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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vironmental report prepared for the construction permit stage or early site permit stage or combined license stage of a light-water-cooled nuclear power reactor, and submitted on or after September 4, 1979, shall take Table S-3, Table of Uranium Fuel Cycle Environmental Data, as the basis for evaluating the contribution of the environmental effects of uranium mining and milling, the production of uranium hexafluoride, isotopic enrichment, fuel fabrication, reprocessing of irradiated fuel, transportation of radioactive materials and management of low-level wastes and high- level wastes related to uranium fuel-cycle activities to the environmental costs of licensing the nuclear power reactor. Table S-3 shall be included in the environmental report and may be supplemented by a discussion of the environmental significance of the data set forth in the table as weighed in the analysis for the proposed facility. The applicant should provide the following information in the ER: • The type of fuel and the enrichment that will be used in the proposed reactor and whether the type of fuel is appropriate for analysis of environmental impacts against Table S-3 in 10 CFR 51.51(b). • Using the Table S–3 values that are normalized for a reference 1,000-MW(e) LWR at an 80 percent capacity factor, the applicant should provide the power rating for the each of the proposed units according to the vendor power rating and the assumed capacity factor. DG-4.2, Page 114 In its ER, the applicant should provide an assessment of the environmental impacts of the fuel cycle as related to the operation of the proposed project based on the values given in the current Table S–3 as well as the radiological impact from radon-222 and technetium-99 as described in the License Renewal GEIS 1996, Addendum 1 (Ref. 83), and License Renewal GEIS 2013.14 6.1.1 Land Use For the fuel cycle supporting the 1,000-MW(e) LWR-scaled model, considering the number of units, the power rating, and the capacity