ML050920009
| ML050920009 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Point Beach  |
| Issue date: | 03/03/2005 |
| From: | Stacey Imboden NRC/NRR/DRIP/RLEP |
| To: | Division of Regulatory Improvement Programs |
| Imboden S, NRR/DRIP/RLEP, 415-2462 | |
| Shared Package | |
| ML020920006 | List: |
| References | |
| TAC MC2049, TAC MC2050 | |
| Download: ML050920009 (29) | |
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Preliminary Results of Environmental Review Point Beach Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2 Nuclear Regulatory Commission March 3, 2005
Purpose of Todays 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 2
Point Beach Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2 License Renewal 3/4 Operating licenses expire 3/4 October 2010 for Unit 1 3/4 March 2013 for Unit 2 3/4 Application requests authorization to operate Point Beach Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2 for up to an additional 20 years 3
NRCs License Renewal Review 3/4 Safety review 3/4 Safety evaluation 3/4 Plant inspections 3/4 Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards (ACRS) 3/4 Environmental review 4
License Renewal Process Public Regional Onsite Inspection Exit Administrator Inspection Report Issued**
Meeting Letter Issued**
Advisory Safety Committee on Review Reactor Safety ACRS (ACRS) Letter Issued**
Review Public Information Meeting Safety Evaluation Safety Public Meeting(s) Evaluation Review
-Tech. Issues Report Issued**
-Audit Exit License Renewal Application** NRC Decision Hearings* On Application**
submitted to NRC Draft Environmental Scoping Final Supplement Comments Review Activities/ Supplement To GEIS on Draft Comments To GEIS Issued**
Issued**
Opportunities for Public Interaction
- If a Request for Hearing is Granted 5
- Available at www.nrc.gov
National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) 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 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 Point Beach Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2 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 Federal Register Submitted Notice of Intent February 2004 May 2004 Environmental Review Requests for Additional Scoping Site Audit Information Process June 2004 August 2004 Draft Supplement Final Formal to the GEIS Supplement to Public January 2005 the GEIS Participation September 2005 8
Team Expertise Atmospheric Science Radiation Regulatory Protection Compliance Socioeconomics/ Terrestrial Environmental Justice Ecology Nuclear Safety Aquatic Land Use Ecology Archaeology/Historical Resources Hydrology 9
Analysis Approach Generic Environmental Impact Statement (GEIS)
Category 1 Issues Category 2 Issues GEIS: Impacts Same GEIS: Analyze Potential At All Sites Impacts At All Sites New Issue New and YES YES Perform Site-Site- Validated Significant Specific Analysis New Issue?
Info?
NO NO Adopt the No Further GEIS Conclusion Analysis 10
How Impacts are 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 11
Information Gathering License Renewal Application Staffs Public Site Audit Comments SEIS Federal, State,
& Local Social Agencies Services Permitting Authorities 12
Environmental Impacts 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 Cumulative Impacts 3/4 Accidents 13
Cooling System Impacts 3/4 Category 2 Issues 3/4Entrainment of Fish and Shellfish in Early Life Stages 3/4Impingement of Fish and Shellfish 3/4Heat Shock 3/4 Preliminary findings 3/4Impacts are SMALL 3/4No additional mitigation required 14
Radiological Impacts of Normal Operations 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 15
Threatened or Endangered Species Aquatic Mussels Animals Insects and Plants
- 1. white cats paw 1. Indiana bat 1. Karner blue pearlymussel 2. bald eagle butterfly
- 2. northern 3. piping plover 2. Mitchells satyr riffleshell 4. Copperbelly 3. Pitchers thistle
- 3. clubshell water snake 4. small whorled pogonia Preliminary findings: Impacts are SMALL No additional mitigation required 16
Cumulative Impacts 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 No significant cumulative impacts 17
Other Environmental Impacts Evaluated 3/4 Uranium Fuel Cycle and Solid Waste Management 3/4 Decommissioning 18
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 (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 19
Preliminary 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.
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Postulated Accidents 3/4 Design-basis accidents 3/4 Severe accidents 3/4 Severe accident mitigation alternatives (SAMAs) 21
SAMA Evaluation 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 22
Preliminary Results of SAMA Evaluation 3/4 202 candidate improvements considered 3/4 Set reduced to 65 by multi-step screening process 3/4 Detailed cost/benefit analysis 3/4 Identified 2 SAMAs that could be cost-beneficial 23
Preliminary Results of SAMA Evaluation 3/4Potential cost-beneficial SAMAs not related to managing the effects of aging 3/4 Not required to be implemented as part of license renewal 24
Conclusions 3/4 Impacts of license renewal are SMALL for all impact areas.
3/4 Impacts of alternatives range from SMALL to LARGE.
3/4 The staffs preliminary recommendation is that the adverse environmental impacts of license renewal for Point Beach Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2 are not so great that preserving the option of license renewal for energy planning decisionmakers would be unreasonable.
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Environmental Review Milestones 3/4 Draft EIS issued - 1/28/05 3/4 Comment period - 1/28/05 to 4/13/05 3/4 Issuance of Final EIS - September 2005 26
Point of Contact and Reference Documents 3/4 NRC contact: Stacey Imboden (800) 368-5642, Ext. 2462 3/4 Documents located at local library 3/4 Lester Public Library 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/supplement23/
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Submitting Comments 3/4 By mail: Chief, Rules and Directives Branch Division of Administrative Services Mailstop T-6D59 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 3/4 In person at: 11545 Rockville Pike Rockville, Maryland 3/4 E-mail: PointBeachEIS@nrc.gov 28
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