Document: NUREG-1555
Document ID: ccbea725-7fae-4453-bfec-b565c95a8e44
Document Type: esrp
Title: IMPACTS TO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC
Source: NUREG-1555
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/nuregs/staff/sr1555/initial/
Revision Date: 2007-10
Chapter: 5
Section ID: 5.3.4
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act with them. If such an evaluation exists, it may be obtained from the applicant or from the State Public Health Department in the State in which the plant is being constructed. ` noise October 1999 5.3.4-3 NUREG-1555 - the type of cooling system, specifically, whether the plant has cooling towers and whether they are natural draft or mechanical draft (from ER or ESRP 3.4.2) - the distance to the nearest offsite residence and to the site boundary (from the reviewer of ER or ESRP 2.5.1). II. ACCEPTANCE CRITERIA Acceptance criteria for the analysis and evaluation of the nonradiological health impacts of the cooling system on humans are based on the following: ` None Regulatory positions and specific criteria are as follows: ` The Generic Environmental Impact Statement for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants (NUREG-1437) (NRC 1996) contains an analysis of the effects of cooling system discharges on thermophilic microorganisms that have the potential to adversely affect human health. This analysis can provide guidance to the staff in determining the significance of the potential effects of these discharges and the depth of the analysis required. Technical Rationale The technical rationale for evaluating the applicant’s description of nonradiological health impacts of the cooling system on humans is discussed in the following paragraphs for both thermophilic microorganisms and for noise: Thermophilic Microorganisms—Microorganisms that are associated with cooling towers and thermal discharges can have negative impacts on human health. The presence and numbers of these organisms can be increased by the addition of heat; thus they are called thermophilic organisms. These microorganisms include the enteric pathogens Salmonella sp. and Shigella sp. as well as Pseudomonas aeruginosa and thermophilic fungi. They also include the bacteria Legionella sp., which causes Legionnaires’ disease, and free-living amoebae of the genera Naegleria and Acanthamoeba. Exposure to these