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hold its second meeting on December

11–12, 2000, at the U.S. Nuclear

Regulatory Commission’s Region II

Office in Atlanta, Georgia. The Region II

Office is located in the Sam Nunn

Atlanta Federal Center, 24T20, 61

Forsyth Street, SW, Atlanta, Georgia

30303–8931.

The IIEP meeting participants are

listed below along with their affiliation:

A. Randolph Blough—U.S. Nuclear

Regulatory Commission

R. William Borchardt—U.S. Nuclear

Regulatory Commission

Kenneth Brockman—U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission

Steve Floyd—Nuclear Energy Institute

David Garchow—PSEG Nuclear LLC

Richard Hill—Southern Nuclear Operating

Company

Rod Krich—Commonwealth Edison

Company

Robert Laurie—California Energy

Commission

James Moorman, III—U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission

Loren Plisco—U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission

Steven Reynolds—U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission

A. Edward Scherer—Southern California

Edison Company

James Setser—Georgia Department of Natural

Resources

James Trapp—U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission

A tentative agenda of the meeting is

outlined as follows:

December 11, 2000 Meeting

8:00 am—Introduction/Meeting Objectives

and Goals.

8:15 am—Review of Meeting Minutes and

Action Items from November 1–2, 2000

Meeting.

8:30 am—Presentation of Results from

Regional Workshops.

—Summary of meetings from staff.

—Summary of meeting issues from IIEP

members.

—Summary of issues from site public

meetings from IIEP members.

10:00 am—Presentation of Summary of

ROP Issues Collected from IIEP Members.

12:00 pm—Lunch.

1:00 pm—Panel Discussion of Issues and

Prioritization.

3:00 pm—Work Planning and Report

Outline Development.

5:00 pm—Adjourn.

December 12, 2000 Meeting

8:00 am—Recap of Previous Day’s Meeting/

Meeting Objectives and Goals.

8:30 am—Presentation of Stakeholder

Issues/Views.

12:00 pm—Lunch.

1:00 pm—Panel Discussion of Stakeholder

Issues/Views.

3:00 pm—Agenda Planning for January

Meeting.

—Schedule March Meeting dates.

4:00 pm—Public Comments/General

Discussion.

5:00 pm—Adjourn.

Meetings of the IIEP are open to the

members of the public. Oral or written

views may be presented by the members

of the public, including members of the

nuclear industry. Persons desiring to

make oral statements should notify Mr.

Loren R. Plisco (Telephone 404/562–

4501, e-mail LRP@nrc.gov) or Mr. John

D. Monninger (Telephone 301/415–

3495, e-mail JDM@nrc.gov) five days

prior to the meeting date, if possible, so

that appropriate arrangements can be

made to allow necessary time during the

meeting for such statements. Use of still,

motion picture, and television cameras

will be permitted during this meeting.

Further information regarding topics

of discussion; whether the meeting has

been canceled, rescheduled, or

relocated; and the Panel Chairman’s

ruling regarding requests to present oral

statements and time allotted, may be

obtained by contacting Mr. Loren R.

Plisco or Mr. John D. Monninger

between 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. EST.

IIEP meeting transcripts and meeting

reports will be available from the

Commission’s Public Document Room.

Transcripts will be placed on the

agency’s web page.

Dated: November 22, 2000.

Andrew Bates,

Advisory Committee Management Officer.

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[Docket No. 50–390]

Tennessee Valley Authority; Watts Bar

Nuclear Plant, Unit 1; Environmental

Assessment and Finding of No

Significant Impact

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission (NRC) is considering

issuance of an amendment to the

Facility Operating License (FOL) issued

to Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA,

licensee) for operation of the Watts Bar

Nuclear Plant, Unit 1 (WBN). The

facility is located at the licensee’s site

on the west branch of the Tennessee

River approximately 50 miles northeast

of Chattanooga, Tennessee.

Environmental Assessment

Identification of Proposed Action

The proposed license amendment

would allow the licensee to increase the

licensed thermal power level of WBN,

Unit 1, from 3411 to 3459 megawatts

thermal (MWt), which represents a 1.4

percent increase in the allowable

thermal power. This facility was

authorized for power production at 3411

MWt with issuance of the FOL on

February 7, 1996.

The proposed action is in accordance

with the licensee’s application for

license amendment dated June 7, as

supplemented by letters dated June 23,

August 24, September 26, October 6,

October 27 and November 16, 2000.

The Need for the Proposed Action

The proposed action will allow an

increase in power generation at WBN to

provide additional electrical power for

distribution to the grid. Power uprate

has been widely recognized by the

industry as a safe and cost-effective

method to increase generating capacity.

Environmental Impacts of the Proposed

Action

The Commission has previously

evaluated the environmental impact of

operation of WBN, as described in the

‘‘Final Environmental Statement Related

to the Operation of Watts Bar Nuclear

Plant, Units 1 and 2,’’ NUREG–0498,

December 1978 and its Supplement 1,

April 1995. With regard to

consequences of postulated accidents,

the licensee has reanalyzed the designbasis accident doses for the exclusion

area boundary, low population zone,

and the control room dose to the

operators and determined that there will

be a small increase in these doses;

however, the analysis presented in

NUREG–0498 postulates these doses

resulting from releases at 104.5 percent

of the currently licensed power level.

Thus, the increase in postulated doses

due to design-basis accidents is

bounded by the previous evaluation

presented in NUREG–0498. No increase

in the probability of these accidents is

expected to occur.

With regard to normal releases,

calculations have been performed that

show the potential impact on the

radiological effluents from the proposed

1.4 percent increase in power level of

WBN. For the 1.4 percent uprating

calculation, the offsite doses from

normal effluent releases remain

significantly below the bounding limits

of Title 10 of the Code of Federal

Regulation (10 CFR), Part 50, Appendix

I. Normal annual average gaseous

releases remain limited to a small

fraction of 10 CFR Part 20 limits for

identified mixtures. Solid and liquid

waste processing systems are expected

to operate within their design

requirements. More frequent operation

of these systems may lead to a slight

increase in solid and liquid waste

production.

The Commission has completed its

evaluation of the proposed action and

concludes that the proposed action will

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not 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

nonradiological impacts, the proposed

action does not involve any historic

sites. With regard to thermal discharges

to the Chickamauga Reservoir on the

Tennessee River, a small increase in the

upstream to downstream temperature

rise allowed by the National Pollution

Discharge Elimination System (NPDES)

permit for the Tennessee River is

expected, due to the proposed 1.4

percent power uprate. The increase is

expected to be approximately 0.1

degrees Fahrenheit, and therefore,

insignificant. Existing administrative

controls ensure the conduct of adequate

monitoring such that appropriate

actions can be taken to preclude

exceeding NPDES permitted limits. No

additional monitoring requirements or

other changes relative to the NPDES

permit are required as a result of the

power uprate.

Therefore, as described in the

preceding discussions, the 1.4 percent

uprate of WBN does not have a

significant environmental impact on the

Chickamauga Reservoir.

No other nonradiological impacts are

associated with the proposed action.

Based upon the above, the

Commission concludes that the

proposed action does not affect

nonradiological plant effluents and has

no other environmental impact.

Therefore, there are no significant

nonradiological environmental impacts

associated with the proposed action.

Accordingly, the Commission

concludes that there are no significant

environmental impacts associated with

the proposed action.

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

This action does not involve the use

of resources not previously considered

in the FES for Watts Bar.

Agencies and Persons Contacted

In accordance with its stated policy,

on November 20, 2000, the staff

consulted with the Tennessee State

Official, Mr. J. Graves, 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 this

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 this

action.

For further details with respect to this

action, see the licensee’s application for

license amendment dated June 7, 2000,

as supplemented June 23, August 24,

September 26, October 6, October 27

and November 16, 2000. Documents

may be examined, and/or copied for a

fee, at the NRC’s Public Document

Room, 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).

Dated at Rockville, Maryland this 21st day

of November 2000.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Kahtan N. Jabbour,

Acting Chief, Section 2, Project Directorate

II, Division of Licensing Project Management,

Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.

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Sunshine Act Meeting Notice

AGENCY HOLDING THE MEETING: Nuclear

Regulatory Commission.

DATE: Weeks of November 27, December

4, 11, 18, 25, 2000, and January 1, 2001.

PLACE: Commissioners’ Conference

Room, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville,

Maryland.

STATUS: Public and Closed.

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: 

Week of November 27

Monday, November 27, 2000

8:55 a.m. Affirmation Session (Public

Meeting) (tentative)

a: Power Authority of the State of

New York Entergy Companies,

Transfer of licenses for Indian Point

3 and FitzPatrick nuclear plants,

Petitions to Intervene

b: Florida Power & Light Co., License

Renewal Application for Turkey

Point Units 3 and 4; Licensing

Board Referral and Scheduling

Order

9:00 a.m. Briefing by DOE on Plutonium

Disposition Program and MOX Fuel

Fabrication Facility Licensing

(Public Meeting) (Contact: Drew

Persinko, 301–415–6522)

This meeting will be webcast live at

the Web address—

www.nrc.gov/live.html

Week of December 4—Tentative

Monday, December 4, 2000

1:55 p.m. Affirmation Session (Public

Meeting) (If needed)

2:00 p.m. Briefing on License Renewal

Generic Aging Lessons Learned

(GALL) Report, Standard Review

Plan (SRP), and Regulatory Guide

(Public Meeting) (Contact: Chris

Grimes, 301–415–1183

This meeting will be webcast live at

the Web address—

www.nrc.gov/live.html

Week of December 11—Tentative

There are no meetings scheduled for

the Week of December 11.

Week of December 18—Tentative

Wednesday, December 20, 2000

9:25 a.m. Affirmation Session (Public

Meeting) (If needed)

9:30 a.m. Briefing on the Status of the

Fuel Cycle Facility Oversight

Program Revision (Public Meeting)

(Contact: Walt Schwink, 301–415–

7253)

This meeting will be webcast live at

the Web address—

www.nrc.gov/live.html

Week of December 25—Tentative

There are no meetings scheduled for

the Week of December 25.

Week of January 1, 2001

There are no meetings scheduled for

the Week of January 1, 2001.

*THE SCHEDULE FOR COMMISSION

MEETINGS IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE

ON SHORT NOTICE. TO VERIFY THE

STATUS OF MEETINGS CALL

(RECORDING)—(301) 415–1292.

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE

INFORMATION: Bill Hill (301) 415–

1661.

The NRC Commission Meeting

Schedule can be found on the Internet

at:

http://www.nrc.gov/SECY/smj/

schedule.htm

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