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Preliminary Results of the Environmental Review for North Anna Power Station Units 1 and 2 Subsequent License Renewal - 9/28/21
	ML21256A303
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Issue date:	09/28/2021
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Preliminary Results of the Environmental Review for North Anna Power Station Units 1 and 2 Subsequent License Renewal September 28, 2021

Overview

NRCs Regulatory Role

North Anna Background

Environmental Review

Preliminary Findings

Environmental Review Milestones

Submitting Public Comments 3

NRCs Regulatory Role

NRCs Primary Governing Statutes

- Atomic Energy Act

- Energy Reorganization Act

- National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)

NRCs Mission

- Protect public health and safety

- Promote the common defense and security

- Protect the environment 4

North Anna Power Station

Background

Description Unit 1 Unit 2 Operating Licenses Issued April 1, 1978 August 21, 1980 First Renewed Licenses Issued March 20, 2003 First License Renewal Expires April 1, 2038 August 21, 2040 5

Environmental Review

Generic Environmental Impact Statement (GEIS)

- Addresses environmental issues common to all plants (or a distinct subset of plants) during the license renewal term

Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS)

- Addresses site-specific environmental issues during the license renewal term

- Includes any new and significant information regarding generic issues, an evaluation of alternatives, and an evaluation of cumulative impacts 6

SEIS: Environmental Issues Evaluated 7

How Impacts are Defined

SMALL

- Effects are not detectable or are so minor that they will neither destabilize nor noticeably alter any important attribute of the resource

MODERATE

- Effects are sufficient to alter noticeably, but not to destabilize, important attributes of the resource

LARGE

- Effects are clearly noticeable and are sufficient to destabilize important attributes of the resource 8

How Impacts are Defined

Federally Listed Species and Critical Habitat (Endangered Species Act)

- No effect

- May affect but is not likely to adversely affect/adversely modify

- May affect and is likely to adversely affect/adversely modify

Essential Fish Habitat (Magnuson-Stevens Act)

- No adverse impacts

- Minimal adverse impacts

- Substantial adverse impact 9

How Impacts are Defined (continued)

Cultural and Historic Resources (National Historic Preservation Act)

- Would adversely affect

- Would not adversely affect

Environmental Justice (Executive Order 12898)

- Disproportionally high and adverse human health and environmental effects 10

North Anna draft SEIS Preliminary Results Resource Area Impacts

Land Use/Visual Resources

Air Quality/Noise

Geologic Environment

Surface Water Resources

Groundwater Resources

Terrestrial Resources

Aquatic Resources

Socioeconomics

Transportation

Human Health

Waste Management and Pollution All SMALL 11

North Anna draft SEIS Preliminary Results (continued)

Resource Area Impacts

Special Status Species and Habitats (threatened, endangered, and protected species; essential fish habitat)

May affect, but is not likely to adversely affect, northern long-eared bat. Unlikely to result in effects on the northern long-eared bat habitat. No adverse effects on the essential fish habitat.

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North Anna draft SEIS Preliminary Results (continued)

Resource Area Impacts

Historic and Cultural Resources

Would not adversely affect known historic properties

Environmental Justice

No disproportionately high and adverse human health and environmental effects on minority and low-income populations

Cumulative Impacts

See SEIS Section 3.16

Postulated Accidents (SAMA)

See SEIS Appendix F 13

Cumulative Impacts

Overall impacts to the environment including past, present, and reasonably foreseeable future actions

Actions that were considered include:

- Electric generation facilities nearby

- Renewable energy facilities nearby

- Manufacturing and mining facilities in the vicinity

- Military and other federal facilities

- Park and recreation sites

- Transportation Facilities

- Other construction projects 14

Alternatives

Alternative energy sources analyzed (power replacement)

- New nuclear (small modular reactor)

- Combination alternative (solar, offshore wind, small modular reactor, and demand-side management)

No-action alternative 15

Preliminary Conclusion The adverse environmental impacts of North Anna Power Station license renewal are not so great that preserving the option of subsequent license renewal for energy-planning decisionmakers would be unreasonable 16

Environmental Review Milestones

Draft SEIS published Aug. 19, 2021

Start of Comment Period Aug. 27, 2021

Draft SEIS Public Meeting Sep. 28, 2021

Draft SEIS Comments Due Oct. 12, 2021

Final SEIS Feb. 2022 17

Obtaining the Draft SEIS Public Library: (printed copy for inspection)

Louisa Library, 881 Davis Hwy, Mineral, VA 23117 North Anna Project Public Website:

https://www.nrc.gov/reactors/operating/licensing/ren ewal/applications/north-anna-1-2-subsequent.html Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS):

https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html Draft SEIS accession number: ML21228A084 18

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