ML21235A045

August 25, 2021, Oconee Nuclear Station, Units 1, 2, and 3 Subsequent License Renewal Application Public Environmental Scoping Meeting Presentation

ML21235A045
Person / Time
Site:	Oconee
Issue date:	08/25/2021
From:	Lance Rakovan NRC/NMSS/DREFS/ELRB
To:
Rakovan L,NMSS/REFS/ELRB,3015252728
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Download: ML21235A045 (20)

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OCONEE LICENSE RENEWAL PUBLIC MEETING WILL BEGIN SHORTLY Questions: Nancy.Martinez@nrc.gov

• Please log into both the webinar and the bridgeline. Visuals will be through Teams and audio will be through the bridgeline:

- Bridgeline: 888-469-0954

- Passcode: 6208523 then #

• Public Meeting Slides: ML21235A045 1

Environmental Scoping Meeting Related to Oconee Nuclear Station, Unit Nos. 1, 2 and 3, Subsequent License Renewal Application August 25, 2021 Angela Wu, Safety Project Manager Lance Rakovan, Environmental Project Manager 2

Agenda

• Introduction and Purpose

• Subsequent License Renewal (SLR)

Overview

• Safety Review Overview

• Environmental Review Overview

• Questions on NRC Presentation

• Public Comments on Topics to be Included in the Oconee SLR Environmental Review 3

Meeting Logistics

• Meeting visuals are through Teams

• Meeting audio is through the bridgeline

• Participants are in listen-only mode until the question-and-answer session

• NRC is actively soliciting comments to aid the staffs review

• Public comments are sought at specific points during the meeting

• No regulatory decisions will be made at todays meeting 5

Introductions

• Angela Wu, NRC Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation (NRR), Safety Review Lead

• Lance Rakovan, NRC Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards (NMSS), Environmental Review Lead

• Robert Elliott, NMSS, Chief, Environmental Review License Renewal Branch 4

Oconee Nuclear Station Subsequent License Renewal

• Renewed License Expiration Dates for Oconee Nuclear Station, Units 1, 2, and 3:

- Unit 1: February 2033

- Unit 2: October 2033

- Unit 3: July 2034

• Subsequent License Renewal application for additional 20 years dated June 7, 2021 6

Contents of Application

• General information about the plant owner or operator

• Technical information about plant structures and components and how the applicant proposes to manage plant aging

• Environmental Report 7

Subsequent License Renewal Overview Environmental Review (10 CFR Part 51)

Subsequent License NRC Renewal Renewal Application Hearings* Decision (SLRA) Accepted 10 CFR Part 2 (10 CFR 54.29)

Safety ACRS Review Recommendation (10 CFR Part 54) (10 CFR 54.25)

• If a Request for Hearing is Granted 8

Safety Review Overview 9

Safety Review Overview (Continued)

Regulations Additional and Aging Guidance Management Support Operating for Licensing Experience Decisions Oversight 10

Environmental Review

• National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)

- Informs Federal decision making

- Public disclosure of environmental impacts and other considerations

• NRCs Environmental Regulations 10 CFR Part 51

• Staff review is to determine if the environmental impacts of license renewal are so great that license renewal would be unreasonable 11

Environmental Review (continued)

• Consider, analyze, and disclose environmental impacts of continued plant operation and alternatives to license renewal

• Identify and asses new and significant information regarding generic conclusions reached in the Generic EIS for License Renewal (LR GEIS)

• Staff evaluates site-specific issues in a Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) to the LR GEIS 12

Environmental Impact Statement

• Staff evaluates impacts to resources

- Fish and wildlife

- Water and air resources

- Historical and cultural resources

- Socioeconomics

- Environmental justice

- Human health

- Land use 13

Agency Coordination EIS 14

Scoping and Public Involvement Environmental Resources

• What about your community should the NRC consider in the SEIS?

• What local environmental issues should be addressed?

• What other reasonable alternatives should be considered?

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Environmental Review Milestones Application Received June 7, 2021 Notice of Opportunity for Hearing July 28, 2021 Notice of Intent for Scoping August 10, 2021 Environmental Scoping Meeting TODAY Scoping Comment Period Ends September 9, 2021 Hearing Request Opportunity Closes September 27, 2021 Draft SEIS Issued April 2022 Draft SEIS Public Meeting May 2022 Draft SEIS Comment Period Ends June 2022 Final SEIS Issued December 2022 License Renewal Decision January 2023 16

Project Manager Contacts

• Angela Wu, Safety PM

- 301-415-2995

- Angela.Wu@nrc.gov

• Lance Rakovan, Environmental PM

- 301-415-2589

- Lance.Rakovan@nrc.gov

• Shawn Williams, Operating Reactor PM

- 301-415-1009

- Shawn.Williams@nrc.gov 17

Documents Seneca Branch of the Oconee County Public Library 300 E South 2nd St, Seneca, SC 29678 NRC Website:

https://www.nrc.gov/reactors/operating/licen sing/renewal/applications/oconee-subsequent.html 18

Submitting Comments on the Scope of the Environmental Review

• Provide written comments:

• By mail: Office of Administration Mailstop TWFN7A60M U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555-0001

• Website: http://www.regulations.gov, Docket ID NRC-2021-0146

• Email: OconeeEnvironmental@nrc.gov Comments should be submitted by September 9, 2021 (within 30 days from the date of the Notice of Intent to Prepare EIS and to Conduct Scoping Process Federal Register Notice [86 FR 43684])

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Summary and Closeout

• Comment period ends September 9, 2021

• Comments will be considered by staff in the scoping summary report

• Scoping participants will receive scoping summary report, to be issued in early 2022 20