ML25045A172
| ML25045A172 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | 99902117 |
| Issue date: | 01/29/2025 |
| From: | NRC/NMSS/DREFS/EPMB3 |
| To: | X-Energy |
| References | |
| Download: ML25045A172 (3) | |
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US Nuclear Regulatory Commission Public Meeting Summary
Title:
Meeting between the U.S. NRC and X-energy/Dow to Discuss Topics Associated with Pre-Application on Matters Related to the Development of a Construction Permit Application for the Project Long Mott Site (Docket Number: 99902117)
Meeting Identifier: 29532842198, Agencywide Documents Access Management System:
ML25014A409 Date of Meeting: Wednesday, January 29, 2025 Location: Teleconference Type of Meeting: Observation Meeting Purpose of the Meeting:
The purpose of this meeting was to discuss topics related to the environmental aspects of Project Long Mott site location and investigations, summaries of impacts and radiological impacts of normal operation, and severe accident analysis in support of a planned construction permit application (CPA). X-energy and Dow shared updates on the development of the environmental report (ER) for the project. The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) project managers and staff were present to give feedback to X-energy/Dow related to the above topics.
Summary of Meeting:
X-energy and Dow provided a summary of the environmental impacts associated with the Project Long Mott ER for the NRCs staff review, stating that the proposed federal action involves issuing a construction permit to Long Mott Energy, LLC (LME) to build a Xe-100 small modular reactor with four reactor modules. The LME site is adjacent to Dow Chemical Corporations Seadrift Operations (SDO) in Calhoun County, Texas.
According to the applicants summary of the ER, the site was chosen to best meet the electric power and steam demand requirements of the SDO facility. The ER summary provided indicated that the radiological, environmental justice, endangered species, and historical and cultural impacts are negligible. Land use and socioeconomics resource areas were identified as having SMALL to MODERATE and MODERATE to LARGE impacts while requesting the NRC to evaluate an environmental assessment (EA) for the project. The NRC staff provided an overview of the process utilized for determining whether an EA or an environmental impact statement (EIS) is required and stated that the evaluation of an EA or EIS for the LME project has yet to be determined and will be evaluated during the acceptance review.
X-energy and Dow clarified the types of environmental data, monitoring activities, and information collected and evaluated in the ER to assess the environmental impacts. The applicant clarified the proposed cooling water source and transmission line plans. Waste minimization plans and safety considerations for operating a power plant near a chemical facility were also discussed with the applicant. The applicant provided information on a severe accident analysis and provided an update on constructing a meteorological tower for collecting site-specific data. After the business portion of the meeting, the NRC staff discussed public comments pertaining to the severe accident analysis information presented. In addition, the
2 NRC staff described available opportunities for public comments during the NRCs environmental review of the planned CPA.
Action Items/Next Steps:
X-energy indicated that additional topics for discussion with the NRC staff would be announced on NRCs public meeting site as they become available.
Slides: ML25015A228.
LIST OF ATTENDEES None = No Affiliation Stated UCS = Union of Concerned Scientists FPL = Florida Power and Light DOE = Department of Energy WSP = Williams Sale Partnership XE = X-energy NRC = Nuclear Regulatory Commission Attendee Affiliation Wayne Massie None JW None Kae None Bill Dam None Edwin Lyman UCS Jana Bergman Curtiss Wright Addison Hall Dominion Energy Mark Feltner Dow Lee Grzeck Duke Energy Shannon Langley Duke Energy Theresa Howell Energy Northwest Donald Gregoire Energy Northwest Emily Portanova Entergy William Maher FPL Jan Mazza Holtec Gretchen Applegate DOE Ryan Lighty Morgan Lewis Blake Cole NextEra Energy Hayley McClendon PNNL Caitlan Condon PNNL Greg Boswell Sargent & Lundy Emily Wielbik Sargent & Lundy Maury Pressburger Sargent & Lundy Michael Duffy Sargent & Lundy C M Launi Sargent & Lundy Sandra Jannetty Sargent & Lundy Jayson Hudson USACE Jonathan Bourdeau WSP
3 Attendee Affiliation Bill Elzinga WSP Chris Musselman WSP Jessica Maddocks XE Jared Wicker XE Milton Gorden XE Stephanie Yazzie XE Drew Nigh XE Steve Vaughn XE Georgette Alexander-Morrison XE Joseph Giacinto NRC Mary Campestrin NRC Tami Dozier NRC Stacey Imboden NRC Amitava Ghosh NRC Robert Hoffman NRC Donald Palmrose NRC Daniel Barnhurst NRC Sarah Lopas NRC Gerry Stirewalt NRC Adrian Muniz NRC Rosalynn Wang NRC Mike Mazaika NRC Peyton Doub NRC Jason White NRC Rao Tammara NRC Sam Gellen NRC Timothy Drzewiecki NRC Denise McGovern NRC Nebiyu Tiruneh NRC Ondra Dukes NRC John Segala NRC Ian Jung NRC Kevin Quinlan NRC Todd Hilsmeier NRC Jessie Quintero NRC