[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 251 (Thursday, December 31, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 72338-72339]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-34686]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket No. 50-22]
CBS Corporation Acting Through Its Westinghouse Electric Company
Division; Westinghouse Test Reactor Environmental Assessment and
Finding of No Significant Impact
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Commission) is
considering issuance of an amendment to Facility License No. TR-2,
issued to the CBS Corporation acting through its Westinghouse Electric
Company Division. The license authorizes possession only and
decommissioning of the Westinghouse Test Reactor (WTR), located in
Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania.
Environmental Assessment
Identification of the Proposed Action
The proposed action would amend Facility License No. TR-2 for the
WTR
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to reflect the change in the legal name of the licensee from CBS
Corporation acting through its Westinghouse Electric Company Division
to simply the CBS Corporation once the change is accomplished.
The proposed action is in accordance with the licensee's
application for amendment dated September 28, 1998, as supplemented on
November 17, 1998.
Need for the Proposed Action
The proposed action is needed to accurately reflect the legal name
of the licensee once the name is changed.
Environmental Impacts of the Proposed Action
The Commission has completed its evaluation of the proposed action
and concludes that the action is administrative in nature and will not
modify the WTR facility configuration, procedures or requirements, or
affect licensed activities. The employees responsible for the licensed
WTR facility will still be responsible, either directly through the CBS
Corporation or through contractual arrangements for which CBS
Corporation is ultimately responsible, notwithstanding the new name of
the licensee. The proposed action will not affect the financial
qualifications of the licensee to possess and decommission the
facility.
The proposed action will not increase the probability or
consequences of accidents, no changes are being made in the types of
any effluents that may be released offsite, and there is no significant
increase in occupational or public exposure. Therefore, there are no
significant radiological environmental impacts associated with the
proposed action.
With regard to potential non-radiological impacts, the proposed
action does not involve any historic sites. It does not affect non-
radiological plant effluents and has no other environmental impact.
Therefore, there are no significant non-radiological environmental
impacts associated with the proposed action.
Accordingly, the Commission concludes that there are no significant
environmental impacts associated with the proposed action.
Alternatives to the Proposed Action
Since the Commission has concluded there is no significant
environmental impacts associated with the proposed action, any
alternatives with equal or greater environmental impact need not be
evaluated. As an alternative to the proposed action, the staff
considered denial of the proposed action. Denial of the application
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
The action does not involve the use of any resources not previously
considered in the environmental report for the decommissioning of the
WTR.
Agencies and Persons Contacted
In accordance with its stated policy, on November 20, 1998, the NRC
staff consulted with the Pennsylvania State Official, James G. Yusko,
of the Bureau of Radiation Protection, Pennsylvania Department of
Environmental Protection, regarding the environmental impact of the
proposed action. The State official had no comments.
Findings 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 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
licensee's application dated September 28, 1998, as supplemented by
submittal dated November 17, 1998, which 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 21st day of December 1998.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Seymour H. Weiss,
Director, Non-Power Reactors and Decommissioning Project Directorate,
Division of Reactor Project Management, Office of Nuclear Reactor
Regulation.
[FR Doc. 98-34686 Filed 12-30-98; 8:45 am]
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