ML102290417

License Renewal Application Review

ML102290417
Person / Time
Site:	Seabrook
Issue date:	08/26/2010
From:	Bo Pham License Renewal Projects Branch 1
To:	Coppola M State of NH, Natural Heritage Bureau, Dept of Resources & Economic Development
SUSCO, J NRR/DLR 415-2927
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 August 26, 2010 Ms. Melissa Coppola Endangered Species Reviewer New Hampshire Natural Heritage Bureau Department of Resources and Economic Development P.O. Box 1856 Concord, NH 03302-1856

SUBJECT:

SEABROOK STATIOf\\! LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION REVIEW REQUEST FOR LIST OF STATE-PROTECTED SPECIES AND IMPORTANT HABITATS WITHIN THE AREA UNDER EVALUATION FOR THE SEABROOK STATION LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION REVIEW (NHB10-2146)

Dear Ms. Coppola:

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC or the staff) is reviewing an application submitted by NextEra Energy Seabrook, LLC, for the renewal of the operating license for Seabrook Station, Unit 1 (Seabrook Station). Seabrook Station is located 13 miles south of Portsmouth, NH. The application for renewal was submitted by NextEra Energy Seabrook, LLC, in a [[letter::L-2010-101, Comment (1) of Larry Nicholson, on Behalf of Florida Power & Light Co., on Proposed NUREG-0800, Standard Review Plan for the Review of Safety Analysis Reports for Nuclear Power Plants; Branch Technical Position (BTP) 7-19, Guidance for .|letter dated May 25, 2010]], pursuant to Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations Part 54 (10 CFR Part 54). The NRC has established that, as part of the 5taff's review of any nuclear power plant license renewal application, a site-specific Suppiemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) to its Generic Environmentai Impact Statement for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants, NUREG-1437, will be prepared under 10 CFR Part 51, the NRC's regulation that implements the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969. as amended. The SEIS includes an analysis of pertinent environmental issues, impacts to endangered or threatened species, impacts to marine resources and habitats. and impacts to other fish and wildlife. This letter is being submitted under the provisions of the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act of 1934, as amended, and to help the NRC meet its requirements under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended.

NextEra Energy Seabrook, LLC, stated that it has no plans to alter current operations over the license renewal period and that Seabrook Station, operating under a renewed license, would use existing plant facilities and transmission lines and would not require additional construction or disturbance of new areas. According to NextEra Energy Seabrook, LLC, any maintenance activities would be limited to previously disturbed areas. The site consists of 889 acres divided into two lots. Lot 1 is approximately 109 acres, is mostly develo'ped, and holds most of the operating facility. Lot 2 is approximately 780 acres and consists mainly of natural areas available for wildlife resources. The natural areas are characterized by broad open areas of level tidal marsh veined with man-made iinear drainage ditches and tidal creeks. Wooded islands and peninsuias rise from the marsh to elevations of 20 to 30 feet above sea level. The site is on a peninsula of land, which is bordered on the north by the Browns River and on the south by Hunts Island Creek. Estuarine marshlands bound the: site to the east. It is estimated that approximately 300 acres of the site are upland and 600 acres are marsh/wetland areas Please see the maps in Enclosures 1, 2, and 3 for further detail.

Seabrook is a single unit, reactor plant. Seabrook Station employs a once-through dissipation system designed to remove heat from plant. Its circulating water system provides cooling water to the main condensers to remove the heat that is by the turbine cycle and auxiliary system to the plant's service system.

Water for systems is carried and from the Atlantic Ocean plant through long tunnels drilled through the underlying bedrock. The tunnels are hydraulically connected to the ocean by way concrete that extend approximately 6000 feet offshore, with the intake and discharge points approximately 60 feet below sea level.

see 4 for a drawing of the system. During normal operations circulating water system provides a continuous flow of approximately 390,000 gallons minute (gpm) to the main condenser and 21,000 gpm to the service water system. Fresh is purchased the Town of Seabrook, and sanitary water is discharged back to the town As part of the preparation, the applicable transmission corridors will be reviewed.

Seabrook Station 345 kilovolt (kV) switchyard is to the plant on north side of the property. From here, 345 kV transmission connect Station the New England grid.

lines deliver power to SUbstations: at Scobie Pond, near New Hampshire; at Tewksbury, Massachusetts; and at Newington, New Hampshire. The transmission include approximately 86 miles of corridor with approximately 1,061 acres of right-of-way in New Hampshire and acres of right-of-way in Massachusetts for the purpose connecting Seabrook to the Please see map in for further detail.

support the preparation process, NRC requests a list of rare plants, rare animals, and exemplary communities that may be in the vicinity of Seabrook Station (Enclosure 3) and its as~)ociatE~d transmission line rights-of-way (Enclosure see our check (Enclosure 6) as well. In addition, the week of October 4, 2010, the staff plans to conduct a site audit at Seabrook Station. You and your are invited to attend both site audit. Your office will a copy of the draft along with a request for comments.

anticipated publication date for the draft is May 2011. In addition, please provide any information you consider appropriate under the provisions of and Wildlife Coordination Act.

The Seabrook Station renewal application is available at:

M. Coppola

- 3 If you have any questions concerning the staff's review of this license renewal application, please contact Mr. Jeremy Susco, Project Manager, at (301) 415-2927 or bye-mail at Jeremy.Susco@nrc.gov.

Sincerely, Bo Pham, Chief Projects Branch 1 Division of License Renewal Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-443

Enclosures:

1. Area Map, 50-mile radius

2. Area Map, 6-mile radius

3. Site Area Map

4. Intake/Discharge Tunnels and Shafts Diagram

5. Transmission Line Map

6. Database Check Request Form cc w/encls: Distribution via Listserv

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