ML030640346
| ML030640346 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Fort Calhoun  |
| Issue date: | 02/26/2003 |
| From: | Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
| To: | |
| Cushing J, NRR/DRIP/RLEP, 415-1424 | |
| Shared Package | |
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| Download: ML030640346 (27) | |
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Preliminary Results of Environmental Review Fort Calhoun Station, Unit1 Nuclear Regulatory Commission February 26, 2003
Purpose of Todays Meeting
Ø Discuss NRCs license renewal process
Ø Describe the environmental review process
Ø Discuss the results of our review
Ø Provide the review schedule
Ø Accept any comments you may have today
Ø Describe how to submit comments 2
Fort Calhoun Station Unit 1 License Renewal
Ø Operating license expires in 2013
Ø Application requests authorization to operate Fort Calhoun Station Unit 1 for up to an additional 20 years 3
NRCs License Renewal Review
Ø Safety review
Ø Environmental review
Ø Plant inspections
Ø Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards (ACRS) 4
License Renewal Process Onsite Inspection Inspection Activities Report ACRS ACRS Review Report Safety Review Safety Safety Evaluation Review Report License Renewal Agency Application Hearings* Decision on Application Environmental Scoping Draft Comments Final Review Activities Supplement On Draft Supplement To GEIS To GEIS Formal Public *If a request for hearing is granted Participation 5
National Environmental Policy Act
Ø NEPA requires Federal agencies to use a systematic approach to consider environmental impacts
Ø Commission has determined that an environmental impact statement (EIS) will be prepared for a license renewal action 6
Decision Standard for Environmental Review To determine whether or not the adverse environmental impacts of license renewal for Fort Calhoun Station Unit 1, are so great that preserving the option of license renewal for energy planning decisionmakers would be unreasonable.
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Environmental License Renewal Process Application Notice of Intent Submitted May 10, 2002 January 9, 2002 Environmental Review Requests for Additional Scoping Site Audit Information (RAIs (RAIs))
Process June 2002 July 16, 2002 Draft Supplement Final To the GEIS Supplement to Formal GEIS January Public August 2003 Participation 2003 8
Information Gathering License Renewal Application Staffs Public Site Audit Comments SEIS State & Local Social Agencies Services Permitting Authorities 9
Team Expertise Atmospheric Science Radiation Protection Regulatory Socioeconomics/ Compliance Environmental Justice Terrestrial Ecology Nuclear Safety Aquatic Land Use Ecology Archaeology/Cultural Resources Hydrology 10
Analysis Approach Generic Environmental Impact Statement (GEIS)
Category 1 Category 2 GEIS: Impacts Small GEIS: Analyze Potential At All Sites At All Sites New Issue New and YES YES Perform Site- Validated Significant Specific Analysis New Issue?
Info?
NO NO Adopt the No Further GEIS Conclusion Analysis 11
How Impacts are Quantified
Ø NRC-defined impact levels:
Ø SMALL: Effect is not detectable or too small to destabilize or noticeably alter any important attribute of the resource
Ø MODERATE: Effect is sufficient to alter noticeably, but not destabilize important attributes of the resource
Ø LARGE: Effect is clearly noticeable and sufficient to destabilize important attributes of the resource
Ø Consistent with the Council on Environmental Quality guidance for NEPA analyses 12
Environmental Impacts of Operation
Ø Chapter 2 - Plant Description and Plant Interaction with the Environment
Ø Chapter 4 - Potential Impacts of Operation
Ø Cooling System
Ø Transmission Lines
Ø Radiological
Ø Socioeconomic
Ø Groundwater Use and Quality
Ø Threatened or Endangered Species 13
Cooling System Impacts 14
Radiological Impacts Fort Calhoun Near-Site and On-Site Radiological Monitoring Locations en m
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Threatened or Endangered Species Bald eagle Pallid sturgeon 16
Potential New and Significant Information
Ø No new and significant information identified:
- as a result of the scoping process
- by the licensee
- by the staff 17
Other Environmental Impacts Evaluated
- Uranium Fuel Cycle and Solid Waste Management
- Decommissioning 18
Alternatives
- No-action
- New generation
- Purchased electrical power
- Alternative technologies
- Combination of alternatives 19
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 20
Postulated Accidents
Ø Design-Basis Accidents
Ø Severe Accidents
Ø Severe Accident Mitigation Alternatives (SAMAs) 21
Preliminary Results of SAMA Evaluation
Ø Seven SAMAs found to be cost beneficial, but not related to managing the effects of aging.
Ø The seven cost beneficial SAMAs are not required to be implemented as part of license renewal, because they do not relate to managing the effects of aging.
Ø However OPPD currently plans to voluntarily implement the seven cost beneficial SAMAs 22
Conclusion
Ø Impacts of license renewal are SMALL for all impact areas
Ø Impacts of alternatives to license renewal range from SMALL to LARGE
Ø The staffs preliminary recommendation is that the adverse environmental impacts of license renewal for Fort Calhoun Station Unit 1 are not so great that preserving the option of license renewal for energy planning decisionmakers would be unreasonable 23
Environmental Review Milestones
Ø Draft EIS issued - 1/6/03
Ø Comment period - 1/17/03 to 04/10/03
Ø Final EIS issued - 8/15/03 24
Point of Contact
Ø Agency point of contact:
Jack Cushing (800) 368-5642, Ext. 1424
Ø Documents located at the Blair Public Library, 210 South 17th Street, Blair, Nebraska, and the W. Dale Clark Library, 215 South 15th Street, Omaha, Nebraska and can be viewed at the NRCs Web site (www.nrc.gov)
Ø Draft SEIS can also be viewed at: www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/nuregs/ staff/sr1437/supplement12/
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NRC Addresses l Provide comments:
Ø By mail at: Chief, Rules and Directives Branch Division of Administrative Services Mailstop T-6D59 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Ø In person at: 11545 Rockville Pike Rockville, Maryland
Ø E-mail at: Ft_Calhoun_EIS@nrc.gov 26