Document: NUREG-1555
Document ID: 06176340-d253-4972-8a45-b7bff2a7cf33
Document Type: esrp
Title: ASSESSMENT OF NEED FOR POWER
Source: NUREG-1555
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/nuregs/staff/sr1555/initial/
Revision Date: 2007-10
Chapter: 8
Section ID: 8.4
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ies, accredited generating capacities, and resulting reserve margin (see Table 8.4-2). ` reserve margin criteria for the service area. Briefly describe the reserve margin deemed desirable by the staff based on its evaluation of the applicant’s analysis and supplementary sources of information. ` the applicant’s calculated reserve margins extending from the present to the first 3 years after initial operation of all proposed units October 1999 8.4-3 NUREG-1555 ` historical data on installed and actual reserve margins at the time of summer and winter peak hourly demand for the 15 years preceding the date of application ` the relationship between reserve margin (expressed as percent) and system reliability level (expressed as 1 day’s outage in 10 years, 5 years, etc.). II. ACCEPTANCE CRITERIA Acceptance criteria for the review of the staff’s assessment of the need for power are based on the relevant requirements of the following: ` Section 103(b)(1) of the Atomic Energy Act specifies that NRC can only issue licenses for utilization or production facilities whose proposed activities will serve a useful purpose proportionate to the quantities of special nuclear material or source material to be utilized ` 10 CFR 51, Appendix A(4), with respect to discussion of the no-action alternative in NRC environmental impact statements (EISs) ` 10 CFR 51.71(d) with respect to analysis of alternatives ` 10 CFR 51.71(e) with respect to weighing the costs and benefits of the proposed action and reasonable alternatives. Regulatory positions and specific criteria necessary to meet the regulations identified above are as follows: ` Regulatory Guide 4.2, Rev. 2, Preparation of Environmental Reports for Nuclear Power Stations (NRC 1976), with respect to the need for new capacity. Technical Rationale The technical rationale for evaluating the applicant’s assessment of the need for power is discussed in the following paragraphs: The Atomic Energy Act states that licenses for a