ML24221A038

Summary of Public Scoping Meeting Related to the Potential Reauthorization of Power Operations for the Palisades Nuclear Plant (EPID Number: L-2024-LNE-0003) (Docket Number: 50-0255)

ML24221A038
Person / Time
Site:	Palisades
Issue date:	08/12/2024
From:	Laura Willingham NRC/NMSS/DREFS/EPMB3
To:	Daniel Barnhurst NRC/NMSS/DREFS/EPMB3
Shared Package
ML24221A033	List: ML24221A038
References
EPID L-2024-LNE-0003
Download: ML24221A038 (1)

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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 MEMORANDUM TO: Daniel Barnhurst, Branch Chief Environmental Project Management Branch 3 Division of Rulemaking, Environmental, and Financial Support Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards FROM:

Laura Willingham, Project Manager Environmental Project Management Branch 3 Division of Rulemaking, Environmental, and Financial Support Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards

SUMMARY

OF PUBLIC SCOPING MEETING RELATED TO THE POTENTIAL REAUTHORIZATION OF POWER OPERATIONS FOR THE PALISADES NUCLEAR PLANT (EPID NUMBER: L-2024-LNE-0003)

(DOCKET NUMBER: 50-0255)

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff conducted a hybrid environmental scoping meeting related to the review the of Holtec Decommissioning Internationals (HDI) licensing and regulatory requests to authorize power operations at the Palisades Nuclear Plant (PNP). Specifically, the NRC is considering an exemption request, a license transfer request, and license amendment requests to support reauthorizing operation under the NRC license.

The U.S Department of Energy Loan Prorams Office (DOE LPO) is a cooperating agency on the environmental review. DOE LPOs proposed action is to provide federal financial support (a loan guarantee) to support power operations at PNP.

The public meeting was held at the Mendel Center, Grand Upton Hall, at Lake Michigan College, 1100 Yore Ave., Benton Harbor, MI, 49022. The purpose of the meeting was to provide the public with an opportunity to participate in the environmental scoping process by providing comments on any issues the public thought the NRC staff should consider while preparing an environmental assessment for the potential reauthorization of power operation of the PNP.

During the hybrid public meeting, the NRC staff presented information outlined the NRCs and DOEs missions and proposed actions for the environmental assessment; provided a description CONTACTS: Laura Willingham, NMSS/REFS (301) 415-0857 Mary Richmond, NMSS/REFS (301) 415-7218 August 12, 2024 Signed by Willingham, Laura on 08/12/24

D. Barnhurst of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 review process; discussed the environmental requirements outlined in the Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations Part 51; and addressed how these requirements would be implemented during the review.

After the presentation, members of the public were invited to provide comments. Approximately 100 people attended the meeting in person, and approximately 85 attended the virtual component of the meeting. The participants included members of the NRC staff, members of the DOE LPO staff, representatives from Holtec, members of the public, and representatives from the news media, and local government officials. Public scoping comments and questions were mainly focused on radiation and community cancer rates, safety concerns, economics, and water quality and consumption, waste storage and transportation, radiation health and accidents, cost-benefit analysis of restarting the plant, developing an environmental impact statement instead of an environmental assessment for the environmental review, and concerns about plant safety and HDIs perceived inexperience to operate the plant. is a list of the NRC and DOE participants. Enclosure 2 is a copy of the public meeting notice. Enclosure 3 is a copy of the slide presentation. Enclosure 4 is the official meeting transcript. Enclosure 5 is a copy of the sign-up sheet of in-person speakers and is the hardcopy comment received during the meeting.

This meeting summary and all the listed enclosures are available through the NRCs Agencywide Documents Access and Management Systems (ADAMS) under Accession No. ML24221A033. The ADAMS Public Electronic Reading Room is accessible at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html on the NRC website. To begin the search, select Begin Web-based ADAMS Search. For persons who do not have access to ADAMS, or who encounter problems in accessing the documents located in ADAMS, please contact the NRCs Public Document Room (PDR) reference staff at 1-800-397-4209, or (301) 415-4737, or by email to PDR.Resource@nrc.gov.

Docket No. 50-255

Enclosures:

1. List of NRC and DOE Meeting Attendees

2. Public Meeting Notice (ML24193A050)

3. Slide Presentation (ML24193A025)

4. Official Transcript of the Meeting (ML24219A265)

5. List of In-Person Speakers (ML24219A393)

6. Hardcopy Comment Received at the Meeting (ML24219A389) cc w/encls:

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Memo ML24221A038; ML24221A033 (Package)

OFFICE LA:REFS/EPM2 PM:REFS/EPMB3 BC:REFS/EPMB3 PM:REFS/EPMB3 NAME AWalker-Smith LWillingham DBarnhurst LWillingham DATE 08/08/2024 08/09/2024 08/09/2024 08/12/2024 LIST OF ATTENDEES FROM THE U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION AND U.S.

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY FOR THE ENVIRONMENTALSCOPING MEETING REGARDING THE POTENTIAL REAUTHORIZATION OF POWER OPERATION OF THE PALISADES NUCLEAR PLANT JUNE 11, 2024 6:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.

Listed below are the attendees from the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), NRCs contractors at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE).

NAME AFFILIATION Mary Richmond NRC Laura Willingham NRC Dan Barnhurst NRC Brian Glowacki NRC Jenny Davis NRC Madelyn Nagel NRC Peyton Doub NRC John Moses NRC Don Palmrose NRC Scott Burnell NRC Michael Spencer NRC Lance Rakovan NRC Marlayna Doell NRC Phillip McKenna NRC Jamie Pelton NRC Justin Poole NRC Carolyn Wolf NRC Jason Kozal NRC, Region III Prema Chandrathil NRC, Region III Viktoria Mitlyng NRC, Region III Allan Barker NRC, Region III Cyler Conrad PNNL Leah Hare PNNL Bob Schaaf PNNL Alicia Williamson DOE Ken Erwin DOE Todd Stribley DOE Julie Kozeracki DOE Colleen Coffey DOE Ryan Fuld DOE Rachel Chang DOE Amy Peterson DOE