[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 234 (Wednesday, December 6, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 62483-62484]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-29658]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket No. 50-325/324]
Carolina Power and Light Company; Brunswick Nuclear Plant;
Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Commission) is
considering the issuance of an exemption pursuant to 10 CFR 55.11 from
certain requirements of its regulations to an applicant for a Senior
Reactor Operator License (applicant) at
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the Carolina Power & Light Company (CP&L), Brunswick Steam Electric
Plant, located in Brunswick County, North Carolina.
Environmental Assessment
Identification of the Proposed Action
The proposed action would allow the applicant to file a new
application before the two-month waiting period required by 10 CFR
55.35(a) expires and, thereafter, to be re-administered a written
examination during the week of December 18, 1995. In their written
request, CP&L indicated that the applicant has entered a remediation
process, and will be ready for re-examination the week of December 18,
1995.
The proposed action is in accordance with CP&L's request on behalf
of its employee, the above-referenced applicant for a Senior Reactor
Operator License, dated November 8, 1995, for an exemption from the
requirements of 10 CFR 55.35(a).
The Need for the Proposed Action
The exemption requested would allow the applicant to be
administered a written re-examination during the week of December 18,
1995. This re-examination would be scheduled to coincide with a
previously scheduled NRC initial examination visit, and would provide
for re-examination prior to the expiration of a two-month time period
required by 10 CFR 55.35(a) before an applicant can file a new
application in order to retake an initial examination.
Environmental Impacts of the Proposed Action
The Commission has completed its evaluation of the request. The
proposed exemption does not change the knowledge and skills
requirements for licensing operators, and because the applicant must
pass a written examination to be licensed as a Senior Reactor Operator,
this proposed exemption would not increase the risk of facility
accidents. In addition, the formal action of licensing an operator does
not authorize changes to the facility's existing safety limits, safety
settings, power operations, or effluent limits.
Because no changes are being made in the types of any effluents
that may be released offsite, and there is no significant increase in
the allowable individual or cumulative occupational radiation exposure,
the change will not increase the probability or consequences of
accidents. Accordingly, the Commission concludes that there are no
significant radiological environmental impacts associated with the
proposed action.
Regarding potential nonradiological impacts, the proposed action
involves features located entirely within the restricted area as
defined in 10 CFR Part 20. It does not affect nonradiological plant
effluents and has no other environmental impact. Accordingly, the
Commission concludes that there are no significant nonradiological
environmental impacts associated with the proposed 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 action, the staff
considered denial of the requested exemption. Denial of the application
would not reduce environmental impacts of plant operation. 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 for the
Brunswick Steam Electric Plant, Unit 1 and 2 dated January 1974.
Agencies and Persons Consulted
In accordance with its stated policy, on November 27, 1995, the
staff consulted with the North Carolina State official, Mr. Johnny
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 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 this action, see the licensee's
request on behalf of its employee for an exemption dated November 8,
1995, which is 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
University of North Carolina at Wilmington, William Madison Randall
Library, 601 S. College Road, Wilmington, North Carolina 28403-3297.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 30th day of November, 1995.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Stuart A. Richards,
Chief, Operator Licensing Branch, Division of Reactor Controls and
Human Factors, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 95-29658 Filed 12-5-95; 8:45 am]
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