ML053320468
| ML053320468 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Brunswick  |
| Issue date: | 10/18/2005 |
| From: | Rani Franovich NRC/NRR/ADRO/DLR/REBB |
| To: | Guerrero C NRC/NRR/ADRO/DLR/REBB |
| Guerrero, C, NRR/DLR/REBB, 415-2981 | |
| References | |
| TAC MC4641, TAC MC4642 | |
| Download: ML053320468 (32) | |
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Preliminary Results of Preliminary Results of Environmental Review Environmental Review Brunswick Steam Electric Brunswick Steam Electric Plant, Units 1 and 2 Plant, Units 1 and 2 Nuclear Regulatory Commission October 18, 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 Brunswick Steam Electric Brunswick Steam Electric Plant, Units 1 and 2 Plant, Units 1 and 2 License Renewal License Renewal 3/4 Operating licenses expire in 2016 and 2014, respectively 3/4 Application requests authorization to operate the plant (Units 1 and 2) for 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 Environmental Environmental Review Review Application Application Review Review NRC Decision NRC Decision On Application On Application**
License Renewal Process License Renewal Process
- If a Request for Hearing is Granted
- Available at www.nrc.gov License Renewal License Renewal Application**
Application**
submitted to NRC submitted to NRC Safety Safety Review Review Onsite Onsite Inspections Inspections Independent Independent Review Review Hearings*
Hearings*
6 Safety Review Process Safety Review Process Safety Safety Review Review Onsite Onsite Inspection(s)
Inspection(s)
Inspection Inspection Report(s)
Report(s)
Issued**
Issued**
Safety Evaluation Safety Evaluation Review Review ACRS ACRS Letter Issued**
Letter Issued**
NRC Decision NRC Decision On Application**
On Application**
Regional Regional Administrator Administrator Letter Issued Letter Issued License Renewal Application**
submitted to NRC Local Public Information Meeting Hearings*
Public Meeting(s)
-Tech. Issues
-Audit Exit Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards (ACRS)
Review Public Exit Meeting(s)
Safety Safety Evaluation Evaluation Report Issued**
Report Issued**
- If a Request for Hearing is Granted Opportunities for Public Interaction
- Available at www.nrc.gov
7 Environmental Review Environmental Review Process Process Environmental Environmental Review Review 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**
Site Site Environmental Environmental Audit Audit License Renewal Application**
submitted to NRC Local Public Information Meeting Meeting/
Comments On Scoping Meeting/
Comments On Draft Hearings*
- If a Request for Hearing is Granted Opportunities for Public Interaction
- Available at www.nrc.gov
8 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
9 Decision Standard for Decision Standard for Environmental Review Environmental Review To determine whether or not the adverse environmental impacts of license renewal for Brunswick Steam Electric Plant, Units 1 and 2 are so great that preserving the option of license renewal for energy planning decisionmakers would be unreasonable.
10 Environmental License Environmental License Renewal Process Renewal Process Application Application Submitted Submitted October 18, 2004 October 18, 2004 Notice of Intent Notice of Intent January 12, 2005 January 12, 2005 Scoping Scoping Process Process Environmental Review Environmental Review Site Audit Site Audit January 2005 January 2005 Requests for Additional Requests for Additional Information (RAIs)
Information (RAIs)
February 24, 2005 February 24, 2005 Draft Supplement Draft Supplement to the GEIS to the GEIS August 2005 August 2005 Final Final Supplement to Supplement to the GEIS the GEIS April 2006 April 2006 Formal Formal Public Public Participation Participation
11 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
12 Analysis Approach Analysis Approach Potential Potential New Issue New Issue Generic Environmental Impact Statement Generic Environmental Impact Statement (GEIS)
(GEIS)
Category 1 Category 2 Category 1 Category 2 New and New and Significant Significant Info?
Info?
GEIS: Impacts Small GEIS: Impacts Small At All Sites At All Sites GEIS: Analyze GEIS: Analyze At All Sites 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
13 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
14 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
15 Environmental Impacts of Operation 3/4 Cooling System 3/4 Transmission Lines 3/4 Radiological 3/4 Threatened or Endangered Species 3/4 Cumulative Impacts 3/4 Severe Accidents
16 Cooling System Impacts 3/4Category 2 Issues 3/4Entrainment of Fish and Shellfish in Early Life Stages 3/4Impingement of Fish and Shellfish 3/4Heat Shock 3/4Preliminary findings 3/4Impacts are SMALL 3/4No additional mitigation required
17 Transmission Lines Transmission Lines 3/4Category 2 issues 3/4Electromagnetic fields, acute effects (electric shock) 3/4Issue not categorized 3/4Electromagnetic fields, chronic effects 3/4Preliminary findings 3/4Impacts are SMALL 3/4No additional mitigation required
18 Radiological Impacts of Radiological Impacts of Normal Operations 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
19 Threatened or Endangered Species (http://images.
(http://images.fws fws..gov gov))
3/4Sixteen terrestrial and fourteen aquatic Federally listed species potentially in vicinity 3/4Informal Consultation with FWS and NOAA Fisheries initiated 3/4IMPACTS ARE SMALL Humpback whale Leatherback turtle Bald eagle Piping Plover Short-nosed sturgeon
20 Potential New and Significant Information 3/4 No new and significant information identified:
3/4during scoping 3/4by the licensee 3/4by the NRC staff
21 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
22 Other Environmental Impacts Evaluated 3/4 Uranium Fuel Cycle and Solid Waste Management 3/4 Decommissioning
23 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
24 Postulated Accidents Postulated Accidents 3/4 Design-basis accidents 3/4 Severe accidents 3/4Severe accident mitigation alternatives (SAMAs)
25 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
26 Preliminary Results of Preliminary Results of SAMA Evaluation SAMA Evaluation 3/4 43 potential SAMA candidate improvements considered for Brunswick Unit 1 and 2 3/4 Set of SAMAs reduced to 27 based on multi-step screening process 3/4 Detailed cost/benefit analysis shows that 15 of these SAMAs could be cost beneficial (7 from baseline analysis; 8 additional from uncertainty analysis)
27 Preliminary Results of Preliminary Results of SAMA Evaluation SAMA Evaluation 3/4 None of the potentially cost-beneficial SAMAs relate to managing the effects of aging. Accordingly, none of the SAMAs are required to be implemented as part of license renewal 3/4 Notwithstanding this, CP&L has committed to further evaluate the potentially cost-beneficial SAMAs for possible implementation, with a focus on:
3/4 SAMA 1 - Portable generator to supply DC power during a station blackout event, and 3/4 Those SAMAs that remain cost-beneficial if SAMA 1 were implemented 3/4 Completion of the evaluations is being tracked in the BSEP action tracking system
28 Preliminary Preliminary 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 Brunswick Steam Electric Plant, Units 1 and 2 are not so great that preserving the option of license renewal for energy planning decisionmakers would be unreasonable.
29 Environmental Review Environmental Review Milestones Milestones 3/4 Draft EIS issued - August 30, 2005 3/4 Comment period ends December 2, 2005 3/4 Issuance of Final EIS - April 2006
30 Point of Contact and Point of Contact and Reference Documents Reference Documents 3/4 Agency points of contact: Richard L. Emch, Jr.,
(800) 368-5642, ext. 1590 3/4 Documents are located at the William Madison Randall Library, 601S. College Rd., Wilmington, North Carolina 3/4 The SEIS can also be viewed at the NRCs Web site (www.nrc.gov) at: www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/nuregs/staff/sr1437/supplement25/
31 Submitting Submitting Comments Comments 3/4 By mail:
Chief, Rules Review and Directives Branch U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Mailstop T-6D59 Washington, DC 20555-0001 3/4 In person:
11545 Rockville Pike Rockville, Maryland 3/4 E-mail:
BrunswickEIS@nrc.gov