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Preliminary Results of the Environmental Review, Subsequent License Renewal
ML24029A236
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Site: North Anna  
Issue date: 01/30/2024
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PRELIMINARY RESULTS OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW FOR NORTH ANNA POWER STATION UNITS 1 AND 2 SUBSEQUENT LICENSE RENEWAL January 30, 2024

Overview

  • NRCs Regulatory Role
  • North Anna Background
  • North Anna Project Milestones and Status
  • Environmental Review
  • Preliminary Findings
  • Submitting Public Comments 2

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 3

North Anna Power Station

Background

Description Unit 1 Unit 2 Operating Licenses Issued April 1, 1978 August 21, 1980 Current License Expires April 1, 2038 August 21, 2040 4

NAPS Project Milestones and Status Milestone Schedule Date Actual Date Receive Subsequent License Renewal Application (SLRA) 08/2020 08/24/2020 Publish Federal Register Notice (FRN) - SLRA Availability 09/2020 9/21/2020 Publish FRN - Docketing Acceptance and Opportunity for Hearing 10/2020 10/15/2020 Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) 08/2021 08/19/2021 Receive Site-Specific environmental supplement to SLRA 09/2022 09/28/2022 Publish FRN - Notice of Intent to Prepare an EIS and Conduct Limited Scoping 11/2022 11/15/2022 NRC publishes draft EIS and FRN to start 45-day comment period and 60-day period to request a hearing 12/2023 12/28/2023 FRN 01/08/2024 Public Meeting - Draft EIS Meetings NA 1/30/2024 2/06/2024 End of Draft EIS Comment Period 02/2024 2/22/2024 Petition to intervene/request hearing 3/2024 03/08/2024 Issue Final EIS 07/2024 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency FRN Published - Notice of Availability - Final EIS 07/2024 NRC issues licensing decision/Record of Decision 08/2024 https://www.nrc.gov/reactors/operating/licensing/renewal/applications/north-anna-1-2-subsequent.html

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) or Supplement to the GEIS

-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

Environmental Review

  • 2023 North Anna Site-Specific Draft EIS

-addresses on a site-specific basis those issues that were previously treated as generic issues in the 2021 draft SEIS

-updates and revises the evaluation of the site-specific issues in the 2021 draft SEIS

-addresses public comments received on the 2021 draft SEIS (see Appendix A) 7

Environmental Issues Evaluated 8

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 9

How Impacts are Defined

- 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 10

How Impacts are Defined

  • 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 11

North Anna draft EIS 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 SMALL 12
  • uncertain impact of chronic effects of electromagnetic fields

North Anna draft EIS 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, the northern long-eared bat, tricolored bat, and monarch butterfly; no effect on essential fish habitat; no effect on sanctuary resources of National Marine Sanctuaries 13

North Anna draft EIS Preliminary Results (continued)

Resource Area Impacts

  • Historic and Cultural Resources
  • Would not adversely affect any known historic properties
  • No disproportionately high and adverse human health and environmental effects on minority and low-income populations
  • Cumulative Impacts
  • See next slide
  • Postulated Accidents (SAMA)
  • See draft EIS Appendix F 14

Cumulative Impacts

  • Overall impacts to the environment including past, present, and reasonably foreseeable future actions
  • Actions that were considered (see Section 3.15 and Appendix E):

- Onsite facilities/projects including the proposed reactor Unit 3

- Fossil Fuel and Renewable Energy Facilities

- Mining and Manufacturing Facilities

- Military Facilities

- Landfills

- Water Supply and Treatment Facilities

- Parks and Recreation Sites

- Transportation facilities

- Other various projects/facilities/trends 15

Alternatives

  • Alternative energy sources analyzed (power replacement)

- New nuclear (small modular reactor or SMR)

- Combination alternative (solar, offshore wind, SMR, and demand-side management)

  • No-action alternative 16

Preliminary Recommendation The adverse environmental impacts of North Anna subsequent license renewal are not so great that preserving the option of license renewal for energy-planning decisionmakers would be unreasonable 17

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

Louisa County Library, 881 Davis Highway in Mineral, Virginia North Anna Project Public Website:

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

https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html Draft EIS accession number: ML23339A047 18

For Additional Information

  • North Anna Project Public Website:

https://www.nrc.gov/reactors/operating/licensing/ren ewal/applications/north-anna-1-2-subsequent.html North Anna subsequent license renewal application The environmental report The current schedule The project managers associated with the North Anna subsequent license renewal project North Anna Correspondence:

https://www.nrc.gov/public-involve/listserver/plants-by-region.html 19

How to Submit Comments

  • Online: www.regulations.gov
  • Email: NorthAnnaEnvironmental@nrc.gov
  • By Mail: TWFN-7-A60M, ATTN: Program Management, Announcements and Editing Staff, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001
  • Please contact the Env. PM with any questions:

Email: tam.tran@nrc.gov, Phone: 301-415-3617 Comments due by February 22, 2024 20

Draft EIS Participant Contact Information

  • Final EIS:

-To receive the final EIS, email participant contact information to tam.tran@NRC.gov

  • Meeting Summary:

-Meeting participant list

-NRC presentation

-Transcript of the meeting 21

Upcoming public meeting NRC will hold an in-person public meeting to collect comments on the draft EIS:

Best Western Crossroads Inn & Suites 135 Wood Ridge Terrace Zion Crossroads, VA 22942 February 6, 2024 7:00 - 9:00 pm 6:00 - 7:00 pm (open house) 22

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