ML060960627
| ML060960627 | |
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| Site: | Monticello  |
| Issue date: | 03/22/2006 |
| From: | Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
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| Download: ML060960627 (15) | |
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W9 INi Preliminary Results of
/ Environmental Review Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission March 22, 2006 AnM.
Purpose of Today's Meeting
> Discuss NRC's license renewal process
> 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 2
NRC's Regulatory Oversight S....
Atomic Energy Act
> Issue operating licenses
> Regulate civilian use of nuclear materials
> NF.C's Mission
- Title 10, Code of Federal Regulations
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Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant License Renewal
> Operating license expires
>September 8, 2010
> Application requests authorization to operate Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant for an additional 20 years.
.'- N License Renewal Process 5
% h-.. Scope of License
.W d Renewal Safety Review
> Limited to Aging Management Systems, structures and components Important to safety
> Determined by license renewal scoping criteria Not on Ongoing Oversight of Current Issues
> Security
>.Emergency Planning
> Safety Performance November 17, 2005 2
isJ Safety Review Process
> Safety Evaluation
> Audits
> Evaluation of technical information
> Plant inspections
> Independent Review Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards (ACRS)
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License Renewal Process
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10 is t' National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)
> NEPA requires Federal agencies to use a systematic apprzach to consider environmental impacts.
> An Eivironmental Impact Statement (EIS) is required for majcr Federal actions significantly affecting the quality of the t uman environment.
- Corn mission has determined that a supplement to the
'Generic EIS for Ucense Renewal of Nuclear Plants" will be piepared for a license renewal application.
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Decision Standard for VW, Environmental Review Tt, determine whether or not the adverse ervironmental impacts of license renewal for Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant are sc great that preserving the option of license renewal for energy planning dEcisionmakers would be unreasonable.
13 Environmental Review "Mi) Milestones Application Received March 24, 2005 Notico of Intent June 2, 2005 Scoping Public Meetings June 30,2005 Scoping Period Ended August 2, 2005 Scoping Summary Report October 7, 2005 Draft BEIS January 23, 2006 Draft SEIS Public Meetings March 22, 2006 Draft SEIS Comments Due May 4, 2006 Final SEIS September 2006 14 Team Expertise So t ~~- .' ' Ed ob !0 Rq-iaT i as November 17, 2005 5
How Impacts are Quantified
> NRa-defined impact levels:
> ",MALL: Effect is not detectable or too small to destabilize or noticeably alter any important attribute of the resource
> MODERATE: Effect is sufficient to alternoticeably. but not dfestabilize important attributes of the resource
> l.ARG E: Effect is clearly noticeable and sufficient to Idestabilize important attributes of the resource
> Consistent with the Council on Environmental Quality guidance for NEPA analyses 18 17 Environmental Impacts
.. of Continued Operation
> Cooling System
> Transmission Lines
>. Radiological
> Socioeconomic
. Gioundwater Use and Quality
> Tt reatened or Endangered Species
> Accidents 18 November 17, 2005 6
11 Cooling System Impacts
> CatE gory 2 issues Water Use Conflicts
> Eitrainrnent
> Iriingement
>Heat Shock
> iicrobiological
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> Prel minary findings
> Iripacts are SMALL
> No additional rnitigation 19 "nuired Radiological Impacts
> category 1 issues i Radiation exposures to the public
- Occupational radiation exposures
> Preliminary findings No new and significant information identified
- GEIS concluded impacts are SMALL 20
( Thr eatened or
)Endani gered Species
>Thrce Federally listed species potentially in vicini .y.
>A biological assessment was p epared.
>IMPACT1S ARE SMALL I,.. ~o',~ W ~ .bc tn.
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Cumulative Impacts sViJ of Operation
> Corsidered impacts of renewal term operations combined with other past, present, and reasonably foreseeable future actions 3valuated to end of 20-year renewal term
>eographic boundaries dependent on resource No ;igniticant cunutlative irrpacts 22 tN -Other Environmental b.,W) Impacts Evaluated
>.Uranium Fuel Cycle and Solid Waste Management
. Decommissioning 23 bzi Alternatives a....
No-action i Alte mative energy sources
> New generation (Coal, Natural Gas, Nuclear)
> Purchased electrical power
> Other alternatives (Oil, Wind, Solar, Conservation)
> Combination of alternatives
- Environmental effects of alternatives in at least some impact categories reach MODERATE or LARGE significance 24 November 17, 2005 8
NAP, Preliminary Conclusions
> GEIS Conclusions on Category 1 issues adopted.
> Impacts resulting from Category 2 issues are of SMAL L significance.
> No new impacts identified.
> Environmental effects of alternatives may reach MODERATE or LARGE significance.
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- NAFPostulated Accidents
> Design-basis accidents
> Severe accidents
> Severe accident mitigation alternatives (SAMAs)
-. SAMA Evaluation S....
Process
> Characterize overall plant risk
> Identify potential improvements
> Quantify risk reduction potential and implementation costs
> Determine whether implementation of any of the improvements is required to support license renewal 27 November 17, 2005 9
Id; iPreliminary Results of SAMA Evaluation
> 40 potential SAMA candidate improvements co isidered for Monticello
> Se: of SAMAs reduced to 16 based on multi-step screening process
> Detailed cost/benefit analysis shows that 10 of these SAMAs could be cost beneficial (7 from baseline analysis; 3 additional from uncertainty analysis) 29 Preliminary Results of SAMA Evaluation NMC has subsequently implemented 6 of the SAMAs and reass essed the benefit of the remaining SAMAs.
> Impie mentation of the six SAMAs reduces the benefit of the rema ning SAMAs such that only one SAMA remains potertially cost beneficial.
This MAMA does not relate to managing the effects of aging.
Accordingly, It Is not required to be implemented as part of license renewal.
> Notw thstanding this, NMC plans to further evaluate the potertially cost-beneficial SAMA for possible Implementation.
29 Preliminary Conclusions
> Impacts of license renewal are SMALL for all impact areas.
>. Impacts of alternatives may reach MODERATE to LARGE.
> The slaffs preliminary recommendation is that the adverse environmental impacts of license renewal for Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant are not so great that preserving the optior of license renewal for energy planning decisionmakers would be unreasonable.
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%' Environmental Review i,"S....
Milestones
>.Draft SEIS issued - January 23, 2006
> Cornment period ends - May 4, 2006
> Issuance of Final SEIS - September 2006 AMtJ Additional Information NRC: contact: Ms. Jennifer A. Davis (800) 368-5642, Ext. 3835 Documents located at the Monticello Public Library (221) West 6th Street, Monticello, Minnesota 55362) and the Buffalo Public Library (18 Northwest Lake Boulevard, Buffalo, Minnesota 55313)
Dra 't SEIS can also be viewed at the NRC's Web site (wvw.nrc.gov) at: www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/nuregs/staff/srl437/supplement26/
32 Submitting Comments
. By mail: Chief, Rules and Directives Branch Division of Administrative Services Mailstop T-6D59 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington DC 20555
> In )erson: 11545 Rockville Pike Rockville, Maryland
> By e-mail: MonticelloEIS@nrc.gov ,,
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