Document: NRC Regulatory Guide
Document ID: 01fb3132-b05a-41a0-ab81-466a6fb6f4d3
Document Type: regulatory_guide
Title: Preparation of Environmental Reports for Nuclear Power Plant License Renewal Applications (Rev. 1)
Source: NRC Regulatory Guide Division 4
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML0916/ML091620409.pdf
Revision Date: 2023-06
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Section ID: RG-4.2S1
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n NUREG-1437, Revision 1, “Generic Environmental Impact Statement for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants,” issued July 2009 (GEIS). DG-4015, Page 2 The NRC amended the original rule on September 3, 1999 (64 FR 48496), to address the environmental impacts from the transportation of uranium fuel and reactor waste to and from a single nuclear power plant. NUREG-1437, Volume 1, Addendum 1, “Generic Environmental Impact Statement for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants: Main Report Section 6.3—‘Transportation,’ Table 9.1, ‘Summary of Findings on NEPA Issues for License Renewal of Nuclear Power Plants,’ Final Report,” issued August 1999, provides the analysis supporting the amendment. The amendment also addressed local traffic impacts from the continued operation of a nuclear power plant during the license renewal term. The 1996 GEIS noted this requirement, which was inadvertently omitted from the 1996 rule at the time of its publication. The NRC may amend the rule in the future. Applicants should become familiar with the content of the GEIS as the ER is developed. The revised GEIS evaluates 78 environmental issues and analyses determined that 58 of these issues are adequately addressed for all applicable nuclear plants. The GEIS identifies these issues as Category 1 issues, and the NRC will not require additional analysis in a plant-specific review unless new and significant plant-specific information requires consideration. Of the remaining 19 issues, 18 are Category 2 issues, which require plant-specific analyses. One issue (the effects of electromagnetic fields) is not categorized, and the NRC staff addresses this issue in plant-specific supplements to the GEIS. The NRC issues regulatory guides to describe to the public methods that the staff considers acceptable for use in implementing specific parts of the agency=s regulations, to explain techniques that the staff uses in evaluating specific problems or postulated accidents, and to provide guidance to