ML043090302
| ML043090302 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Farley  |
| Issue date: | 09/30/2004 |
| From: | Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
| To: | |
| Davis J, NRR/DRIP/RLEP, 415-3835 | |
| References | |
| TAC MC0768, TAC MC0769 | |
| Download: ML043090302 (30) | |
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Preliminary Results of Preliminary Results of Environmental Review Environmental Review Joseph M. Farley Joseph M. Farley Nuclear Plant, Units 1 & 2 Nuclear Plant, Units 1 & 2 Nuclear Regulatory Commission September 30, 2004
2 Purpose of Todays Purpose of Todays Meeting Meeting 3/4 Discuss NRCs license renewal process 3/4 Describe the environmental review process 3/4 Discuss the results of our review 3/4 Provide the review schedule 3/4 Accept any comments you may have today 3/4 Describe how to submit comments
3 Joseph M. Farley Joseph M. Farley Nuclear Plant Nuclear Plant License Renewal License Renewal 3/4 Operating licenses expire in 2017 and 2021 respectively 3/4 Application requests authorization to operate Joseph M. Farley Nuclear Plant for up to an additional 20 years
4 NRCs License NRCs License Renewal Review Renewal Review 3/4 Safety review 3/4 Environmental review 3/4 Plant inspections 3/4 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 3/4 NEPA requires Federal agencies to use a systematic approach to consider environmental impacts 3/4 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 Farley, 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 September 15, 2003 September 15, 2003 Notice of Intent Notice of Intent December 5, 2003 December 5, 2003 Scoping Scoping Process Process Environmental Review Environmental Review Site Audit Site Audit January 2004 January 2004 Requests for Additional Requests for Additional Information (RAIs)
Information (RAIs)
December 17, 2003 December 17, 2003 Draft Supplement Draft Supplement to the GEIS to the GEIS August 2004 August 2004 Final Final Supplement to Supplement to the GEIS the GEIS March 2005 March 2005 Formal Formal Public Public Participation Participation
9 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
10 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
11 How Impacts are How Impacts are Quantified Quantified 3/4 NRC-defined impact levels:
3/4 SMALL: Effect is not detectable or too small to destabilize or noticeably alter any important attribute of the resource 3/4 MODERATE: Effect is sufficient to alter noticeably, but not destabilize important attributes of the resource 3/4 LARGE: Effect is clearly noticeable and sufficient to destabilize important attributes of the resource 3/4 Consistent with the Council on Environmental Quality guidance for NEPA analyses
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 Continued Operation of Continued Operation 3/4 Cooling System 3/4 Transmission Lines 3/4 Radiological 3/4 Socioeconomic 3/4 Groundwater Use and Quality 3/4 Threatened or Endangered Species 3/4 Accidents
14 Cooling System Cooling System Impacts Impacts 3/4 Category 2 issues 3/4 Water Use Conflicts 3/4 Microbiological Organisms 3/4 Preliminary findings 3/4 Impacts are SMALL 3/4 No additional mitigation required Cooling Pond Discharge Flume
15 Radiological Impacts Radiological Impacts 3/4 Category 1 issues 3/4 Radiation exposures to the public 3/4 Occupational radiation exposures 3/4 Preliminary findings 3/4 No new and significant information identified 3/4 GEIS concluded impacts are SMALL
16 Threatened or Endangered Species
17 Cumulative Impacts Cumulative Impacts of Operation of Operation 3/4 Considered impacts of renewal term operations combined with other past, present, and reasonably foreseeable future actions 3/4 evaluated to end of 20-year renewal term 3/4 geographic boundaries dependent on resource 3/4 No significant cumulative impacts
18 Other Environmental Other Environmental Impacts Evaluated Impacts Evaluated 3/4 Uranium Fuel Cycle and Solid Waste Management 3/4 Decommissioning
19 Alternatives Alternatives 3/4 No-action 3/4 Alternative energy sources 3/4 New generation (Coal, Natural Gas, Nuclear) 3/4 Purchased electrical power 3/4 Other alternatives (Oil, Wind, Solar, Conservation) 3/4 Combination of alternatives 3/4 Environmental effects of alternatives in at least some impact categories reach MODERATE or LARGE significance
20 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
21 Preliminary Preliminary Conclusions Conclusions 3/4 GEIS Conclusions on Category 1 issues adopted.
3/4 Impacts resulting from Category 2 issues are of SMALL significance.
3/4 No new impacts identified.
3/4 Environmental effects of alternatives may reach MODERATE or LARGE significance.
22 Postulated Accidents Postulated Accidents 3/4 Design-basis accidents 3/4 Severe accidents 3/4Severe accident mitigation alternatives (SAMAs)
23 SAMA Evaluation SAMA Evaluation Process Process 3/4 Characterize overall plant risk 3/4 Identify potential improvements 3/4 Quantify risk reduction potential and implementation costs 3/4 Determine whether implementation of any of the improvements is required to support license renewal
24 Preliminary Results of Preliminary Results of SAMA Evaluation SAMA Evaluation 3/4 Approximately 124 candidate improvements considered 3/4 Set of SAMAs reduced to 21 based on multi-step screening process 3/4 Detailed cost/benefit analysis shows that 3 of the 21 candidates are cost beneficial:
3/4 increase the charging pump lube oil capacity by adding supplemental lube oil reservoir for each charging pump 3/4 use existing hydro test pump for RCP seal injection 3/4 proceduralize local manual operation of AFW if control power is lost.
25 Preliminary Results of Preliminary Results of SAMA Evaluation SAMA Evaluation 3/4 Three SAMAs found to be potentially cost beneficial 3/4 not related to managing the effects of aging 3/4 not required to be implemented as part of license renewal 3/4 SNC has plans to implement SAMA S166 and further evaluate SAMAs 7 and ll
26 Preliminary Preliminary Conclusions Conclusions 3/4 Impacts of license renewal are SMALL for all impact areas 3/4 Impacts of alternatives to license renewal range from SMALL to LARGE 3/4 The staffs preliminary recommendation is that the adverse environmental impacts of license renewal for Farley are not so great that preserving the option of license renewal for energy planning decisionmakers would be unreasonable
27 Environmental Review Environmental Review Milestones Milestones 3/4 Draft EIS issued - 8/6/04 3/4 Comment period - 8/13/04 to 11/05/04 3/4 Issuance of Final EIS - March 2005
28 Point of Contact and Point of Contact and Reference Documents Reference Documents 3/4 Agency point of contact:
Jack Cushing (800) 368-5642, Ext. 1424 3/4 Documents located at the Houston Love Memorial Library, 212 West Burdeshaw Street, Dothan, Alabama, and the Lucy Maddox Memorial Library, 11880 Columbia Street, Blakely, Georgia 3/4 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/supplement18/
29 Submitting Submitting Comments Comments 3/4 By mail at: Chief, Rules and Directives Branch Division of Administrative Services Mailstop T-6D59 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 3/4In person at: 11545 Rockville Pike Rockville, Maryland 3/4 E-mail at:
FarleyEIS@nrc.gov