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[FR Doc No: 94-28909]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket Nos. 50-352 and 50-353]
Philadelphia Electric Company; Limerick Generating Station, Units
1 and 2; Notice of Issuance of Environmental Assessment and Finding of
No Significant Impact
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Commission) is
considering issuance of amendments to Facility Operating Licenses Nos.
NPF-39 and NPF-85, issued to Philadelphia Electric Company (PECo or the
licensee), for the operation of the Limerick Generating Station, Units
1 and 2, located in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.
Identification of Proposed Action
The amendment would consist of changes to the Technical
Specifications (TSs) and would authorize an increase of the storage
capacity in each of the spent fuel pools (SFP) from 2040 fuel
assemblies to 4117 fuel assemblies.
The amendment to the TS is responsive to the licensee's application
dated January 14, 1994. The NRC staff has prepared an Environmental
Assessment of the Proposed Action.
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, concluded that the environmental impact of interim
storage of spent fuel was negligible. Because of the differences in
design, the FGEIS recommended licensing SFP expansions on a case-by-
case basis.
For Limerick, 1 and 2, the expansion of the storage capacity of the
SFP will not create any significant additional radiological effects or
nonradiological environmental impacts. The additional whole body dose
that might be received by an individual at the site boundary and the
estimated dose to the population within an 80 kilometer radius is
believed to be too small to have any significance when compared to the
fluctuations in the annual dose this population receives from exposure
to background radiation. The occupational radiation dose for the
proposed operation of the expanded SFP is estimated to be extremely
small compared to the total annual occupational radiation exposure for
this facility.
The nonradiological impacts of SFP expansion include increased heat
load due to the increased spent fuel inventory and a corresponding
increase in spent fuel waste heat rejected from the plant. The total
increase in heat load is well within the plant cooling system
capability and the additional waste heat rejected to the environment
will be small in comparison to the amount of total heat currently being
released. There is no significant environmental impact attributed to
the waste heat from the plant due to this very small increase.
Finding of No Significant Impact
The staff has reviewed the proposed SFP expansion to the facility
relative to the requirements set forth in 10 CFR part 51. Based upon
the environmental assessment, the NRC staff concludes that there are no
significant radiological or nonradiological impacts associated with the
proposed license amendment and that the issuance of the proposed
license amendment will have no significant impact on the quality of the
human environment. Therefore, the Commission 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 amendments dated January 14, 1994, and supplements
dated March 22, July 14, September 1, and October 21, 1994, (2) the
FGEIS on Handling and Storage of Spent Light Water Power Reactor Fuel
(NUREG-0575), (3) the Final Environmental Statement for the Limerick
Generating Station, Units 1 and 2, dated April 1984, and (4) the
Environmental Assessment, dated November 16, 1994.
These documents are available for public inspection at the
Commission's Public Document Room, the Gelman Building, 2120 L Street,
NW., Washington, DC, and at the local public document room located at
the Pottstown Public Library, 500 High Street, Pottstown, Pennsylvania
19464.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 16th day of November 1994.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
John F. Stolz,
Director, Project Directorate I-2, Division of Reactor Projects--I/II,
Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 94-28909 Filed 11-22-94; 8:45 am]
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