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September 2023 Dseis Public Meeting - Virtual Meeting Slides
ML23258A027
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Site: Turkey Point  NextEra Energy icon.png
Issue date: 09/15/2023
From: Lance Rakovan
NRC/NMSS/DREFS/ELRB
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Download: ML23258A027 (28)
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TURKEY POINT PUBLIC MEETING WILL BEGIN SHORTLY

  • Public Meeting Information:

https://www.nrc.gov/pmns/mtg?do=details&Code=20230973

  • Bridgeline: 301-576-2978
  • Passcode: 44897643#

Preliminary Findings of the Environmental Review for Turkey Point Nuclear Generating Units 3 & 4 Subsequent License Renewal September 27, 2023 Lance Rakovan, Environmental Project Manager

Agenda

  • Opening Remarks
  • Introductions and Purpose
  • Environmental Impact Statement Preliminary Findings
  • Public Questions on the Presentation
  • Public Comments on the Environmental Impact Statement 3

Meeting Logistics

  • NRC is actively soliciting comments on the draft site-specific Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) to aid the NRC staffs review
  • Participants are in listen-only mode until the comment session
  • No regulatory decisions will be made at todays meeting 4

Introductions

  • Jessica Hammock, Safety Review Lead, NRC Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation (NRR)
  • John Moses, Deputy Director, Division of Rulemaking, Environmental, Financial Support, NMSS 5

NRCs Regulatory Role

  • NRCs Governing Statutes

- Atomic Energy Act

- National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)

  • NRCs Mission

- Protect Public Health and Safety

- Promote Common Defense and Security

- Protect the Environment 6

Plant Background Description Unit 3 Unit 4 Operating 7/19/1972 4/10/1973 Licenses Issued Renewed 6/6/2002 Licenses Issued Subsequent 12/4/2019 Licenses Issued Current Expiration 7/19/2032 4/10/2033 Dates Proposed 7/19/2052 4/10/2053 Expiration Dates 7

Environmental Review

  • Generic Environmental Impact Statement (GEIS)

- Addresses Category 1 environmental issues common to all plants (or a distinct subset of plants) during the license renewal term

  • Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (FSEIS)

- Addresses Category 2 site-specific environmental issues during the license renewal term

- Includes any new and significant information regarding Category 1 issues, an evaluation of alternatives, and an evaluation of cumulative impacts

- FSEIS for Turkey Point Subsequent License Renewal issued in October 2019 8

Environmental Review

  • Site-Specific Environmental Impact Statement

- Addresses Category 1 environmental issues during the license renewal term on a site-specific basis

- Includes any new information deemed significant regarding Category 2 issues, and supplements the other information in the FSEIS, as appropriate

- Draft Site-Specific Environmental Impact Statement for Turkey Point Subsequent License Renewal issued for public comment on September 8, 2023 9

Environmental Review 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 11

How Impacts are Defined

  • Federally Listed Species and Critical Habitat (Endangered Species Act)

- No effect

- May affect but is not likely to adversely affect

- May affect and is likely to adversely affect

  • Essential Fish Habitat (Magnuson-Stevens Act)

- No adverse impacts

- Minimal adverse impacts

- More than minimal, but less than substantial adverse effects

- Substantial adverse impact 12

How Impacts are Defined (cont.)

  • Natural Marine Sanctuary Act (NMSA)

- No effect

- May effect but is not likely to destroy, cause the loss of, or injure

- May effect and is likely to destroy, cause the loss of, or injure 13

How Impacts are Defined (cont.)

  • 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

  • The NRC chooses to address EJ, though not required. There is a pending vote by the Commission on addressing EJ.

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Draft EIS Preliminary Findings (cont.)

Resource Area Impacts

  • Historic and Cultural
  • Would not adversely affect Resources known historic properties
  • No disproportionately high and adverse human health and environmental effects on minority and low-income populations
  • Cumulative Impacts
  • See FSEIS Section 4.16 16

Draft EIS Preliminary Findings Resource Area Impacts

  • Land Use/Visual Resources
  • Air Quality/Noise
  • Geologic Environment
  • Surface Water Resources Terrestrial Resources Socioeconomics ALL SMALL
  • Transportation
  • Human Health
  • Postulated Accidents
  • Waste Management and Pollution
  • Termination of Nuclear Power Plant Operations and Decommissioning 15

Draft EIS Preliminary Findings -

Special Status Species and Habitats The NRC staff identified no new and significant information that would change the conclusions made in the FSEIS. These were:

  • Likely to adversely affect American crocodile and eastern indigo snake
  • May result in adverse modification to designated critical habitat of the American crocodile
  • May affect but is not likely to adversely affect Florida panther, West Indian manatee, red knot, wood stork, loggerhead sea turtle, green sea turtle, leatherback sea turtle, hawksbill sea turtle, Kemps ridley sea turtle, and smalltooth sawfish
  • No adverse modification of designated critical habitat of West Indian manatee
  • No adverse effects on essential fish habitat
  • No effect on sanctuary resources of the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary 17

Draft EIS Preliminary Findings -

Groundwater Resources Resource Area Impacts Groundwater quality SMALL to degradation (plants with cooling MODERATE ponds in salt marshes)

Groundwater use conflicts SMALL to (plants that withdraw more than MODERATE 100 gallons per minute)

All other categories SMALL 18

Draft EIS Preliminary Findings -

Aquatic Resources Resource Area Impacts Impingement and entrainment of SMALL to aquatic organisms (plants with MODERATE once-through cooling systems or cooling ponds)

Thermal impacts on aquatic SMALL to organisms (plants with once- MODERATE through cooling systems or cooling ponds)

All other categories SMALL 19

Alternatives

  • No new and significant information identified regarding the following alternatives analyzed in the FSEIS
  • Alternative energy sources (power replacement) o New nuclear power o Natural gas combined-cycle power o A combination of new natural gas combined-cycle and new solar photovoltaic power
  • An alternative cooling water system
  • No-action alternative 20

Preliminary Recommendation The adverse environmental impacts of subsequent license renewal for Turkey Point for an additional 20 years beyond the current expiration dates are not so great that preserving the option of subsequent license renewal for energy-planning decisionmakers would be unreasonable 21

Environmental Review Milestones Milestone Date Draft EIS published August 31, 2023 Start of Comment Period September 8, 2023 Draft EIS Public Meetings September 19, 2023 September 27, 2023 Draft EIS Comments Due November 7, 2023 Final EIS March 2024 22

Obtaining the Draft EIS

  • Public Library: (printed copy for inspection)

Naranja Branch Library, 14850 SW 280th Street, Homestead, Florida 33032

  • Turkey Point Project Public Website:

https://www.nrc.gov/reactors/operating/licensing/renewal/

applications/turkey-point-subsequent.html

  • Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS):

- https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html

- Draft EIS accession number: ML22321A323 23

Additional Information

  • Turkey Point Project Public Website:

https://www.nrc.gov/reactors/operating/licensing/renewal/

applications/turkey-point-subsequent.html

- Turkey Point subsequent license renewal application

- The environmental report

- The current schedule

- The project managers associated with Turkey Point

  • Turkey Point Correspondence:

- https://www.nrc.gov/public-involve/listserver/plants-by-region.html 24

Submitting Comments

  • By mail Office of Administration Mailstop TWFN-7-A60M U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555-0001
  • By Email: TurkeyPoint34Environmental@nrc.gov Comments should be submitted by November 7, 2023 25

Public Participation

  • Raise your hand

- MS Teams: Raise my hand button

- On the phone: press *5

  • Youll still need to unmute

- MS Teams: Unmute button

- On the phone: press *6 26

Audio/Technical Issues

  • Drop off and log back on
  • Call into bridgeline:

- 301-576-2978

- Passcode: 44897643#

- Conference ID: 448 976 43#

  • In Teams, check your device settings:

- Click More

- Choose Settings

- Choose Device Settings 27

Draft EIS Participant Contact Information

  • Meeting Summary

- Meeting participant list

- NRC presentation

- Transcript of the meeting

- To receive the final EIS, email contact information to Lance.Rakovan@NRC.gov 28

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