[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 132 (Tuesday, July 11, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35755-35756]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-16903]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
Wisconsin Electric Power Co.; Point Beach Nuclear Plant
Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact
[Docket Nos. 50-266 and 50-301]
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Commission) is
considering issuance of an exemption from certain technical
requirements of Appendix R to 10 CFR part 50 for
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operation of Point Beach Nuclear Plant, Unit Nos. 1 and 2, located in
Manitowoc County, Wisconsin (Facility Operating License Nos. DPR-24 and
DPR-27, respectively, issued to Wisconsin Electric Power Company, the
licensee).
Environmental Assessment
Identification of the Proposed Action
The proposed action would grant an exemption from Section III.G.2.b
of Appendix R to 10 CFR part 50, to the extent that it requires the
separation of redundant trains of safe shutdown cables and equipment by
a horizontal distance of more than 20 feet, with no intervening
combustibles, in the auxiliary feedwater pump fire area.
The proposed action is in accordance with the licensee's
application for exemption dated August 5, 1994, as supplemented by
letters dated September 9, 1994, October 31, 1994, and February 28,
1995.
The Need for the Proposed Action
The proposed action is needed to allow three new cable trays, which
were installed as part of the diesel generator addition project, to
remain in place in the auxiliary feedwater pump fire area. Intervening
combustibles in the form of cable fill in these cable trays are located
within the separation space between redundant trains of cables and
equipment required to achieve and maintain safe shutdown after a fire.
Environmental Impacts of the Proposed Action
The Commission has completed its evaluation of the proposed action
and concludes that the action is acceptable because the plant
configuration, administrative controls, and the fire protection
provided for the auxiliary feedwater pump area gives reasonable
assurance that equipment and cabling required to achieve and maintain
safe shutdown will remain operable following a fire in the area, as
required by Appendix R.
The change 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 the
allowable individual or cumulative occupational radiation exposure.
Accordingly, the Commission concludes that there are no significant
radiological environmental impacts associated with the proposed action.
With regard to potential nonradiological impacts, the proposed
action does involve 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 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 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
This action does not involve the use of any resources not
previously considered in the Final Environmental Statement for Point
Beach.
Agencies and Persons Consulted
In accordance with its stated policy, on May 31, 1995, the staff
consulted with the Wisconsin State official, Ms. Sarah Jenkins, of the
Public Service Commission of Wisconsin, 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 the proposed action, see the
licensee's letter dated August 5, 1994, as supplemented by letters
dated September 9, 1994, October 31, 1994, and February 28, 1995, which
are 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 Joseph P. Mann Library,
1516 Sixteenth Street, Two Rivers, WI 54241.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 3rd day of July 1995.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Douglas V. Pickett,
Acting Director, Project Directorate III-3, Division of Reactor
Projects--III/IV, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 95-16903 Filed 7-10-95; 8:45 am]
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