[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 239 (Tuesday, December 14, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 69807]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-32310]
[[Page 69807]]
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
DOCKET NO. 50-320
GPU Nuclear, Inc., et al; Three Mile Island Nuclear Station, Unit
2, Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is considering
issuance of an amendment to Possession Only License No. DPR-73, issued
to GPU Nuclear, Inc. (the licensee), for the Three Mile Island Nuclear
Station, Unit 2 (TMI-2), located in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania.
Environmental Assessment
Identification of the Proposed Action
The proposed action would add a statement to existing License
Condition 2.B.(5) to ensure that the storage of certain radioactive
materials at TMI-2 from the co-located Three Mile Island, Unit 1, as
authorized under the Unit 1 license, does not result in a source term
that, if released, would exceed that previously analyzed in the Post-
Defueling Monitored Storage Safety Analysis Report for TMI-2.
The proposed action is in accordance with the licensee's
application for amendment dated June 29, 1999, as supplemented by
letters dated August 27, October 29, and November 3, 1999.
The Need for the Proposed Action
The proposed action is needed to ensure that activities conducted
under authorization of the TMI-1 license, which permits the movement to
and storage at TMI-2 of certain radioactive materials, do not
contravene the existing restrictions applicable to TMI-2.
Environmental Impacts of the Proposed Action
The NRC has completed its evaluation of the proposed action and
concludes that the proposed action effectively places appropriate
limits on the radioactive materials that may be possessed by the TMI-1
licensee at TMI-2, and, further, has determined that the source term
from any accident involving radioactive material at TMI-2 under the
TMI-1 license would be within that assumed in the Post Defueling
Monitored Storage Safety Analysis Report for TMI-2.
The proposed action will not significantly increase the probability
or consequences of accidents, no changes are being made in the types of
any effluents that may be released off site, and there is no
significant increase in occupational or public radiation exposure.
Therefore, there are no significant radiological environmental impacts
associated with the proposed action.
With regard to potential nonradiological impacts, the proposed
action does not involve any historic sites, does not affect
nonradiological plant effluents, and has no other environmental impact.
Therefore, there are no significant, nonradiological environmental
impacts associated with the proposed action.
Accordingly, the NRC concludes that there are no significant
environmental impacts associated with the proposed action.
Alternatives to the Proposed Action
As an alternative to the proposed action, the staff considered
denial of the proposed action (i.e., the ``no-action'' alternative).
Denial of the application would result in no change in current
environmental impacts. The environmental impacts of the proposed action
and the alternative actions are similar.
Alternative Use of Resources
This action does not involve the use of any resources not
previously considered in the Final Environmental Statement for the
Three Mile Island Nuclear Station, Unit 2.
Agencies and Persons Consulted
In accordance with its stated policy, on October 20, 1999, the
staff consulted with the Pennsylvania State official, Stan Maingi of
the Pennsylvania Bureau of Radiation Protection, regarding the
environmental impact of the proposed action. The State official had no
comments.
Finding of No Significant Impact
On the basis of the environmental assessment, the NRC concludes
that the proposed action will not have a significant effect on the
quality of the human environment. Accordingly, the NRC has determined
not to prepare an environmental impact statement for the proposed
action.
For further details with respect to the proposed action, see the
licensee's letter dated June 29, 1999, as supplemented by letters dated
August 27, October 29, and November 3, 1999, which are available for
public inspection at the Commission's Public Document Room, The Gelman
Building, 2120 L Street, NW., Washington, DC. Publically available
records will be accessible electronically from the ADAMS Public Library
component on the NRC Web site, http://www.nrc.gov (the Electronic
Reading Room).
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 8th day of December 1999.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission
John L. Minns,
Project Manager, Decommissioning Section, Project Directorate IV &
Decommissioning Division of Licensing Project Management, Office of
Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 99-32310 Filed 12-13-99; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 7590-01-P
