Document: NUREG-1555
Document ID: c8ab765a-d7cc-47c7-86a2-0406e48bca9e
Document Type: esrp
Title: IRREVERSIBLE AND IRRETRIEVABLE COMMITMENTS OF RESOURCES
Source: NUREG-1555
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/nuregs/staff/sr1555/initial/
Revision Date: 2007-10
Chapter: 10
Section ID: 10.2
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REVIEW RESPONSIBILITIES Primary—Appendix B Secondary—Appendix B I. AREAS OF REVIEW This environmental standard review plan (ESRP) directs the staff’s preparation of a summary identi- fication and description of the predicted irreversible and irretrievable(a) commitments of resources involved in project construction and operation that cannot be avoided by practical means. The scope of the review directed by this plan should include (1) a tabulation of all environmental resource commit- ments identified by the reviewers for ESRP Chapters 4.0 and 5.0 as being irreversible, (2) a tabulation of all materials used in plant construction and operation that are irretrievably committed, (3) organization of these commitments by category, and (4) preparation of a summary describing the nature and magnitude of each category of commitment. The results of this review should be used to summarize those irreversible and irretrievable commitments of resources that should be input to the final benefit-cost balancing of the project. NUREG-1555 10.2-2 October 1999 Review Interfaces The reviewer for this ESRP should obtain input from or provide input to the reviewers for the following ESRPs, as indicated: ` ESRP 4.6. Obtain lists of irreversible and irretrievable commitments of resources related to plant construction and originating from ESRPs 4.1.1 through 4.4. ` ESRP 5.10. Obtain lists of irreversible and irretrievable commitments of resources related to plant operation and originating from ESRPs 5.1.1 through 5.8.3. ` ESRPs 9.4.1 and 9.4.3. When the reviewers have identified a superior heat dissipation or trans- mission alternative that involves different land or other resource use, provide this information to the reviewer of ESRP 10.1 for evaluation of unavoidable adverse environmental impacts. ` ESRP 10.1. Obtain the list of unavoidable adverse environmental impacts. Data and Information Needs The kinds of data and information needed include descriptions of those irreversible