REGULATORY INFORMATION OISTRISUTION SYSTEM (RIOS) ACCESSION NBR:7906040208 DOC,lr TE! 79/06/01 NOTAR ED: Yt,' FACIL:50 387 SUSQUEHANNA STEAM ELECTRIC STATIONS UNIT ig PENNSYLVA 50 388 SUSQUEHANNA STEAM ELECTRIC STATION UNIT 2g PENNSYLVA Ob AUTH INANE AUTHOR AFFILIATION CURTISE N ~ le„PENNSYLVANIA POWER 8 LIGHT CO ~ REC IP ~ NAME RE C IP I EN T AFFILIATION BOYDER AS, DIVISION OF PROJECT MANAGEMENT SUBJECT: FORl'lARDS AMEND 12 TO OL, APPLI CAT ON CO'NTAINING EV ISIO ' ENYIRON REPT> I/4 /j pp ~ DISTRIBUTION COOEs C001B COPIES RECEIVEDoLTR . f, ENCL g SIZEo +~ TITLE: ENVIRONS REPORT AMDTS 8 RELATED CORRESPONDENCE - se Ys FsNYR. <GI I jYP(e-s: LA / ey We<e+ittr<E p~c.) ~ ««««««»«I««»W«»««Y»«««Y«««««»«»«»»e»««»»ey«Y«Y»»«»»«»»P«»»«»»«»»»»»»»»«»e ~ A < ~ ~ + ~ ~ — < ~ ' ~ ~ ~ RECIPIENT COPIES RECIPIENT COPIES ID CODE/NAME l:TTR ENCL ID CODE/NAME LTTR ENCL ACTION; 05 PM 4lt4CC 1 1 18 BC~& 5 i 19 LA c.~p '3 1 AD VAS~c.t.o 1 0 INTERNAL: 0 FILE 1 1 02 NRC POR 1 1 - 06 — BR 1 1 07 CT BNFT ANAL 1 1 08 EFLT TRT SY8 i 09 RAD ASMT BR 1 1 10 ACONT ANALY 1 1 11 AD SITE TECH 4 15 IEE 2 2 17 TA/EDO 1 1 AD ENVIRON TECH 1 0 AD SITE, ANALYS 1 0 DIRECTOR DSE 0 OELD 1 0 EXTERNAL: 03 I„POR 1 1 04 NSIC 1 1 20 ACRS 3 g Oog.<~ ~e 8-eC ~ HER l Pl TOTAL NUMBER OF COPIES REQUIRED: LTTR 27 ENCL 22 1 TWO NORTH NINTH STREET, ALLENTOWN, PA. 18101 PHONE~ (215) 821-5151 Jua Mr. Roger S. Boyd, Director Docket Nos. 50-387 Division of Project Management 50-388 Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555 SUSQUEHANNA STEAM ELECTRIC STATION AMENDMENT NO. 12 TO OPERATING LICENSE APPLICATION ER 100450 FILE 991-2 PLA-356 Dear Mr. Boyd: Attached are forty-one (41) copies of Amendment No. 12 to the operating license application. This amendment contains Revision No. 2 to the Susquehanna SES Environmental Report-Operating License Stage. N. W. Curtis Vice President-Engineering 6 Construction NWC:cah See Attached Distribution List VOO6O4O ZO 8 PENNSYLVANIA POWER 8 L I GH T COMPANY DISTRIBUTION LIST Dr. Sidney R."'Galler Deputy Assistant Secretary Mr. Joseph Canny For Environmental Affaris Office of Environmental Affairs U. S. Department of Commerce U. S. Department of Transportation 14th & Constitution, NW, Rm. 3425 400 7th Street, SW, Room 9422 Washington, DC 20230 Washington, DC 20590 Mr. Robert Ochinero, Director Capt. William R. Riedel National Oceanograhic Data Center Water Resources Coord'inator Environmental Data Service W/S 73 USCG, Room 7306 National Oceanic and Atmospheric U. S. Department of Transportation Administration 400 7th Street, SW U. S. Department of Commerce Washington, DC 20590 Washington, DC 20235 Mr. James T. Curtis, Jr., Director Mr. Bruce Blanchard, Director Materials Transportation Bureau Office of Environmental Projects 2100 Second Street, SW Review, Room 4239. Washington, DC 20590 U. S. Dept of the Interior . 18th & C Streets, NW Ms. Florence Bicchetti Washington, DC 20240 Secretarial Representative U. S. Department of Transporation Mr. Charles Custard, Director Suite 1000 Office of Environmental Affairs 434 Walnut Street U. S. Department of Health, Education Philadelphia, PA 19106 and Welfare, Room 524FZ 200 Independence Avenue, SW Director Washington, DC 20201 Technical Assessment Division (AW-459) Chief Office of Radiation Programs Division of Ecological Services U. S. Environmental Protection Agency Bureau of Sport Fisheries & Crystal Mall No. 2 Wildlife Washington, DC 20460 U. S. Department of Interior 18th & C Streets, NW Environmental Impact Coordinator Washington, DC 20240 U. S. Environmental Protection Agency Curtis Building, 2nd Floor Dr. Jack M. Heinimann 6th and Walnut Streets Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Philadelphia, PA 19106 Room 9200 825 North Capitol Street, NE U. S. Army Engineering District, Washington, DC 20426 ,Philadelphia U. S. Custom House 2nd and Chestnut Streets Philadelphia, PA 19106 1 C 0 ' S 0 I 1 Mr. Robert Garvey, Executive Director Mr. Richard A. Heiss Advisory Council on Historic Preservation Pennsylvania State Clearinghouse 1522 K. Street, NW, Suite 430 Governor's Budget Office Washington, DC 20050 Intergovernmental Relations Division P. 0. Box 1323 Executive Director Harrisburg, PA 17120 Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission Mr. Edward Heiselburg Box 1026 Luzerne County Planning Commission Harrisburg, PA 17120 Courthouse Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711 Mr. James E. Carson Argonne National Laboratory Economic Development Council of 9700 South Cass Avenue Northeast Pennsylvania Argonne, Illinois 60439 P. 0. Box 777 Avoca, PA 18641 Mr. Robert J. Bielo Executive Director Librarian Susquehanna River Basin Commission Thermal Reactors Safety Group 1721 North Front Street Building 130 Harrisburg, PA 17102 Brookhaven National Laboratory Upton, L.I., New York 11973 Regional Administrator Department of Housing and Mr. S. L. Nakumara Urban Development Atomic Industrial Forum Cur'tis Building 1747 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW 6th and Walnut Streets Washington, DC 20006 Philadelphia, PA 19106 Mr. Richard H. Broun Environmental Clearance Officer Department of Housing and Urban Development 451 7th Street, SW, Room 7258 Washington, DC 20410 Mr. Bruce Thomas, President Board of Supervisors R. D. 81 Berwick, PA 18603 Mr. Thomas M. Gerusky Director, Office of Radiological Health Department of Environmental Resources P. O. Box Box 2063 Harrisburg, PA 17105 SU S CRUE HANNA STEAM ELECTRIC STATION LJNITS 1 R 2 ENVIRONMENTALREPORT OPERATING LICENSE STAGE VOLUME4 PENNSYLVANIAPCIWER R LIGHTCOMPAN Allent;own, Pennsylvania ~-as~ ~~ (/ilwt 7qoggy/QQQ) (fQ SUSQUEHANNA STEAM ELECTRIC STATION LINITS 1 R 2 ENVIRONMENTALREPORT OPERATING LICENSE STAGE MAY 1 978 4. ~~clf8tN ~ VQLLjME p'gog3g gE6tlt .'~0<ctsmoat: gyp~ o~~~BFa,E P ENNSYLVANIAPOWER R LIGHTCOMPANY Allentown, Pennsylvania SUSQUEHANNA SES-ER-OL SUMMARY TABLE OF CONTENTS SECTION TITLE VOLUME PURPOSE OP THE FACILITY AND ASSOCIATED TRANSMISSION . ~ I 1 0 Introduction.........................o.....I System Demand and Reliability-Applicant....I 1 2 Other Objectives-Applicant.................I 3 Consequences of Delay-Applicant..... ......I 1 1a System Demand and Reliability- Coopera tx. ve............................... I 1 2a Other Objectives-Cooperative.. ............I 1 3a Consequences of Delay-Cooperative. .. I THE SITE AND ENVIRONMENTAL INTERPACES ~ .I 2 1 Geography and Demography............. oooo ~ eI 2 2 ECOlog ye ~ o o ~ ~ ~ e ~ ~ ~ ~ o e ~ o o o ~ o ~ o o o ~ o ~ ~ o e oe ~ oo ~ I 2 3 Neteorolog yo ~ e e ~ e ~ e o ~ e ~ e e e e o oooo ~ e e e e e e o e e ~ I 4 Hydrologyo e o o e o o o o o ~ o o e o o o e o e o ~ o o o ~ o o o o o ~ o o II 2 5 G eologyooe ~ ooeeoeeeoo ~ oooeoo coo ~ ~ ~ oeoeooeoeZI 2 6 Reg ional Historic, Scenic, Cultural and Natural Resources...... o ~ eoooo ~ ~ ooeoo ~ oII 2 7 N 0lsee o ~ o e e e ~ ~ o e ~ 0 o o 0 o e o e e ~ o e o o 0 o e o ~ ~ o o e ~ e o I! THE STATION II 3 External Appearance.......................II 3 2 Reactor and Steam Electric System..........II 3 3 Station Wa ter Use.......................... II 3 4 Heat Dissipation System....................II 3.5 Radwaste Systems and Source Termo o o o o o e o o o o o o o o ~ o o o o o o o e o o o e oooo ~ e ~ ooeoII SUSQUEHANNA SES-ER-OL SECTION TITLE VOLUME 3.6 Chemical and Biocide Wastes................ II 3 7 Sanitary and Other Waste Systems...........II 3 8 Reporting of Radioactive Material Movementsssooo ~ oo ~ o ~ o ~ soosooss ~ ssoooosoooooII 3s9 Transmission Facilities...................II 4 0 ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS OF SITE PREPARATION, STATION CONSTRUCTION A ND TRANSMISSION FACILITY CONSTRUCTION . II Site Preparation and Station Construction.......... ... ................II 4 2 Transmission Facilities Construction.......II 4 3 Resources Committed....................;...II 4 4 Radioacti vity............................. II 4 5 Construction Impact Control Program........II ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS OF STATION OPERATION~oooo ~ so.so ~ ~ oooo ~ sos ~ ~ ssso ~ ooosoo ~ ~ o sII 5 1 Effects of Operation of Heat Dissipation System.........................'Il 5 2 Radiological Impact from Routine 0 pera tron.................................. II 5 3 Environmental Effects of Chemical and Biocide Discharge................. ~ sos %II 5 4 Ef fects of Discharged Sanitary Wastes. o os s sIZ 5 5 Effects of Operation and Maintenance of the Transmission System................II 5.6 Other Effects.............................. II 5 7 Resources Committed .......................II 5.8 Decommissioning and Dismantling Alternatives............................. II 5 9 The Uranium Fuel Cycle.....................II SUSQUEHANNA SES-ER-OL SECTION TITLE VOLUME 6 EFFLUFNT AND ENVIRONMENTAL MEASUREMEHTS AHD MONITORING PROGRAM . ~ ~ ~ III 6 1 Applicant's Preoperational Environ- mental Programs............................III 6 2 Applicant's Proposed Operational Monitoring Program........................ III 6.3 Related Fnvironmental Measurement and Monitoring Program................ ....III 6 4 Preoperational Environmental Radiological Monitoring Data...............III ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS OF ACCIDENTS ~ ~ ZZI 7 1 Station Accidents Involving Radxoactx vityo o o ~ o o o ~ o o ~ o o ~ ~ oo o o ~ o o o o o o ~ ~ o or ZI 7 2 Transportation Accidents Involving Rad ~oact x. vent y........................... IZI Other Accidents...........................III ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS OF STATION CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION ~ . IIZ 8o1 B enefxts............. ........... .........III 8 2 Costsoooo ~ ~ oo ooooo oooo oooooo oooo oo ~ ooo oo ~ oo III ALTER NATE EN ERGY SOURCES A ND SIT ES. ~ . ~ ~ III 10 STATION DESIGN ALTERNATIVES -- ~ - ~ ~ ~ ZII 10 1 Alternative Circulating Systems............III 10. 2 Alternative Intake Systems.................ZII 10 3 Alternative Discharge Systems............III 10 4 Systems.................................IZIAlternative Chemical Maste Treatment 10 5 Alternative Biocide Treatment Systems......ZZI 10 6 Alternate Sanitary Haste System...-.........IZI 10.7 Alternative Liquid Radwaste Systems........III SUSQUEHANNA SES-EB-OL SECTION TITLE VOLUME 10. 8 Alternative Gaseous Radwaste Systems.......III 10. 9 Alternative Transmission Facilities........III 10 10 Other Alternative Systems .................III S UM M A R Y BENEFIT-COST ANALYSIS .