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Slides for the Preliminary Findings of the Environmental Review for Clinton Power Station, Unit 1, License Renewal
ML25125A229
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Site: Clinton Constellation icon.png
Issue date: 05/05/2025
From: Ashley Waldron
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Preliminary Findings of the Environmental Review for Clinton Power Station, Unit 1, License Renewal May 6, 2025 Presentation Slides - ADAMS Accession No. ML25125A229

Agenda

  • Introductions and Purpose
  • Opening Remarks
  • Environmental Review
  • Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) Preliminary Findings
  • 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

  • Steve Koenick, Chief, Environmental Project Management Branch 1, NMSS 4

Clinton Power Station Unit 1 (CPS) License Renewal

  • The current renewed operating license expiration date for CPS is April 17, 2027

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 license renewal term on a plant-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

Draft SEIS Resource Areas 11 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 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 12 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

ESA and NHPA Special Status Species and Habitats and Sanctuary Resources May affect but is not likely to adversely affect

- Northern long-eared bat

- Indiana bat

- Whooping Crane

- Monarch butterfly

- Western regal fritillary

- Rusty patched bumble bee

- Eastern prairie fringed orchid No effect

- Salamander mussel

  • NRC staff received FWS concurrence on 5/1 (ML25121A276)

Historic and Cultural Resources Would not adversely affect known historic properties 13

Alternatives Evaluated

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

- Natural gas

- Natural gas and solar combination

- Purchased power 14

Preliminary Recommendation The adverse environmental impacts of license renewal for Clinton Power Station, Unit 1, for an additional 20 years beyond the current expiration date are not so great that preserving the option of license renewal for energy-planning decisionmakers would be unreasonable 15

Environmental Review Milestones Milestone Date Draft SEIS Published April 4, 2025 Comment Period Began April 11, 2025 Draft SEIS Public Meeting May 6, 2025 Draft SEIS Comments Due June 2, 2025 Final SEIS October 2025 16

Obtaining the Draft SEIS

  • Printed copy:

- Vespasian Warner Public Library 310 N. Quincy Street, Clinton IL

https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/nuregs/staff/sr1437/index.html Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS):

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

- Draft SEIS accession number: ML25072A105 17

Additional Information

https://www.nrc.gov/reactors/operating/licensing/renewal/applications/clin ton.html

- CPS license renewal application

- Environmental report

- Current schedule

- Project managers associated with CPS

  • Sign up for CPS Listserv to Receive Correspondence:

- https://www.nrc.gov/public-involve/listserver/plants-by-region.html 18

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-2024-0046

  • Email: ClintonEnvironmental.Resource@nrc.gov Comments should be submitted by June 2, 2025 19

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 Ashley.Waldron@nrc.gov 20

NRC points of contact Ashley Waldron Environmental Project Manager Ashley.Waldron@nrc.gov Chris Tyree Safety Project Manager Christopher.Tyree@nrc.gov 21

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