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§ 51.75 Draft environmental impact statement—construction permit, early site permit, or combined license.
Draft Environmental Impact Statements--Production and Utilization Facilities
§ 51.75 Draft environmental impact statement—construction permit, early site permit, or combined license.
(a) Construction permit stage. A draft
environmental impact statement relating
to issuance of a construction permit for
a production or utilization facility will
be prepared in accordance with the
procedures and measures described in
§§ 51.70, 51.71, 51.72, and 51.73. The
contribution of the environmental
effects of the uranium fuel cycle
activities specified in § 51.51 shall be
evaluated on the basis of impact values
set forth in Table S–3, Table of Uranium
Fuel Cycle Environmental Data, which
shall be set out in the draft
environmental impact statement. With
the exception of radon-222 and
technetium-99 releases, no further
discussion of fuel cycle release values
and other numerical data that appear
explicitly in the table shall be required.5 The impact statement shall take account
of dose commitments and health effects
from fuel cycle effluents set forth in
Table S–3 and shall in addition take
account of economic, socioeconomic,
and possible cumulative impacts and
other fuel cycle impacts as may
reasonably appear significant.
(b) Early site permit stage. A draft
environmental impact statement relating
to issuance of an early site permit for a
production or utilization facility will be
prepared in accordance with the
procedures and measures described in
§§ 51.70, 51.71, 51.72, 51.73, and this
section. The contribution of the
environmental effects of the uranium
fuel cycle activities specified in § 51.51
shall be evaluated on the basis of impact
values set forth in Table S–3, Table of
Uranium Fuel Cycle Environmental
Data, which shall be set out in the draft
environmental impact statement. With
the exception of radon-222 and
technetium-99 releases, no further
discussion of fuel cycle release values
and other numerical data that appear
explicitly in the table shall be required.5 The impact statement shall take account
of dose commitments and health effects
from fuel cycle effluents set forth in
Table S–3 and shall in addition take
account of economic, socioeconomic,
and possible cumulative impacts and
other fuel cycle impacts as may
reasonably appear significant. The draft
environmental impact statement must
include an evaluation of alternative sites
to determine whether there is any
obviously superior alternative to the site
proposed. The draft environmental
impact statement must also include an
evaluation of the environmental effects
of construction and operation of a
reactor, or reactors, which have design
characteristics that fall within the site
characteristics and design parameters
for the early site permit application, but
only to the extent addressed in the early
site permit environmental report or
otherwise necessary to determine
whether there is any obviously superior
alternative to the site proposed. The
draft environmental impact statement
must not include an assessment of the
economic, technical, or other benefits
(for example, need for power) and costs
of the proposed action or an evaluation
of alternative energy sources, unless these matters are addressed in the early
site permit environmental report.
(c) Combined license stage. A draft
environmental impact statement relating
to issuance of a combined license that
does not reference an early site permit
will be prepared in accordance with the
procedures and measures described in
§§ 51.70, 51.71, 51.72, and 51.73. The
contribution of the environmental
effects of the uranium fuel cycle
activities specified in § 51.51 shall be
evaluated on the basis of impact values
set forth in Table S–3, Table of Uranium
Fuel Cycle Environmental Data, which
shall be set out in the draft
environmental impact statement. With
the exception of radon-222 and
technetium-99 releases, no further
discussion of fuel cycle release values
and other numerical data that appear
explicitly in the table shall be required.5
The impact statement shall take account
of dose commitments and health effects
from fuel cycle effluents set forth in
Table S–3 and shall in addition take
account of economic, socioeconomic,
and possible cumulative impacts and
other fuel cycle impacts as may
reasonably appear significant. The
impact statement will include a
discussion of the storage of spent fuel
for the nuclear power plant within the
scope of the generic determination in§ 51.23(a) and in accordance with§ 51.23(b).
(1) Combined license application
referencing an early site permit. If the
combined license application references
an early site permit, then the NRC staff
shall prepare a draft supplement to the
early site permit environmental impact
statement. The supplement must be
prepared in accordance with § 51.92(e).
(2) Combined license application
referencing a standard design
certification. If the combined license
application references a standard design
certification and the site characteristics
of the combined license's site fall within
the site parameters specified in the
design certification environmental
assessment, then the draft combined
license environmental impact statement
shall incorporate by reference the design
certification environmental assessment,
and summarize the findings and
conclusions of the environmental
assessment with respect to severe
accident mitigation design alternatives.
(3) Combined license application
referencing a manufactured reactor. If
the combined license application
proposes to use a manufactured reactor
and the site characteristics of the
combined license's site fall within the
site parameters specified in the
manufacturing license environmental
assessment, then the draft combined license environmental impact statement
shall incorporate by reference the
manufacturing license environmental
assessment, and summarize the findings
and conclusions of the environmental
assessment with respect to severe
accident mitigation design alternatives.
The combined license environmental
impact statement report will not address
the environmental impacts associated
with manufacturing the reactor under
the manufacturing license.
[49 FR 9381, Mar. 12, 1984, as amended at 61 FR 28489, June 5, 1996; 72 FR 49514, Aug. 28, 2007]
5. Values for releases of Rn-222 and Tc-99 are not
given in the table. The amount and significance of
Rn-222 releases from the fuel cycle and Tc-99
releases from waste management or reprocessing
activities shall be considered in the draft
environmental impact statement and may be the
subject of litigation in individual licensing
proceedings.
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