Document: NUREG-1555
Document ID: fd0b81d6-e26e-4e65-8f2d-2eb030d55d75
Document Type: esrp
Title: ASSESSMENT OF ALTERNATIVE ENERGY SOURCES AND 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: 9.2.3
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aff’s analysis of these alternatives, (2) presentation of the basis for the staff’s analysis, and (3) presentation of the staff’s conclusions and recommendations. NUREG-1555 9.2.3-2 October 1999 The analysis of the alternatives is a two-step process: (1) comparing environmental costs to health effects and (2) considering the economic costs. ` Environmental Costs—The reviewer should review the alternatives judged environmentally preferable, equivalent, or inferior to the proposed project. A table should be prepared to present the staff’s comparison of these potential alternatives (see Table 9.2.3-1). The review should describe any severe environmental impacts that cannot be mitigated, as well as any unusual environmental costs (e.g., land use) required by the proposed project or by an alternative. ` Health Effects—NUREG-0332, Potential Health and Environmental Effects Attributable to the Nuclear and Coal Fuel Cycle (NRC 1987), as modified and updated, should be the basis for the health-effects analysis summarized in this section. ` Economic Costs—When the reviewer has concluded that an alternative is environmentally preferable and should be considered as the preferred energy source or system, the reviewer should select tables from those given in Tables 9.2.3-3 through 9.2.3-14 to describe economic costs. A summary table similar to Table 9.2.3-12 should be presented when an environmentally preferable alternative has been identified. Sufficient additional narrative detail should also be included in the input to justify the alternative on an environmental and economic cost basis. Review Interfaces The reviewer for this ESRP should obtain input from or provide input to the reviewers for the following ESRPs, as indicated: ` ESRPs 4 and 5. Obtain information from these sections regarding measures and controls to limit adverse impacts for the proposed project. This information should be used as a baseline when comparing alternative energy sources and systems.