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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

 

Draft Supplemental Environmental Statement; Availability

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

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SUMMARY: The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has issued a Draft 
Supplement Environmental Statement (NUREG-0498, Supplement 1) to the 
Final Environmental Statement (NRC 1978 FES-OL) issued in 1978 
concerning the operation of the Watts Bar Nuclear Power Plants Units 1 
and 2. This supplement documents the NRC's latest review of the 
environmental issues at Watts Bar.

DATES: Interested parties are invited to submit comments by January 30, 
1995.

ADDRESSES: Written comments may be submitted by mail to the Rules 
Review and Directives Branch, Division of Freedom of Information and 
Publications Services, Office of Administration, U.S. Nuclear 
Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555. Written comments also may 
be delivered to Room 6D22, Two White Flint North, 1145 Rockville Pike, 
Rockville, Maryland, from 7:30 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. Federal workdays.
    Single copies of the draft supplement report are available free, to 
the extent of supply, upon written request to the Superintendent of 
Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, P.O. Box 37082, Washington, 
DC 20013-7082 or the Office of Administration, Distribution and Mail 
Service Section, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 
20555-0001. An individual copy is available for inspection and/or 
copying for a fee in the NRC Public Document Room, 2120 L Street NW., 
Washington, DC 20555.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Scott C. Flanders, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear 
Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555, telephone (301) 504-1172.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    The NRC issued the Final Environmental Statement concerning the 
operation of the Watts Bar Nuclear Plant in 1978. The NRC has 
determined that it is appropriate to re-examine the issues associated 
with the environmental review before issuance of an operating license. 
The purpose of the NRC review is to discuss the effects of observed 
changes in the environment and to evaluate the changes in environmental 
impacts that have occurred as a result of changes in the Watts Bar 
Nuclear plant design and proposed methods of operations since the last 
environmental review. A broad scope of environmental topics are 
evaluated, including regional demography, land and water use, 
meteorology, terrestrial and aquatic ecology, radiological and non-
radiological impacts on humans and the environment, socioeconomic 
impacts, and environmental justice. The staff concluded that there are 
no significant changes in the environmental impacts since the NRC 1978 
FES-OL from changes in plant design, proposed methods of operations, or 
changes in the environment.
    The applicant's preoperational and operational monitoring programs 
were reviewed and found to be appropriate for establishing baseline 
conditions and ongoing assessments of environmental impacts.
    The staff also conducted an analysis of plant operation with severe 
accident mitigation design alternatives (SAMDAs) and concluded that 
none of the SAMDAs, beyond three procedural changes that the applicant 
committed to implement, would be cost-beneficial for further mitigating 
environmental impacts.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 5th day of December, 1994.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Scott F. Newberry,
Director, License Renewal and Environmental Review Project Directorate, 
Associate Director for Advanced Reactors and License Renewal, Office of 
Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 94-30338 Filed 12-8-94; 8:45 am]
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