Document: NUREG-1555
Document ID: 71e35073-327e-4683-aa43-b361ce1d32b0
Document Type: esrp
Title: HEAT DISSIPATION SYSTEMS
Source: NUREG-1555
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/nuregs/staff/sr1555/initial/
Revision Date: 2007-10
Chapter: 9
Section ID: 9.4.1
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ating the comparative environmental impacts of each proposed alternative with those of the proposed system. ` Ensure that the level of detail provided for each economic, environmental, and social cost estimate is commensurate with the level of importance of the related environmental impact. ` Adjust the economic costs of each alternative system on the basis of equivalent generating capacity. ` The evaluation of alternative heat dissipation systems should include consultation and coordination with those agencies responsible for NPDES administration. The reviewer should coordinate the evaluation of measures and controls to limit adverse impacts, or of alternatives to avoid adverse impacts (with the EPM as liaison), with NPDES administrators. When consulting with the EPA or with agencies of States having memoranda of understanding with NRC, the reviewer should ensure that the staff analyses and evaluations (1) are consistent with the details of these memoranda and (2) will serve the needs of these agencies. October 1999 9.4.1-9 NUREG-1555 (2) Measures and Controls to Limit Adverse Impacts—When considering measures provided by the reviewers for ESRP Chapters 4.0 and 5.0 to mitigate adverse environmental impacts predicted for the proposed heat dissipation system, the reviewer’s verification of the desirability of the measure should lead to the following conclusions: ` The measure provides the desired mitigation and does not introduce other adverse environmental impacts not predicted for the proposed system. ` The measure will result in an overall benefit-cost balance equivalent to or better than that of the proposed project. ` The measure is not precluded by Federal, State, regional, local, and affected Native American tribal regulations or ordinances. ` The measure is consistent with NPDES restrictions. (3) Alternative Heat dissipation Systems—The initial step in the evaluation of those alternative heat dissipation systems identified by the analysis procedure of