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Tennessee Valley Authority; Browns
Ferry Nuclear Plant, Units 1, 2, and 3
Environmental Assessment and
Finding of No Significant Impact
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC) is considering
issuance of an Exemption, pursuant to
Title 10 of the Code of Federal
Regulations (10 CFR) Section 73.5,
‘‘Specific exemptions,’’ from the
implementation date for certain new
requirements of 10 CFR Part 73,
‘‘Physical protection of plants and
materials,’’ for Facility Operating
License Nos. DPR–33, DPR–52, and
DPR–68, issued to Tennessee Valley
Authority (TVA, the licensee), for
operation of the Browns Ferry Nuclear
Plant, Units 1, 2, and 3 (BFN), located
in Limestone County, Alabama. In
accordance with 10 CFR 51.21, the NRC
prepared an environmental assessment
documenting its finding. The NRC
concluded that the proposed actions
will have no significant environmental
impact.
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Environmental Assessment
Identification of the Proposed Action:
The proposed action would exempt
the TVA from the required
implementation date of March 31, 2010,
for several new requirements of 10 CFR
part 73. Specifically, BFN would be
granted an exemption from being in full
compliance with certain new
requirements contained in 10 CFR 73.55
by the March 31, 2010, deadline. TVA
has proposed an alternate full
compliance implementation date of
December 20, 2012, approximately two
and three-quarter years beyond the date
required by 10 CFR part 73. The
proposed action, an extension of the
schedule for completion of certain
actions required by the revised 10 CFR
part 73, does not involve any physical
changes to the reactor, fuel, plant
structures, support structures, water, or
land at the BFN site.
The proposed action is in accordance
with the licensee’s application dated
November 6, 2009, as supplemented by
letter dated January 11, 2010.
The Need for the Proposed Action:
The proposed action is needed to
provide the licensee with additional
time to perform the required upgrades to
the BFN security system because they
involve new components and
engineering that cannot be obtained or
completed by the March 31, 2010,
implementation date.
Environmental Impacts of the
Proposed Action:
The NRC has completed its
environmental assessment of the
proposed exemption. The staff has
concluded that the proposed action to
extend the implementation deadline
would not significantly affect plant
safety and would not have a significant
adverse effect on the probability of an
accident occurring.
The proposed action would not result
in an increased radiological hazard
beyond those previously analyzed in the
environmental assessment and finding
of no significant impact made by the
Commission in promulgating its
revisions to 10 CFR part 73 as discussed
in a Federal Register notice dated
March 27, 2009 (74 FR 13967). There
will be no change to radioactive
effluents that affect radiation exposures
to plant workers and members of the
public. Therefore, no changes or
different types of radiological impacts
are expected as a result of the proposed
exemption.
The proposed action does not result
in changes to land use or water use, or
result in changes to the quality or
quantity of non-radiological effluents.
No changes to the National Pollution
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Discharge Elimination System permit
are needed. No effects on the aquatic or
terrestrial habitat in the vicinity of the
plant, or to threatened, endangered, or
protected species under the Endangered
Species Act, or impacts to essential fish
habitat covered by the MagnusonStevens Act are expected. There are no
impacts to the air or ambient air quality.
There are no impacts to historical and
cultural resources. There would be no
impact to socioeconomic resources.
Therefore, no changes to or different
types of non-radiological environmental
impacts are expected as a result of the
proposed exemption.
Accordingly, the NRC concludes that
there are no significant environmental
impacts associated with the proposed
action. In addition, in promulgating its
revisions to 10 CFR part 73, the
Commission prepared an environmental
assessment and published a finding of
no significant impact [Part 73, Power
Reactor Security Requirements, 74 FR
13926, 13967 (March 27, 2009)].
The licensee currently maintains a
security system acceptable to the NRC
and will continue to provide acceptable
physical protection of the BFN as TVA
implements certain new requirements in
10 CFR part 73. Therefore, the extension
of the implementation date of the new
requirements of 10 CFR part 73 to
December 20, 2012, would not have any
significant environmental impacts.
The NRC staff’s safety evaluation will
be provided in the exemption that will
be issued as part of the letter to the
licensee approving the exemption to the
regulation, if granted.
Environmental Impacts of the
Alternatives to the Proposed Action:
As an alternative to the proposed
action, the NRC staff considered denial
of the proposed action (i.e., the ‘‘noaction’’ alternative). Denial of the
exemption request would result in no
change in current environmental
impacts. If the proposed action was
denied, the licensee would have to
comply with the March 31, 2010,
implementation deadline. The
environmental impacts of the proposed
exemption and the ‘‘no action’’
alternative are similar.
Alternative Use of Resources:
The action does not involve the use of
any different resources than those
considered in the Final Environmental
Statement for the BFN dated September
1, 1972.
Agencies and Persons Consulted:
In accordance with its stated policy,
on December 24, 2009, the NRC staff
consulted with the Alabama State
official, Kirk Whatley of the Office of
Radiological Control, regarding the
environmental impact of the proposed
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comments.
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the week of February 1, 2010.
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 November 6, 2009, as
supplemented by letter dated January
11, 2010. Portions of the November 6,
2009, submittal contain safeguards and
security sensitive information and,
accordingly, are not available to the
public. Other parts of these documents
may be examined, and/or copied for a
fee, at the NRC’s Public Document
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Rockville Pike (first floor), Rockville,
Maryland 20852. Publicly available
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Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 26th day
of January 2010.
For The Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Stewart N. Bailey,
Senior Project Manager, Plant Licensing
Branch II–2, Division of Operating Reactor
Licensing, Office of Nuclear Reactor
Regulation.
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Tennessee Valley Authority; Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant, Units 1,
2, and 3 Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is considering
issuance of an Exemption, pursuant to Title 10 of the Code of Federal
Regulations (10 CFR) Section 73.5, ``Specific exemptions,'' from the
implementation date for certain new requirements of 10 CFR Part 73,
``Physical protection of plants and materials,'' for Facility Operating
License Nos. DPR-33, DPR-52, and DPR-68, issued to Tennessee Valley
Authority (TVA, the licensee), for operation of the Browns Ferry
Nuclear Plant, Units 1, 2, and 3 (BFN), located in Limestone County,
Alabama. In accordance with 10 CFR 51.21, the NRC prepared an
environmental assessment documenting its finding. The NRC concluded
that the proposed actions will have no significant environmental
impact.
Environmental Assessment
Identification of the Proposed Action:
The proposed action would exempt the TVA from the required
implementation date of March 31, 2010, for several new requirements of
10 CFR part 73. Specifically, BFN would be granted an exemption from
being in full compliance with certain new requirements contained in 10
CFR 73.55 by the March 31, 2010, deadline. TVA has proposed an
alternate full compliance implementation date of December 20, 2012,
approximately two and three-quarter years beyond the date required by
10 CFR part 73. The proposed action, an extension of the schedule for
completion of certain actions required by the revised 10 CFR part 73,
does not involve any physical changes to the reactor, fuel, plant
structures, support structures, water, or land at the BFN site.
The proposed action is in accordance with the licensee's
application dated November 6, 2009, as supplemented by letter dated
January 11, 2010.
The Need for the Proposed Action:
The proposed action is needed to provide the licensee with
additional time to perform the required upgrades to the BFN security
system because they involve new components and engineering that cannot
be obtained or completed by the March 31, 2010, implementation date.
Environmental Impacts of the Proposed Action:
The NRC has completed its environmental assessment of the proposed
exemption. The staff has concluded that the proposed action to extend
the implementation deadline would not significantly affect plant safety
and would not have a significant adverse effect on the probability of
an accident occurring.
The proposed action would not result in an increased radiological
hazard beyond those previously analyzed in the environmental assessment
and finding of no significant impact made by the Commission in
promulgating its revisions to 10 CFR part 73 as discussed in a Federal
Register notice dated March 27, 2009 (74 FR 13967). There will be no
change to radioactive effluents that affect radiation exposures to
plant workers and members of the public. Therefore, no changes or
different types of radiological impacts are expected as a result of the
proposed exemption.
The proposed action does not result in changes to land use or water
use, or result in changes to the quality or quantity of non-
radiological effluents. No changes to the National Pollution Discharge
Elimination System permit are needed. No effects on the aquatic or
terrestrial habitat in the vicinity of the plant, or to threatened,
endangered, or protected species under the Endangered Species Act, or
impacts to essential fish habitat covered by the Magnuson-Stevens Act
are expected. There are no impacts to the air or ambient air quality.
There are no impacts to historical and cultural resources. There
would be no impact to socioeconomic resources. Therefore, no changes to
or different types of non-radiological environmental impacts are
expected as a result of the proposed exemption.
Accordingly, the NRC concludes that there are no significant
environmental impacts associated with the proposed action. In addition,
in promulgating its revisions to 10 CFR part 73, the Commission
prepared an environmental assessment and published a finding of no
significant impact [Part 73, Power Reactor Security Requirements, 74 FR
13926, 13967 (March 27, 2009)].
The licensee currently maintains a security system acceptable to
the NRC and will continue to provide acceptable physical protection of
the BFN as TVA implements certain new requirements in 10 CFR part 73.
Therefore, the extension of the implementation date of the new
requirements of 10 CFR part 73 to December 20, 2012, would not have any
significant environmental impacts.
The NRC staff's safety evaluation will be provided in the exemption
that will be issued as part of the letter to the licensee approving the
exemption to the regulation, if granted.
Environmental Impacts of the Alternatives to the Proposed Action:
As an alternative to the proposed action, the NRC staff considered
denial of the proposed action (i.e., the ``no-action'' alternative).
Denial of the exemption request would result in no change in current
environmental impacts. If the proposed action was denied, the licensee
would have to comply with the March 31, 2010, implementation deadline.
The environmental impacts of the proposed exemption and the ``no
action'' alternative are similar.
Alternative Use of Resources:
The action does not involve the use of any different resources than
those considered in the Final Environmental Statement for the BFN dated
September 1, 1972.
Agencies and Persons Consulted:
In accordance with its stated policy, on December 24, 2009, the NRC
staff consulted with the Alabama State official, Kirk Whatley of the
Office of Radiological Control, regarding the environmental impact of
the proposed
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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 November 6, 2009, as supplemented by letter
dated January 11, 2010. Portions of the November 6, 2009, submittal
contain safeguards and security sensitive information and, accordingly,
are not available to the public. Other parts of these 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 O-1F21, 11555
Rockville Pike (first floor), Rockville, Maryland 20852. Publicly
available records will be accessible electronically from the Agencywide
Document 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.resource@nrc.gov.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 26th day of January 2010.
For The Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Stewart N. Bailey,
Senior Project Manager, Plant Licensing Branch II-2, Division of
Operating Reactor Licensing, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
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