[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 128 (Monday, July 6, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 36453]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-17774]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket No. 50-22]
Westinghouse Electric Corporation (CBS Corporation) 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, now
held by the CBS Corporation, formerly named the Westinghouse Electric
Corporation. The license authorizes possession only 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 to reflect the change in the legal name of the licensee from
Westinghouse Electric Corporation to CBS Corporation, which occurred on
December 1, 1997.
The proposed action is in accordance with the licensee's
application for amendment dated December 22, 1997, as supplemented on
June 15, 1998.
Need for the Proposed Action
The proposed action is needed to accurately reflect the legal name
of the licensee.
Environmental Impacts of the Proposed Action
The proposed action does 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 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.
In light of the foregoing, the Commission concludes that 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 will be 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 is administrative in nature and does not involve any physical
features of the plant. Thus, 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
No alternatives appear that will have different or lesser effect on
the use of available resources.
Agencies and Persons Contacted
In accordance with its stated policy, on June 23, 1998, the NRC
staff consulted with the Pennsylvania State Official, Ray Woods, 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.
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 submittals dated December 22, 1997 and June 15, 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 26th day of June 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. 98-17774 Filed 7-2-98; 8:45 am]
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