ML15342A390

NRC-013 - Staff Presentation Slides - Environmental Panel (December 8, 2015)

ML15342A390
Person / Time
Site:	SHINE Medical Technologies
Issue date:	12/08/2015
From:	NRC/OGC
To:	NRC/OCM
SECY RAS
References
Mandatory Hearing 2, RAS 28630, 50-608-CP
Download: ML15342A390 (18)

Text

NRC-013 Construction Permit Application Review SHINE Medical Technologies Environmental Panel December 15, 2015

Panelists

• Jane Marshall

- Deputy Director, Division of License Renewal, NRR

• David Wrona

- Branch Chief, NRR

• Michelle Moser

- Project Manager, NRR 2

Environmental Review

• National Environmental Policy Act

• Environmental review process

- Title 10 of Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) Part 51

- Environmental Standard Review Plan (NUREG-1537)

- Interim Staff Guidance 3

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)

• 10 CFR 51.20

• Project-specific decision

- Potential significant impacts

- First-of-a-kind facility with a unique application of technologies

- Public involvement maximized 4

Scoping

• 2 public meetings in Janesville, Wisconsin

• 5 oral comments

• 6 written comments 5

Department of Energy (DOE)

• National Environmental Policy Act

- Lead agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission

- Cooperating agency: DOE

• American Medical Isotopes Production Act

- Complementary environmental reviews 6

Environmental Review Areas Air Quality Socioeconomics and Terrestrial Environmental Justice Resources Human Health Aquatic Resources Land Use Water Resources Soils Historic and Cultural Resources 7

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 to MODERATE 8

Reasonable Alternatives

• No-action alternative

• Alternative sites

- Chippewa Falls

- Stevens Point

• Alternative technologies 9

Alternative Technologies

• Neutron capture

• Aqueous homogenous reactor

• Linear-accelerator-based

- Analyzed in depth 10

Costs and Benefits

• Purpose

- Inform recommendation to the Commission

• Costs

- Environmental and financial

• Benefits

- Societal, medical, and economic 11

Environmental Costs SMALL to MODERATE Proposed Janesville Site Traffic Chippewa Falls Alternative Traffic, Noise Stevens Point Alternative Traffic, Noise, Visual Alternative Technology Traffic No-action Alternative None

• SMALL impacts for all other resource areas 12

Benefits

• Support United States (U.S.)

policy

• Support U.S. public health needs

• Economic benefits

- Increased tax revenue

- New employment opportunities 13

Consultations Regulation or Order Determination Endangered Species No Effect Act, Section 7 National Historic Preservation Act, No Adverse Effect Section 106 14

Draft Environmental Impact Statement

• 2 public meetings in Janesville, Wisconsin

• 1 oral comment

• 8 written comments 15

NRC Staffs Recommendation Staff recommends issuance of the construction permit.

16

Future NEPA Analyses

• 10 CFR 51.95(b) requires the staff to supplement the Final EIS

- Matters that differ from the Final EIS

- New significant information 17

Acronyms

• NRR - Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation 18

NRC-013 Construction Permit Application Review SHINE Medical Technologies Environmental Panel December 15, 2015

Panelists

• Jane Marshall

- Deputy Director, Division of License Renewal, NRR

• David Wrona

- Branch Chief, NRR

• Michelle Moser

- Project Manager, NRR 2

Environmental Review

• National Environmental Policy Act

• Environmental review process

- Title 10 of Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) Part 51

- Environmental Standard Review Plan (NUREG-1537)

- Interim Staff Guidance 3

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)

• 10 CFR 51.20

• Project-specific decision

- Potential significant impacts

- First-of-a-kind facility with a unique application of technologies

- Public involvement maximized 4

Scoping

• 2 public meetings in Janesville, Wisconsin

• 5 oral comments

• 6 written comments 5

Department of Energy (DOE)

• National Environmental Policy Act

- Lead agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission

- Cooperating agency: DOE

• American Medical Isotopes Production Act

- Complementary environmental reviews 6

Environmental Review Areas Air Quality Socioeconomics and Terrestrial Environmental Justice Resources Human Health Aquatic Resources Land Use Water Resources Soils Historic and Cultural Resources 7

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 to MODERATE 8

Reasonable Alternatives

• No-action alternative

• Alternative sites

- Chippewa Falls

- Stevens Point

• Alternative technologies 9

Alternative Technologies

• Neutron capture

• Aqueous homogenous reactor

• Linear-accelerator-based

- Analyzed in depth 10

Costs and Benefits

• Purpose

- Inform recommendation to the Commission

• Costs

- Environmental and financial

• Benefits

- Societal, medical, and economic 11

Environmental Costs SMALL to MODERATE Proposed Janesville Site Traffic Chippewa Falls Alternative Traffic, Noise Stevens Point Alternative Traffic, Noise, Visual Alternative Technology Traffic No-action Alternative None

• SMALL impacts for all other resource areas 12

Benefits

• Support United States (U.S.)

policy

• Support U.S. public health needs

• Economic benefits

- Increased tax revenue

- New employment opportunities 13

Consultations Regulation or Order Determination Endangered Species No Effect Act, Section 7 National Historic Preservation Act, No Adverse Effect Section 106 14

Draft Environmental Impact Statement

• 2 public meetings in Janesville, Wisconsin

• 1 oral comment

• 8 written comments 15

NRC Staffs Recommendation Staff recommends issuance of the construction permit.

16

Future NEPA Analyses

• 10 CFR 51.95(b) requires the staff to supplement the Final EIS

- Matters that differ from the Final EIS

- New significant information 17

Acronyms

• NRR - Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation 18