ML21236A319
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| ML21236A319 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Westinghouse |
| Issue date: | 08/26/2021 |
| From: | Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards |
| To: | |
| References | |
| Download: ML21236A319 (18) | |
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Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the License Renewal of the Westinghouse Columbia Fuel Fabrication Facility in Richland County, SC Public Comment Meeting August 26, 2021 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm ET Telephone Access Number: 1-800-369-3311 Passcode: 5558821 Webinar Access Event address:
https://usnrc.webex.com Event number: 199 891 1794 Event password: WESTDEIS Audio for the meeting is only provided through telephone
Meeting Purpose & Overview NRCs Licensing Review Process NRCs Environmental Review Process Draft EIS Results Information Resources How to Provide Comments Public Comments To Receive Comments on the Draft EIS for the Proposed License Renewal of Westinghouses Columbia Fuel Fabrication Facility To hear presentation and provide comments call: 1-800-369-3311 Passcode: 5558821#
Proposed Action Typical Fuel Fabrication Facility (Source: NRC)
General Site Location (Source: modified from Google Earth)
Site Boundary (Source: modified from Google Earth)
To hear presentation and provide 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#
NRCs NEPA Process June 2018 NRC Publishes EA and FONSI October 2019 NRC Publishes New Draft EA for Public Comment June 2020 NRC Decides to Prepare an EIS July 2020 NRC Begins EIS Scoping Process August 2021 NRC Issues Draft EIS for Public Comment February 2022 NRC Issues Final EIS March 2022 NRC Issues Record of Decision NRC is Seeking Public Comments NRCs Environmental Review Process & Schedule To hear presentation and provide comments call: 1-800-369-3311 Passcode: 5558821#
NRCs Environmental Review Process To hear presentation and provide comments call: 1-800-369-3311 Passcode: 5558821#
NRCs Environmental Impact Evaluation PROPOSED ACTION 40-year license renewal NO-ACTION ALTERNATIVE Deny request to renew license 20-YEAR LICENSE RENEWAL ALTERNATIVE 20-year license renewal SMALL Environmental effects are not detectable or are so minor that they will neither destabilize nor noticeably alter any important attribute of the resource.
MODERATE Environmental effects are sufficient to alter noticeably, but not to destabilize, important attributes of the resource.
LARGE Environmental effects are clearly noticeable and are sufficient to destabilize important attributes of the resource.
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RESOURCE IMPACTS Land Use SMALL - Proposed Action SMALL - No-Action SMALL Year License Renewal Geology and Soils SMALL - Proposed Action SMALL - No-Action SMALL Year License Renewal Surface Water SMALL - Proposed Action SMALL - No-Action SMALL Year License Renewal Groundwater SMALL to MODERATE - Proposed Action SMALL to MODERATE - No-Action SMALL to MODERATE Year License Renewal Ecology SMALL - Proposed Action SMALL - No-Action SMALL Year License Renewal Air Quality SMALL - Proposed Action SMALL - No-Action SMALL Year License Renewal Noise SMALL - Proposed Action SMALL - No-Action SMALL Year License Renewal RESOURCE IMPACTS Historic and Cultural SMALL - Proposed Action SMALL to MODERATE - No-Action SMALL Year License Renewal Visual and Scenic SMALL - Proposed Action SMALL - No-Action SMALL Year License Renewal Socioeconomics SMALL - Proposed Action MODERATE - No-Action SMALL Year License Renewal Public and Occupational Health SMALL - Proposed Action SMALL - No-Action SMALL Year License Renewal Transportation SMALL - Proposed Action SMALL - No-Action SMALL Year License Renewal Waste Management SMALL - Proposed Action SMALL - No-Action SMALL Year License Renewal Environmental Justice There would be no disproportionately high and adverse impacts to minority or low-income populations
Environmental Monitoring To hear presentation and provide comments call: 1-800-369-3311 Passcode: 5558821#
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).
Enter exceedances of water regulatory limits into its Corrective Action Program.
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 staff found impacts to soils would be small.
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Source: Modified from Google Earth
Surface Water City of Columbia provides water for Westinghouse operations.
a minor fraction of the Citys total supply 80% is returned to the Congaree River through the permitted discharge Congaree River water quality is monitored above and below the sites discharge.
Liquid discharges to the Congaree River must meet:
Limits in the NPDES permit, and NRCs effluent limits for radiological constituents.
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Measured Uranium and Tc-99 Discharged to Congaree River Year U (mCi)
Tc-99 (mCi) 2007 10.5 Not Sampled 2008 10.2 Not Sampled 2009 10.3 Not Sampled 2010 8.12 19.2 2011 6.92 14.1 2012 3.1 18.5 2013 5.2 9.2 2014 3.8 10.1 2015 4.3 10.1 2016 3.9 4.0 2017 4.1 7.2 2018 3.4 1.1 2019 3.8 1.1 2020 3.8
5.8 Source
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 local surface water.
The NRC staff found that impacts to surface water would be small.
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Environmental Sampling Locations (Source: 2019 revised license renewal application)
Surface Water
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.
The NRC staff found that impacts to groundwater would be small to moderate.
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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 be affected by the proposed license renewal.
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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#
Submit Comments Through September 20 Verbally at this Public Meeting E-mail Comments to: WEC_CFFF_EIS@nrc.gov Online at: https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2015-0039 Leave Comments by Voicemail at:
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#
Contact Us Diana Diaz-Toro David Tiktinsky Environmental Project Manager Senior Project Manager NMSS/REFS NMSS/DFM (301) 415-0930 (301) 415-8740 Diana.Diaz-Toro@nrc.gov 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#