ML24108A147
| ML24108A147 | |
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| Site: | Diablo Canyon  |
| Issue date: | 05/07/2024 |
| From: | Kimberly Conway NRC/NMSS/DREFS/ELRB |
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| Shared Package | |
| ML24108A144 | List: |
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| Download: ML24108A147 (1) | |
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Enclosure 1 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Summary of Public Meetings
Title:
Environmental Scoping Meetings Related to the Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant License Renewal Application Meeting Identifiers: 20240064 and 20240065 Date of Meetings: Thursday, February 1, 2024, and Thursday, February 8, 2024 Locations: Webinar (2/1) and Embassy Suites, San Luis Obispo, California (2/8)
Type of Meeting: Comment-Gathering Meetings Purpose of the Meetings:
To gather information necessary to prepare an environmental impact statement to evaluate the environmental impacts for the potential license renewal of the operating license for Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant, Units 1 and 2 (Diablo Canyon).
General Details:
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff held two environmental scoping public meetings as part of the Diablo Canyon license renewal environmental review. The first meeting was a virtual meeting held via Microsoft Teams on February 1, 2024, which started at 10:00 a.m. PST and ended at approximately 1:17 p.m. PST. The second meeting was an in-person meeting at the Embassy Suites Hotel in San Luis Obispo, California, on February 8, 2024, which started at 6:00 p.m. PST and ended at approximately 8:25 p.m.
PST. Both meetings followed the same agenda, beginning with a review of meeting ground rules and an introduction of the NRC staff, followed by a presentation by the NRC staff on the license renewal process with a focus on the environmental review and scoping process.
The presentation emphasized that scoping comments were welcome to help NRC define the scope of its environmental review for the Diablo Canyon license renewal application. There was an opportunity for attendees to ask questions about the NRC staffs presentation followed by an opportunity for members of the public to provide oral scoping comments.
Approximately 220 people attended the meeting on February 1, 2024, and approximately 150 people attended the meeting on February 8, 2024. These numbers include the NRC staff in attendance. Participants included members of the public, local representatives, as well as representatives of Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) and several non-governmental organizations.
Summary of Presentation:
The NRC staff presented an overview of its review process for the Diablo Canyon license renewal application, beginning with the safety review and then going into greater detail on the environmental review. PG&E submitted its license renewal application for Diablo Canyon on November 7, 2023 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS)
ML23311A154). Diablo Canyon Units 1 and 2 were first licensed in November 1984 and August 1985, respectively. The current initial operating licenses have expiration dates in November 2024 and August 2025. On March 2, 2023, the NRC staff granted PG&E an exemption from the NRCs Timely Renewal Provision that would allow for PG&E to submit a sufficient license renewal application for Diablo Canyon by the December 31, 2023, and the existing license will not be deemed to have expired until the NRC has made a final determination on the license renewal application. If a license renewal is granted, it will be for an additional 20 years.
Brian Harris, the safety review project manager, noted that the focus of the safety review is to identify aging effects that could impair the ability of systems, structures, and components within the scope of license renewal to perform their intended functions, and to demonstrate that these aging effects will be adequately managed during the period of extended operation. A single, complete Safety Evaluation Report will be issued prior to the NRC staff meeting with the Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards.
Kim Conway, the environmental review project manager, explained that the NRC conducts its environmental review in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA). NEPA requires federal agencies to follow a systematic approach in evaluating the potential impacts from the proposed action and alternatives to the proposed action. The environmental review begins with the scoping process. Scoping is the process by which the NRC staff identifies the specific impacts and significant issues to be considered within the draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS). The NRC staff noted that public participation is an important aspect of scoping and that gathering comments was the purpose of these public meetings. The NRC staff considers all scoping comments provided during the public meetings, as well as written comments received during the scoping period in preparing the draft SEIS. At the conclusion of the scoping process, NRC will prepare and issue an Environmental Scoping Summary Report that describes comments received during the scoping period and includes significant issues identified as a result of the scoping process.
The staff explained that the NRC also conducts an independent assessment, including an environmental site audit, and documents its findings within the draft SEIS. The draft SEIS for the Diablo Canyon license renewal will be issued for public comment in approximately October 2024. The staff will consider any comments on the draft SEIS in preparing the final SEIS. In conducting its environmental review, the NRC staff will be coordinating with other Federal, State, and local agencies, as well as tribal leaders to ensure that local technical resource specialists are involved in the review. Within the SEIS, the NRC evaluates impacts from the proposed license renewal for a wide range of environmental resources, such as air quality, human health, wetlands, and threatened and endangered species. Ultimately, the purpose of the environmental review is to determine whether the environmental impacts of license renewal could be so great that preserving the option of license renewal for decision makers would become unreasonable.
The staff informed the attendees that the SEIS will be considered in conjunction with the staff's safety review in recommending to the Commission whether to renew the Diablo Canyon operating licenses for an additional 20-year period.
The staff ended the meetings by reiterating that the closing date for submitting scoping comments was February 23, 2024. In addition to providing comments at the two public meetings, comments were also accepted via the following methods: (1) mailed to Office of Administration Mailstop TWFN7A60M, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001; (2) submitted online using the Federal Rulemaking website at regulations.gov (Docket ID: NRC-2023-0192); or (3) submitted electronically by email to DiabloCanyonEnvironmental@nrc.gov.
Public Participation Themes:
February 1, 2024, Virtual Meeting 40 speakers provided comments on a range of topics including: the effects of climate change on the license renewal period; the effects of continued operations on climate change; grid reliability concerns; the economic impacts of both continued operations and shutdown; land stewardship and protection of resources; impacts to aquatic resources from once-through cooling systems; replacement power and availability of alternative energy sources; future demand based on the State of Californias vehicle electrification goals; seismic hazards and concerns related to seismic characterization; consideration of potential earthquake-generated tsunamis; long-term management of spent fuel and shipment of radioactive waste; and concerns related to reactor pressure vessel embrittlement.
February 8, 2024, In-Person Meeting 46 speakers provided comments on a range of topics including: the effects of climate change on the license renewal period; the effects of continued operations on climate change; grid reliability concerns; Coastal Zone Management Act certification; the economic impacts of both continued operations and shutdown; greenhouse gas emissions; cultural resources and ancestral village sites on the Diablo Canyon property; land stewardship and protection of resources; impacts to aquatic resources from once-through cooling systems; replacement power and availability of alternative energy sources; future demand based on the State of Californias vehicle electrification goals; contamination risks; the need for realistic assumptions about timelines for new energy sources; seismic hazards and concerns related to seismic characterization; consideration of potential earthquake-generated tsunamis; impacts of uranium mining in the Southwest to support operations; long-term management of spent fuel and shipment of radioactive waste; and concerns related to reactor pressure vessel embrittlement.
A complete accounting of the comments provided during both meetings can be found in the meeting transcripts which are available in the NRCs ADAMS public electronic reading room under the accession numbers listed below, http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html.
Action Items/Next Steps:
The NRC staff will address the comments received during the public comment period as part of the review of the Diablo Canyon license renewal application. The NRC staff will include an analysis of comments in the final SEIS.
Attachments:
February 1, 2024, Meeting List of Attendees Meeting description and agenda - ML24030A806 NRC staff presentation - ML24030A467 Meeting transcript - ML24108A146 February 8, 2024, Meeting List of Attendees Meeting description and agenda - ML24022A104 NRC staff presentation - ML24036A338 Meeting transcript - ML24108A145 List of Attendees February 1, 2024, Environmental Scoping Meeting Related to the Diablo Canyon License Renewal Application NAME AFFILIATION Alex Collier U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)
Andrew Siwy NRC Angel Moreno NRC Angela Sabet NRC Ashley Waldron NRC Austin Im NRC Beau Goldstein NRC Brett Klukan NRC Brian Harris NRC Briana Arlene NRC Caroline Hsu NRC Christopher Tyree NRC Donald Palmrose NRC Ian Murphy NRC Jean Trefethen NRC Jeffrey Rikhoff NRC Jeremy Wachutka NRC John Parillo NRC Karen Loomis NRC Kim Conway NRC Lauren Gibson NRC Leah Parks NRC Michelle Rome NRC Nancy Martinez NRC Neil Sheehan NRC Ryan Alexander NRC Samuel Lee NRC Stephen Koenick NRC Ted Smith NRC Thomas Weaver NRC Victor Dricks NRC Ace Hoffman Adam Alberty Stars Alliance Alice McNally Coalition for Nuclear Safety Allison Stalker Constellation Energy Amanda Figueroa Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E)
Amanda Olafsson PG&E Amit Kalia Luminant Amy Aughtman Southern Company Andre Smith Andrea Chmelik Office of Assemblymember Dawn Addis Andrew Mauer Nuclear Energy Institute Andy Pease City of San Luis Obispo Anita Konopa San Luis Obispo County Arun Kapur Duke Energy Benjamin Kasper Benjamin Mays Westinghouse Bo Gould PG&E Bob Rathie Brian Nolan Jensen Hughes Bruce Severance Bryan Hilderbrand Caitlin Condon Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL)
Carina Corral PG&E Carl Carol Hayden Chad Enos PG&E Charlene Rosales San Luis Obispo Chamber of Commerce Chase Fulk Duke Energy Chloe Nelson U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Chris Bausch City of Paso Robles Christian Arechavaleta California Department of Water Resources (DWR)
Christopher Burnham PG&E Chuck Anders Darien Thall David Greenall PG&E David Sparks International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) 1245 Deb Luchsinger Debbie Arnold San Luis Obispo County Dee Taylor Delphine Hou California DWR Diane D'Arrigo Nuclear Information and Resource Service Diane Zannotti Office of U.S. Representative Jimmy Panetta Dona Mendoza PG&E Douglas Isbell Drew Mantey Dylan George PG&E Ed Aparis PG&E Eddie Taylor Edward Taylor Eric Daniels PG&E Eric Greening Eric Weinreich PG&E Eric Wulff California DWR Erika Weber Filomeno Manlimos III PG&E Francesco Viola Duke Energy Fredrick Ward Gary Kirkland Gene Nelson Californians for Green Nuclear Power Greg Haas Office of U.S. Representative Salud Carbajal Guido Núnez Harvey Sherback Heather Moreno Mayor, City of Atascadero Jaclyn Canova PG&E Jacob Hannon Duke Energy Jacob McNevin Jake McNevin James Hopf Generation Atomic James Noonan PG&E James Salmon Janet Fillmore PG&E Jenelle Osborne Mayor, City of Lompoc Jenna Hidinger Pasa Robles Chamber of Commerce Jennifer Post PG&E Jim Jim Dantona San Luis Obispo Chamber of Commerce Jim Salmon Jim Stewart Jocelyn Brennan Jody Moreira John Peschong San Luis Obispo County Joseph Bashore Tennessee Valley Authority Joseph Leppek PG&E Josh Joshua Boswell Reach Central Coast JR Julie Mansfield-Wells &
Gerard Wells Justin Cochran California Energy Commission Kara Woodruff Karen Bright Mayor, City of Grover Beach Karl A.
Karl Pauls Katie Wagner PNNL Ken Dalebout Ken Krone Kevin Stewart California Department of Public Health Kimberly Stickney Kirsten Chojnicki PNNL Kristen Kelley Kristin Meek Constellation Energy Leslie Purcell Lillian Rafii PG&E Linda Dailey Paulson Linda Seeley San Luis Obispo Mothers for Peace (SLOMFP)
Madison Schroder Margaret Frerking Mark Elvin U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Mark Schmidt Martin O'Neill Nuclear Energy Institute Marty Brown Mary Matthew Golliet Westinghouse Matthew Montz Enercon Matthew Noenickx PG&E Matthew Warren IBEW Melanie Spencer PG&E Michael T.J. Mullen Michael Taggart PG&E Michael Turner California Energy Commission Michelle Olsofsky PG&E Michelle Shoresman San Luis Obispo County Mike Cordero City of Santa Maria Molly Johnson Natalie Harnett City of San Luis Obispo Nicole Jao Patrick Duffy IBEW 1245 Peter Adam Peter Bird Consultant to SLOMFP Peter Swanson PG&E Philippe Soenen PG&E Rachel Turney-Work Enercon Randy Altergott Randy Keppeler American Electric Power Rebecca Daniels U.S. Bureau of Land Management Rebecca Tuhus-Dubrow Renelle Alvarez PG&E Rick McWhorter Robert Rathie Robert Robert Grover Beach City Council Ronald Martin Sean Baker PG&E Sean Dunlap PG&E Shannon Dellaquila Sheila Baker Sherry Lewis SLOMFP Susan Strachan San Luis Obispo County Susie Suzanne Hosn PG&E T.J. Griggs PG&E Ted Witten Thomas Braudt Tennessee Valley Authority Thomas Lane Local Union 403 Tom Luster California Coastal Commission Tom Thompson Vince Sigillo PG&E List of Attendees February 8, 2024, Environmental Scoping Meeting Related to the Diablo Canyon License Renewal Application NAME AFFILIATION Angle Moreno Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)
Beth Alferink NRC Beau Goldstein NRC Brett Klukan NRC Brian Harris NRC Gerry Stirewalt NRC Kim Conway NRC Michelle Rome NRC Ryan Alexander NRC Samuel Lee NRC Victor Dricks NRC A. Bowersox International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW)
Alfonso Jason Simental IBEW 1245 Amy Russell Pasa Robles and Templeton Chamber of Commerce Andrew Racette Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E)
Andrew Walkawicz Cal Poly NiCE (Nuclear is Clean Energy) Club Arnold Gomez IBEW 639 Barbara Harmon Former Arroyo Grande Council Member Brandy Lopez PG&E Bryan Hilderbrand Chad Enos PG&E Chris Burnham IBEW 1245 Chris Risle IBEW 1245 Chuck Anders Diablo Canyon Decommissioning Engagement Panel Cira Amayn Clayton Sims IBEW Conner Merragler PG&E Corey Warner IBEW 1245 Cory Blade IBEW 639 Courtney Kienow California Polytechnic State University (Cal Poly)
Daniel Van De Vanter IBEW 639 Darion Cantrell IBEW 639 Darren Lapitan IBEW David Baldwin Local 403 Plumbers and Pipefitters Union David Weisman Alliance for Nuclear Responsibility David Whittaker IBEW 639 Dawn Ortiz-Legg San Luis Obispo County Debbie Highfill Dylan George PG&E Dylan Kelvsen IBEW 639 Eli Engert IBEW 639 Elizabeth Burkhead Elizabeth Smith IBEW Ellie Ripley Eric Daniels PG&E Erica Stewart Mayor, City of San Luis Obispo Erik Howell Frank Triggs Gene Nelson Californians for Green Nuclear Power Greg Haas Office of U.S. Representative Salud Carbajal Gregg Cooper IBEW 639 Heather Hoff Mothers for Nuclear Hon. Andrea Seastrand Central Coast Taxpayers Association Humberto Nunez IBEW Isaac Mossofian IBEW Jack Johnson IBEW Jacob McNevin Surfrider Sierra Club Jamie Morena Jane Swanson San Luis Obispo Mothers for Peace (SLOMFP)
Jeff Heller Jen Ford Office of Assemblymember Dawn Addis Jennifer Klay Mothers for Nuclear Jeremy Winn IBEW Jerry Camacho IBEW 1245 Jill ZamEk SLOMFP Jordan Bohanna IBEW Joseph Mennele IBEW 639 Joseph Rouleau Joshua Medrano Tri-Counties Building Trades Julie Mansfield Justin Long IBEW 639 Kaila Dettman The Land Conservancy Kathi DiPeri Kelsie Wright IBEW 1245 Kenneth Lawson IBEW 1245 Laird Kravchinsky Linda Becker Linda Parks Linda Seeley SLOMFP Lindy Hatcher Home Builders Association of the Central Coast Lucy Hunt-Pierson Luis Magana IBEW 639 Lula Dodd IBEW 1245 Marcus Harmon Marvin Daniels IBEW Mary Jordan Matt Montz Enercon Matthew Clark IBEW 1245 Maya White Michael Burns Michael Shappee Michael Yates IBEW 1245 Midrele Flom Mike Cordero City of Santa Maria Mike Irick IBEW 1245 Mike Marcelino IBEW 639 Molly Johnson SLOMFP Nick Schraitmann IBEW 639 Nicole Liddicoat Nina Spinello Cuesta College Pat Dupry IBEW Peter Byrne Phillipe Soenen PG&E Quin Regalado IBEW 639 Rachel Turney-Work Enercon Randall Jordan San Luis Obispo County Renelle Alvarez PG&E Rinda Brown Robert Pierson Rupy Schalk Cal Poly S. Lake IBEW Sam Cohen Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians Sande Adkins Scott Lathrop yak titu titu yak tiłhini Northern Chumash Tribe Scott Schoepf PG&E Shane Fragione IBEW 639 Sheila Blake Sherry Lewis SLOMFP Silbestre Albor IBEW 639 Stella Wheeler IBEW Susan Strachan San Luis Obispo County Suzanne Hosn Suzanne Singh Santa Maria Valley Chamber of Commerce Sylvia Dodd Timothy Metcalfe PG&E Trevor Rebel PG&E Trevor Straeck IBEW Vidya Schalk Cal Poly Willy Garris IBEW 1245 Wyatt Quaresma IBEW 639