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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transportation impacts are not required when licensing a LWR, if the reactor meets the following criteria: DG-4.2, Page 117 • The reactor has a core power level that does not exceed 3,800 MW(t). • Fuel is in the form of sintered uranium oxide pellets having a uranium-235 enrichment not exceeding 4 percent by weight; and pellets are encapsulated in zirconium alloy-clad fuel rods.15 • The average level of irradiation of fuel from the reactor does not exceed 33,000 MWd/MTU and no irradiated fuel assembly is shipped until at least 90 days after it is discharged from the reactor. • With the exception of irradiated fuel, all radioactive waste shipped from the reactor is packaged and in solid form. • Unirradiated fuel is shipped to the reactor by truck; irradiated (spent) fuel is shipped from the reactor by truck, railcar, or barge; and radioactive waste other than irradiated fuel is shipped from the reactor by truck or railcar. If the transportation of fuel and waste to and from nuclear power reactors meets the criteria listed in 10 CFR 51.52(a), the ER need only contain a statement that such environmental impacts are as set forth in Table S-4 of 10 CFR Part 51. No further discussion of such environmental effects is required in the ER. If the transportation of fuel and waste to and from nuclear power reactors does not meet the criteria listed in 10 CFR 51.52(a), a full description and detailed analysis of the environmental impacts of transportation of fuel and wastes to and from the reactor, including values for the environmental impact under normal conditions of transport and for the environmental risk from accidents in transport, is required. 6.2.1 Components of a Full Description and a Detailed Analysis of Transportation Impacts A full description and detailed analysis of transportation impacts should include the following: • Transportation of unirradiated fuel. The analysis should include the radiological impacts associated with the normal conditions of