[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 168 (Wednesday, August 29, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 45705]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-21854]
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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 is considering issuance of
amendments to Facility Operating License (FOL) Nos. DPR-32 and DPR-37,
issued to Virginia Electric and Power Company (the licensee), for
operation of the Surry Power Station, Units 1 and 2, respectively,
located in Surry County, Virginia.
Environmental Assessment
Identification of the Proposed Action
The proposed action would revise the FOLs and the Technical
Specifications (TS) to remove obsolete license conditions, make
editorial changes to the FOLs, and implement associated changes to the
TS and Bases as follows:
1. Removal of license conditions associated with completed facility
modifications (including the Steam Generator Repair Program and support
modifications related to Leak-Before-Break Technology);
2. Removal of superseded license conditions (addressing security);
3. Relocation of secondary water chemistry monitoring program
requirements from the FOLs to the TS;
4. Removal of expired license conditions and TS (addressing service
water piping restoration);
5. Editorial changes.
The proposed action is in accordance with the licensee's
application dated September 22, 2000.
The Need for the Proposed Action
The proposed action is needed because some requirements in the
Surry FOLs have become obsolete. In addition, the need for editorial
changes has been identified.
Environmental Impacts of the Proposed Action
The NRC has completed its evaluation of the proposed action and
concludes that the proposed license amendments and associated changes
to the TS are administrative in nature and have no effect on plant
equipment or plant operation.
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 off site, and 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 sites. 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 resource than
those previously considered in the Final Environmental Statement
Related to Operation of Surry Power Station Unit 1, May 1972, or the
Final Environmental Statement Related to Operation of Surry Power
Station Unit 2, June 1972.
Agencies and Persons Consulted
On August 6, 2001, the staff consulted with the Virginia State
official, Mr. Les Foldesi of the Virginia Department of Health, Bureau
of Radiological 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 September 22, 2000. Documents may be examined,
and/or copied for a fee, at the NRC's Public Document Room (PDR),
located at One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike (first floor),
Rockville, Maryland. Publicly available records will be accessible
electronically from the ADAMS Public Library component on the NRC Web
site, http://www.nrc.gov (the Public Electronic Reading Room). If you
do not have access to ADAMS or if there are problems in accessing the
documents located in ADAMS, contact the NRC PDR Reference staff at 1-
800-397-4209, or 301-415-4737, or by e-mail at [email protected].
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 23rd day of August 2001.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Gordon E. Edison,
Senior Project Manager, Section 1, Project Directorate II, Division of
Licensing Project Management, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 01-21854 Filed 8-28-01; 8:45 am]
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