ML19046A184
| ML19046A184 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Clinch River |
| Issue date: | 04/03/2019 |
| From: | Jennivine Rankin NRC/NRO/DLSE |
| To: | Long L US Environmental Protection Agency, Region 4 |
| Williamson A | |
| References | |
| Download: ML19046A184 (3) | |
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April 3, 2019 Mr. Larry Long NEPA Program Office U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 4 61 Forsyth Street, SW Atlanta, GA 30303
SUBJECT:
NOTIFICATION OF THE ISSUANCE OF THE FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT FOR THE EARLY SITE PERMIT APPLICATION FOR THE CLINCH RIVER NUCLEAR SITE IN ROANE COUNTY, TENNESSEE
Dear Mr. Long:
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has completed NUREG-2226, Environmental Impact Statement for an Early Site Permit (ESP) at the Clinch River Nuclear Site, Final Report.
The final environmental impact statement (EIS) focuses on the impacts of building and operating two or more small modular reactors (SMRs) at the Clinch River Nuclear (CRN) Site near Oak Ridge, Tennessee. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Nashville District, is a cooperating agency on the final EIS, which was prepared in accordance with Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations Part 51, the NRCs regulations that implement the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as amended. The final EIS includes analyses of relevant environmental issues that inform the NRC staffs determination regarding the suitability of the proposed site for siting potential future SMRs at the CRN Site. An ESP does not, however, authorize construction and operation of a nuclear power plant. Such authorization would require an additional application and review.
A notice of availability of the final EIS is anticipated to be published by the NRC on or before April 11, 2019 in the Federal Register. Enclosed, for your convenience, is a readers guide which contains a DVD with electronic versions of Volumes 1 and 2 of the final EIS. The readers guide is a detailed brochure to facilitate your understanding of the proposed action and its potential environmental impacts. The final EIS is also available through the publicly available records component of the NRCs Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) under Accession Nos. ML19073A099 and ML19073A109. In addition, the final EIS can be found online on the NRC CRN Site Web site at: http://www.nrc.gov/reactors/new-reactors/esp/clinch-river.html#feis.
As discussed in Section 10.6 of the final EIS, the NRC staffs recommendation is that the ESP should be issued. This recommendation is based on: (1) the ESP application and supplemental information submitted by TVA; (2) consultation with Federal, State, Tribal, and local agencies; (3) the review teams independent review; (4) the NRC staff consideration of public comments; and (5) the assessments summarized in this EIS, including the potential mitigation measures identified in the ER and in this EIS. In addition, in making its recommendation, the NRC staff has concluded that none of the alternative sites considered is obviously superior to the proposed CRN Site.
L. Long 2
If you have any questions concerning the NRC staffs environmental review of this ESP application, please contact Ms. Tamsen Dozier at (301) 415-2272 or by e-mail at Tamsen.Dozier@nrc.gov.
Sincerely,
/RA/
Jennivine Rankin, Acting Branch Chief Licensing Branch 3 Division of Licensing, Siting, and Environmental Analysis Office of New Reactors Docket No: 52-047
Enclosures:
As stated cc w/o encls: See next page
L. Long 3
SUBJECT:
NOTIFICATION OF THE ISSUANCE OF THE FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT FOR THE EARLY SITE PERMIT APPLICATION FOR THE CLINCH RIVER NUCLEAR SITE IN ROANE COUNTY, TENNESSEE DATED: APRIL 3, 2019 DISTRIBUTION:
PUBLIC Reading File TDozier, NRO JRankin, NRO AFetter, NRO SGreen, NRO JDavis, NRO KErwin, NRO RidsOgcMailCenter RidsOpaMai RidsNroDlse AHove, OGC BMcDowell, PNNL (bruce.mcdowell@pnnl.gov)
KLeigh, PNNL (Kimberly.Leigh@pnnl.gov)
MMcintosh, USACE (mark.m.mcintosh@usace.army.mil)
ADAMS Accession No: ML19046A184
- concurred via email NRO-002 OFFICE NRO/DLSE NRO/DLSE:LA OGC NRO/DLSE:BC NRO/DLSE:DDD NAME AWilliamson SGreen
- AHove JRankin (AFetter for)
ABradford DATE 02/19/2019 02/19/2019 03/19/2019 3/20/2019 03/21/2019 OFFICE NRO/DLSE BC (sign)
NAME JRankin DATE 04/3/2019 OFFICIAL RECORDS COPY