[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 237 (Tuesday, December 9, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 74767]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-29101]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket Nos. 50-280 and 50-281]
Virginia Electric and Power Company; Surry Power Station, Unit
Nos. 1 and 2; Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant
Impact
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is considering
issuance of an amendment to Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations
(10 CFR) Part 50, for Renewed Facility Operating License No. DPR-32,
and Renewed Facility Operating License No. DPR-37 issued to Virginia
Electric and Power Company (the licensee), for operation of the Surry
Power Station, Unit Nos. 1 and 2 (Surry 1 and 2), located in Surry
County. Therefore, as required by 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 would revise TS Section 5.0, ``Design
Features,'' to delete certain design details and descriptions included
in TS 5.0 that are already contained in the Updated Final Safety
Analysis Report or are redundant to existing TS requirements, and are
not required to be included in the TSs by Title 10 of the Code of
Federal Regulations (10 CFR), Part 50, Section 50.36(c)(4). The
proposed change also revises the format of, and incorporates design
descriptions into, TS 5.0 consistent with the content and format of
NUREG-1431, ``Standard Technical Specifications, Westinghouse Plants,''
to the extent practical. A minor editorial change is proposed to
address a previously deleted paragraph.
The proposed action is in accordance with the licensee's
application dated April 2, 2008.
The Need for the Proposed Action
The proposed action allows the licensee to remove redundant or
obsolete information from Technical Specification Section 5.0, ``Design
Features.'' The proposed change would also correct a TS numbering
discrepancy introduced by a previous license amendment.
Environmental Impacts of the Proposed Action
The NRC has completed its safety evaluation of the proposed action
and concludes that (1) There is reasonable assurance that the health
and safety of the public will not be endangered by operation in the
proposed manner, (2) such activities will be conducted in compliance
with the Commission's regulations, and (3) the issuance of the
amendments will not be inimical to the common defense and security or
the health and safety of the public.
The details of the staff's safety evaluation will be provided in
the license amendment that will be issued as part of the letter to the
licensee approving the license amendment.
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 a potential to affect any historic and cultural
resources. It does not affect non-radiological plant effluents and has
no other environmental impact. 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.
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. The environmental impacts of the proposed action
and the alternative action are similar.
Alternative Use of Resources
The action does not involve the use of any different resources than
those previously considered in the Final Environmental Statement for
Surry 1 and 2, NUREG-1766, dated December 2002 and Final Supplemental
Environmental Impact Statement (NUREG-1437 Supplement 6) dated November
2002.
Agencies and Persons Consulted
In accordance with its stated policy, on November 20, 2008, the
staff consulted with the Virginia State official, Karen Remley of the
Virginia Department of Health, regarding the environmental impact of
the proposed 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 April 2, 2008. 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 Agencywide Documents Access and
Management System (ADAMS) Public Electronic Reading Room on the
Internet at the NRC Web site, http://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 [email protected].
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 2nd day of December 2008.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
John Stang,
Senior Project Manager, Plant Licensing Branch II-1, Division of
Operating Reactor Licensing, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. E8-29101 Filed 12-8-08; 8:45 am]
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