ML19221A830
| ML19221A830 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Issue date: | 02/28/1979 |
| From: | Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
| To: | |
| References | |
| NUREG-0555, NUREG-0555-10.2, NUREG-555, NUREG-555 10.2, SRP-10.02, SRP-SRP-10.02, NUDOCS 7907090208 | |
| Download: ML19221A830 (6) | |
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Section 10.2 February 1979 ENVIRONMENTAL STANDARD REVIEW PLAN FOR ES SECTION 10.2 IRREVERSIBLE AND IRRETRIEVABLE COMMITMENTS OF RESOURCES REVIEW INPUTS Environmental Report Sections 5.7 Resources Committed Environmental Reviews 4
Environmental Impacts of Construction 5
Environmental Impacts of Station Operation 10.1 Unavoidable Adverse Environmental Impacts Standards and Guides None Other None REVIEW OUTPUTS Environmental Statement Sections 10.2 Irreversible and Irretrievable Commitments of Resources Other Environmental Reviews 10.3 F:elat :. ship Between Short-Term Uses and Long-Term Productivity of Man's Environment 10.4.2 Benefit-Cost Balance: Costs 109 2J3 7 9070 9G 3 10.2-1
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PURPOSE AND SCOPE The purpose of this environmental standard review plan (ESRP) is to direct the staff's preparation of a summary identification and description of the pre-dicted irreversible and irretrievable
- commitments of resources involved in pro-ject construction and operation that cannot be avoided by practical means. The scope of the review directed by this plan will include:
(1) a tabulation of cll environmental resource commitments identified by the reviewers for ES Sec-tions 4 and 5 as being irreversible, (2) a tabulation of all materials used in plant construction and operation that are irret avably committed, (3) organi-zaticu of these commitments by category, and (4) preparation of a summary des-cribing the nature and magnitude of each categoiy of commitment.
The results of this review will be used to provide a summary of those irreversible and irretrievable commitments of resources that will be irgmt to the final benefit cost balancing of the project.
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REQUIRED DA.' AND INFORMATION The kinds of data and information required will include descriptions of those irreversible commitments of environmental resources identified by the reviewers for ES Section 4 and 5 and those irretrievable commitments of mate-rial resources identified by the applicant.
The following information will usually be required:
A" Irreversible" applies to environmental resources, and will concern commit-ments of the environment that cannot be altered at some later time to restore the present order of t.vironmental resources. " Irretrievable" applies to material resources, a d will concern commitments of materials that, when used, cannot by practical meuns be recycled or restored for other use.
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Environmental Commitments Unavoidable adverse environmental impacts (from the rev.s
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B.
Resource Commitments Commitments of materials used in project construction and operation (from the ER).
III.
ANALYSIS PROCEDURE The reviewer's analysis and summary of irreversible ar irretrievable commitments of resources will consist of two sections:
(1) irreversible environmental commitments (e.g.,
land use productivity' predicted by the reviewers for ES Sections 4 and 5, end (2) irretrievao:e material resources (e.g., steel) identified by the applicant as proposed for use in project con-struction and operation. The reviewer will identify these commitments and will summarize them for inclusion in the ES. The following analysis procedure will be used:
A.
The reviewer will consult with each of the reviewers for ES Sections 4 and 5 and will obtain from them a listing of irreversible com,nitments of environmental resources based on (a) the applicant's proposed project and (b) the project with staff-recommended modifications.
The reviewer will organize these commitments as follows:
1.
Staff-identified commitments based on the project as proposed by the applicant.
2.
Staff-recommended design modifications or modified procedures and practices to minimize or avoid these commitments.
3.
Those unavoidable commitments that remain after all practical means to avoid or minimize the commitments have been taken.
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The reviewer will identify those materials (e.g., steel, concrete, uranium) that will be irretrievably committed during construction and operation of the plant. This analysis wili be based on the use of an appropriately updated table similar to that shown in Table 10.2-1, and may be based on a standard (1000 MWe) reactor size.
The reviewer will modify tnis table on the basis of site-and plant-specific materials data supplied by the applicant.
IV.
EVALUATION The following evaluation procedure will be followed:
A.
The reviewer will consult with the reviewer for ES Section 10.1 and with appropriate Es Section 4 and 5 reviewers to ensure that the staff conclu-sions with respect to the irreversibility of environmental commitments are appropriate and can be supported.
The reviewer will consider irreversible commitnents as they may apply to the following categories:
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Land Use 2.
Hydrological and Water Use 3.
Ecological a.
Terrestrial b.
Aquatic 4.
Socioeconomic 5.
Radiological 6.
Atmospheric and Meteorological B.
The reviewer will ensure that the irretrievable commitments of mate-rial resources identified by the applicant are reasonable and are consistent with the basic data of Table 10.2-1.
The reviewer will ensure that any other material resources identified by the reviewers of ES Sections 4 and 5 have been included.
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C.
The reviewer will ensure that the statement in Section V of this ESRP with respect to uranium availability has been updated to reflect current D.O.E.
resource analyses.
V.
INPUT TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL STATEMENT The reviewer will prepare a summary of irreversible and irretrir table commitments of resources as the ES input. The input will usually cor,sist of a brief paragraph describing any environmental commitments and a table similar to Table 10.2-1 describing material commitments.
The reviewer will include the following statement, updated as necessary to reflect the current D.O.E.
resource analysis:
" Department of Energy resource estimates indicate that sufficient uranium resources exist in the U.S.
to fuel all operating reactors, reactors under construction, and reactors being planred, for their full 30 year lifetime; and at a U 0 cost (1978 dollars) of $30.00/lb 38 or less.
These quantities of uranium can be supplied from the resource categories designated as ' reserves' and ' probable potential', the two most certain resource categories.1 ID.L. Hetland, Potential Uranium Resources, Resources Division, Grand Junction Office, U.S. Department of Energy, October 1978.
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REFERENCES None O
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TABLE 10.2-1 ESTIMATED QUANTITIES OF MATERIAL 5 IRRETRIEVABLY COMMITTED TO THE CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION OF A 1000 MWe NUCLEAR POWER PLANT Quantities U.S.
Material Used( )
Reservr s(b)
Aluminum Asbestos Baron Lancrete Tit nium Tungs'.en Uranitm Zinc O
Y (a) Reference document for quantity used.
( ) Reference document for reserves data.
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