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Energy Northwest; Notice of Receipt
and Availability of Application for
Renewal of Columbia Generating
Station Facility Operating License No.
NPF–21 for an Additional 20-Year
Period
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC or Commission) has
received an application, dated January
19, 2010, from Energy Northwest (EN),
filed pursuant to Section 103 of the
Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended,
and Title 10 of the Code of Federal
Regulations Part 54 (10 CFR part 54), to
renew the operating license for the
Columbia Generating Station (CGS).
Renewal of the license would authorize
the applicant to operate the facility for
an additional 20-year period beyond the
period specified in the current operating
license. The current operating license
for CGS (NPF–21), expires on December
20, 2023. CGS is a boiling-water reactor
designed by Burns & Roe. CGS is located
12 miles north of Richland, WA. The
acceptability of the tendered application
for docketing, and other matters,
including an opportunity to request a
hearing, will be the subject of
subsequent Federal Register notices.
Copies of the application are available
to the public at the Commission’s Public
Document Room (PDR), located at One
White Flint North, 11555 Rockville
Pike, Rockville, MD 20852 or through
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the Internet from the NRC’s Agencywide
Documents Access and Management
System (ADAMS) Public Electronic
Reading Room under Accession Number
ML100250668. The ADAMS Public
Electronic Reading Room is accessible
from the NRC Web site at https://
www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html.
In addition, the application is available
at https://www.nrc.gov/reactors/
operating/licensing/renewal/
applications.html. Persons who do not
have access to the Internet or who
encounter problems in accessing the
documents located in ADAMS should
contact the NRC’s PDR reference staff at
1–800–397–4209, extension 4737, or by
e-mail to pdr.resource@nrc.gov.
A copy of the license renewal
application for CGS is also available to
local residents near the site at the
Richland Public Library, 955 Northgate
Drive, Richland, WA 99352 and at the
Kennewick Branch of Mid-Columbia
Libraries, 1620 South Union Street,
Kennewick, WA 99338.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 26th day
of January 2010.
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of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
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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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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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Energy Northwest; Notice of Receipt and Availability of
Application for Renewal of Columbia Generating Station Facility
Operating License No. NPF-21 for an Additional 20-Year Period
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC or Commission) has
received an application, dated January 19, 2010, from Energy Northwest
(EN), filed pursuant to Section 103 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954,
as amended, and Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations Part 54 (10
CFR part 54), to renew the operating license for the Columbia
Generating Station (CGS). Renewal of the license would authorize the
applicant to operate the facility for an additional 20-year period
beyond the period specified in the current operating license. The
current operating license for CGS (NPF-21), expires on December 20,
2023. CGS is a boiling-water reactor designed by Burns & Roe. CGS is
located 12 miles north of Richland, WA. The acceptability of the
tendered application for docketing, and other matters, including an
opportunity to request a hearing, will be the subject of subsequent
Federal Register notices.
Copies of the application are available to the public at the
Commission's Public Document Room (PDR), located at One White Flint
North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD 20852 or through
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the Internet from the NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management
System (ADAMS) Public Electronic Reading Room under Accession Number
ML100250668. The ADAMS Public Electronic Reading Room is accessible
from the NRC Web site at https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. In
addition, the application is available at https://www.nrc.gov/reactors/operating/licensing/renewal/applications.html. Persons who do not have
access to the Internet or who encounter problems in accessing the
documents located in ADAMS should contact the NRC's PDR reference staff
at 1-800-397-4209, extension 4737, or by e-mail to
pdr.resource@nrc.gov.
A copy of the license renewal application for CGS is also available
to local residents near the site at the Richland Public Library, 955
Northgate Drive, Richland, WA 99352 and at the Kennewick Branch of Mid-
Columbia Libraries, 1620 South Union Street, Kennewick, WA 99338.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 26th day of January 2010.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Brian E. Holian,
Director, Division of License Renewal, Office of Nuclear Reactor
Regulation.
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