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)

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Construction Permit Application ReviewSHINE Medical TechnologiesEnvironmental 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 7 Human HealthTerrestrialResources Air QualitySocioeconomics andEnvironmental Justice Land UseHistoric and Cultural ResourcesWater ResourcesAquaticResources Soils Environmental Impacts Resource Area ImpactLand Use and Visual Resources SMALL Air Quality and Noise SMALL Geologic Environment SMALLEcological and Water Resources SMALLHistoric and Cultural Resources SMALL SocioeconomicsSMALL Human Health and Waste SMALLTransportationSMALL 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 CostsSMALL to MODERATEProposed Janesville SiteTrafficChippewaFalls AlternativeTraffic, NoiseStevens PointAlternativeTraffic, Noise, VisualAlternative TechnologyTrafficNo-action AlternativeNone 12*SMALL impacts for all other resource areas Benefits*Support United States (U.S.) policy *Support U.S. public health needs

• Economic benefits

-Increased tax revenue

-New employment opportunities 13 ConsultationsRegulation or OrderDeterminationEndangered Species Act,Section 7No EffectNational Historic Preservation Act, Section 106No AdverseEffect 14 Draft Environmental Impact Statement*2 public meetings in Janesville, Wisconsin*1 oral comment

• 8 written comments 15 NRC Staff's RecommendationStaff recommends issuance of the construction permit.

16 Future NEPA Analyses

• 10CFR51.95(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 Construction Permit Application ReviewSHINE Medical TechnologiesEnvironmental 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 7 Human HealthTerrestrialResources Air QualitySocioeconomics andEnvironmental Justice Land UseHistoric and Cultural ResourcesWater ResourcesAquaticResources Soils Environmental Impacts Resource Area ImpactLand Use and Visual Resources SMALL Air Quality and Noise SMALL Geologic Environment SMALLEcological and Water Resources SMALLHistoric and Cultural Resources SMALL SocioeconomicsSMALL Human Health and Waste SMALLTransportationSMALL 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 CostsSMALL to MODERATEProposed Janesville SiteTrafficChippewaFalls AlternativeTraffic, NoiseStevens PointAlternativeTraffic, Noise, VisualAlternative TechnologyTrafficNo-action AlternativeNone 12*SMALL impacts for all other resource areas Benefits*Support United States (U.S.) policy *Support U.S. public health needs

• Economic benefits

-Increased tax revenue

-New employment opportunities 13 ConsultationsRegulation or OrderDeterminationEndangered Species Act,Section 7No EffectNational Historic Preservation Act, Section 106No AdverseEffect 14 Draft Environmental Impact Statement*2 public meetings in Janesville, Wisconsin*1 oral comment

• 8 written comments 15 NRC Staff's RecommendationStaff recommends issuance of the construction permit.

16 Future NEPA Analyses

• 10CFR51.95(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