[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 83 (Monday, May 1, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21225-21226]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-10610]



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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

Supplemental Environmental Statement; Availability

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

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SUMMARY: The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has issued a Supplement 
(NUREG-0498, Supplement 1) to the Final Environmental Statement related 
to the operation of Watts Bar Nuclear Plant Units 1 and 2 (issued in 
December 1978). This supplement documents the NRC's latest review of 
the environmental issues at Watts Bar Nuclear Plant.
    Single copies of the supplement will be provided to the 
Environmental Protection Agency, the applicant, Appropriate State, 
regional and local clearinghouses, and each individual or group that 
provided written comments on the draft supplement.

ADDRESSES: Other interested parties can obtain a copy of the 
supplement, for a fee, upon written request to the Superintendent of 
Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, P.O. Box 37082, Washington, 
DC 20013-7082 or the Office of Administration, Distribution and Mail 
Service Section, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 
20555-0001.

    An individual copy is available for inspection and/or copying for a 
fee in the NRC Public Document Room, 2120 L Street NW., Washington, DC 
20555.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Scott C. Flanders, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear 
Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555, telephone (301) 415-1172.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    The NRC issued the Final Environmental Statement concerning the 
operation of the Watts Bar Nuclear Plant in 1978. The NRC reexamined 
the issues associated with the environmental review before issuance of 
an operating license in order to document the observed changes in the 
environment and to evaluate the potential changes in environmental 
impacts that may have occurred as a result of changes in the Watts Bar 
Nuclear plant design or proposed methods of operations since the last 
environmental review. The NRC evaluated a broad scope of environmental 
topics including regional demography, land and water use, meteorology, 
terrestrial and aquatic ecology, radiological and non-radiological 
impacts on humans and the environment, socioeconomic impacts, and 
environmental justice. The staff concluded that there are no 
significant changes in the environmental impacts expected from the 
operation of the Watts Bar plant when compared to the impacts 
previously discussed in the NRC 1978 FES-OL.
    The applicant's preoperational and operational monitoring programs 
were reviewed and found to be appropriate for establishing baseline 
conditions and [[Page 21226]] ongoing assessments of environmental 
impacts.
    The staff also conducted an analysis of plant operation with severe 
accident mitigation design alternatives (SAMDAs) and concluded that 
none of the SAMDAs, beyond three procedural changes that the applicant 
committed to implement, would be cost-beneficial for further mitigating 
environmental impacts.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 21 day of April 1995.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Scott F. Newberry,
Director, License Renewal and Environmental Review Project Directorate, 
Associate Director for Advanced Reactors and License Renewal, Office of 
Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 95-10610 Filed 4-28-95; 8:45 am]
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