Document: NUREG-1555
Document ID: ff0641d9-a372-423d-a595-0b1ffbb956d1
Document Type: esrp
Title: ALTERNATIVE SITES
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: 9.3
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ined in the “Review Procedures” of this ESRP. In making this determination, the reviewer should consider (1) how the applicant’s ROI compares with the available geographical area, (2) the extent of and basis for restrictions to the ROI because of siting constraints, and (3) whether the ROI is consistent with the major load centers to be supplied by the proposed plant, and in particular, with those centers identified as being deficient in power. As a general rule, the plant should be located at a site in the area of the load center or centers that the plant is to serve over its lifetime. The reviewer should determine if the selected ROI will October 1999 9.3-9 NUREG-1555 permit such siting and must determine that potentially desirable candidate areas have not been excluded on the basis of an arbitrarily defined ROI. (c) Candidate Sites—The reviewer should determine if the selection process used to identify candidate sites was adequate. Sites may be selected on the basis of a screening process to identify unacceptable areas (e.g., population density) or on the basis of positive attributes. A table similar to Table 9.3-1 may be used to document the process of candidate site selection and screening. The reviewer should ensure that factors identified below have been considered and whether the candidate areas identified by the applicant represent a reasonably complete list of such areas within the identified ROI. To be a candidate site, the following minimum criteria must be met: ` Consumptive use of water should not cause significant adverse effects on other users. ` There should not be any further endangerment of Federal, State, regional, local, and affected Native American tribal listed threatened, endangered, or candidates species. ` There should not be any potential significant impacts to spawning grounds or nursery areas of populations of important aquatic species on Federal, State, regional, local, and affected Native American tribal lists. ` Discharges of