Duke Power Company, LLC; Oconee Nuclear Station, Units 1, 2, and 3 Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact, 62684 [E7-21777]
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[Docket Nos. 50–269, 50–270, and 50–287]
Duke Power Company, LLC; Oconee
Nuclear Station, Units 1, 2, and 3
Environmental Assessment and
Finding of No Significant Impact
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC) is considering
issuance of amendments to Renewed
Facility Operating Licenses Nos. DPR–
38, DPR–47, and DPR–55, issued to
Duke Power Company, LLC (the
licensee), for operation of the Oconee
Nuclear Station, Units 1, 2, and 3,
located in Seneca, South Carolina.
Therefore, as required by Title 10 of the
Code of Federal Regulations, Part 51,
Section 51.21, the NRC is issuing this
environmental assessment and finding
of no significant impact.
Environmental Assessment
Identification of the Proposed Action
The proposed action is administrative
in nature and would revise the
Technical Specifications (TSs) to
remove requirements that are no longer
applicable due to the completion of the
control room intake/booster fan
modifications.
The proposed action is in accordance
with the licensee’s application dated
January 31, 2007.
The Need for the Proposed Action
The proposed action removes
requirements from the TSs that are no
longer applicable.
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Environmental Impacts of the Proposed
Action
The NRC has completed its safety
evaluation of the proposed action and
concludes that there are no
environmental impacts.
The details of the staff’s safety
evaluation will be provided in the
license amendments that will be issued
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as part of the letter to the licensee
approving the license amendments.
The proposed action will not
significantly increase the probability or
consequences of accidents. No changes
are being made in the types of effluents
that may be released off site. There is no
significant increase in the amount of
any effluent released off site. There is no
significant increase in occupational or
public radiation exposure. Therefore,
there are no significant radiological
environmental impacts associated with
the proposed action.
With regard to potential nonradiological impacts, the proposed
action does not have a potential to affect
any historic sites. It does not affect
nonradiological plant effluents and has
no other environmental impact.
Therefore, there are no significant
nonradiological environmental impacts
associated with the proposed action.
Accordingly, the NRC concludes that
there are no significant environmental
impacts associated with the proposed
action.
Environmental Impacts of the
Alternatives to the Proposed Action
As an alternative to the proposed
action, the staff considered denial of the
proposed action (i.e., the ‘‘no-action’’
alternative). 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
The action does not involve the use of
any different resources than those
previously considered in the Final
Environmental Statement for the
Oconee Nuclear Station, Units 1, 2, and
3, dated March 1972 and Final
Supplemental Environmental Impact
Statement (NUREG–1437, Supplement
2) dated December 9, 1999.
Agencies and Persons Consulted
In accordance with its stated policy,
on October 18, 2007, the staff consulted
with the South Carolina State official,
Mr. R. Mike Gandy of the Department of
Health and Environmental Control,
regarding the environmental impact of
the proposed action. The State official
had no comments.
Finding of No Significant Impact
On the basis of the environmental
assessment, the NRC concludes that the
proposed action will not have a
significant effect on the quality of the
human environment. Accordingly, the
NRC has determined not to prepare an
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environmental impact statement for the
proposed action.
For further details with respect to the
proposed action, see the licensee’s letter
dated January 31, 2007. Documents may
be examined and/or copied for a fee, at
the NRC’s Public Document Room
(PDR), located at One White Flint North,
11555 Rockville Pike (first floor),
Rockville, Maryland. Publicly available
records will be accessible electronically
from the Agencywide Documents
Access and Management System
(ADAMS) Public Electronic Reading
Room on the Internet at the NRC Web
site, https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/
adams.html. Persons who do not have
access to ADAMS or who encounter
problems in accessing the documents
located in ADAMS should contact the
NRC PDR Reference staff by telephone
at 1–800–397–4209 or 301–415–4737, or
send an e-mail to pdr@nrc.gov.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 31st day
of October 2007.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Leonard N. Olshan,
Project Manager, Plant Licensing Branch II–
1, Division of Operating Reactor Licensing,
Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket Nos. 50-269, 50-270, and 50-287]
Duke Power Company, LLC; Oconee Nuclear Station, Units 1, 2, and
3 Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is considering
issuance of amendments to Renewed Facility Operating Licenses Nos. DPR-
38, DPR-47, and DPR-55, issued to Duke Power Company, LLC (the
licensee), for operation of the Oconee Nuclear Station, Units 1, 2, and
3, located in Seneca, South Carolina. Therefore, as required by Title
10 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Part 51, Section 51.21, the NRC
is issuing this environmental assessment and finding of no significant
impact.
Environmental Assessment
Identification of the Proposed Action
The proposed action is administrative in nature and would revise
the Technical Specifications (TSs) to remove requirements that are no
longer applicable due to the completion of the control room intake/
booster fan modifications.
The proposed action is in accordance with the licensee's
application dated January 31, 2007.
The Need for the Proposed Action
The proposed action removes requirements from the TSs that are no
longer applicable.
Environmental Impacts of the Proposed Action
The NRC has completed its safety evaluation of the proposed action
and concludes that there are no environmental impacts.
The details of the staff's safety evaluation will be provided in
the license amendments that will be issued as part of the letter to the
licensee approving the license amendments.
The proposed action will not significantly increase the probability
or consequences of accidents. No changes are being made in the types of
effluents that may be released off site. There is no significant
increase in the amount of any effluent released off site. There is no
significant increase in occupational or public radiation exposure.
Therefore, there are no significant radiological environmental impacts
associated with the proposed action.
With regard to potential non-radiological impacts, the proposed
action does not have a potential to affect any historic sites. It does
not affect nonradiological plant effluents and has no other
environmental impact. Therefore, there are no significant
nonradiological environmental impacts associated with the proposed
action.
Accordingly, the NRC concludes that there are no significant
environmental impacts associated with the proposed action.
Environmental Impacts of the Alternatives to the Proposed Action
As an alternative to the proposed action, the staff considered
denial of the proposed action (i.e., the ``no-action'' alternative).
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
The action does not involve the use of any different resources than
those previously considered in the Final Environmental Statement for
the Oconee Nuclear Station, Units 1, 2, and 3, dated March 1972 and
Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (NUREG-1437,
Supplement 2) dated December 9, 1999.
Agencies and Persons Consulted
In accordance with its stated policy, on October 18, 2007, the
staff consulted with the South Carolina State official, Mr. R. Mike
Gandy of the Department of Health and Environmental Control, regarding
the environmental impact of the proposed action. The State official had
no comments.
Finding of No Significant Impact
On the basis of the environmental assessment, the NRC concludes
that the proposed action will not have a significant effect on the
quality of the human environment. Accordingly, the NRC 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 January 31, 2007. Documents may be examined
and/or copied for a fee, at the NRC's Public Document Room (PDR),
located at One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike (first floor),
Rockville, Maryland. Publicly available records will be accessible
electronically from the Agencywide Documents Access and Management
System (ADAMS) Public Electronic Reading Room on the Internet at the
NRC Web site, https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. Persons who do
not have access to ADAMS or who encounter problems in accessing the
documents located in ADAMS should contact the NRC PDR Reference staff
by telephone at 1-800-397-4209 or 301-415-4737, or send an e-mail to
pdr@nrc.gov.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 31st day of October 2007.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Leonard N. Olshan,
Project Manager, Plant Licensing Branch II-1, Division of Operating
Reactor Licensing, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
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