ML050210207
| ML050210207 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Millstone  |
| Issue date: | 01/11/2005 |
| From: | Emch R NRC/NRR/DRIP/RLEP |
| To: | |
| Emch R, NRR/DRIP/RLEP, 415-1590 | |
| References | |
| Download: ML050210207 (12) | |
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Pur e~f Tday' Discuss NRC's license renewal proces~s
> 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 I
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-"'> Mflistone Power Station, Units and3 License ewal iOperating licenses expire in 2015 3 respectively-
- Application requests authorization to operate Millstone Power Station for up to' additional 20 years 14 I
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,* Safety review I
>- Environmental review
> Plant inspections
> Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards (ACRS)
Licen enewal Process S..
Natio alEnvironmental 1
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' M Poty Act
> NEPA requires Federal agencies to systematic approach to consider environmental impacts i Commission has determined that an environmental impact statement (EIS) will be prepared for a license renewal action 2
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ow Impacts are Q-.>hntified
>- NRC-defined impact levels:\\
SMlA LL. Effect is noldeferntaleor toosmall,o"destab noticeably alter any importnt anrinbab of:h r
sa e I StODERATE: Err t issaffiiknltroralernonieenblyb MDgo destabilize importnt trinbnaes ojfthe resource
,LA RGE Eflece is cearly notirehble and suflicient o destabili imponant attributes of the resource
> Consistent with the Council on Environnental Quality guidance for NEPA analyses 4
--- G go Syg~stem r Wr Im~ibcts
.Entrainment Impact on winter flounder larvae MODERATE
>Irany factors affecting trends
>Uncertainty In extent of Impact from Mitstone IPopulation lo-wImpact on other species SMALL
>Impingement Impact SMALL
>llat shock impact SMALL iNo fish kills since t972 after mitiptions complated
>-Complie s ith CTDEP National PoMlutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit t-r% raii~mission r 6mJLines
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- -115 miles of corridors covering ov acres
> Corridor impacts SMALL
> Electric shock from electromagnetiC field
- Maximum induced currents below National Elec Safety Code limits - impacts SMALL
> Health effects of chronic exposure to electromagnetic fields
- National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences review concluded that health snudies do not show sufficient evidence of risk to warrant concern - impact is not further characterized 5
Sociroe nOmics
>l lousingandpublicutilityimpacts during operation No ditont changs in h-ouing -u1rkd
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Vel usP can tY m. will eciatang cqsuily OlfTsite land use and transportation
> At.W S-additiona ut Wpkby would.n fledi l-nd aWe o mad as.
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5g pfeony ca-pymntns would an hange county land use H
Historic and archaeological resources
- See-ol tnon cultura t-Ire Sa 0c it. bce unt A* ed i Environmental justice
- All Inpad WAUe SMALL nd nan da.1.e.¶nionate te ewed in SM
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> No new and significant infonnation
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>during scoping
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~-. Cnulative Impacts of Oeration
- Considered impacts Of renewal ter Oe 'i-n^
combined with other past. preseni and reason bl foreseeable future actions
- , evaluated to end Of 20-year renew al term
>' geographic boundaries dependent on resource
- No significant cumulative impacts 7
.+' En, tmvironmental r,,>?
ImpactsEv-aluated
> Uranium Fuel Cycle and Solid Waste Management
>. Decommissioning
,~ 4Preliminary CXCon sons fo Altern tj s
- Alternatives (including the no-action alte may have environmental effects in many ii categories that reach MODERATE or LAI significance 8
AA Evaluation Probess
> Characterize overall plant risk
> Identify potential improvements
- Quantify risk reduction potential and implementation costs
- Determine whether implementation of any of improvements is required to support license renewal I
Preiminary Results ol
- SAMA6A, luati on i-196 candidate improvements considered for U^l4 185 for Unit 3 I
Set of SAMAs reduced based on multi-step screenin process (to 44 for Unit 2 and 52 for Unit 3)
Detailed cost/benefit analysis shows that one SAMA would be cost-beneficial at Unit 2-enhance procedures to prevent a seal LOCA upon loss of component cooling water I
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P Pre minary Results of
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SAMAEvalution
- Thtree SAMAs found to be potentially]
o beneficiall
>- not related to managing the effects of agin
'p not required to be implemented as part Of license renewal f
> Dominion plans to further evaluate these SAMAs and complete any implementation prior to the period of extended operation
.1 Preliminary Conciusions
> Impacts of license renewal are SMALL for a.
ct areas except entrainment of winter flounder larvae. H MODERATE Impacts of alternatives to license renewal range from SMALL to LARGE The staff's preliminary recommendation is that the advc3 environmental impacts of license renewal for Millstone a not so great that preserving the option of license renewal for energy planning decisionmakers would be unreasonable 10
I Poi tf Contact and 1o,.!
Referenc'Documents Agency point of contact:
Richard L Emch. Jr.
(800) 368-5642, Ext. 1590 Documents located at the Waterford Public Library, 4 Ferry Road. Waterford: or Three Rivers Community C Thames River Campus Library. 574 New London Tump Norwich. Connecticut Draft SEIS can also be viewed at the NRC's Web site (www.nrc.gov) at: www.nrc.gov/reading-rmrdoc-collectionslnuregs/staff/srl 437Vsupplemcnt22/
> Az Submitting Combe ts By mail at:
Chief. Rules Review and D es Branch U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Co.ns Niailstop T-6D59 Washington. DC 20555-0001
- In person at:
11545 Rockville Pike Rockville. Maryland
> E-mail at:
NlillstoneElS@nrc.gov 1
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