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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket No. 50-440]
Cleveland Electric Illuminating Company, et al.; Environmental
Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Commission) is
considering issuance of an amendment to Facility Operating License No.
NPF-58 issued to the Cleveland Electric Illuminating Company, Centerior
Service Company, Duquesne Light Company, Ohio Edison Company,
Pennsylvania Power Company, and Toledo Edison Company (the licensees)
for operation of the Perry Nuclear Power Plant, Unit No. 1, located in
Lake County, Ohio.
Environmental Assessment
Identification of Proposed Action
The Proposed action would revise the provisions in the Technical
Specifications (TS) to delete the area critically monitors for the fuel
preparation pool, spent fuel storage pool and the upper containment
pools.
The proposed action is in accordance with the licensee's
application for amendment dated February 28, 1992.
The Need for the Proposed Action
The proposed amendment is needed to reflect that area criticality
monitors for the fuel preparation pool, spent fuel storage pool and the
upper containment pools are monitors only and do not prevent
inadvertent criticality and are not considered in any design basis
accident or transient. Therefore, these monitors can be adequately
controlled by plant documents and procedures similar to other area
radiation monitors.
Environmental Impact of the Proposed Action
The NRC staff has completed its evaluation of the proposed revision
to the TS and concludes that removing the area criticality monitors
from TS and placing operability and surveillance requirements in plant
documents and procedures will not increase offsite releases. These
monitors are not relied upon to successfully mitigate a fuel handling
accident outside of containment. Therefore, the proposed changes do 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 the allowable individual or
cumulative occupational radiation exposure. Accordingly, the NRC staff
concludes that this proposed action would result in no significant
radiological environmental impact.
With regard to potential nonradiological impacts, the proposed
changes to the TS involve systems located within the restricted area as
defined in 10 CFR part 20. It does not affect nonradiological plant
effluents and has no other environmental impact. Therefore, the NRC
staff concludes that there are no significant nonradiological
environmental impacts associated with the proposed amendment.
Alternative to the Proposed Action
Because the Commission's staff has concluded that there are no
significant environmental impacts associated with the proposed action,
any alternatives would have either no significantly different
environmental impact or greater environmental impact.
The principal alternative would be to deny the requested amendment.
This would not reduce environmental impacts as a result of plant
operations.
Alternative Use of Resources
This action does not involve the use of resources not previously
considered in the Final Environmental Statement related to operation of
the Perry Nuclear Power Plant, Units 1 and 2, dated August 1982.
Agencies and Persons Consulted
The NRC staff reviewed the licensee's request and consulted with
the State of Ohio.
Finding of No Significant Impact
The Commission has determined not to prepare an environmental
impact statement for the proposed license amendment.
Based upon the foregoing environmental assessment, we conclude that
the proposed action will not have a significant effect on the quality
of the human environment.
For further details with respect to this action, see the licensee's
application for amendment dated February 28, 1992, which is available
for public inspection at the Commission's Public Document Room, Gelman
Building, 2120 L Street, NW., Washington, DC 20555 and at the local
public document room at the Perry Public Library, 3753 Main Street,
Perry, Ohio 44081.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 13th day of June 1994.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
John N. Hannon,
Director, Project Directorate III-3, Division of Reactor Project--III/
IV, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 94-14766 Filed 6-16-94; 8:45 am]
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