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It has been determined that under a

worst-case scenario, the tower

blowdown temperature would be

approximately 120 °F and has set this

value as the administrative limit.

Assuming a nominal summer river

supply temperature of 70 °F¥90 °F and

a cooling tower blowdown temperature

of 96 °F, the proposed power uprate will

not impact the 120 °F administrative

limit.

Braidwood Station Effluent Analysis

and Evaluation

The CW system at Braidwood Station

is a closed loop cooling system similar

to that at the Byron Station, except that

waste heat is rejected from the turbine

cycle to a cooling lake. Three CW

pumps per unit pump cooling water

from the lake to the main condenser.

Discharge from the condenser is

returned to the lake, where it is

separated from the intake supply by a

dike. The heat duty increase associated

with power uprate is mainly associated

with the CW System and will be

approximately 5 percent higher than at

the present power level. This will result

in a 1 °F increase to the CW temperature

rise, which is now approximately 21.8

°F at 100 percent power. The increase

will nominally increase the lake

temperature as the lake temperature is

primarily influenced by climatic

conditions.

Byron and Braidwood operate in

compliance with a NPDES Permit,

which requires all effluents to be closely

monitored to assure compliance with

the permit levels. There is no significant

change in the types or a significant

increase in the amounts of nonradiological effluents that may be

released offsite due to the power uprate

of each of the units at Byron Station,

Units 1 and 2, and Braidwood Station,

Units 1 and 2.

Noise Evaluation

The noise effects due to operation of

Byron Station and Braidwood Station at

uprated power conditions were

reviewed. No increase in noise from the

turbine or reactor building will result

due to uprated power operations. In

addition, the turbine and the reactor

building supply and exhaust fans will

continue to operate at current speeds,

and the associated noise levels will also

be unaffected by uprated power

operations. In summary, the overall

noise levels at Byron Station and

Braidwood Station will not increase due

to the power uprate.

The non-radiological environmental

impacts related to the proposed power

uprate at Byron Station and Braidwood

Station have been reviewed and there

are no adverse impacts or significant

changes required to the current NPDES

Permits or other plant administrative

limits. No changes to land use would

result and the proposed action does not

involve any historic sites. Therefore, no

new or different types of nonradiological environmental impacts are

expected.

Summary

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 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. It 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

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, but would

reduce the operational flexibility that

would be afforded by the proposed

change. 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 Byron Station, Units 1

and 2, and in the Final Environmental

Statement for Braidwood Station, Units

1 and 2.

Agencies and Persons Consulted

In accordance with its stated policy,

on December 18, 2000, the staff

consulted with the Illinois State official,

Frank Niziolek of the Illinois

Department of Nuclear Safety, 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 July 5, 2000, as supplemented on

November 27, 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 22nd

day of December 2000.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Anthony J. Mendiola,

Chief Section 2, Project Directorate III,

Division of Licensing Project Management,

Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.

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December 29, 2000.

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Commission pursuant to provisions of

the Act and rules promulgated under

the Act. All interested persons are

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