Document: NRC Regulatory Guide
Document ID: f0baf50b-5bb7-4783-b2f9-9586e09c97e1
Document Type: regulatory_guide
Title: Preparation of Environmental Reports for Nuclear Power Stations + HISTORY - HISTORY 02/2017 – DG-4026 , Proposed Revision 3 09/2014 – Periodic Review of Revision 2 – Revise (Rev. 3)
Source: NRC Regulatory Guide Division 4
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML1611/ML16116A068.pdf
Revision Date: 2023-06
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Section ID: RG-4.2
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acts should also be included. The ER should also include: • any plans for mitigation of adverse cumulative impacts, or modification of alternatives to avoid, minimize, or mitigate cumulative impacts • mitigation that may be required by Federal, State, and local authorities, including information about restoration actions by separate entities, required mitigation of other projects, or voluntary mitigation and enhancement by the entity taking an action • at the end of the chapter a table summarizing the impact to each resource and mitigation, if any, to reduce the cumulative impact DG-4026, Page 125 Chapter 8 8.0 Need for Power The Commission reaffirmed the importance of the agency’s need for power analysis in a 2003 response to a petition for rulemaking (see 68 FR 55905 (Ref. 92)). The goal of the need-for-power analysis is to provide confidence that the power generated by the proposed project will be produced and consumed in a manner consistent with the stated purpose and need of the project The analysis also provides the basis for the consideration of baseload alternative generating technologies for the proposed project. The need for power analysis should be limited to the discussion of the supply and demand for electricity. Discussion of ancillary benefits (e.g., reduced greenhouse gas emissions, fuel diversity, or grid stability) should be addressed in the benefit- cost section of the environmental report (ER). The need for power analysis should fully describe and characterize the physical, geographic, regulatory, and administrative provisions and constraints which affect the current and forecast supply of and demand for power. The analysis should be in sufficient detail to fully demonstrate how the proposed project would supply some or all of the service area’s future need for power. However, while a discussion of need for power is required, the Commission is not looking for burdensome attempts by the applicant to precisely identify future market