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Edwin G. Foulke, Jr.,
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Crow Butte Resources, Inc.;
Establishment of Atomic Safety and
Licensing Board
Pursuant to delegation by the
Commission dated December 29, 1972,
published in the Federal Register, 37 FR
28,710 (1972), and the Commission’s
regulations, see 10 CFR 2.104, 2.300,
2.303, 2.309, 2.311, 2.318, and 2.321,
notice is hereby given that an Atomic
Safety and Licensing Board is being
established to preside over the following
proceeding:
Crow Butte Resources, Inc., In-Situ
Leach Uranium Recovery Facility,
Crawford, Nebraska, License
Amendment for the North Trend
Expansion Area)
This Board is being established in
response to requests for hearing that
were filed pursuant to a Notice of
Opportunity for Hearing posted on
NRC’s Public Web site on September 13,
2007 regarding a Request for License
Amendment submitted by Crow Butte
Resources, Inc. (‘‘CBR’’) on May 30,
2007 that would allow CBR to develop
a satellite facility near its existing insitu leach uranium recovery facility in
Crawford, Nebraska. This proceeding
concerns the requests for hearing and
petitions for intervention submitted by:
(1) Debra L. White Plume; (2) Debra L.
White Plume, Director, Owe Aku, Bring
Back the Way; (3) Western Nebraska
Resources Council; (4) Thomas
Kanatakeniate Cook; (5) Slim Buttes
Agricultural Development Corporation;
(6) Chadron Native American Center,
Inc.; and (7) High Plains Community
Development Corporation.
The Board is comprised of the
following administrative judges:
Ann Marshall Young, Chair, Atomic
Safety and Licensing Board Panel,
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Washington, DC 20555–0001.
Dr. Richard F. Cole, Atomic Safety and
Licensing Board Panel, U.S. Nuclear
Regulatory Commission, Washington,
DC 20555–0001.
Dr. Frederick W. Oliver, Atomic Safety
and Licensing Board Panel, U.S.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Washington, DC 20555–0001.
All correspondence, documents, and
other materials shall be filed with the
administrative judges in accordance
with 10 CFR 2.302.
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Issued at Rockville, Maryland, this 11th
day of December 2007.
E. Roy Hawkens,
Chief Administrative Judge, Atomic Safety
and Licensing Board Panel.
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Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant,
Inc.; Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power
Plant, Unit No. 1; Environmental
Assessment and Finding of No
Significant Impact
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC) is considering
issuance of an exemption from Title 10
of the Code of Federal Regulations (10
CFR) Part 50.46 and Appendix K to Part
50 for Renewed Facility Operating
License No. DPR–53, issued to Calvert
Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant, Unit No. 1
(Calvert Cliffs 1), located in Calvert
County, Maryland. Therefore, as
required by 10 CFR 51.21, the NRC is
issuing this environmental assessment
and finding of no significant impact.
Environmental Assessment
Identification of Proposed Action
The proposed exemption would allow
the licensee to reinsert up to four lead
fuel assemblies (LFAs), two of which
contain cladding with advanced
zirconium-based alloys manufactured
by Westinghouse Electric Company
(Westinghouse), and two of which
contain cladding with M5TM alloy
manufactured by AREVA, into the Unit
1 core during Cycle 19. The four LFAs
were previously inserted into the Unit 2
core in April of 2003. The proposed
action is in accordance with the
licensee’s application dated February
23, 2007.
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The Need for the Proposed Action
10 CFR 50.46 and 10 CFR Part 50,
Appendix K make no provisions for use
of fuel rods clad in a material other than
Zircaloy or ZIRLO. Since the material
specifications of the advanced
zirconium-based and M5TM alloys differ
from the specification for Zircaloy or
ZIRLO, a plant-specific exemption is
required to support the use of the four
LFAs for Calvert Cliffs 1. If the
exemption were not approved, the
licensee would not gain practical
experience in order to assess
performance of the cladding material at
higher burnups. The proposed action is
needed to support future fuel load
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capabilities by allowing the use of
higher enriched fuel, which can provide
the flexibility of extending fuel
irradiation.
Environmental Impacts of the Proposed
Action
The NRC has completed its evaluation
of the proposed action and concludes
that the exemption described above
would continue to satisfy the
underlying purpose of 10 CFR 50.46 and
10 CFR Part 50, Appendix K and will
not present an undue risk to the public
health and safety. Previously, the
Westinghouse safety evaluation
(WCAP–15874–NP, Revision 0, ‘‘Safety
Analysis Report for Use of Improved
Zirconium-based Cladding Materials in
Calvert Cliffs Unit 2 Batch T Lead Fuel
Assemblies,’’ dated April 2002) and
approved Framatome ANP topical
report (BAW–10227P–A, ‘‘Evaluation of
Advanced Cladding and Structural
Material (M5) in PWR [Pressurized
Water Reactor] Reactor Fuel,’’
Framatome Cogema Fuels, February
2000) demonstrated that the predicted
chemical, mechanical, and material
performance of the advanced zirconium
and M5TM cladding are acceptable
under all anticipated operational
occurrences and postulated accidents.
The LFAs will be placed in core
locations to permit higher burnups to be
achieved for these LFAs. In the event
that cladding failures occur in the LFAs,
the environmental impact would be
minimal and is bounded by the previous
environmental assessments.
The exemption, which would be
effective during the Unit 1 Cycle 19 fuel
cycle, would allow the fuel to be
irradiated to levels above 60 gigawatt
days per metric ton (GWd/MTU), but
not to exceed 70 GWd/MTU. The safety
considerations associated with reactor
operation with extended irradiation
have been evaluated by the NRC staff.
The NRC staff has concluded that
such changes would not adversely affect
plant safety, and would have no adverse
effect on the probability of any accident.
For accidents in which the core remains
intact, fuel rod integrity has been shown
to be unaffected by the extended burnup
under consideration; therefore, the
probability of an accident will not be
affected. For accidents that involve
damage or melting of the fuel in the
reactor core, the increased burnup may
slightly change the mix of fission
products that could be released in the
event of a serious accident, but because
the radionuclides contributing most to
the dose are short-lived, increased
burnup would not have an effect on the
consequences of a serious accident
beyond those accident scenarios
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previously evaluated. Increases in
projected consequences of postulated
accidents associated with fuel burnup
up to 70 GWd/MTU are not considered
significant, and remain well below
regulatory limits.
Regulatory limits on radiological
effluent releases are independent of
burnup. The requirements of 10 CFR
50.36a and Appendix I to 10 CFR Part
50 ensure that any release of gaseous,
liquid, or solid radiological effluents to
unrestricted areas are kept ‘‘as low as
reasonably achievable.’’ Therefore, the
NRC staff concludes that during routine
operations, there will be no significant
increase in the amount of gaseous
radiological effluents released into the
environment as a result of the proposed
action, nor will there be a significant
increase in the amount of liquid
radiological effluents or solid
radiological effluents released into the
environment.
No significant increase in the
allowable individual or cumulative
occupational radiation exposure will
occur. The impact to workers is
expected to be reduced with higher
irradiation due to the need for less
frequent outages for fuel changes and
less frequent fuel shipments to and from
reactor sites.
The use of extended irradiation will
not change the potential environmental
impacts of incident-free transportation
of spent nuclear fuel or the accident
risks associated with spent fuel
transportation if the fuel is cooled for 5
years after discharge from the reactor. A
report by Pacific Northwest National
Laboratory (PNNL) for the NRC
(NUREG/CR–6703, ‘‘Environmental
Effects of Extending Fuel burnup Above
60 Gwd/MTU,’’ January 2001),
concluded that doses associated with
incident-free transportation of spent fuel
with burnup to 75 GWd/MTU are
bounded by the doses given in 10 CFR
51.52, Table S–4, for all regions of the
country if dose rates from the shipping
casks are maintained within regulatory
limits. Increased fuel burnup will
decrease the annual discharge of fuel to
the spent fuel pool, which will postpone
the need to remove spent fuel from the
pool.
With regard to potential nonradiological environmental impacts of
reactor operation with extended
irradiation, the proposed changes
involve systems located within the
restricted area as defined in 10 CFR Part
20. Therefore, the proposed action does
not result in any significant changes to
land use or water use, or result in any
significant changes to the quality or
quantity of effluents. The proposed
action does not affect non-radiological
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[Docket No. 40-8943-MLA; ASLBP No. 07-859-03-MLA-BD01]
Crow Butte Resources, Inc.; Establishment of Atomic Safety and
Licensing Board
Pursuant to delegation by the Commission dated December 29, 1972,
published in the Federal Register, 37 FR 28,710 (1972), and the
Commission's regulations, see 10 CFR 2.104, 2.300, 2.303, 2.309, 2.311,
2.318, and 2.321, notice is hereby given that an Atomic Safety and
Licensing Board is being established to preside over the following
proceeding:
Crow Butte Resources, Inc., In-Situ Leach Uranium Recovery Facility,
Crawford, Nebraska, License Amendment for the North Trend Expansion
Area)
This Board is being established in response to requests for hearing
that were filed pursuant to a Notice of Opportunity for Hearing posted
on NRC's Public Web site on September 13, 2007 regarding a Request for
License Amendment submitted by Crow Butte Resources, Inc. (``CBR'') on
May 30, 2007 that would allow CBR to develop a satellite facility near
its existing in-situ leach uranium recovery facility in Crawford,
Nebraska. This proceeding concerns the requests for hearing and
petitions for intervention submitted by: (1) Debra L. White Plume; (2)
Debra L. White Plume, Director, Owe Aku, Bring Back the Way; (3)
Western Nebraska Resources Council; (4) Thomas Kanatakeniate Cook; (5)
Slim Buttes Agricultural Development Corporation; (6) Chadron Native
American Center, Inc.; and (7) High Plains Community Development
Corporation.
The Board is comprised of the following administrative judges:
Ann Marshall Young, Chair, Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel,
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001.
Dr. Richard F. Cole, Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel, U.S.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001.
Dr. Frederick W. Oliver, Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel, U.S.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001.
All correspondence, documents, and other materials shall be filed
with the administrative judges in accordance with 10 CFR 2.302.
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Issued at Rockville, Maryland, this 11th day of December 2007.
E. Roy Hawkens,
Chief Administrative Judge, Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel.
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