[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 241 (Friday, December 15, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 64456]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-30583]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket Nos. 50-325 and 50-324]
Carolina Power & Light Company; 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 to Facility Operating License Nos. DPR-71 and DPR-62 issued
to the Carolina Power & Light Company (the licensee) for operation of
the Brunswick Steam Electric Plant (BSEP), Units 1 and 2, located in
Brunswick County, North Carolina.
Environmental Assessment
Identification of Proposed Action
The proposed action is in response to the licensee's application
dated June 9, 1995, for exemption from the requirements of 10 CFR
50.71(e)(4) regarding submission of revisions to the Final Safety
Analysis Report (FSAR) and design change reports for facility changes
made under 10 CFR 50.59 for the BSEP. Under the proposed exemption the
licensee would schedule updates to the single, unified FSAR for the two
units that comprise BSEP based on the refueling cycle of BSEP Unit 1.
The Need for the Proposed Action
10 CFR 50.71(e)(4) requires licensees to submit updates to their
FSAR within 6 months after each refueling outage providing that the
interval between successive updates does not exceed 24 months. Since
BSEP Units 1 and 2 share a common FSAR, the licensee must update the
same document within 6 months after a refueling outage for either unit.
Allowing the exemption would maintain the BSEP FSAR current within 24
months of the last revision and would not exceed a 24-month interval
for submission of the 10 CFR 50.59 design change report for either
unit.
Environmental Impacts of the Proposed Action
No changes are being made in the types or amounts of any
radiological effluent that may be released off site. There is no
significant increase in the allowable individual or cumulative
occupational radiation exposure. The Commission concludes that granting
the proposed exemption would result in no significant radiological
environmental impact.
With regard to potential non-radiological impacts, the proposed
exemption does not affect non-radiological plant effluents and has no
other environmental impact. The Commission concludes that there are no
significant non-radiological impacts associated with the proposed
exemption.
Alternative to the Proposed Action
Because the staff has concluded that there is no significant
environmental impact associated with the proposed exemption, any
alternative to the exemption will have either no significantly
different environmental impact, or greater environmental impact.
The principal alternative would be to deny the requested exemption.
Denial of the exemption would result in no change in current
environmental impacts. The environmental impacts of the proposed
exemption and this alternative are similar.
Alternative Use of Resources
This action did not involve the use of any resources not previously
considered in the Final Environmental Statement related to Brunswick
Steam Electric Plant, dated January 1974.
Agencies and Persons Contacted
In accordance with its stated policy, on December 5, 1995, the
staff consulted with the North Carolina State official, Mr. J. James of
the Division of Radiation Protection, North Carolina Department of
Environmental, Commerce and Natural Resources, regarding the
environmental impact of the proposed action. The State official had no
comments.
Finding of No Significant Impact
Based upon the foregoing 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 exemption.
For further details with respect to this action, see the licensee's
request for the exemption dated June 9, 1995, which is available for
public inspection at the Commission's Public Document Room, Gelman
Building, 2120 L Street, NW., Washington DC, and at the University of
North Carolina at Wilmington, William Madison Randall Library, 601 S.
College Road, Wilmington, North Carolina, 28403.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland this 8th day of December 1995.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
David B. Matthews,
Director, Project Directorate II-1, Division of Reactor Projects-I/II,
Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 95-30583 Filed 12-14-95; 8:45 am]
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