[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 202 (Thursday, October 18, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52950-52951]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-26278]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket Nos. 50-336 AND 50-423]
Dominion Nuclear Connecticut, Inc., et al., Millstone Nuclear
Power Station, Unit Nos. 2 and 3; 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 Facility Operating License Nos. DPR-65 and NPF-49,
issued to Dominion Nuclear Connecticut, Inc. (the licensee), for
operation of the Millstone Nuclear Power Station, Unit Nos. 2 (MP2) and
3 (MP3), located in Waterford, Connecticut. 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 incorporate a change in the MP2 and MP3
Technical Specifications (TSs) to clarify the qualifications standards
of the reactor operator and senior reactor operator.
The proposed action is in accordance with the licensee's
application dated August 9, 2001.
The Need for the Proposed Action
The proposed action modifies the MP2 and MP3 TSs to avoid confusion
between the qualification standards of the facility staff, who are
qualified to American National Standards Institute (ANSI) N18.1-1971/
Regulatory Guide (RG) 1.8 Revision 0, and the operators who will be
qualified to the education and experience guidelines outlined by
National Academy for Nuclear Training ACAD 00-003 ``Guidelines for
Initial Training and Qualification of Licensed Operators.''
Environmental Impacts of the Proposed Action
The NRC has completed its evaluation of the proposed action and
concludes that the amendment and its implementation would provide an
adequate clarification of the qualification standards.
The proposed action will not significantly increase the probability
or consequences of accidents, no changes are being made in the types of
any 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
nonradiological 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
MP2 and MP3, dated June 1973 and December 1984 respectively.
Agencies and Persons Consulted
In accordance with its stated policy, on September 12, 2001, the
staff consulted with the Connecticut State official, Michael Firsick of
the Department of Environmental Protection, regarding the environmental
impact of the proposed action. The State official had no comments.
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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 August 9, 2001. 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 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 12th day of October 2001.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Victor Nerses,
Sr. Project Manager, Section 2, Project Directorate I, Division of
Licensing Project Management, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 01-26278 Filed 10-17-01; 8:45 am]
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