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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket No. 50-440]

 

Cleveland Electric Illuminating Company, et al.; Environmental 
Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact

    The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Commission) is 
considering issuance of an amendment to Facility Operating License No. 
NPF-58 issued to the Cleveland Electric Illuminating Company, Centerior 
Service Company, Duquesne Light Company, Ohio Edison Company, 
Pennsylvania Power Company, and Toledo Edison Company (the licensees) 
for operation of the Perry Nuclear Power Plant, Unit No. 1, located in 
Lake County, Ohio.

Environmental Assessment

Identification of Proposed Action

    The Proposed action would revise the provisions in the Technical 
Specifications (TS) to delete the area critically monitors for the fuel 
preparation pool, spent fuel storage pool and the upper containment 
pools.
    The proposed action is in accordance with the licensee's 
application for amendment dated February 28, 1992.

The Need for the Proposed Action

    The proposed amendment is needed to reflect that area criticality 
monitors for the fuel preparation pool, spent fuel storage pool and the 
upper containment pools are monitors only and do not prevent 
inadvertent criticality and are not considered in any design basis 
accident or transient. Therefore, these monitors can be adequately 
controlled by plant documents and procedures similar to other area 
radiation monitors.

Environmental Impact of the Proposed Action

    The NRC staff has completed its evaluation of the proposed revision 
to the TS and concludes that removing the area criticality monitors 
from TS and placing operability and surveillance requirements in plant 
documents and procedures will not increase offsite releases. These 
monitors are not relied upon to successfully mitigate a fuel handling 
accident outside of containment. Therefore, the proposed changes do not 
increase the probability or consequences of accidents, no changes are 
being made in the types of any effluents that may be released offsite, 
and there is no significant increase in the allowable individual or 
cumulative occupational radiation exposure. Accordingly, the NRC staff 
concludes that this proposed action would result in no significant 
radiological environmental impact.
    With regard to potential nonradiological impacts, the proposed 
changes to the TS involve systems located within the restricted area as 
defined in 10 CFR part 20. It does not affect nonradiological plant 
effluents and has no other environmental impact. Therefore, the NRC 
staff concludes that there are no significant nonradiological 
environmental impacts associated with the proposed amendment.

Alternative to the Proposed Action

    Because the Commission's staff has concluded that there are no 
significant environmental impacts associated with the proposed action, 
any alternatives would have either no significantly different 
environmental impact or greater environmental impact.
    The principal alternative would be to deny the requested amendment. 
This would not reduce environmental impacts as a result of plant 
operations.

Alternative Use of Resources

    This action does not involve the use of resources not previously 
considered in the Final Environmental Statement related to operation of 
the Perry Nuclear Power Plant, Units 1 and 2, dated August 1982.

Agencies and Persons Consulted

    The NRC staff reviewed the licensee's request and consulted with 
the State of Ohio.

Finding of No Significant Impact

    The Commission has determined not to prepare an environmental 
impact statement for the proposed license amendment.
    Based upon the foregoing environmental assessment, we conclude that 
the proposed action will not have a significant effect on the quality 
of the human environment.
    For further details with respect to this action, see the licensee's 
application for amendment dated February 28, 1992, which is available 
for public inspection at the Commission's Public Document Room, Gelman 
Building, 2120 L Street, NW., Washington, DC 20555 and at the local 
public document room at the Perry Public Library, 3753 Main Street, 
Perry, Ohio 44081.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 13th day of June 1994.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
John N. Hannon,
Director, Project Directorate III-3, Division of Reactor Project--III/
IV, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 94-14766 Filed 6-16-94; 8:45 am]
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