ML21236A319
| ML21236A319 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Westinghouse |
| Issue date: | 08/26/2021 |
| From: | Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards |
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| Download: ML21236A319 (18) | |
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Audio for the meeting is only provided through telephone Draft Environmental Impact Telephone Access Statement for the License Number: 1-800-369-3311 Renewal of the Passcode: 5558821 Westinghouse Columbia Fuel Fabrication Facility in Webinar Access Richland County, SC Event address:
https://usnrc.webex.com Public Comment Meeting Event number: 199 891 1794 August 26, 2021 Event password: WESTDEIS 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm ET
Meeting Purpose & Overview NRCs Licensing Review Process To Receive NRCs Environmental Review Process Comments on the Draft EIS for the Draft EIS Results Proposed License Renewal of Information Resources Westinghouses Columbia Fuel How to Provide Fabrication Facility Comments Public Comments To hear presentation and provide comments call: 1-800-369-3311 Passcode: 5558821#
Proposed Action Typical Fuel Fabrication Facility (Source: NRC)
To hear presentation and provide General Site Location (Source: modified from Google Earth) Site Boundary (Source: modified from Google Earth) comments call: 1-800-369-3311 Passcode: 5558821#
NRCs License Renewal Review Process The NRCs role, as an independent regulator, is to determine whether the proposed license renewal complies with the NRCs regulations The NRC is conducting a review of the license renewal application.
Safety Evaluation Report Environmental Impact Statement Safety oversight Inspections Licensees performance Enforcement To hear presentation and provide comments call: 1-800-369-3311 Passcode: 5558821#
June 2018 NRC Publishes EA and FONSI October 2019 NRC Publishes New Draft EA for Public Comment NRCs Environmental NRCs NEPA Process June 2020 NRC Decides Review Process & Schedule to Prepare an EIS July 2020 NRC Begins EIS Scoping Process August 2021 NRC is NRC Issues Draft EIS for Seeking Public Comment Public February 2022 Comments NRC Issues Final EIS March 2022 To hear presentation and provide NRC Issues Record of comments call: 1-800-369-3311 Decision Passcode: 5558821#
NRCs Environmental Review Process To hear presentation and provide comments call: 1-800-369-3311 Passcode: 5558821#
NRCs Environmental Impact Evaluation SMALL Environmental effects are not detectable or are so minor that they will neither destabilize nor noticeably NO-ACTION alter any important attribute of the resource.
PROPOSED ACTION ALTERNATIVE 40-year license Deny request to MODERATE renewal renew license Environmental effects are sufficient to alter noticeably, but not to destabilize, important attributes of the resource.
20-YEAR LICENSE RENEWAL ALTERNATIVE LARGE 20-year license Environmental effects are clearly noticeable and are renewal sufficient to destabilize important attributes of the resource.
To hear presentation and provide comments call: 1-800-369-3311 Passcode: 5558821#
RESOURCE IMPACTS RESOURCE IMPACTS Land Use SMALL - Proposed Action Historic and SMALL - Proposed Action SMALL - No-Action Cultural SMALL to MODERATE - No-Action SMALL Year License Renewal SMALL Year License Renewal Geology and SMALL - Proposed Action Visual and Scenic SMALL - Proposed Action Soils SMALL - No-Action SMALL - No-Action SMALL Year License Renewal SMALL Year License Renewal Surface Water SMALL - Proposed Action Socioeconomics SMALL - Proposed Action SMALL - No-Action MODERATE - No-Action SMALL Year License Renewal SMALL Year License Renewal Groundwater SMALL to MODERATE - Proposed Action Public and SMALL - Proposed Action SMALL to MODERATE - No-Action Occupational SMALL - No-Action SMALL to MODERATE Year License Health SMALL Year License Renewal Renewal Transportation SMALL - Proposed Action Ecology SMALL - Proposed Action SMALL - No-Action SMALL - No-Action SMALL Year License Renewal SMALL Year License Renewal Waste SMALL - Proposed Action Air Quality SMALL - Proposed Action Management SMALL - No-Action SMALL - No-Action SMALL Year License Renewal SMALL Year License Renewal Environmental There would be no disproportionately high Noise SMALL - Proposed Action Justice and adverse impacts to minority or low-SMALL - No-Action income populations SMALL Year License Renewal
Environmental Monitoring Type of Sample Analyses Minimum Sampling Frequency Air Particulates Alpha Continuous (Collection Weekly)
Surface Water Uranium, Tc-99 Quarterly Soil Uranium, Tc-99 Annually Vegetation Uranium, Tc-99, Fluoride Annually Fish Uranium, Tc-99 Annually Well Water Uranium, Tc-99 Semiannually River Water Uranium, Tc-99 Quarterly Sediment Uranium, Tc-99 Annually Source: Table 10-1 from 2019 revised license renewal application During the proposed license renewal period, Westinghouse would be required to:
Continue monitoring of air, surface water, soil, vegetation, fish, groundwater, Congaree River, and sediment.
Submit the environmental sampling and monitoring program to the NRC for approval upon either the States approval of the Final Remedial Investigation Report, or within 5 years of the license renewal (whichever comes first). To hear presentation and provide Enter exceedances of water regulatory limits into its Corrective Action Program. comments call: 1-800-369-3311 Passcode: 5558821#
Soils Historical operations at the facility.
Past, ongoing, and future remediation efforts.
NRC staff will continue to review soil sampling results from the remedial investigation process under the Consent Agreement with the State.
Soils away from the operational areas have been only minimally affected to date.
Potential future releases of contaminants would similarly affect soils near the plant.
Considering the remediation efforts, remedial investigations under the Consent Agreement, and the new license conditions regarding the environmental monitoring program, the NRC Source: Modified from Google Earth staff found impacts to soils would be small.
To hear presentation and provide comments call: 1-800-369-3311 Passcode: 5558821#
Measured Uranium and Tc-99 Discharged Surface Water to Congaree River Year U (mCi) Tc-99 (mCi)
City of Columbia provides water for 2007 10.5 Not Sampled Westinghouse operations. 2008 10.2 Not Sampled 2009 10.3 Not Sampled a minor fraction of the Citys total 2010 8.12 19.2 supply 2011 6.92 14.1 80% is returned to the Congaree River 2012 3.1 18.5 through the permitted discharge 2013 5.2 9.2 Congaree River water quality is 2014 3.8 10.1 monitored above and below the 2015 4.3 10.1 sites discharge. 2016 3.9 4.0 Liquid discharges to the Congaree 2017 4.1 7.2 River must meet: 2018 3.4 1.1 2019 3.8 1.1 Limits in the NPDES permit, and 2020 3.8 5.8 NRCs effluent limits for radiological Source: Westinghouse constituents.
To hear presentation and provide comments call: 1-800-369-3311 Passcode: 5558821#
Surface Water Onsite surface water bodies: Mill Creek, Sunset Lake, and Gator Pond.
Not a source of drinking water or used for operations at the Westinghouse facility Noticeably affected by past plant activities Onsite water quality is monitored in Mill Creek.
Results show minor differences in contaminants at the entrance at Upper Sunset Lake and where it exits the property Low potential for contaminants to move offsite because of the implementation of activities and programs to minimize the effects of releases on other users of the Environmental Sampling Locations (Source: 2019 revised local surface water.
The NRC staff found that impacts to surface water would be small. To hear presentation and provide comments call: 1-800-369-3311 Passcode: 5558821#
Groundwater Groundwater at the Westinghouse facility has been noticeably contaminated from past operations.
Westinghouse does not currently withdraw groundwater for any operational needs.
Westinghouse has installed additional groundwater monitoring wells.
Recent groundwater monitoring shows water quality standards are exceeded for volatile organic compounds, fluoride, nitrate, uranium, and Tc-99.
Existing groundwater sampling data indicate that the contaminant plumes resulting from past activities currently remain onsite.
Actions taken by Westinghouse in response to past contaminant releases have reduced the likelihood of future inadvertent releases.
Future inadvertent releases to the subsurface are reasonably foreseeable considering the uncertainties about past leaks and the potential for the risk of leaks to increase with the age of plant components.
Current groundwater contamination is not likely to travel beyond the property boundary.
Remediation process under the Consent Agreement with the State, the environmental monitoring and sampling program and subsequent submittals to NRC for approval, established environmental procedures, and continued remedial investigations.
Uncertainties remain about the ultimate fate and transport of groundwater contamination at the site.
To hear presentation and provide The NRC staff found that impacts to groundwater would be small to moderate. comments call: 1-800-369-3311 Passcode: 5558821#
Historic and Cultural Resources Information Gathering, Consultation, and Outreach South Carolina Department of Archaeology and Historic Preservation South Carolina Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology Consulted South Carolina State Historic Preservation Office Westinghouses responses to NRCs requests for additional information Considered public comments and information provided during environmental review process In its license renewal application, Westinghouse did not request changes to its NRC licensed activities nor construction of new buildings or structures that would result in land disturbances.
Westinghouse developed sitewide procedures for management of historic and cultural resources.
Westinghouse is executing a cultural resource survey.
The NRC staff does not anticipate that historic and cultural resources would To hear presentation and provide be affected by the proposed license renewal. comments call: 1-800-369-3311 Passcode: 5558821#
Information Resources Access ADAMS at https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html and search for Accession Number ML21209A213 Richland Public Library Branches Main: 1431 Assembly St., Columbia, SC 29201 Lower Richland: 9019 Garners Ferry Road, Hopkins, SC 29061 Eastover: 608 Main Street, Eastover, SC 29044 NRC webpage for the Columbia Fuel Fabrication Facility at https://www.nrc.gov/info-finder/fc/westinghouse-fuel-fab-fac-sc-lc.html To hear presentation and provide comments call: 1-800-369-3311 Passcode: 5558821#
Verbally at this Public Meeting E-mail Comments to: WEC_CFFF_EIS@nrc.gov Submit Online at: https://www.regulations.gov and Comments search for Docket ID NRC-2015-0039 Through Leave Comments by Voicemail at:
September 20 1-800-216-0881 Mail Comments to: Office of Administration, Mail Stop: TWFN-7-A60M, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001 To hear presentation and provide comments call: 1-800-369-3311 Passcode: 5558821#
Diana Diaz-Toro David Tiktinsky Environmental Project Manager Senior Project Manager NMSS/REFS NMSS/DFM Contact Us (301) 415-0930 Diana.Diaz-Toro@nrc.gov (301) 415-8740 David.Tiktinsky@nrc.gov Tom Vukovinsky Dave McIntyre Senior Fuel Facility Office of Public Affairs Project Inspector (301) 415-8206 NRC/Region II David.McIntyre@nrc.gov (404) 997-4622 Thomas.Vukovinsky@nrc.gov To hear presentation and provide comments call: 1-800-369-3311 Passcode: 5558821#
Public Comments on the Draft Environmental Impact Statement To Provide Comments Call:
1-800-369-3311 Passcode: 5558821#