ML18025B129
| ML18025B129 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Northwest Medical Isotopes |
| Issue date: | 01/16/2018 |
| From: | NRC/OGC |
| To: | NRC/OCM |
| SECY RAS | |
| References | |
| 50-609-CP, Construction Permit Mndtry Hrg, RAS 54173 | |
| Download: ML18025B129 (17) | |
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Northwest Medical Isotopes Construction Permit Application Review
- Mandatory Hearing (Environmental Panel)
- January 23, 2018 NRC-013 United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission Official Hearing Exhibit In the Matter of:
NORTHWEST MEDICAL ISOTOPES, LLC (Medical Radioisotope Production Facility)
Commission Mandatory Hearing Docket #: 05000609 Exhibit #:
Identified:
Admitted:
Withdrawn:
Rejected:
Stricken:
Other:
NRC-013-MA-CM01 1/23/2018 1/23/2018
2 Panelists
- Chief, Environmental Review and NEPA Branch, NRR
- Nancy Martinez
- Physical Scientist, NRR
- Biologist, NRR
- Senior Project Manager, NRR 2
Environmental Review
- National Environmental Policy Act
- Environmental review process
- Interim Staff Guidance Augmenting NUREG-1537 for Licensing Radioisotope Production Facilities and Aqueous Homogenous Reactors 3
Scope of the Review: Proposed Action and Connected Actions Actions are connected if they:
- Automatically trigger other actions that may require environmental impact statements; or
- Cannot or will not proceed unless other actions are taken previously or simultaneously; or
- Are interdependent parts of a larger action and depend on the larger action for their justification 4
Proposed Action and Connected Actions Construction, operations, and decommissioning of the 10 CFR Part 50 production facility Construction, operations, and decommissioning related to target fabrication Transportation of targets to/from research reactors and irradiation of targets at research reactors 5
6 Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)
- Project-specific decision
- Operation of the proposed Northwest facility would include target fabrication and scrap recovery
- Environmental assessment might not support a finding of no significant impact 6
7 Scoping Process
- Public meeting in Columbia, Missouri
- Six oral commenters
- Eight comment letters or emails 7
Environmental Review Areas Human Health Terrestrial Resources Air Quality Socioeconomics and Environmental Justice Land Use Historic and Cultural Resources Water Resources Aquatic Resources Soils 8
Environmental Impacts Resource Area Impact Land Use and Visual Resources SMALL Air Quality and Noise SMALL Geologic Environment SMALL Ecological and Water Resources SMALL Historic and Cultural Resources SMALL Socioeconomics SMALL Human Health and Waste SMALL Transportation SMALL 9
Consultations Act Determination Endangered Species Act, Section 7 No Effect National Historic Preservation Act, Section 106 No Adverse Effect 10
Alternatives
- No-action alternative
- Alternative site
- Alternative technologies 11
Alternative Technologies
- Neutron capture
- Aqueous homogenous reactor
- Selective gas extraction
- Linear-accelerator-based
- Analyzed in depth
- Subcritical fission
- Analyzed in depth 12
Costs and Benefits
- Purpose
- Inform recommendation to the Commission
- Costs
- Environmental and financial
- Benefits
- Societal, medical, and economic 13
Draft Environmental Impact Statement
- Public meeting in Columbia, Missouri
- Seven oral commenters
- Five comment letters or emails 14
Staff Conclusion and Recommendation
- Benefits (societal, medical, and economic) outweigh the costs (environmental, economic)
- Considered reasonable alternatives
- Recommend issuance of the construction permit 15
Future NEPA Analyses
- Application for an operating license
- Application for a license to possess and use special nuclear material for target fabrication and scrap recovery
- License amendment requests from research reactors 16
Acronyms 17
- EIS - Environmental Impact Statement
- NEPA - National Environmental Policy Act
- NRR - Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation