ML19296D786
| ML19296D786 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Surry  |
| Issue date: | 11/06/2019 |
| From: | Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards |
| To: | |
| Tran T | |
| References | |
| Download: ML19296D786 (18) | |
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Preliminary Results of the Environmental Review for Surry Power Station Units 1 and 2 Subsequent License Renewal November 7, 2019
Agenda
- Opening Remarks
- NRCs Regulatory Role
- Surry Background
- Environmental Review
- Preliminary Findings
- Environmental Review Milestones
- Submitting Public Comments 2
NRCs Regulatory Role
- NRCs Primary Governing Statutes
- Atomic Energy Act
- Energy Reorganization Act
- National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)
- NRCs Mission
- Protect public health and safety
- Promote the common defense and security
- Protect the environment 3
Surry Power Station Background Description Unit 1 Unit 2 Operating Licenses Issued 5/25/1972 1/29/1973 First Renewed Licenses 3/20/2003 Issued First License Renewal 5/25/2032 1/29/2033 Expires 4
Environmental Review
- Generic Environmental Impact Statement (GEIS)
- Addresses environmental issues common to all plants(or a distinct subset of plants) during the license renewal term
- Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS)
- Addresses site-specific environmental issues during the license renewal term
- Includes any new and significant information regarding generic issues, an evaluation of alternatives, and an evaluation of cumulative impacts 5
SEIS: Environmental Issues Evaluated 6
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 7
How Impacts are Defined
- Federally Listed Species and Critical Habitat (Endangered Species Act)
- No effect
- May affect but is not likely to adversely affect/adversely modify
- May affect and is likely to adversely affect/adversely modify
- Essential Fish Habitat (Magnuson-Stevens Act)
- No adverse impacts
- Minimal adverse impacts
- Substantial adverse impact 8
How Impacts are Defined
- Cultural and Historic Resources (National Historic Preservation Act)
- May adversely affect
- May not adversely affect
- Environmental Justice (Executive Order 12898)
- Disproportionally high and adverse impacts 9
Site-Specific Impacts Resource Area Impacts
- Land Use/Visual Resources
- Air Quality/Noise
- Geologic Environment
- Surface Water Resources
- Groundwater Resources SMALL
- Terrestrial Resources
- Socioeconomics
- Transportation
- Human Health
- Waste Management and Pollution
- Aquatic Resources 10
Site-Specific Impacts Resource Area Impacts
- Special Status
- May affect, but is not likely to adversely affect Species and Habitats northern long-eared bat, short nose sturgeon, (threatened, and Atlantic sturgeon endangered, and
- May affect, but is not likely to adversely modify protected species; designated critical habitat of the Chesapeake Bay essential fish habitat) distinct population segment of Atlantic sturgeon
- No more than minimal adverse effects on essential fish habitat of the summer flounder (larvae, juveniles, and adults), Atlantic butterfish (juveniles and adults), bluefish (juveniles), and windowpane flounder (juveniles and adults) or on the prey base of the little skate (adults) or winter skate (adults)
- No adverse effects on the essential fish habitat of any life stages of the black sea bass, Atlantic herring, clear nose skate, or red hake 11
Cumulative Impacts
- Overall impacts to the environment including past, present, and reasonably foreseeable future actions
- Actions that were considered include:
- Electric generation facilities adjacent to Surry and in Yorktown
- Renewable energy facilities nearby
- Manufacturing facilities in the vicinity
- Military and other federal facilities
- Park and recreation sites
- Other construction projects
- Climate Change 12
Site-Specific Impacts Resource Area Impacts
- Historic and Cultural
- Would not adversely affect known historic Resources properties
- No disproportionately high and adverse human health and environmental effects on minority and low-income populations
- Cumulative Impacts
- See SEIS Section 4.16
- Postulated Accidents
Alternatives
- Alternative energy sources analyzed (power replacement)
- New nuclear (small modular reactor)
- Natural gas combined-cycle alternative
- Combination alternative (natural gas combined-cycle, solar, and demand-side-management)
- No-action alternative 14
Preliminary Conclusion
- The adverse environmental impacts of Surry Power Station license renewal are not so great that preserving the option of subsequent license renewal for energy-planning decisionmakers would be unreasonable 15
Environmental Review Milestones
- Draft SEIS published Oct. 17, 2019
- Start of Comment Period Oct. 24, 2019
- Draft SEIS Public Meeting Nov. 7, 2019
- Draft SEIS Comments Due Dec. 10, 2019
- Final SEIS Apr. 2020 16
Obtaining the Draft SEIS
- Public Library:
Williamsburg Regional Library, 515 Scotland St., Williamsburg, VA 23185
- NRC Public Website:
https://www.nrc.gov/reactors/operating/licen sing/renewal/applications/surry-subsequent.html 17
How to Submit Comments
- By mail: Office of Administration Mail Stop: TWFN-7-A60M ATTN: Program Management, Announcements and Editing Branch U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20555-0001
- Email: Tam.Tran@nrc.gov
- Internet: www.regulations.gov
- Docket ID: NRC-2018-0130
- Comments due by December 10, 2019 18