operated in its present condition.
Need for the Proposed Action:
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WPPSS has terminated construction of the nuclear power plant and has disabled
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the facility so that it cannot be operated as a utilization facility. WPPSS intends to transfer the site to the SRP for use as an industrial, business, or research park, with the exception of 22 acres and an option to acquire an additiona' 20 acres for use as an energy 1
facility opeated by WPPSS. This action would terminate the construction permit. ]
i Environmental Imoacts of the Proposed Action:
This is a simple administrative action of terminating the construction permit to reflect the fact that there are no longer utilization facilities under construction at .ae Satsop site and that the site has been adequately stabilized. This action has no environmental impact.
Alternatives to the Proposed Action:
There are no viable alternatives with respect to the proposed action.
Alternative Use of Resources:
This action, for which there are no appropriate alternatives, does not involve the use of, and therefore will not affect, available resources.
Aaencies and Persons Consulted:
In accorcance with its stated policy, on October 28 and November 3,1998, the l i
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Site Evaluation Council, regarding the environmentalimpact of the proposed action. The I State official had no comments.
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FINDING OF NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACT On the basis of the environmental assessment, the Commission concludes that the proposed action will not have a significant effect on the quality of the human I environment. Accordingly, the Lommission has determined not to prepare an j environmental impact statement for the proposed action.
For further details with respect to the proposed action, see the licensee's request for termination of Construction Permit No. CPPR-154, dated August 8,1996, additional information subrnitted by letter dated June 15,1998, WPPSS's "Satsop Power Plant Scope of Restoration" transmitted by letter dated November 5,1998, and the NRC staff's inspe.ction report dated November 2,1998. These documents regarding the NRC staff's environmental assessment of the proposed action are available for public inspection at the Commission's Public Document Room, The Gelman Building, 2120 L Street, NW.,
Washington, DC.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 4 t h day of January 1999.
FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION l
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eymour H. Weiss, Director Non-Power Reactors and Decommissioning
- Project Directorate Division of Reactor Program Managernent i Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation i