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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 

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ADAMS should contact the NRC PDR 

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e-mail to pdr.resource@nrc.gov. 

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 16th day 

of February 2010. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

James R. Hall, 

Senior Project Manager, Plant Licensing 

Branch IV, Division of Operating Reactor 

Licensing, Office of Nuclear Reactor 

Regulation. 

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[Docket No. 50–298; NRC–2010–0061] 

Nebraska Public Power District; 

Cooper Nuclear Station Environmental 

Assessment and Finding of No 

Significant Impact 

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC) is considering 

issuance of an exemption, pursuant to 

Title 10 of the Code of Federal 

Regulations (10 CFR) Section 73.5, 

‘‘Specific exemptions,’’ from the 

implementation date for certain new 

requirements of 10 CFR Part 73, 

‘‘Physical protection of plants and 

materials,’’ for Facility Operating 

License No. DPR–46, issued to Nebraska 

Public Power District (NPPD, the 

licensee), for operation of the Cooper 

Nuclear Station (CNS), located in 

Nemaha County, Nebraska. Therefore, as 

required by 10 CFR 51.21, the NRC 

performed an environmental 

assessment. Based on the results of the 

environmental assessment, the NRC is 

issuing a finding of no significant 

impact. 

Environmental Assessment 

Identification of the Proposed Action 

The proposed action would exempt 

NPPD from the required implementation 

date of March 31, 2010, for several new 

requirements of 10 CFR Part 73. 

Specifically, NPPD would be granted an 

exemption from being in full 

compliance with certain new 

requirements contained in 10 CFR 73.55 

by the March 31, 2010, deadline. NPPD 

has proposed an alternate full 

compliance implementation date of 

August 31, 2010, 5 months beyond the 

date required by 10 CFR Part 73. The 

proposed action, an extension of the 

schedule for completion of certain 

actions required by the revised 10 CFR 

Part 73, does not involve any physical 

changes to the reactor, fuel, plant 

structures, support structures, water, or 

land at the NPPD site. 

The proposed action is in accordance 

with the licensee’s application dated 

December 22, 2009. 

The Need for the Proposed Action 

The proposed action is needed to 

provide the licensee with additional 

time to perform the required upgrades to 

the NPPD security system due to 

resource and logistical impacts of the 

fall 2009 refueling outage and other 

factors, including inclement weather. 

Environmental Impacts of the Proposed 

Action 

The NRC has completed its 

environmental assessment of the 

proposed exemption. The staff has 

concluded that the proposed action to 

extend the implementation deadline 

would not significantly affect plant 

safety and would not have a significant 

adverse effect on the probability of an 

accident occurring. 

The proposed action would not result 

in an increased radiological hazard 

beyond those previously analyzed in the 

environmental assessment and finding 

of no significant impact made by the 

Commission in promulgating its 

revisions to 10 CFR Part 73 as discussed 

in a Federal Register notice dated 

March 27, 2009 (74 FR 13926). There 

will be no change to radioactive 

effluents that affect radiation exposures 

to plant workers and members of the 

public. Therefore, no changes or 

different types of radiological impacts 

are expected as a result of the proposed 

exemption. 

The proposed action does not result 

in changes to land use or water use, or 

result in changes to the quality or 

quantity of non-radiological effluents. 

No changes to the National Pollution 

Discharge Elimination System permit 

are needed. No effects on the aquatic or 

terrestrial habitat in the vicinity of the 

plant, or to threatened, endangered, or 

protected species under the Endangered 

Species Act, or impacts to essential fish 

habitat covered by the MagnusonSteven’s Act are expected. There are no 

impacts to the air or ambient air quality. 

There are no impacts to historical and 

cultural resources. There would be no 

impact to socioeconomic resources. 

Therefore, no changes to or different 

types of non-radiological environmental 

impacts are expected as a result of the 

proposed exemption. 

Accordingly, the NRC concludes that 

there are no significant environmental 

impacts associated with the proposed 

action. In addition, in promulgating its 

revisions to 10 CFR Part 73, the 

Commission prepared an environmental 

assessment and published a finding of 

no significant impact [Part 73, Power 

Reactor Security Requirements, 74 FR 

13926 (March 27, 2009)]. 

The NRC staff’s safety evaluation will 

be provided in the exemption that will 

be issued as part of the letter to the 

licensee approving the exemption to the 

regulation, if granted. 

Environmental Impacts of the 

Alternatives to the Proposed Action 

As an alternative to the proposed 

actions, the NRC staff considered denial 

of the proposed action (i.e., the ‘‘noaction’’ alternative). Denial of the 

exemption request would result in no 

change in current environmental 

impacts. If the proposed action was 

denied, the licensee would have to 

comply with the March 31, 2010, 

implementation deadline. The 

environmental impacts of the proposed 

exemption and the ‘‘no-action’’ 

alternative are similar. 

Alternative Use of Resources 

The action does not involve the use of 

any different resources than those 

considered in the Final Environmental 

Statement for the Cooper Nuclear 

Station dated February 1973. 

Agencies and Persons Consulted 

In accordance with its stated policy, 

on January 5, 2010, the NRC staff 

consulted with the Nebraska State 

official, Ms. J. Schmitt of the Office 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 December 22, 2009. Portions of 

the document contain security-related 

information and, accordingly, are not 

available to the public. Other parts of 

the document 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 O– 

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available records will be accessible 

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contact the NRC PDR Reference staff by 

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pdr.resource@nrc.gov. 

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 16th day 

of February 2010. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

Carl F. Lyon, 

Project Manager, Plant Licensing Branch IV, 

Division of Operating Reactor Licensing, 

Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation. 

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Advisory Committee on Reactor 

Safeguards 

In accordance with the purposes of 

Sections 29 and 182b of the Atomic 

Energy Act (42 U.S.C. 2039, 2232b), the 

Advisory Committee on Reactor 

Safeguards (ACRS) will hold a meeting 

on March 4–6, 2010, 11545 Rockville 

Pike, Rockville, Maryland. The date of 

this meeting was previously published 

in the Federal Register on Monday, 

October 14, 2009, (74 FR 52829–52830). 

Thursday, March 4, 2010, Conference 

Room T2–B1, Two White Flint North, 

Rockville, Maryland 

8:30 a.m.–8:35 a.m.: Opening Remarks 

by the ACRS Chairman (Open)— 

The ACRS Chairman will make 

opening remarks regarding the 

conduct of the meeting. 

8:35 a.m.–10 a.m.: Draft Final Interim 

Staff Guidance (ISG) on Fuel Cycle 

(ISG–7) (Open)—The Committee 

will hear presentations by and hold 

discussions with representatives of 

the NRC staff and the Nuclear 

Energy Institute (NEI) regarding 

draft final ISG on Fuel Cycle, NRC 

staff’s resolution of public 

comments, and related matters. 

10:15 a.m.–12 p.m.: Draft Final 

Regulatory Guide (RG) 1.141, 

‘‘Containment Isolation Provisions 

for Fluid Systems’’ (Open)—The 

Committee will hear presentations 

by and hold discussions with 

representatives of the NRC staff 

regarding draft final RG 1.141, 

‘‘Containment Isolation Provisions 

for Fluid Systems,’’ NRC staff’s 

resolution of public comments, and 

related matters. 

1 p.m.–2 p.m.: Draft Final Revision 1 to 

Regulatory Guide 4.11, ‘‘Terrestrial 

Environmental Studies for Nuclear 

Power Stations’’ (Open)—The 

Committee will hear presentations 

by and hold discussions with 

representatives of the NRC staff 

regarding draft Revision 1 to RG 

4.11, ‘‘Terrestrial Environmental 

Studies for Nuclear Power 

Stations,’’ NRC staff’s resolution of 

public comments, and related 

matters. 

2 p.m.–3:15 p.m.: ‘‘Status of Rulemaking 

for Disposal of Depleted Uranium 

and Other Unique Waste Streams’’ 

(Open)—The Committee will hear 

presentations by and hold 

discussions with representatives of 

the NRC staff regarding the status of 

rulemaking efforts addressing 

disposal of depleted uranium and 

other unique waste streams, and 

related matters. 

3:30 p.m.–5 p.m.: Draft ACRS Report on 

the NRC Safety Research Program 

(Open)—The Committee will 

discuss the draft ACRS Report on 

Safety Research Program. 

5 p.m.–7 p.m.: Preparation of ACRS 

Reports (Open)—The Committee 

will discuss proposed ACRS reports 

on matters discussed during this 

and the previous meeting (February 

2010). 

Friday, March 5, 2010, Conference 

Room T2–B1, Two White Flint North, 

Rockville, Maryland 

8:30 a.m.–8:35 a.m.: Opening Remarks 

by the ACRS Chairman (Open)— 

The ACRS Chairman will make 

opening remarks regarding the 

conduct of the meeting. 

8:35 a.m.–10:15 a.m.: Digital 

Instrumentation and Control (I&C) 

Design Acceptance Criteria (DAC) 

Inspection Methodology (Open)— 

The Committee will hear 

presentations by and hold 

discussions with representatives of 

the NRC staff regarding Digital I&C 

DAC Inspection Methodology. 

10:30 a.m.–12 p.m.: New Advanced 

Reactor Designs (Open)—The 

Committee will hear presentations 

by and hold discussions with 

representatives of the NRC staff 

regarding new advanced reactor 

designs such as NuScale, Iris, 

Babcock and Wilcox Modular, 

Hyperion, Toshiba’s 4S, and 

General Electric’s Prism. 

1:30 p.m.–3 p.m.: Meeting with the NRC 

Executive Director for Operations 

(Open)—The Committee will meet 

with the NRC Executive Director for 

Operations (EDO) and Deputy EDOs 

to discuss topics of mutual interest. 

3 p.m.–4:30 p.m.: Future ACRS 

Activities/Report of the Planning 

and Procedures Subcommittee 

(Open/Closed)—The Committee 

will discuss the recommendations 

of the Planning and Procedures 

Subcommittee regarding items 

proposed for consideration by the 

Full Committee during future ACRS 

meetings, including anticipated 

workload and member assignments, 

and related matters. [Note: A 

portion of this session may be 

closed pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552b 

(c)(2) and (6) to discuss 

organizational and personnel 

matters that relate solely to internal 

personnel rules and practices of 

ACRS, and information the release 

of which would constitute a clearly 

unwarranted invasion of personal 

privacy] 

4:40 p.m.–4:45 p.m.: Reconciliation of 

ACRS Comments and 

Recommendations (Open)—The 

Committee will discuss the 

responses from the NRC Executive 

Director for Operations to 

comments and recommendations 

included in recent ACRS reports 

and letters. 

5 p.m.–7 p.m.: Preparation of ACRS 

Reports (Open)—The Committee 

will discuss proposed ACRS 

reports. 

Saturday, March 6, 2010, Conference 

Room T2–B1, Two White Flint North, 

Rockville, Maryland 

8:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.: Preparation of 

ACRS Reports (Open)—The 

Committee will continue its 

discussion of proposed ACRS 

reports. 

12:30 p.m.–1 p.m.: Miscellaneous 

(Open)—The Committee will 

continue its discussion related to 

the conduct of Committee activities 

and specific issues that were not 

completed during previous 

meetings. 

Procedures for the conduct of and 

participation in ACRS meetings were 

published in the Federal Register on 

October 14, 2009, (74 FR 52829–52830). 

In accordance with those procedures, 

oral or written views may be presented 

by members of the public, including 

representatives of the nuclear industry. 

Persons desiring to make oral statements 

should notify Mr. Derek Widmayer, 

Cognizant ACRS Staff, (Telephone: 301– 

415–7366, E-mail: 

Derek.Widmayer@nrc.gov), five days 

before the meeting, if possible, so that 

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