ML070330562

Dseis Meeting Presentation, Preliminary Results of Environmental Review Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station

ML070330562
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Site:	Pilgrim
Issue date:	01/24/2007
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Preliminary Results of ' Purpose of Today's Meeting

' - Environmental Review Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station > Discuss NRC's license renewal process

> Describe the environmental review process U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission > Discuss the results of our review January 24, 2007 > Provide the review schedule

> Describe how to submit comments

> Accept any comments you may have today Pilgrim Nuclear NRC's Regulatory Oversight Power Station 444 License Renewal

" Atomic Energy Act

>Issue operating licenses for commercial nuclear power reactors > Operating license expires June 8, 2012

>Regulate civilian use of nuclear > Application requests authorization to materials operate Pilgrim for an additional 20 years

" NRC's Mission

>Public health and safety

>Promote common defense and security

>Protect the environment 3 Safety Review Process 4(10 CFR Part 54)

> Safety Review

> Review of application and supporting documentation

> On-site audits

> On-site inspections

> Issuance of Safety Evaluation Report (SER)

> Independent review by the Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards

• Request for Hearing is Granted Available at www.nrc.gov 5 I

Ongoing Regulatory Environmental Oversight Review Process

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> Emergency Planning

>10 CFR 50.47

> Security

>10 CFR Part 73

>Current Safety Performance

> http://www.nrc.gov/NRR/OVERSlGHT/ASSESS/index.html je*  %,j Environmental Review

• S Decision Standard for (10 CFR Part 51) Environmental Review National Environmental Policy Act requires Federal agencies to use a systematic approach to consider environmental impacts To determine whether or not the adverse

- NRC prepares an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for all environmental impacts of license renewal propose dlicense renewals for Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station are so

"- Scope great that preserving the option of license

> Generic Environmental Impact Statement (GELS) renewal for energy planning decisionmakers

> Site-specific Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) would be unreasonable.

" Focused on assessment of site-specific issues

" The staff also looks for new and significant information on generic conclusions reached in the GElS Pilgrim Environmental Review Team Expertise 4*4 Milestones 1% J Application Received January 27, 2006 4t44~pfl.rkS.

Notice of Intent April 14, 2006 4 4 m-i 4, Scoping Public Meeting May 17, 2006 Ec,,ei44 Scoping Comments Due June 16, 2006 L Aq. d Scoping Summary Report September 25, 2006 r

Draft SEIS Issued December 8, 2006 Draft SEIS Public Meeting January 24, 2007 Draft SEIS Comments Due February 28, 2007 acna~,,g,4,.w~~i 4*5,2 Final SEIS Issued July 2007 2

SW.") Analysis Approach How Impacts are Quantified Catw-oW 1 Is

.. e EL.. Category 2 I1-u8

> NRC-defined impact levels:

> SMALL: Effect is not detectable or too small to destabilize AGEt 1

AMnit-uen i p.t AJA1hN.n NecI.t 13 or noticeably alterany importantattribute of the resource

> MODERATE: Effect is sufficient to alternoticeably, but not N- YES Pd f destabilize important attributesof the resource YES NO 13.

" LARGE: Effect is clearly noticeableand sufficient to destabilize importantattributesof the resource

> Consistent with the Council on Environmental Quality guidance for NEPA analyses Information Gathering Environmental Impacts of 4444 Continued Operation

>Cooling system

> Radiological

>Threatened or endangered species

> Cumulative impacts

> Accidents Cooling System Impacts Radiological Impacts

> Entrainment and impingement of fish and

> Category 1 issues shellfish preliminary findings > Radiation exposures to the public

> Impact of MODERATE on the local winter flounder population due to entrainment > Preliminary findings regarding Pilgrim

> Impact of MODERATE to the rainbow smelt, > No new and significant information Jones River population, due to impingement identified

> Impact of SMALL to MODERATE on all other > GEIS concluded impacts would be marine aquatic species SMALL

> Heat shock impacts would be SMALL 3

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-....  % Threzitened or

• g Endange red Species Cumulative Impacts of Operation

> Threatened or endangered > Impacts of renewal term operations combined with species in the vicinity of other past, present, and reasonably foreseeable Pilgrim include eleven marine aquatic species and future actions five terrestrial and freshwater > Evaluated to end of 20-year renewal term aquatic species > Geographic boundaries dependent on resource

> Impacts would be SMALL > Cumulative impacts would be SMALL for all resources with the exception of marine aquatic resources, which would experience SMALL to MODERATE cumulative impacts 20

. . Other Environmental Alternatives 44444 Impacts Evaluated

> Uranium fuel cycle and solid waste > No-action management > Alternative energy sources

> New generation (coal, natural gas, nuclear)

> Decommissioning > Purchased electrical power

> Other alternatives (wind, solar, conservation)

> Combination of alternatives

> Environmental effects of alternatives in at least some impact categories reach MODERATE or LARGE significance Preliminary Conclusions Postulated Accidents

> GElS conclusions on Category 1 issues adopted > Design-basis accidents

> Impacts resulting from Category 2 issues are > Severe accidents of SMALL, SMALL to MODERATE, and MODERATE significance > Severe accident mitigation alternatives (SAMAs)

> Environmental effects of alternatives may reach MODERATE or LARGE significance 23 4

Preliminary Results of Environmental Review SAMA Evaluation S Milestones

> 281 potential SAMAs considered

> Number of SAMAs reduced to 59 based on > Draft SEIS issued - December 8, 2006 screening process

> Detailed cost-benefit analysis shows that 7 > Comment period ends - February 28, 2007 SAMAs could be cost beneficial

> Issuance of Final SEIS - July 2007

> None of these are related to managing the effects of aging. Therefore, none are required to be implemented as part of license renewal Additional Information JA Submitting Comments

> Agency points of contact: By mail: Chief, Rules and Directives Branch

> Alicia Williamson, (800) 368-5642 ext. 1878 Division of Administrative Services Mailstop T-6D59

> Documents located at: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission

> Plymouth Public Library, 132 South Street, Plymouth, Washington DC 20555 MA

> Kingston Public Library, 6 Green Street, Kingston, MA > By e-mail: PilgrimEIS@nrc.gov

> Duxbury Free Library, 77 Alden Street, Duxbury, MA http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/nuregs/staff/sr1437/supplement29/ > In person: 11545 Rockville Pike 27 Rockville, Maryland 28 29 5