ML040790141
| ML040790141 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Dresden  |
| Issue date: | 01/14/2004 |
| From: | Larry Wheeler Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
| To: | |
| Wheeler LL, NRR/DRIP/RLEP, 415-1444 | |
| Shared Package | |
| ML040830308 | List: |
| References | |
| TAC MB6843, TAC MB6844 | |
| Download: ML040790141 (29) | |
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Preliminary Results of Environmental Review
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Purp eafoday's
> Discuss NRC's 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 2
en Nuclear Power Statio nfits 2 and 3 License Renewal
> Operating licenses expire
> December 2009 for Unit 2
) January 201 1 for Unit 3
> Application requests authorization to operate Dresden Nuclear Power Station, Units 2 and 3 for up to an additional 20 years 3
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> S afety review
> Safety evaluation
> Plant inspections
> Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards (ACRS)
> Environmental review V
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L enewal Process Agency.
Decision on Application Formal 7
Public Participation
- If a request for hearing is granted 5
1L, A.1 at1 Environmental 7
Polcy Q(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
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Environme al Review To determine whether or not the adverse environmental impacts of license renewal for Dresden Nuclear Power Station, Units 2 and 3 are so great that preserving the option of license renewal for energy planning decisionmakers would be unreasonable.
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E mental License Rene Process
- * * --V -V-Federal Register Notice of Intent March 14, 2003 for Additional Formal Public Participation Final Supplement to the GEIS July 2004
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is Approach Generic Environmental Impact Statement (GEIS)
Categ ry 1 Issues Category 2 Issues GEIS: Impacts Same GEIS: Analyze At All Sites Impacts At All Sites Ne
,1 New and YES Pefr Sie YES V I Siniicn Specific Analysis Nei NO Adopt the No GEIS Conclusion Ar
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i-cn 2 Impacts are 0
> NRC-defined impact levels:
> SMALL: Effect is not detectable or too small to destabi noticeably alter any important attribute of the resource
> MODERATE: Effect is sufficient to alter noticeably, but no destabilize important attributes of the resource
> LARGE: Effect is clearly noticeable and sufficient to destabiliz important attributes of the resource
> Consistent with the Council on Environmental Quality guidance for NEPA analyses 11
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. n Gathering License Renewal Application Staff's Site Audit ents El State & Local Agencies Social Services Permitting Authorities 12
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- W nvi mental Impacts ontin Operation
> Cooling System
> Transmission Lines
> Radiological
> Socioeconomic
> Groundwater Use and Quality
> Threatened or Endangered Species
> Accidents 13
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> Category 2 issues
> Water Use Conflicts
> Entrainment
> Impingement
> Heat Shock
> Microbiological Organisms
> Preliminary findings
> Impacts are SMALL
> No additional mitigation required Dresden Island Lock and Dam Discharge Canals Intake Canals Intake Flume Discharge Flume Island if Bardwell Island Z A-,
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as Radio lcal Impacts
> Category 1 issues
> Radiation exposures to the public I
> Occupational radiation exposures
> Preliminary findings
> No new and significant information identified
> GEIS concluded impacts are SMALL 1
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> 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 17
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> Uranium Fuel Cycle and Solid Waste Management
> Decommissioning 18
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> 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 1
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An Approach (GEIS)
GEIS: Analyze Impacts At All Sites Potential New Issue YES Perform Site-Specific Analysis YES Validated
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> GEIS Conclusions on Category 1 issues adopted.
> Impacts resulting from Category 2 issues are of SMALL significance.
> No new impacts identified.
> Environmental effects of alternatives may reach MODERATE or LARGE significance.
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Postul Accidents
> Design-basis accidents
> Severe accidents
> Severe accident mitigation alternatives (SAMAs) 22
S Evaluation Pr S
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> 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 23
P ry Results of Evaluation SAMA
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> 265 candidate improvements considered.
> Set of SAMAs reduced to 12 based on multi-step screening process.
> Detailed cost/benefit analysis shows that none of the 12 candidates are cost beneficial.
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OL 0+d Peiinary Concl Ions
> Impacts of license renewal are SMALL for all impact areas
> Impacts of alternatives range from SMALL to LARGE.
> The staff's preliminary recommendation is that the adverse environmental impacts of license renewal for Dresden Nuclear Power Station, Units 2 and 3 are not so great that preserving the option of license renewal for energy planning decisionmakers would be unreasonable.
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Envi ental Review Mu U
> Draft EIS issued - 12/02/03
> Comment period - 12/12/03 to 02/24/04
> Issuance of Final EIS - July 2004 26
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Contact and Ref erenci ocuments NRC contact: Duke Wheeler (800) 368-5642, Ext. 1444
> Documents located at local libraries
> Morris County Library
> Coal City Public Library
> Draft SEIS can also be viewed at the NRC's Web site (www.nrc.gov) at: www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/nuregs/staff/srl 437/supplementl 7/
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1mutming CornI ts I
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> By mail:
Chief, Rules and Directives Br
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Division of Administrative Services Mailstop T-6D59 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
> In person:
11545 Rockville Pike Rockville, Maryland
> E-mail:
DresdenEIS @ nrc. gov 28
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