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 Preliminary Results of Environmental Review Environmental Review Point Beach Nuclear Point Beach Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2 Plant, Units 1 and 2 Nuclear Regulatory Commission March 3, 2005
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 Point Beach Nuclear Point Beach Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2 Plant, Units 1 and 2 License Renewal License Renewal 3/4 Operating licenses expire 3/4October 2010 for Unit 1 3/4March 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
4 NRCs License NRCs License Renewal Review Renewal Review 3/4 Safety review 3/4Safety evaluation 3/4Plant inspections 3/4Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards (ACRS) 3/4 Environmental review
5 Safety Safety Review Review Environmental Environmental Review Review Onsite Onsite Inspection Inspection Inspection Inspection Report Issued**
Report Issued**
Safety Evaluation Safety Evaluation Review Review Safety Safety Evaluation Evaluation Report Issued**
Report Issued**
ACRS ACRS Letter Issued**
Letter Issued**
Draft Draft Supplement Supplement To GEIS To GEIS Issued**
Issued**
Final Final Supplement Supplement To GEIS Issued**
To GEIS Issued**
NRC Decision NRC Decision On Application**
On Application**
License Renewal Application**
submitted to NRC Public Information Meeting Scoping Activities/
Comments Hearings*
Advisory Committee on Reactor Safety (ACRS)
Review Public Exit Meeting Public Meeting(s)
-Tech. Issues
-Audit Exit Regional Regional Administrator Administrator Letter Issued**
Letter Issued**
Comments on Draft License Renewal Process
- If a Request for Hearing is Granted Opportunities for Public Interaction
- Available at www.nrc.gov
6 National Environmental National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)
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
7 Decision Standard for Decision Standard for Environmental Review 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.
8 Environmental License Environmental License Renewal Process Renewal Process Application Application Submitted Submitted February 2004 February 2004 Federal Register Federal Register Notice of Intent Notice of Intent May 2004 May 2004 Scoping Scoping Process Process Environmental Review Environmental Review Site Audit Site Audit June 2004 June 2004 Requests for Additional Requests for Additional Information Information August 2004 August 2004 Draft Supplement Draft Supplement to the GEIS to the GEIS January 2005 January 2005 Final Final Supplement to Supplement to the GEIS the GEIS September 2005 September 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 Federal, State, Federal, State,
& Local
& 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 Cumulative Impacts 3/4 Accidents
14 Cooling System Cooling System Impacts 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
15 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
16 Threatened or Endangered Species
- 1. Karner blue butterfly
- 2. Mitchells satyr
- 3. Pitchers thistle
- 4. small whorled pogonia
- 1. Indiana bat
- 2. bald eagle
- 4. Copperbelly water snake
- 1. white cats paw pearlymussel
- 2. northern riffleshell
- 3. clubshell Insects and Plants Animals Aquatic Mussels Preliminary findings: Impacts are SMALL No additional mitigation required
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 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 (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 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.
21 Postulated Accidents Postulated Accidents 3/4 Design-basis accidents 3/4 Severe accidents 3/4Severe accident mitigation alternatives (SAMAs)
22 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
23 Preliminary Results of Preliminary Results of SAMA Evaluation 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
24 Preliminary Results of Preliminary Results of SAMA Evaluation 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
25 Conclusions 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.
26 Environmental Review Environmental Review Milestones 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
27 Point of Contact and Point of Contact and Reference Documents 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/
28 Submitting Submitting Comments 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
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