Virginia Electric and Power Company D/B/A Dominion Virginia Power and Old Dominion Electric Cooperative Combined License Application for North Anna Unit 3; Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact, 65161-65162 [E9-29324]
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The proposed action is needed to
provide the applicant sufficient time to
fully incorporate into the FSAR update
the most recent revision (Revision 6) of
the Economic Simplified Boiling Water
Reactor (ESBWR) Design Control
Document (DCD) which was submitted
to the NRC on August 31, 2009. The
ESBWR design, referenced by the North
Anna Unit 3 COL application, is
currently undergoing NRC review for
design certification and Revision 6 of
the DCD was a comprehensive revision.
The NRC expectation is that the FSAR
update will fully incorporate Revision 6
of the DCD in an acceptable manner.
The applicant has requested a one-time
exemption from the schedule specified
in 10 CFR 50.71(e)(3)(iii) to fully
incorporate Revision 6 of the ESBWR
DCD into the FSAR update.
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Virginia Electric and Power Company
D/B/A Dominion Virginia Power and
Old Dominion Electric Cooperative
Combined License Application for
North Anna Unit 3; 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), Section 50.71(e)(3)(iii) [10 CFR
50.71(e)(3)(iii)], for the North Anna Unit
3 Combined License (COL) Application,
Docket Number 52–017, submitted by
Virginia Electric and Power Company,
doing business as Dominion Virginia
Power (Dominion), and Old Dominion
Electric Cooperative (ODEC), for the
proposed facility to be located in Louisa
County, Virginia. In accordance with 10
CFR 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 a one-time
schedule exemption from the
requirements of 10 CFR 50.71(e)(3)(iii).
During the period from the docketing of
a COL application until the Commission
makes a finding under 10 CFR 52.103(g)
pertaining to facility operation, the
applicant must, pursuant to 10 CFR
50.71(e)(3)(iii), submit an annual update
to the final safety analysis report
(FSAR), a part of the application. The
proposed exemption would allow the
applicant to submit the FSAR update
scheduled for 2009 by June 30, 2010,
and to submit the subsequent FSAR
update in 2011. The FSAR update
schedule could not be changed absent
the exemption. The NRC is authorized
to grant the exemption pursuant to 10
CFR 50.12. The proposed action is in
accordance with the applicant’s request
dated November 17, 2009 (Agencywide
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Need for the Proposed Action
Environmental Impacts of the Proposed
Action
The NRC has completed its evaluation
of the proposed action and concludes
that there are no environmental impacts
associated with the proposed
exemption. The proposed exemption is
solely administrative in nature in that it
pertains to the schedule for submittal to
the NRC of revisions to an application
for a COL under 10 CFR Part 52 which
has not been granted.
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 offsite. There is no
significant increase in the amount of
any effluent released offsite. 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 any foreseeable
impacts to land, air, or water resources,
including impacts to biota. In addition,
there are also no known socioeconomic
or environmental justice impacts
associated with the proposed action.
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.
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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. Therefore, the
environmental impacts of the proposed
action and the alternative action are
similar.
Alternative Use of Resources
The proposed action does not involve
the use of any different resources than
those previously considered in the Draft
Supplemental Environmental Impact
Statement (SEIS) related to the North
Anna Unit 3 Combined License
Application dated December 19, 2008.
Agencies and Persons Consulted
On November 30, 2009, the staff
consulted with officials at the
Commonwealth of Virginia, Virginia
Department of Environmental Quality
regarding the environmental impact of
the proposed action. The representatives
of the Commonwealth had no
comments.
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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 applicant’s
letter dated November 17, 2009.
Documents may be examined, and/or
copied for a fee, at the NRC’s Public
Document Room (PDR), located at One
White Flint North, Public File Area O1
F21, 11555 Rockville Pike (first floor),
Rockville, Maryland. Publicly available
records will be accessible electronically
from the 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.resource@nrc.gov.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 2nd day
of December 2009.
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For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Thomas A. Kevern,
Senior Project Manager, ESBWR/ABWR
Projects Branch 1, Division of New Reactor
Licensing, Office of New Reactors.
[FR Doc. E9–29324 Filed 12–8–09; 8:45 am]
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In the Matter of Daniel Culver; Order
Prohibiting Involvement in NRCLicensed Activities
I
Daniel Culver (Mr. Culver) was
previously employed as a maintenance
supervisor at Exelon Generating
Company, LLC’s (Exelon or licensee)
Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station
(Peach Bottom or the facility). Exelon
holds License Nos. DPR–44 and DPR–56
issued by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC or Commission)
pursuant to 10 CFR Part 50 on October
25, 1973, and July 2, 1974, respectively.
The license authorizes the operation of
Peach Bottom Units 2 and 3 in
accordance with the conditions
specified therein. The facility is located
on the licensee’s site in Delta,
Pennsylvania. Mr. Culver worked for
Exelon from June 11, 2007, to July 29,
2008.
II
In a letter dated June 5, 2009, the NRC
provided Mr. Culver the results of an
investigation initiated by the NRC Office
of Investigations (OI). The letter
informed Mr. Culver that the NRC was
considering escalated enforcement
action against him for an apparent
violation due to his failure to provide
complete and accurate information to
Exelon when completing a Personal
History Questionnaire (PHQ) for
unescorted access to Peach Bottom.
Specifically, the NRC determined that
Mr. Culver had deliberately provided
incomplete and inaccurate information
regarding: (1) The character of his
military service, (2) his history of
conduct in the military, and (3) the
nature of his military discharge. The
NRC offered Mr. Culver a choice to
attend a Predecisional Enforcement
Conference (PEC) or to request Alternate
Dispute Resolution (ADR) to resolve any
disagreement over: (1) whether a
violation occurred, and (2) the
appropriate enforcement action. At his
request, a PEC was held between Mr.
Culver and the NRC on July 17, 2009.
During the PEC, Mr. Culver presented
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information about the reasons he failed
to provide certain information on the
PHQ and why he did not believe he
acted deliberately:
(1) The character of his military
service—Mr. Culver listed his US Navy
(USN) rank as Machinist Mate 1 (MM1)
on the PHQ, however, the NRC
investigation identified that he had
served as a MM2 and had been demoted
to a MM3 prior to his discharge, as a
result of a non-judicial punishment
(NJP) related to a misconduct incident.
At the PEC, Mr. Culver stated that
listing his naval rank as MM1 was a
typographical error, and the result of
attempting to complete the PHQ and
other in-processing paperwork quickly
so as to begin working.
(2) His history of conduct in the
military—Mr. Culver was subject to an
NJP during his USN service; however,
the NRC investigation identified that he
failed to report the NJP as required on
the PHQ, even though the PHQ specifies
that all arrests, including NJPs, must be
listed. At the PEC, Mr. Culver stated that
he had read on the PHQ that he was
required to report all arrests, but had
failed to read the subsequent
explanation of the circumstances that
constitute an arrest, including NJP.
Therefore, he failed to recognize that the
NJP had to be disclosed. He also stated
that he had received counsel in the USN
that he did not have to disclose the NJP
unless he applied for a government job.
(3) The nature of his military
discharge—Mr. Culver was released
from the USN under a ‘‘General
Discharge, Under Honorable
Conditions,’’ however, the NRC
investigation identified that he listed his
discharge type on the PHQ as
‘‘Honorable.’’ At the PEC, Mr. Culver
stated that, in his previous experience
with applying for jobs, potential
employers asked him to only state if he
had received either an Honorable or a
Dishonorable discharge because most
did not understand the distinction with
a General discharge. Consequently, on
the Exelon PHQ, he listed his discharge
as ‘‘Honorable,’’ which he felt to be the
closest fit to ‘‘General.’’
During the PEC, Mr. Culver also
discussed certain information in the
Application for Employment with
Exelon that he submitted on April 12,
2007. Specifically, Mr. Culver provided
information regarding why he listed a
certain individual as his supervisor on
the employment application, even
though that individual was not Mr.
Culver’s supervisor at the time he
submitted his application.
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[NRC-2008-0066; DOCKET NO. 52-017]
Virginia Electric and Power Company D/B/A Dominion Virginia Power
and Old Dominion Electric Cooperative Combined License Application for
North Anna Unit 3; 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), Section 50.71(e)(3)(iii) [10 CFR
50.71(e)(3)(iii)], for the North Anna Unit 3 Combined License (COL)
Application, Docket Number 52-017, submitted by Virginia Electric and
Power Company, doing business as Dominion Virginia Power (Dominion),
and Old Dominion Electric Cooperative (ODEC), for the proposed facility
to be located in Louisa County, Virginia. In accordance with 10 CFR
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 a one-time schedule exemption from the
requirements of 10 CFR 50.71(e)(3)(iii). During the period from the
docketing of a COL application until the Commission makes a finding
under 10 CFR 52.103(g) pertaining to facility operation, the applicant
must, pursuant to 10 CFR 50.71(e)(3)(iii), submit an annual update to
the final safety analysis report (FSAR), a part of the application. The
proposed exemption would allow the applicant to submit the FSAR update
scheduled for 2009 by June 30, 2010, and to submit the subsequent FSAR
update in 2011. The FSAR update schedule could not be changed absent
the exemption. The NRC is authorized to grant the exemption pursuant to
10 CFR 50.12. The proposed action is in accordance with the applicant's
request dated November 17, 2009 (Agencywide Documents Access and
Management System (ADAMS) Accession No. ML093240090).
Need for the Proposed Action
The proposed action is needed to provide the applicant sufficient
time to fully incorporate into the FSAR update the most recent revision
(Revision 6) of the Economic Simplified Boiling Water Reactor (ESBWR)
Design Control Document (DCD) which was submitted to the NRC on August
31, 2009. The ESBWR design, referenced by the North Anna Unit 3 COL
application, is currently undergoing NRC review for design
certification and Revision 6 of the DCD was a comprehensive revision.
The NRC expectation is that the FSAR update will fully incorporate
Revision 6 of the DCD in an acceptable manner. The applicant has
requested a one-time exemption from the schedule specified in 10 CFR
50.71(e)(3)(iii) to fully incorporate Revision 6 of the ESBWR DCD into
the FSAR update.
Environmental Impacts of the Proposed Action
The NRC has completed its evaluation of the proposed action and
concludes that there are no environmental impacts associated with the
proposed exemption. The proposed exemption is solely administrative in
nature in that it pertains to the schedule for submittal to the NRC of
revisions to an application for a COL under 10 CFR Part 52 which has
not been granted.
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 offsite. There is no significant
increase in the amount of any effluent released offsite. 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 any foreseeable impacts to land, air, or water
resources, including impacts to biota. In addition, there are also no
known socioeconomic or environmental justice impacts associated with
the proposed action. Therefore, there are no significant non-
radiological environmental impacts associated with the proposed action.
Accordingly, the NRC concludes that there are no significant
environmental impacts associated with the proposed action.
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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. Therefore, the environmental impacts of the
proposed action and the alternative action are similar.
Alternative Use of Resources
The proposed action does not involve the use of any different
resources than those previously considered in the Draft Supplemental
Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) related to the North Anna Unit 3
Combined License Application dated December 19, 2008.
Agencies and Persons Consulted
On November 30, 2009, the staff consulted with officials at the
Commonwealth of Virginia, Virginia Department of Environmental Quality
regarding the environmental impact of the proposed action. The
representatives of the Commonwealth 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
applicant's letter dated November 17, 2009. Documents may be examined,
and/or copied for a fee, at the NRC's Public Document Room (PDR),
located at One White Flint North, Public File Area O1 F21, 11555
Rockville Pike (first floor), Rockville, Maryland. Publicly available
records will be accessible electronically from the 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.resource@nrc.gov.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 2nd day of December 2009.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Thomas A. Kevern,
Senior Project Manager, ESBWR/ABWR Projects Branch 1, Division of New
Reactor Licensing, Office of New Reactors.
[FR Doc. E9-29324 Filed 12-8-09; 8:45 am]
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