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Final Environmental Impact Statement - Notice of Availability Federal Register Notice
ML24208A020
Person / Time
Site: North Anna  Dominion icon.png
Issue date: 07/26/2024
From: John Moses
NRC/NMSS/DREFS
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NRC-2020-0201
Download: ML24208A020 (4)


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket Nos. 50-338 and 50-339; NRC-2020-0201]

Virginia Electric and Power Company;

North Anna Power Station, Unit Nos. 1 and 2;

Final Site-Specific Environmental Impact Statement

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Notice; issuance.

SUMMARY

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has published a final site-

specific environmental impact statement (E IS), issued as NUREG-1437, Supplement 7a,

Second Renewal, Site-Specific Environmental Impact Statement for License Renewal of

Nuclear Plants Regarding Subsequent License Renewal for North Anna Power Station

Units 1 and 2, Final Report. This EIS evaluates, on a site-specific basis, the

environmental impacts of subsequent license renewal of Facility Operating License

Nos. NPF-4 and NPF-7 for an additional 20 years of operation for North Anna Power

Station (NAPS), Unit Nos. 1 and 2, respectively. NAPS is located in Louisa County,

Virginia. Alternatives to the proposed action of subsequent license renewal for NAPS

include the no-action alternative and reasonable replacement power alternatives.

DATES: NUREG-1437, Supplement 7a, Second Renewal is available as of

July 22, 2024.

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2020-0201 when contacting the NRC

about the availability of information regar ding this document. You may obtain publicly

available information related to this document using any of the following methods:

search for Docket ID NRC-2020-0201. Address questions about Docket IDs in Regulations.gov to Stacy Schumann; telephone: 301-415-0624; email:

Stacy.Schumann@nrc.gov. For technical questions contact the individual listed in the

For Further Information Contact section of this document.

  • NRCs Agencywide Documents Access and Management System

(ADAMS): You may access publicly available documents online in the ADAMS Public

Documents collection at https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. To begin the

search, select Begin Web-based ADAMS Search. For problems with ADAMS, please

contact the NRCs Public Document Room (P DR) reference staff at 1-800-397-4209, at

301-415-4737, or by email to PDR.Resource@nrc.gov. NUREG-1437, Supplement 7a,

Second Renewal is available in AD AMS under Accession No. ML24204A104.

  • NRCs PDR: The PDR, where you may examine and order copies of publicly

available documents, is open by appointment. To make an appointment to visit the PDR,

please send an email to PDR.Resource@nrc.gov or call 1-800-397-4209 or 301-415-

4737, between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. eastern time (ET), Monday through Friday, except

Federal holidays.

  • Public Library: A copy of the final EIS will be available for public inspection

at the Louisa County Library, 881 Davis Highway, Mineral, VA 23117. The NRC staff

encourages those addressees with mailing addresses listed in Chapter 7 of the final EIS,

to visit the NRCs NUREG-Series Publication website (https://www.nrc.gov/reading-

rm/doc-collections/nuregs/staff.html) or the NAPS project website

(https://www.nrc.gov/reactors/operating/licens ing/renewal/applications/north-anna-1 subsequent.html) to download an electronic copy. You may also obtain an electronic

copy by contacting Tam Tran via email at Tam.Tran@nrc.gov.

2 FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tam Tran, Office of Nuclear Material

Safety and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-

0001; telephone: 301-415-3617; email: Tam.Tran@nrc.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

In accordance with section 51.118 of title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations

(10 CFR), Final environmental impact statementnotice of availability, the NRC is

making available for public inspection NUREG-1437, Supplement 7a, Second Renewal,

regarding the subsequent license renewal of Virginia Electric and Power Companys

(Dominion), renewed Facility Operating License Nos. NPF-4 and NPF-7 for an additional

20 years of operation for NAPS. A notice of availability of the site-specific draft EIS

(DEIS) (NUREG-1437, Supplement 7a, Second Renewal) was published in the Federal

Register on January 8, 2024, (89 FR 960) by the NRC, and on January 5, 2024 (89 FR

781) as amended January 19, 2024 (89 FR 3653), by the Environmental Protection

Agency. The public comment period on the site-specific DEIS (NUREG-1437,

Supplement 7a, Second Renewal) ended on February 22, 2024, and the comments

received on the site-specific DEIS are addressed in the final EIS (NUREG-1437,

Supplement 7a, Second Renewal).

II. Discussion

The site-specific draft EIS (NUREG-1437, Supplement 7a, Second Renewal)

superseded a draft Supplemental EIS (SEIS) (NUREG-1437, Supplement 7, Second

Renewal), that the NRC had issued for public comment on August 25, 2021

(86 FR 47525). The site-specific final EIS addresses the comments received on both the

site-specific draft EIS (NUREG-1437, Supplement 7a, Second Renewal) and the

previous draft SEIS (NUREG-1437, Supplement 7, Second Renewal). As discussed in

3 Chapter 4 of the final EIS (NUREG-1437, Supplement 7a, Second Renewal), the NRC

staff has determined that the adverse env ironmental impacts of subsequent license

renewal for NAPS for an additional 20 years beyond the expiration dates of the initial

renewed licenses are not so great that preserving the option of subsequent license

renewal for energy-planning decisionm akers would be unreasonable. This

recommendation is based on: (1) informati on provided in the environmental report, as

supplemented, and other documents submitted by Dominion; (2) consultation with

Federal, State, Tribal, and local government al agencies; (3) the NRC staffs independent

environmental review; and (4) consideration of public comments received during the

scoping process, on the site-specific DEIS (NUREG-1437, Supplement 7a, Second

Renewal), and on the previous draft SEIS (NUREG-1437, Supplement 7, Second

Renewal).

Dated: July 26, 2024.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

/RA/

John M. Moses, Deputy Director, Division of Rulemaking, Environmental, and Financial Support, Office of Nuclear Material Safety, and Safeguards.

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