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V.C. Summer Subsequent License Renewal Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement Public Meeting Slides January 28, 2025
ML25024A053
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Issue date: 01/28/2025
From: Kimberly Conway
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Preliminary Findings of the Environmental Review for Virgil C. Summer Nuclear Station, Unit 1, Subsequent License Renewal January 28, 2025 Presentation Slides - ADAMS Accession No. ML25024A053

Agenda

  • Introductions and Purpose
  • Opening Remarks
  • Environmental Review
  • Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) Preliminary Findings
  • Draft SEIS Participant Contact Information
  • Public Participation 2

Meeting Logistics

  • The NRC is actively soliciting comments on the draft SEIS to aid the NRC staffs review
  • Participants will have an opportunity to speak after the NRCs presentation, during the comment session
  • No regulatory decisions will be made at tonights meeting 3

Introductions and Purpose

  • Kim Conway, Environmental Review Lead, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards (NMSS)
  • Steve Koenick, Chief, Environmental Project Management Branch 1, NMSS 4

V.C. Summer Subsequent License Renewal

Summer) was submitted on August 17, 2023

  • The current renewed operating license expiration date for V.C. Summer is August 6, 2042

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

  • Environmental Impact Statement

- Neither the applicant nor the NRC identified information that is both new and significant related to Category 1 issues that would call into question the conclusions in the LR GEIS

- Addresses Category 2 environmental issues during the subsequent license renewal term on a site-specific basis 6

Environmental Review 7

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 8

How Impacts are Defined (cont.)

- 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 9

How Impacts are Defined (cont.)

  • Sanctuary Resources (National Marine Sanctuaries Act)

- No effect

- Not likely to destroy, cause the loss of, or injure sanctuary resources

- Likely to destroy, cause the loss of, or injure sanctuary resources

  • Historic and Cultural Resources (National Historic Preservation Act)

- No effect

- No adverse effect

- Adverse effect 10

How Impacts are Defined (cont.)

  • Environmental Justice* (2004 Commission Policy Statement [69 FR 52040])

- Disproportionately high and adverse human health and environmental effects

- No disproportionately high and adverse human health and environmental effects on minority and low-income populations

  • 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 SEIS Resource Areas 12 Resource Area SEIS Section Land Use and Visual Resources Section 3.2 Meteorology, Air Quality, and Noise Section 3.3 Geologic Environment Section 3.4 Surface Water and Groundwater Resources Section 3.5 Terrestrial Resources Section 3.6 Aquatic Resources Section 3.7 Federally Protected Ecological Resources Section 3.8 Historic and Cultural Resources Section 3.9 Socioeconomics Section 3.10 Human Health, Postulated Accidents Section 3.11 Environmental Justice Section 3.12 Waste Management Section 3.13 Uranium Fuel Cycle, Termination of Operations and Decommissioning Section 3.15 Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Climate Change Section 3.15.3

Draft SEIS Preliminary Findings Resource Area Impacts SMALL 13 Land Use/Visual Resources Air Quality/Noise Geologic Environment Surface Water/Groundwater Resources Terrestrial Resources Aquatic Resources Socioeconomics Transportation Human Health Postulated Accidents Waste Management Uranium Fuel Cycle Termination of Operations/Decommissioning

Draft SEIS Preliminary Findings (cont.)

Resource Area Historic and Cultural Resources Environmental Justice Impacts Would not adversely affect known historic properties No disproportionately and adverse human health and environmental effects on minority and low-income populations See Draft SEIS Section 3.15.3 See Draft SEIS Section 3.16 14 Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Climate Change Cumulative Impacts

Draft SEIS Preliminary Findings -

Special Status Species and Habitats and Sanctuary Resources

  • May affect but is not likely to adversely affect

- Tricolored bat

- Monarch butterfly

  • No effect

- on designated critical habitats or essential fish habitat

- on sanctuary resources 15

Alternatives Evaluated

  • No-action alternative
  • Alternative energy sources (power replacement)

- Natural gas

- New nuclear (small modular reactor)

- Natural gas and solar combination

- New nuclear and solar combination 16

Preliminary Recommendation The adverse environmental impacts of subsequent license renewal for V.C. Summer, Unit 1, for an additional 20 years beyond the current expiration date are not so great that preserving the option of subsequent license renewal for energy-planning decisionmakers would be unreasonable 17

Environmental Review Milestones Milestone Date Draft SEIS Published November 26, 2024 Comment Period Began December 6, 2024 Draft SEIS Public Meetings December 17, 2024 (virtual)

January 28, 2025 (in-person)

Draft SEIS Comments Due January 21, 2025 February 11, 2025 Final SEIS June 2025 18

Obtaining the Draft SEIS

  • Printed copy:

- Fairfield County Library 300 West Washington Street, Winnsboro, SC

  • V.C. Summer Project Public Website:

https://publish.nrc.gov/reactors/operating/licensing/renewal/applications/

virgil-summer-subsequent.html

  • Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS):

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

- Draft SEIS accession number: ML24330A271 19

Additional Information

https://publish.nrc.gov/reactors/operating/licensing/renewal/applications/v irgil-summer-subsequent.html

- V.C. Summer subsequent license renewal application

- Environmental report

- Current schedule

- Project managers associated with V.C. Summer

  • Sign up for V.C. Summer Listserv to Receive Correspondence:

- https://www.nrc.gov/public-involve/listserver/plants-by-region.html 20

Submitting Comments

  • By mail:

Office of Administration Mailstop TWFN-7-A60M U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555-0001

  • Website:

http://www.regulations.gov, use Docket ID NRC-2023-0152

  • Email: SummerEnvironmental@nrc.gov Comments should be submitted by February 11, 2025 21

Draft SEIS Participant Contact Information

  • Meeting Summary

- Meeting participant list

- NRC presentation

- Transcript of the meeting

- To receive the final SEIS, email contact information to kimberly.conway@nrc.gov 22

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