ML18016B077

NRC-013 - Staff Presentation Slides - Environmental Panel (Jan. 16, 2018)

ML18016B077
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Site:	Northwest Medical Isotopes
Issue date:	01/16/2018
From:	NRC/OGC
To:	NRC/OCM
SECY RAS
References
50-609-CP, Construction Permit Mndtry Hrg, RAS 54173
Download: ML18016B077 (17)

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NRC-013 Northwest Medical Isotopes Construction Permit Application Review

• Mandatory Hearing (Environmental Panel)

• January 23, 2018

Panelists

• Benjamin Beasley

- Chief, Environmental Review and NEPA Branch, NRR

• Nancy Martinez

- Physical Scientist, NRR

• Michelle Moser

- Biologist, NRR

• David Drucker

- Senior Project Manager, NRR 2 2

Environmental Review

• National Environmental Policy Act

• Environmental review process

- 10 CFR Part 51

- Interim Staff Guidance Augmenting NUREG-1537 for Licensing Radioisotope Production Facilities and Aqueous Homogenous Reactors 3

Scope of the Review: Proposed Action and Connected Actions Actions are connected if they:

- Automatically trigger other actions that may require environmental impact statements; or

- Cannot or will not proceed unless other actions are taken previously or simultaneously; or

- Are interdependent parts of a larger action and depend on the larger action for their justification 4

Proposed Action and Connected Actions

• Construction, operations, and decommissioning of the 10 CFR Part 50 production facility

• Construction, operations, and decommissioning related to target fabrication

• Transportation of targets to/from research reactors and irradiation of targets at research reactors 5

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)

• 10 CFR 51.20

• Project-specific decision

- Operation of the proposed Northwest facility would include target fabrication and scrap recovery

- Environmental assessment might not support a finding of no significant impact 66

Scoping Process

• Public meeting in Columbia, Missouri

• Six oral commenters

• Eight comment letters or emails 77

Environmental Review Areas Air Quality Socioeconomics and Environmental Terrestrial Justice Resources Human Health Aquatic Resources Land Use Water Soils Resources Historic and Cultural Resources 8

Environmental Impacts Resource Area Impact Land Use and Visual Resources SMALL Air Quality and Noise SMALL Geologic Environment SMALL Ecological and Water Resources SMALL Historic and Cultural Resources SMALL Socioeconomics SMALL Human Health and Waste SMALL Transportation SMALL 9

Consultations Act Determination Endangered Species Act, No Effect Section 7 National Historic No Adverse Preservation Act, Effect Section 106 10

Alternatives

• No-action alternative

• Alternative site

• Alternative technologies 11

Alternative Technologies

• Neutron capture

• Aqueous homogenous reactor

• Selective gas extraction

• Linear-accelerator-based

- Analyzed in depth

• Subcritical fission

- Analyzed in depth 12

Costs and Benefits

• Purpose

- Inform recommendation to the Commission

• Costs

- Environmental and financial

• Benefits

- Societal, medical, and economic 13

Draft Environmental Impact Statement

• Public meeting in Columbia, Missouri

• Seven oral commenters

• Five comment letters or emails 14

Staff Conclusion and Recommendation

• Benefits (societal, medical, and economic) outweigh the costs (environmental, economic)

• Considered reasonable alternatives

• Recommend issuance of the construction permit 15

Future NEPA Analyses

• Application for an operating license

• Application for a license to possess and use special nuclear material for target fabrication and scrap recovery

• License amendment requests from research reactors 16

Acronyms

• EIS - Environmental Impact Statement

• NEPA - National Environmental Policy Act

• NRR - Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation 17