[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 20 (Friday, January 30, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 4678]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-2324]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket No. 50-346]
Toledo Edison Company; Centerior Service Company; and the
Cleveland Electric Illuminating Company; Davis-Besse Nuclear Power
Station, Unit 1, Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant
Impact
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Commission) is
considering issuance of an exemption from certain requirements of its
regulations with respect to Facility Operating License No. NPF-3,
issued to Toledo Edison Company, Centerior Service Company, and The
Cleveland Electric Illuminating Company (the licensees), for operation
of the Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station, Unit 1, located in Ottawa
County, Ohio.
Environmental Assessment
Identification of the Proposed Action
The proposed action would exempt the licensees from the requirement
to have an oil collection system for the reactor coolant pump (RCP)
lube oil addition system, provided certain compensatory actions are
taken, thus allowing the licensees to utilize remote lube oil fill
lines at power. This requirement is contained in 10 CFR part 50,
Appendix R, Section III.O, which provides that licensees shall have a
collection system ``capable of collecting lube oil from all potential
pressurized and unpressurized leakage sites in the reactor coolant pump
lube oil systems.'' It also specifies that ``leakage points to be
protected shall include lift pump and piping, overflow lines, lube oil
cooler, oil fill and drain lines and plugs, flanged connections on oil
lines, and lube oil reservoirs where such features exist on the reactor
coolant pumps.''
The proposed action is in accordance with the licensees'
application for exemption dated November 18, 1997, as supplemented by
facsimile dated December 9, 1997.
The Need for the Proposed Action
The proposed action is needed to reduce dose and personnel hazards
to workers who periodically add oil to the RCP lube oil system during
power operation.
Environmental Impacts of the Proposed Action
The Commission has completed its evaluation of the proposed action
and concludes that the proposed action involves features located
entirely within the restricted area as defined in 10 CFR part 20.
The proposed action will not result in an increase in the
probability or consequences of accidents or result in a change in
occupational or offsite dose. Therefore, there are no radiological
impacts associated with the proposed action. In addition, the proposed
action will not result in a change in nonradiological plant effluents
and will have no other nonradiological environmental impact.
Accordingly, the Commission concludes that there are no
environmental impacts associated with this action.
Alternatives to the Proposed Action
Since the Commission has concluded that there is no measurable
environmental impact associated with the proposed action, any
alternatives with equal or greater environmental impact need not be
evaluated. As an alternative to the proposed exemption, the staff
considered denial of the requested exemption. Denial of the request
would result in no change in current environmental impacts. The
environmental impacts of the proposed action and the alternative action
are similar.
Alternative Use of Resources
This action does not involve the use of any resources not
previously considered in the Final Environmental Statement related to
the operation of Davis-Besse dated October 1975.
Agencies and Persons Consulted
In accordance with its stated policy, on December 9, 1997, the
staff consulted with the Ohio State official, Carol O'Claire, of the
Ohio Emergency Management Agency, regarding the environmental impact of
the proposed action. The State official had no comments.
Finding of No Significant Impact
Based upon the environmental assessment, the Commission concludes
that the proposed action will not have a significant effect on the
quality of the human environment. Accordingly, the Commission has
determined not to prepare an environmental impact statement for the
proposed action.
For further details with respect to the proposed action, see the
licensees' letter dated November 18, 1997, and facsimile dated December
9, 1997, which are available for public inspection at the Commission's
Public Document Room located at the Gelman Building, 2120 L Street,
NW., Washington, DC, and at the local public document room located at
the University of Toledo, William Carlson Library, Government Documents
Collection, 2801 West Bancroft Avenue, Toledo, OH 43606.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 26th day of January, 1998.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Richard P. Savio,
Acting Director, Project Directorate III-3, Division of Reactor
Projects III/IV, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 98-2324 Filed 1-29-98; 8:45 am]
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