Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 28 / Friday, February 9, 2001 / Notices 9729

NUCLEAR REGULATORY

COMMISSION

[Docket Nos. 50–317 and 50–318]

Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant,

Inc.; Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power

Plant, Unit Nos. 1 and 2; Environmental

Assessment and Finding of No

Significant Impact

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission (NRC) is considering

issuance of an exemption from certain

requirements of Appendix G to Part 50

of Title 10 of the Code of Federal

Regulations (10 CFR Part 50) for

Renewed Facility Operating License

Nos. DPR–53 and DPR–69, issued to

Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant, Inc.

(CCNPPI or the licensee) for operation of

the Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant,

Unit Nos. 1 and 2 (CCNPP), located in

Calvert County, Maryland.

Environmental Assessment

Identification of the Proposed Action

Appendix G to Part 50 of Title 10 of

the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR

Part 50) requires that pressuretemperature (P–T) limits be established

for reactor pressure vessels (RPVs)

during normal operating and hydrostatic

or leak rate testing conditions.

Specifically, 10 CFR Part 50, Appendix

G, states, ‘‘The appropriate requirements

on both the pressure-temperature limits

and the minimum permissible

temperature must be met for all

conditions.’’ Appendix G of 10 CFR Part

50 goes on to specify that the

requirements for these limits are the

American Society of Mechanical

Engineers Boiler and Pressure Vessel

Code (ASME Code), Section XI,

Appendix G, limits.

The licensee requested in its

submittal dated September 14, 2000,

that the staff exempt CCNPP from the

specific requirement of Appendix G to

10 CFR Part 50 that the P–T limits meet

the safety margin requirements specified

in the ASME Code, Section XI,

Appendix G and instead use an

alternate fracture toughness curve

shown in the ASME Code, Section XI,

Appendix A as permitted by ASME

Code Case N–640. Code Case N–640

permits the use of an alternate reference

fracture toughness (KIC fracture

toughness curve instead of K1a fracture

toughness curve) for reactor vessel

materials in determining the P–T limits.

Since the KIC fracture toughness curve

shown in ASME Code, Section XI,

Appendix A, Figure A–2200–1 (the KIC

fracture toughness curve) provides

greater allowable fracture toughness

than the corresponding K1a fracture

toughness curve of ASME Code, Section

XI, Appendix G, Figure G–2210–01,

using Code Case N–640 for establishing

the P–T limits would be less

conservative than the methodology

currently endorsed by 10 CFR Part 50,

Appendix G, and therefore, an

exemption to apply the Code Case

would be required.

The proposed action is in accordance

with the licensee’s application for

exemption dated September 14, 2000.

The Need for the Proposed Action

Because the RCS P–T operating

window is defined by the P–T operating

and test limit curves developed in

accordance with the ASME Code,

Section XI, Appendix G, procedure,

continued operation of CCNPP with the

present P–T curves without the relief

provided by ASME Code Case N–640

would unnecessarily require the RPVs

to maintain a temperature exceeding

212 °F in a limited operating window

during the pressure test. Consequently,

steam vapor hazards would continue to

be one of the safety concerns for

personnel conducting inspections in

primary containment. Implementation

of the proposed P–T curves, as allowed

by ASME Code Case N–640, does not

significantly reduce the margin of safety

and would eliminate steam vapor

hazards by allowing inspections in

primary containment to be conducted at

a lower coolant temperature.

10 CFR 50.60(b) allows proposed

alternatives to the requirements of

Appendix G to be used when an

exemption is granted by the

Commission under 10 CFR 50.12.

In the request for exemption to use

Code Case N–640, the staff has

determined that, pursuant to 10 CFR

50.12(a)(2)(ii), the underlying purpose

of the regulation will continue to be

served by the implementation of this

Code Case.

Environmental Impacts of the Proposed

Action

The NRC has completed its evaluation

of the proposed action and concludes

that the exemption described above

would provide an adequate margin of

safety against brittle failure of the

CCNPP RPVs.

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 offsite,

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 environmental impacts,

the proposed action does not involve

any historic sites. It does not affect

nonradiological plant effluents and has

no other environmental impact.

Therefore, there are no significant

nonradiological impacts associated with

the proposed action.

Accordingly, the NRC 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 any resources not previously

considered in the Final Environmental

Statement for the Calvert Cliffs Nuclear

Power Plant, Unit Nos. 1 and 2, dated

April 1984.

Agencies and Persons Consulted

In accordance with its stated policy,

on January 31, 2001, the staff consulted

with the Maryland State official, R.

McLean of the Maryland Department of

Natural Resources, regarding the

environmental impact of the proposed

action. The State official had no

comments.

Findings 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 September 14, 2000, which is

available for public inspection at the

NRC 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 2nd day

of February 2001.

9730 Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 28 / Friday, February 9, 2001 / Notices

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Donna Skay,

Project Manager, Section 1, Project

Directorate I, Division of Licensing Project

Management, Office of Nuclear Reactor

Regulation.

[FR Doc. 01–3366 Filed 2–8–01; 8:45 am]

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