The Nuclear Regulatory Commission Staff issued a finding of no significant impact for the proposed emergency planning exemptions at the Crystal River Unit 3 Nuclear Generating Plant, according to a posting in the Federal Register yesterday. Duke Florida, the site operator, is seeking the exemptions as a way to reduce requirements at the site while it changes to a decommissioning site. Should the exemptions be granted, the action would result in the elimination of the requirements to maintain offsite radiological emergency plans and reduce some of the onsite emergency planning activities, although requirements for certain onsite capabilities to communicate and coordinate with offsite response authorities will be retained.
The NRC Staff found that the defueled and shutdown status of the plant reduces the probability of an emergency. “The NRC staff concluded that the exemptions, if granted, will not significantly increase the probability or consequences of accidents at CR-3 in its permanently shutdown and defueled condition,” the notice said. “There will be no significant change in the types of any effluents that may be released offsite. There will be no significant increase in the amounts of any effluents that may be released offsite. There will be no significant increase in individual or cumulative occupational or public radiation exposure. Therefore, there are no significant radiological environmental impacts associated with the proposed action.”
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