ML040700366
| ML040700366 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Quad Cities  |
| Issue date: | 12/16/2003 |
| From: | Larry Wheeler Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
| To: | |
| Wheeler LL, NRR/DRIP/RGEB, 415-1444 | |
| Shared Package | |
| ML040700360 | List: |
| References | |
| TAC MB6845, TAC MB6846 | |
| Download: ML040700366 (30) | |
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Preliminary Results of Preliminary Results of Environmental Review Environmental Review Quad Cities Nuclear Power Quad Cities Nuclear Power Station, Units 1 and 2 Station, Units 1 and 2 Nuclear Regulatory Commission December 16, 2003
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 Quad Cities Nuclear Power Quad Cities Nuclear Power Station, Units 1 and 2 Station, Units 1 and 2 License Renewal License Renewal
Operating licenses expire in 2012
Application requests authorization to operate Quad Cities Nuclear Power Station, Units 1 and 2 for up to an additional 20 years
4 NRCs NRCs License License Renewal Review Renewal Review
Safety review
Safety evaluation
Plant inspections
Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards (ACRS)
Environmental review
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 Generic To Generic EIS (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 (NEPA)
Policy Act (NEPA)
NEPA requires Federal agencies to use a systematic approach to consider environmental impacts
Commission has determined that an environmental impact statement 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 Quad Cities Nuclear Power Station, 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 January 3, 2003 January 3, 2003 Federal Register Federal Register Notice of Intent Notice of Intent March 14, 2003 March 14, 2003 Scoping Scoping Process Process Environmental Review Environmental Review Site Audit Site Audit March 2003 March 2003 Requests for Additional Requests for Additional Information Information May 23, 2003 May 23, 2003 Draft Supplement Draft Supplement to the GEIS to the GEIS November 2003 November 2003 Final Final Supplement to Supplement to the GEIS the GEIS July 2004 July 2004 Formal Formal Public Public Participation Participation
9 Analysis Approach Analysis Approach Potential Potential New Issue New Issue Generic Environmental Impact Statement Generic Environmental Impact Statement (GEIS)
(GEIS)
Category 1 Issues Category 2 Issues Category 1 Issues Category 2 Issues New and New and Significant Significant Info?
Info?
GEIS: Impacts Same GEIS: Impacts Same At All Sites At All Sites GEIS: Analyze GEIS: Analyze Impacts At All Sites Impacts 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
10 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
11 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/Historical Resources Archaeology/Historical Resources Hydrology Hydrology Aquatic Aquatic Ecology Ecology
12 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
13 Environmental Impacts Environmental Impacts of Operation of Operation
Cooling System
Transmission Lines
Radiological
Socioeconomic
Groundwater Use and Quality
Threatened or Endangered Species
14 Cooling System Cooling System Impacts Impacts
Category 2 issues
Entrainment
Impingement
Heat Shock
Microbiological Organisms
Preliminary findings
Impacts are SMALL
No additional mitigation required
15 Radiological Impacts Radiological Impacts
Category 1 issues
Radiation exposures to the public
Occupational radiation exposures
Preliminary findings
No new and significant information identified
GEIS concluded impacts are SMALL
16 Potential New and Potential New and Significant Information Significant Information
No new and significant information identified:
as a result of the scoping process
by the licensee
by the staff
GEIS Category 1 conclusions are adopted in this draft SEIS.
17 Threatened or Endangered Species
18 Cumulative Impacts Cumulative Impacts of Operation of Operation
Considered impacts of renewal term operations combined with other past, present, and reasonably foreseeable future actions
evaluated to end of 20-year renewal term
geographic boundaries dependent on resource
No significant cumulative impacts
19 Other Environmental Other Environmental Impacts Evaluated Impacts Evaluated
Uranium Fuel Cycle and Solid Waste Management
Decommissioning
20 Alternatives Alternatives
No-action
Alternative energy sources
New generation (Coal, Natural Gas, Nuclear)
Purchased electrical power
Other alternatives (Oil, Wind, Solar, Conservation)
Combination of alternatives
Environmental effects of alternatives in at least some impact categories reach MODERATE or LARGE significance
21 Analysis Approach Analysis Approach Potential Potential New Issue New Issue Generic Environmental Impact Statement Generic Environmental Impact Statement (GEIS)
(GEIS)
Category 1 Issues Category 2 Issues Category 1 Issues Category 2 Issues New and New and Significant Significant Info?
Info?
GEIS: Impacts Same GEIS: Impacts Same At All Sites At All Sites GEIS: Analyze GEIS: Analyze Impacts At All Sites Impacts 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
22 Preliminary Preliminary Conclusions Conclusions
GEIS Conclusions on Category 1 issues adopted.
Impacts resulting from Category 2 issues are of SMALL significance.
Environmental effects of alternatives may reach MODERATE or LARGE significance
23 Postulated Accidents Postulated Accidents
Design-basis accidents
Severe accidents
Severe accident mitigation alternatives (SAMAs)
24 SAMA Evaluation SAMA Evaluation Process Process
Characterize overall plant risk
Identify potential improvements
Quantify risk reduction potential and implementation costs
Determine whether implementation of any of the improvements is required to support license renewal
25 Preliminary Results of Preliminary Results of SAMA Evaluation SAMA Evaluation
280 candidate improvements considered.
Set of SAMAs reduced to 15 based on multi-step screening process.
Detailed cost/benefit analysis shows that 4 of the 15 candidates are cost beneficial.
All cost beneficial SAMAs are procedure development actions.
None are related to managing the effects of plant aging.
None are required to be implemented as part of license renewal.
26 Preliminary Results of Preliminary Results of SAMA Evaluation SAMA Evaluation
Four cost beneficial procedure development SAMAs
Locally starting equipment during a 125 vdc bus failure
Feedwater flow control without 125 vdc power
Depressurization control to maintain reactor isolation cooling system operability
Containment venting control in a narrow pressure band
27 Preliminary Preliminary Conclusions Conclusions
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 Quad Cities Nuclear Power Station, Units 1 and 2 are not so great that preserving the option of license renewal for energy planning decisionmakers would be unreasonable.
28 Environmental Review Environmental Review Milestones Milestones
Draft EIS issued - 11/04/03
Comment period - 11/14/03 to 01/27/04
Issuance of Final EIS - July 2004
29 Point of Contact and Point of Contact and Reference Documents Reference Documents
NRC contact: Duke Wheeler, (800) 368-5642, Ext. 1444
Documents located at local libraries
Cordova District Library, Cordova, IL
River Valley Library, Port Byron, IL
Davenport Public Library, Davenport, IA
Draft SEIS can also be viewed at the NRCs Web site (www.nrc.gov) at: www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/nuregs/staff/sr1437/supplement16/
30 Submitting Submitting Comments Comments
By mail:
Chief, Rules and Directives Branch Division of Administrative Services Mailstop T-6D59 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
In person:
11545 Rockville Pike Rockville, Maryland
E-mail:
QuadCitiesEIS@nrc.gov