ML081610563

06/03/2008 Meeting Hand-outs,Preliminary Results of the Vogtle Electric Generating Plant, Units 1 & 2 License Renewal Environmental Review, Draft SEIS Public Meeting

ML081610563
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Preliminary Results of the Meeting Overview Vogtle Electric Generating Plant, Units 1 and 2 " Project and Process Background

• Results of environmental review License Renewal

" Environmental review schedule Environmental Review

• How to submit comments outside this'

• U.S.NRC meeting

" Accept oral and written comments United Staes Nucar Regultory Commissio ProtectingPeople and the Environment June 3,.2008 License Renewal Environmental Review

• Current operating licenses expire on January 16, 2027 and February 9, 2029

• Southern Nuclear Operating Company requests authorization to operate Plant Vogtle, Units 1 and 2, for an additional 20 years

License Renewal Environmental Review Scope

" National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) requires Federal agencies to use a systematic approach to consider environmental impacts " Generic Environmental Impact Statement (GELS)

- 69 Category 1 issues

" NRC prepares a Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) for all proposed license " Site-specific Supplemental Environmental renewals Impact Statement (SEIS)

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• 23 remaining issues

" Public Involvement is part of this process

" New and Significant Information Decision Standard for Information Gathering Environmental Review To determine whether or not the adverse environmental impacts of license renewal for Plant Vogtle are so great that preserving the option of license renewal for energy planning decisionmakers would be unreasonable.

Team Expertise Environmental Impacts of Continued Operation

" Cooling system

" Threatened or Endangered Species

" Radiological Impacts

" Postulated Accidents

" Cumulative Impacts How Impacts are Quantified Cooling System Impacts NRC-defined impact levels:

" Twenty-Five Category 1 issues

" SMALL: Effect is not detectable or too small to Uesta-biize or noticeably alter any important attribute of the resource. " Preliminary findings

" MODERATE: Effect is sufficient to alter " No new and significant information noticeably, but not destabilize important attributes identified of the resource.

" GElS concluded impacts are SMALL

" LARGE: Effect is clearly noticeable and sufficient to-d-stabilize important attributes of the resource.

Threatened or Endangered Species Threatened or Endangered Species

" Site-specific issue " Site-specific issue

• One Federal Threatened & Endangered Seven Federal Threatened & Endangered aquatic species identified terrestrial species identified

-S mooth Coneflower Shortnose Sturgeon *C anby's Dropwort

• R elict Trillium

• W ood Stork

• R ed-cockaded Woodpecker

" Preliminary findings -A merican Alligator

" Biological Assessment (Appendix E) *FI atwoods Salamander

" Impacts would be SMALL

" Preliminary findings Impacts would be SMALL Radiological Impacts Postulated Accidents

" Category 1 issues

" Radiation exposures to the public

" Design-basis accidents

" Occupational radiation exposures

" Severe accidents

" Preliminary findings

• Severe accident mitigation alternatives

" No new and significant information (SAMAs) identified

" GElS concluded impacts are SMALL

SAMA Evaluation Process Cumulative Impacts of Operation

" Considered impacts of renewal term operations combined with other past, present, and reasonably

• 16 potential SAMAs considered foreseeable future actions

" Evaluated to end of 20-year renewal term

• 2 SAMAs identified as cost-beneficial

• Neither relate to managing the effects of " Preliminary Findings aging; therefore, neither are required as part " Considered potential construction of proposed of license renewal Units 3 and 4

• Impacts could range from SMALL to LARGE Alternatives Alternatives

, License not renewed (No-action)

• Preliminary Findings

" Conservation

• Potential impacts from NOT renewing licenses range

" Alternative energy sources from SMALL to LARGE

" New generation (coal, natural gas, nuclear)

• Environmental impacts of likely power-generation

" Purchased electrical power alternatives could reach MODERATE to LARGE

• Other alternatives (wind, solar, biomass, etc.) significance in some impact areas

" Combination of alternatives

Plant Vogtle Environmental Preliminary Conclusions Review Milestones

" Impacts of license renewal are SMALL for all impact areas

" Impacts of likely power-generation alternatives, -Draft Supplemental EIS issued April 2008 including not renewing the licenses, may reach MODE RATE to LARGE in some impact areas

-Comment Period ends July 16, 2008

" The NRC staffs preliminary recommendation is that the environmental impacts of license renewal for Vogtle

-Final Supplemental EIS to be issued January 2009 Units 1 and 2 are not so great that license renewal would be unreasonable Additional Information Submitting Comments

• Environmental PM: Safety PM: " By e-mail: VogtleLRElS@nrc.gov J.P. Leous Donnie Ashley (800) 368-5642, Ext. 2864 (800) 368-5642, Ext. 3191 " By mail: Chief, Rules, Directives Justin.Leous@nrc.gov Donnie.Ashley@nrc.gov and Editing Branch, Division of Administrative Services

• The draft SEIS and GElS can be viewed at: Mailstop T- 6D59

" Burke County Library - 216 Highway 24 South, Waynesboro U.S. NRC

" Online: NRC Reading Room Washington, DC 20555 http:llwww.nrc.govlreading-rmldoc-collections/nuregs/stafflsrl437

" In person: 11555 Rockville Pike Rockville, Maryland