ML072260023

Slides for Public Meeting Regarding the Draft SEIS for FitzPatrick - Aug 01, 2007

ML072260023
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Site:	FitzPatrick
Issue date:	08/01/2007
From:	Tuan Le, Muir J NRC/NRR/ADRO/DLR/REBB, NRC/NRR/ADRO/DLR/RLRA
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Preliminary Results of the Environmental Review for James A. FitzPatrick Nuclear Power Plant U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission August 01, 2007

Purpose of Todays Meeting Discuss the results of environmental review Provide the review schedule Describe how to submit comments in the future Accept oral and written comments today

James A. FitzPatrick Nuclear Power Plant Current operating license expires in October 2014.

Application requests authorization to operate FitzPatrick for an additional 20 years.

Environmental Review NRC Decision Application Submitted Draft SEIS to NRC Meeting Final SEIS Issued Review Scoping Draft SEIS Meeting Issued Audit

Environmental Review National Environmental Policy Act requires Federal agencies to use a systematic approach to consider environmental impacts.

NRC prepares an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for all proposed license renewals.

Scope Generic Environmental Impact Statement (GEIS)

Site-specific Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS)

New and significant information on generic conclusions reached in the GEIS.

Decision Standard for Environmental Review To determine whether or not the adverse environmental impacts of license renewal for FitzPatrick are so great that preserving the option of license renewal for energy planning decisionmakers would be unreasonable.

Information Gathering License Renewal Application NRC Staffs Public Site Audit Comments SEIS State & Local Permitting Agencies Authorities

Team Expertise Atmospheric Science Radiation Regulatory Protection Compliance Socioeconomics/

Environmental Justice Terrestrial Land Use Ecology Aquatic Ecology Archaeology/Historical Resources Hydrology

Environmental Impacts of Continued Operation Cooling system Radiological Impacts Threatened or Endangered Species Postulated Accidents Cumulative Impacts

How Impacts are Quantified NRC-defined impact levels:

SMALL: Effect is not detectable or too small to destabilize or noticeably alter any important attribute of the resource.

MODERATE: Effect is sufficient to alter noticeably, but not destabilize important attributes of the resource.

LARGE: Effect is clearly noticeable and sufficient to destabilize important attributes of the resource.

Cooling System Impacts Category 2 issues Entrainment Impingement Heat Shock Preliminary findings Impacts are SMALL

Radiological Impacts Category 1 issue Radiation exposures to the public Preliminary findings No new and significant information identified GEIS concluded impacts are SMALL

Threatened or Endangered Species Category 2 issue 5 Federal T&E terrestrial species on or near site and associated transmission lines No aquatic T&E species Preliminary findings Impacts are SMALL

Postulated Accidents Category 1 issues Design-basis accidents Severe Accidents Severe accidents Severe accident mitigation alternatives (SAMAs)

SAMA Evaluation Process Preliminary Findings 239 potential SAMAs considered After screening, number of SAMAs reduced to 63 6 SAMAs are cost-beneficial based on detailed, cost-benefit analysis None of the SAMAs relate to managing the effects of aging; therefore, none are required to be implemented as part of license renewal.

Cumulative Impacts of Operation Considered impacts of renewal term operations combined with other past, present, and reasonably foreseeable future actions.

Evaluated to end of 20-year renewal term.

Preliminary Findings No significant cumulative impacts.

Alternatives No-action (license not renewed)

Alternative energy sources New generation (Coal, Natural Gas, Nuclear)

Purchased electrical power Other alternatives (Wind, Solar, Conservation)

Combination of alternatives Preliminary Findings Environmental impacts of alternatives could reach MODERATE or LARGE significance in some impact areas

Preliminary Conclusions Impacts of license renewal are SMALL for all impact areas.

Impacts of alternatives may reach MODERATE to LARGE in some impact areas.

The NRC staffs preliminary recommendation is the adverse environmental impacts of license renewal for FitzPatrick are not so great that preserving the option of license renewal for energy planning decisionmakers would be unreasonable.

FitzPatrick Environmental Review Milestones Draft Supplemental EIS issued June 08, 2007 Comment Period ends September 05, 2007 Final Supplemental EIS to be issued January 2008

Additional Information Environmental PM: Safety PM:

Jessie M. Muir Tommy Le (800) 368-5642, Ext. 0491 (800) 368-5642, Ext. 1458 jmm7@nrc.gov nbl@nrc.gov The draft SEIS and GEIS can be viewed at:

Local Libraries: Penfield Library at SUNY-Oswego and Oswego Public Library Online: NRC Reading Room http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/nuregs/staff/sr1437

Submitting Comments By e-mail: FitzPatrickEIS@nrc.gov By mail: Chief, Rules and Directives Branch Division of Administrative Services Mailstop T-6D59 U.S. NRC Washington DC 20555 In person: 11555 Rockville Pike Rockville, Maryland