ML24135A372
| ML24135A372 | |
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| Site: | Clinton  |
| Issue date: | 05/22/2024 |
| From: | Ashley Waldron NRC/NMSS/DREFS/ERMB |
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| ML24135A363 | List: |
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| Download: ML24135A372 (1) | |
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U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Summary of Public Meetings
Title:
Environmental Scoping Meetings Related to the Clinton Power Station Unit 1 License Renewal Application
Meeting Identifiers:20240540 and 20240541
Date of Meetings:Tuesday, May 7, 2024, and Thursday, May 9, 2024
Locations: Webinar
Type of Meeting: Comment-Gathering Meetings
Purpose of the Meetings:
To gather information necessary to prepare an environmental impact statement to evaluate the environmental impacts for the potential license renewal of the operating license for Clinton Power Station, Unit 1 (CPS).
General Details:
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff held two virtual environmental scoping public meetings as part of the Clinton license renewal environmental review. The first meeting was held on Tuesday, May 7, 2024, which started at 6:00 p.m. EST and ended at approximately 7:00 p.m. EST. The second meeting on Thursday, May 9, 2024, started at 1:00 p.m. EST and ended at approximately 2:00 p.m. EST. Both meetings were held via Microsoft Teams. Both meetings followed the same agenda, beginning with a review of meeting ground rules and an introduction of the NRC staff, followed by a presentation by the NRC staff on the license renewal process with a focus on the environmental review and scoping process. The presentation emphasized that scoping comments were welcome to help NRC define the scope of its environmental review for the Clinton license renewal application. There was an opportunity for attendees to ask questions about the NRC staffs presentation followed by an opportunity for members of the public to provide oral scoping comments.
Approximately 35 people attended the meeting on May 7, 2024, and approximately 40 people attended the meeting on May 9, 2024. These numbers include the NRC staff in attendance. Participants included members of the public, local representatives, as well as representatives of Constellation Energy Generation (CEG).
Summary of Presentation:
The NRC staff presented an overview of its review process for the Clinton license renewal application, beginning with the safety review and then going into greater detail on the environmental review. CEG submitted its license renewal application for Clinton on February 14, 2024 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS)
ML24045A023). Clinton Unit 1 was first licensed in September 1986. The current initial operating license will expire April 2027. If a license renewal is granted, it will be for an additional 20 years.
Enclosure 1
Chris Tyree, the safety review project manager, noted that the focus of the safety review is to identify aging effects that could impair the ability of systems, structures, and components within the scope of license renewal to perform their intended functions, and to demonstrate that these aging effects will be adequately managed during the period of extended operation. A single, complete Safety Evaluation Report will be issued prior to the NRC staff meeting with the Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards. Mark Yoo covered the safety portion of the presentation during the May 9th meeting.
Ashley Waldron, the environmental review project manager, explained that the NRC conducts its environmental review in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA). NEPA requires federal agencies to follow a systematic approach in evaluating the potential impacts from the proposed action and alternatives to the proposed action. The environmental review begins with the scoping process. Scoping is the process by which the NRC staff identifies the specific impacts and significant issues to be considered within the draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS). The NRC staff noted that public participation is an important aspect of scoping and that gathering comments was the purpose of these public meetings. The NRC staff considers all scoping comments provided during the public meetings, as well as written comments received during the scoping period in preparing the draft SEIS. At the conclusion of the scoping process, NRC will prepare and issue an Environmental Scoping Summary Report that describes comments received during the scoping period and includes significant issues identified as a result of the scoping process.
The staff explained that the NRC also conducts an independent assessment, including an environmental site audit, and documents its findings within the draft SEIS. The draft SEIS for the Clinton license renewal will be issued for public comment in approximately April 2025.
The staff will consider any comments on the draft SEIS in preparing the final SEIS. In conducting its environmental review, the NRC staff will be coordinating with other Federal, State, and local agencies, as well as tribal leaders to ensure that local technical resource specialists are involved in the review. Within the SEIS, the NRC evaluates impacts from the proposed license renewal for a wide range of environmental resources, such as air quality, human health, wetlands, and threatened and endangered species. Ultimately, the purpose of the environmental review is to determine whether the environmental impacts of license renewal could be so great that preserving the option of license renewal for decision makers would become unreasonable.
The staff informed the attendees that the SEIS will be considered in conjunction with the staff's safety review in recommending to the Commission whether to renew the Clinton operating licenses for an additional 20-year period.
The staff ended the meetings by reiterating that the closing date for submitting scoping comments was May 29, 2024. In addition to providing comments at the two public meetings, comments were also accepted via the following methods: (1) mailed to Office of Administration Mailstop TWFN7A60M, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001; (2) submitted online using the Federal Rulemaking website at regulations.gov (Docket ID: NRC-2024-0046); or (3) submitted electronically by email to ClintonEnvironmental@nrc.gov.
Public Participation Themes:
May 7, 2024, Virtual Meeting
One speaker provided a comment in support of the CPS license renewal, expressing the economic benefits of continued operations and clean energy of CPS.
May 9, 2024, Virtual Meeting
Six speakers provided comments on a variety of topics including: support of the license renewal, emergency preparedness, economic and tax benefits of CPS continued operations, and carbon emissions (GHG impacts) of non-renewal.
A complete accounting of the comments provided during both meetings can be found in the meeting transcripts which are available in the NRCs ADAMS public electronic reading room under the accession numbers listed below, http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html.
Action Items/Next Steps:
The NRC staff will address the comments received during the public comment period as part of the review of the CPS, Unit 1 license renewal application. The NRC staff will prepare a scoping summary report and include an analysis of comments in the draft SEIS.
Attachments:
May 7, 2024, Meeting
- List of Attendees
- Meeting description and agenda - ML24128A015
- NRC staff presentation - ML24127A095
- Meeting transcript - ML24135A216
May 9, 2024, Meeting
- List of Attendees
- Meeting description and agenda - ML24128A016
- NRC staff presentation - ML24127A095
- Meeting transcript - ML24135A217 List of Attendees
May 7, 2024, Environmental Scoping Meeting Related to the Clinton License Renewal Application
NAME AFFILIATION Amy Minor Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)
Ashley Waldron NRC Beth Alferink NRC Caroline Hsu NRC Carolyn Wolf NRC Christopher Tyree NRC John Moses NRC Karen Loomis NRC Leah Parks NRC Mitchell Dehmer NRC Scott Burnell NRC Sheila Ray NRC Steve Koenick NRC Dan Nally PNNL Christopher Wilson Constellation Lydia S Dworakowski Constellation Ryan Tozer Constellation Sharon Johnson Constellation Allegra Chilstrom Court Reporter Josh Shofner First National Bank and Trust David Kraft NEIS James Hopf Jan Boudart Kenneth Fossum Kristin Meek Michelle Wines Nancy Martinez Nicole Saulsberry Paul Dempsey Richard Rogalski
Enclosure 2
List of Attendees
February 9, 2024, Environmental Scoping Meeting Related to the Clinton License Renewal Application
NAME AFFILIATION Angela Sabet Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)
Ashley Waldron NRC Caroline Hsu NRC Carolyn Wolf NRC Dave Gasperson NRC Jeffrey Rikhoff NRC John Moses NRC Karen Loomis NRC Leah Parks NRC Mark Yoo NRC Mitchell Dehmer NRC Nancy Martinez NRC Sheila Ray NRC Steve Koenick NRC Dan Nally PNNL Allison Stalker Constellation Christopher Wilson Constellation Hannah Pell Constellation Kristin Meek Constellation Kurt Lindeman Constellation Lydia Dworakowski Constellation Paul Dempsey Constellation Rebecca Maddox Constellation Ryan Tozer Constellation Sharon Johnson Constellation James Cordes Court Reporter Janice Petersen Clinton Chamber of Commerce Mike Walker DeWitt County Sheriffs Office Curtis Homann Dan Matthews Madison Schroder Michelle Kelm Philip H Richard Rogalski Stacy Burgess Taylor Baxter