[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 83 (Monday, May 1, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21225-21226]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-10610]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
Supplemental Environmental Statement; Availability
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
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SUMMARY: The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has issued a Supplement
(NUREG-0498, Supplement 1) to the Final Environmental Statement related
to the operation of Watts Bar Nuclear Plant Units 1 and 2 (issued in
December 1978). This supplement documents the NRC's latest review of
the environmental issues at Watts Bar Nuclear Plant.
Single copies of the supplement will be provided to the
Environmental Protection Agency, the applicant, Appropriate State,
regional and local clearinghouses, and each individual or group that
provided written comments on the draft supplement.
ADDRESSES: Other interested parties can obtain a copy of the
supplement, for a fee, upon written request to the Superintendent of
Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, P.O. Box 37082, Washington,
DC 20013-7082 or the Office of Administration, Distribution and Mail
Service Section, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC
20555-0001.
An individual copy is available for inspection and/or copying for a
fee in the NRC Public Document Room, 2120 L Street NW., Washington, DC
20555.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Scott C. Flanders, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear
Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555, telephone (301) 415-1172.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The NRC issued the Final Environmental Statement concerning the
operation of the Watts Bar Nuclear Plant in 1978. The NRC reexamined
the issues associated with the environmental review before issuance of
an operating license in order to document the observed changes in the
environment and to evaluate the potential changes in environmental
impacts that may have occurred as a result of changes in the Watts Bar
Nuclear plant design or proposed methods of operations since the last
environmental review. The NRC evaluated a broad scope of environmental
topics including regional demography, land and water use, meteorology,
terrestrial and aquatic ecology, radiological and non-radiological
impacts on humans and the environment, socioeconomic impacts, and
environmental justice. The staff concluded that there are no
significant changes in the environmental impacts expected from the
operation of the Watts Bar plant when compared to the impacts
previously discussed in the NRC 1978 FES-OL.
The applicant's preoperational and operational monitoring programs
were reviewed and found to be appropriate for establishing baseline
conditions and [[Page 21226]] ongoing assessments of environmental
impacts.
The staff also conducted an analysis of plant operation with severe
accident mitigation design alternatives (SAMDAs) and concluded that
none of the SAMDAs, beyond three procedural changes that the applicant
committed to implement, would be cost-beneficial for further mitigating
environmental impacts.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 21 day of April 1995.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Scott F. Newberry,
Director, License Renewal and Environmental Review Project Directorate,
Associate Director for Advanced Reactors and License Renewal, Office of
Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 95-10610 Filed 4-28-95; 8:45 am]
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