ML20138E660
| ML20138E660 | |
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| Site: | Hatch  |
| Issue date: | 12/09/1985 |
| From: | Muller D Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
| To: | City of Dalton, GA, Georgia Power Co, Municipal Electric Authority of Georgia, Oglethorpe Power Corp |
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| TAC 59334 NUDOCS 8512130518 | |
| Download: ML20138E660 (3) | |
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7590-01 UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND FINAL FINDING OF NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACT REGARDING PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE GEORGTA POWER COMPANY OGLETHORPE POWER CORPORATION MUNICIPAL ELECTRIC AUTHORITY OF GEORGIA CITY OF DALTON, GEORGIA DOCKET NO. 50-321 The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Comission (the Comission) is considering the issuance of an amendment to Facility Operating License No. DPR-57 issued to Georgia Power Company, Oglethorpe Power Corporation, Municipal Electric Authority of Georgia, and the City of Dalton, Georgia, (the licensees) for operation of the Edwin I. Hatch Nuclear Plant, Unit No.1 (the facility) located in Appling County, Georgia.
ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT Identi'ication of Proposed Action: The proposed action would permit the licensees to implement some of the changes to Hatch Plant, Unit 1 Technical Specifications as described in their letter of August 1,1985.
It would permit those changes related to updating the Technical Specification inservice inspection and test requirements related to assuring structural integrity of ASME Code Class 1, 2 and 3 components and piping to make them consistent with the requirements of 10 CFR 50.55a(q)(4)(ii). Oth'er changes requested in the August 1, 1985, letter will be addressed separately.
The Need for the Proposed Action: The need for the proposed action is to:
(i) update the Technical-Specification inservice inspection requirements to make them consistent with 10 CFR 50.55a(g)(4)(ii); and (ii) help support completion of the first ten-year inspection interval during the Hatch Unit I maintenance refueling outage scheduled to begin November 30, 1985.
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7590-01 Environmental Impacts of the Proposed Action: The proposed action will i
ensure that inservice inspection of components and piping will be performed in accordance with periodically updated editions and addenda of Section XI of the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code as required by 10 CFR 50.55a(g)(4)(ii). The inspection and testing programs include ASME Code Class 1, 2 and 3 components and piping and will provide assurance that the structural integrity of these componerits and piping will be maintained at an acceptable level throughout the life 'of the plant. Thus, post-accident radiological releases will not be greater than previously determined, nor does the proposed change otherwise affect radiological plant effluents.
Occupational exposures to radiation would also be unaffected. Therefore, the Comission concludes that there are no significant radiological environmental impacts associated with this proposed amendment.
With regard to potential nonradiological impacts, the proposed change involves systems located within the restricted area as defined in 10 CFR 20.
No nonradiological effluents are affected, and no other environmental impact would occur. Therefore, the Commission concludes that there are no significant nonradiological environmental impacts associated with the proposed change.
Since we have concluded that there is no measurable environmental impact associated with the proposed changes to the Technical Specifications, any alternatives to these changes will have either no environmental impact or greater environmental impact.
The principal alternative would be to deny the requested amendment.
This would not reduce environmental impacts of plant operation.
r 7590-01 Alternative Use of Resources: This action does not involve the use
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of resources not previously considered in connection with the Final Environmental Statement related to Hatch Unit 1 operation (Final Environmental Statement dated October 25,1972).
Agencies and persons Consulted: The Comission's staff reviewed the licensee's request and did not consult other agencies or persons.
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, the Comission concludes that the proposed action will not have a significant effect on the quality of the human environmental.
For further details with respect to this action, see the application for amendment dated August 1, 1985, which is available for public inspection at the Commission's public Document Room,1717 H Street, N.W., Washington, D.C.,
and at the Appling County public Library, 301 City Hall Drive, Baxley, Georgia.
Dated at Bethesda, Maryland, this 9th day of December 1985.
FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY C0ml I.
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Daniel R. Muller, Director BWR Project Directorate #2 Division of BWR Licensing
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