ML14259A166

Meeting Slides for the September 17, 2014 Public Meeting to Discuss the Dseis for License Renewal of Sequoyah Units 1 and 2

ML14259A166
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Site:	Sequoyah
Issue date:	09/17/2014
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Preliminary Results of the License Renewal Environmental Review For Sequoyah Nuclear Plant September 17, 2014

Meeting Details TVA has applied to renew the Sequoyah operating license.

The NRC:

is reviewing that application.

is reviewing the environmental impact of license renewal.

has developed some preliminary results of that review.

wants your comments on those results.

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Meeting Agenda

• NRC presentation

• Questions & Answers about the presentation materials

• Public Comments 3

Ground Rules

• Speak into a microphone

• Identify yourself and your group

• Minimize background noise

• Silence personal electronics 4

Overview and Purpose NRC presentation NRCs regulatory role Summary of environmental review Upcoming milestones and how to submit comments outside this meeting Your comments 5

NRCs Regulatory Oversight NRC regulates commercial use of nuclear materials including nuclear power plants NRCs mission:

Protect public health and safety Promote common defense and security Protect the environment 6

Environmental Review Generic Environmental Impact Statement (GEIS) addresses issues common to all plants Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) addresses site-specific issues for Sequoyah Nuclear Plant license renewal Review proposed action (license renewal) and alternatives 7

How Impacts are Defined NRC-defined impact levels:

SMALL - Effects are not detectable or are so minor that they will neither destabilize nor noticeably alter any important attribute of the resource.

MODERATE - Effects are sufficient to alter noticeably, but not to destabilize, important attributes of the resource.

LARGE - Effects are clearly noticeable and are sufficient to destabilize important attributes of the resource.

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How Impacts are Defined

• Special Status Species (Endanged Species Act)

- no effect

- may affect but not likely to adversely affect

- may affect and is likely to adversely affect

• Cultural and Historic resources (National Historic Preservation Act)

- effects on historic properties

• Environmental Justice (Executive Order 12898)

- disproportionally high and adverse impacts 9

Cumulative Impacts Overall impacts to environment including past, present, and reasonably foreseeable future actions Preliminary findings

- SMALL to MODERATE cumulative impacts for surface water resources

- MODERATE cumulative impacts for terrestrial resources and global climate change

- LARGE cumulative impacts for aquatic resources

- SMALL cumulative impacts in all other areas 10

Site-Specific Environmental Review of Sequoyah Nuclear Plant Resource Areas Impact Land Use & Visual Resources SMALL Air Quality & Noise SMALL Geological Environment SMALL Water Resources SMALL Terrestrial Resources SMALL Aquatic Resources SMALL Special Status Species and Habitats No effect Historic and Cultural Resources No adverse effect Socioeconomics SMALL Human Health SMALL Environmental Justice No disproportionally high and adverse impacts Waste Management SMALL 11

Alternatives Alternative energy sources analyzed (power replacement)

New nuclear Natural-gas combined-cycle Supercritical pulverized coal Combination - Wind and Solar No action alternative 12

Preliminary Conclusion The NRCs preliminary recommendation is that the adverse environmental impacts of license renewal for Sequoyah Nuclear Plant are not great enough to deny the option of license renewal for energy-planning decisionmakers 13

Continued Storage final Rule NRC Continued Storage final Rule addresses management of spent fuel after the renewal term.

August 26, 2014 - approval of Continued Storage Rule Environmental impacts of continued storage are generically determined http://www.nrc.gov/waste/spent-fuel-storage/wcd.html 14

Environmental Review Milestones Application Received January 15, 2013 Notice of Intent March 8, 2013 Scoping Public Meeting April 3, 2013 Scoping Period Ended May 3, 2013 Scoping Summary Report April 16, 2014 Draft SEIS July 31, 2014 Draft SEIS Public Meeting September 17, 2014 Draft SEIS Comments Due September 29, 2014 Final SEIS March 2015 15

Additional Information Environmental PM: Safety Review:

David Drucker Manny Sayoc (800) 368-5642, Ext. 6223 (800)-368-5642 Ext. 1924 david.drucker@nrc.gov emmanuel.sayoc@nrc.gov The draft SEIS can be viewed at:

Chattanooga-Hamilton County Library, Northgate Branch Chattanooga-Hamilton County Library, Downtown Branch Signal Mountain Library NRCs Web site (www.nrc.gov):

http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/nuregs/staff/sr1437/

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Submitting Comments After the Meeting By mail: Chief, Rules, Announcements, and Directives Branch (RADB)

Division of Administrative Services Mailstop 3WFN-06-44M U.S. NRC, Washington, D.C. 20555-0001 In person: 11545 Rockville Pike Rockville, Maryland Internet: www.regulations.gov, docket ID: NRC-2013-0037 Comments due by September 29, 2014 17