Document: NUREG-1555
Document ID: 9a371132-3d05-4887-9f41-ee5dfe630324
Document Type: esrp
Title: SUMMARY
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: 10.4.3
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o the utility and community. (8) Express the environmental modifications and costs in various manners and units to ensure that the relative significance is expressed in the most useful perspective for decisionmaking. ` If the environmental improvements are determined to be cost beneficial, note this in the tabulation along with any conditions to be included in the summary and conclusions section of the EIS. ` If the environmental improvement is determined to be not cost-beneficial, the affected sections of the EIS should be written to reflect this conclusion. (9) After considering the benefit-cost aspects of the project, balance the benefits of the proposed project (tabulation of ESRP 10.4.1) against the total environmental costs (tabulation of ESRP 10.4.2) and reach a final conclusion as to the overall benefit-cost balance of the project. October 1999 10.4.3-5 NUREG-1555 IV. EVALUATION FINDINGS This section of the environmental statement should contain a summary of the principal benefits and principal costs and, as appropriate, a discussion of the basis of important modifications and alternatives that may be identified. The section should contain relevant summaries of the basis for accepting the proposed site, need for power, major design features, and principal environmental impacts. A summary table comparing benefits and costs, similar to Table 10.4.3-1, may be provided. If the staff’s benefit-cost balance of the proposed project is favorable, this section should contain a relevant summary paragraph such as the following: For construction permits, operating licenses, and combined licenses: “The staff concludes, on the basis of the assessments summarized in this environmental statement, that the construction and operation of the , with modifications as identified by the staff, are needed by the service area in the time frame projected, and will have accrued benefits that outweigh the economic, environmental, and social costs. Further, the overall benefit-cost