Document: NUREG-1555
Document ID: f52daa09-fd60-41f5-a4d7-437161ee5649
Document Type: esrp
Title: CIRCULATING WATER SYSTEMS
Source: NUREG-1555
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/nuregs/staff/sr1555/initial/
Revision Date: 2007-10
Chapter: 9
Section ID: 9.4.2
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creens to prevent fish entry) ` alternative locations of proposed discharge system (e.g., up/downstream, alternative water body). (c) Consider the following environmental impacts and economic costs or factors for each of the above classes of alternatives: ` construction impacts ` impacts to aquatic ecology NUREG-1555 9.4.2-10 October 1999 ` water-use impacts, including physical impacts of hydrological alterations and siting on the floodplain ` compliance with Federal, State, regional, local, and affected Native American tribal regulations or requirements ` capital costs, annual operating and maintenance costs, and total annual costs. (d) Compare the proposed system with those remaining classes of alternatives not eliminated in an initial screening. Use a table format similar to that shown in Table 9.4.2-1. (3) Water Supply Systems—To analyze alternative water supplies, the reviewer should perform the following steps: (a) Consult with the appropriate ESRP Chapter 4.0 and 5.0 reviewers to identify any mitigation measures or alternative water supplies suggested by these reviewers. (b) Consider as potential alternative water sources those water bodies within reasonable proximity to the proposed plant site that are capable of supplying plant water needs. (c) When such water sources can be identified, compare them with the proposed water source using the following comparison factors: ` water body location and description ` estimated availability of water for plant use ` restrictions (if any) on water use for power plant cooling ` estimated aquatic, terrestrial, social, and environmental impacts associated with construction, operation, and maintenance of water transport systems from the water body to the plant ` capital costs and operation and maintenance costs of the water transport system, including annual costs of water as delivered to the plant and costs associated with any necessary water treatment. (d) Use a format similar to that shown in Table 9.4.2-3 for this