ML021510300
| ML021510300 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Surry  |
| Issue date: | 05/29/2002 |
| From: | Kugler A NRC/NRR/DRIP/RLEP |
| To: | |
| Kugler A, NRR/DRIP/RLEP, 415-2828 | |
| References | |
| TAC MB1992, TAC MB1993 | |
| Download: ML021510300 (28) | |
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Preliminary Results of Preliminary Results of Environmental Review Environmental Review Surry Units 1 and 2 Surry Units 1 and 2 Nuclear Regulatory Commission May 29, 2002
2 Purpose of Todays Purpose of Todays Meeting Meeting
Discuss NRCs license renewal process
Describe the environmental review process
Discuss the results of our review
Provide the review schedule
Accept any comments you may have today
Describe how to submit comments
3 Surry Units 1 and 2 Surry Units 1 and 2 License Renewal License Renewal
Operating licenses expire in 2012 (Unit 1) and 2013 (Unit 2)
Application requests authorization to operate units for an additional 20 years
4 NRCs NRCs License Renewal License Renewal Review Review
Safety review
Environmental review
Plant inspections
Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards (ACRS)
5 License Renewal Process License Renewal Process License Renewal License Renewal Application Application Safety Safety Review Review Environmental Environmental Review Review Onsite Onsite Inspection Inspection Activities Activities Inspection Inspection Report Report Safety Safety Review Review Safety Safety Evaluation Evaluation Report Report ACRS ACRS Review Review ACRS ACRS Report Report Scoping Scoping Activities Activities Draft Draft Supplement Supplement To GEIS To GEIS Comments Comments On Draft On Draft Final Final Supplement Supplement To GEIS To GEIS Hearings*
Hearings*
Agency Agency Decision on Decision on Application Application Formal Formal Public Public Participation Participation
- If a request for hearing is granted
- If a request for hearing is granted
6 National Environmental National Environmental Policy Act Policy Act
NEPA requires Federal agencies to use a systematic approach to consider environmental impacts
Commission has determined that an environmental impact statement (EIS) will be prepared for a license renewal action
7 Decision Standard for Decision Standard for Environmental Review Environmental Review To determine whether or not the adverse environmental impacts of license renewal for Surry Units 1 and 2, are so great that preserving the option of license renewal for energy planning decisionmakers would be unreasonable.
8 Environmental License Environmental License Renewal Process Renewal Process Application Application Submitted Submitted May 29, 2001 May 29, 2001 Notice of Intent Notice of Intent August 15, 2001 August 15, 2001 Scoping Scoping Process Process Environmental Review Environmental Review Site Audit Site Audit September 2001 September 2001 Requests for Additional Requests for Additional Information (
October 2001 October 2001 Draft Supplement Draft Supplement To the GEIS To the GEIS In April 2002 In April 2002 Final Final Supplement to Supplement to GEIS by GEIS by December December 2002 2002 Formal Formal Public Public Participation Participation
9 Information Gathering Information Gathering SEIS SEIS License Renewal License Renewal Application Application Staffs Staffs Site Audit Site Audit Public Public Comments Comments State & Local State & Local Agencies Agencies Social Social Services Services Permitting Permitting Authorities Authorities
10 Team Expertise Team Expertise Nuclear Nuclear Safety Safety Regulatory Regulatory Compliance Compliance Radiation Radiation Protection Protection Terrestrial Terrestrial Ecology Ecology Atmospheric Science Atmospheric Science Socioeconomics Socioeconomics//
Environmental Justice Environmental Justice Land Use Land Use Archaeology/Cultural Resources Archaeology/Cultural Resources Hydrology Hydrology Aquatic Aquatic Ecology Ecology
11 Analysis Approach Analysis Approach Potential Potential New Issue New Issue Generic Environmental Impact Statement Generic Environmental Impact Statement (GEIS)
(GEIS)
Category 1 Category 2 Category 1 Category 2 New and New and Significant Significant Info?
Info?
GEIS: Impacts Small GEIS: Impacts Small At All Sites At All Sites GEIS: Analyze GEIS: Analyze At All Sites At All Sites Perform Site-Perform Site-Specific Analysis Specific Analysis Adopt the Adopt the GEIS Conclusion GEIS Conclusion Validated Validated New Issue?
New Issue?
No Further No Further Analysis Analysis NO NO NO NO YES YES YES YES
12 How Impacts are How Impacts are Quantified Quantified
NRC-defined impact levels:
SMALL: Effect is not detectable or too small to destabilize or noticeably alter any important attribute of the resource
MODERATE: Effect is sufficient to alter noticeably, but not destabilize important attributes of the resource
LARGE: Effect is clearly noticeable and sufficient to destabilize important attributes of the resource
Consistent with the Council on Environmental Quality guidance for NEPA analyses
13 Environmental Impacts of Operation
Cooling System
Transmission Lines
Radiological
Socioeconomic
Groundwater Use and Quality
Threatened or Endangered Species
14 Cooling System Impacts
15 Acrobat Document Surry Near-Site and On-Site Radiological Monitoring Locations TLD Stations Air Sampling Station Exclusion Area Boundary Legend Radiological Impacts
16 Threatened or Endangered Species
17 Potential New and Significant Information
No new and significant information identified:
- during scoping
- by the licensee
- by the staff
18 Other Environmental Impacts Evaluated
- Uranium Fuel Cycle and Solid Waste Management
- Decommissioning
19 Alternatives
- No-action
- New generation
- Purchased electrical power
- Alternative technologies
- Combination of alternatives
20 Preliminary Conclusions for Alternatives
- Alternatives (including the no-action alternative) may have environmental effects in at least some impact categories that reach MODERATE or LARGE significance
21 Impacts of Postulated Impacts of Postulated Accidents Accidents
Design-Basis Accidents
Severe Accidents
Severe Accident Mitigation Alternatives (SAMAs)
22 Preliminary Results of Preliminary Results of SAMA Evaluation SAMA Evaluation
160 candidate improvements identified
38 were already implemented
69 not applicable
Cost/benefit analysis for 53 remaining candidates, with detailed estimates for 8 candidates
None of the 53 candidates were found to be cost beneficial
23 Results of Results of SAMA Evaluation SAMA Evaluation (continued)
(continued)
Overall conclusion:
Additional plant improvements to further mitigate severe accidents are not required at Surry Units 1 and 2.
24 Conclusion Conclusion
Impacts of license renewal are SMALL for all impact areas
Impacts of alternatives to license renewal range from SMALL to LARGE
The staffs preliminary recommendation is that the adverse environmental impacts of license renewal for Surry Units 1 and 2 are not so great that preserving the option of license renewal for energy planning decisionmakers would be unreasonable
25 Environmental Review Environmental Review Milestones Milestones
Draft EIS issued - 4/3/02
Comment period - 4/26/02 to 7/12/02
Final EIS issued on or before - 12/02
26 Point of Contact Point of Contact
Agency point of contact:
Andrew J. Kugler (800) 368-5642, Ext. 2828
Documents located at the Swem Library, College of William & Mary, and can be viewed at the NRCs Web site (www.nrc.gov)
Draft SEIS can also be viewed at:
www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/nuregs/
staff/sr1437/supplement6/
27 NRC Addresses NRC Addresses
Provide comments:
By mail at:
Chief, Rules and Directives Branch Division of Administrative Services Mailstop T-6D59 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
In person at: 11545 Rockville Pike Rockville, Maryland
E-mail at:
SurryEIS@nrc.gov
On-line comment form with web version of draft