Document: 10 CFR Part 51
Document ID: fc6c35e0-daaf-41c3-b331-fa79a8f2dc94
Document Type: cfr
Title: Postconstruction environmental reports.
Source: 10 CFR Part 51
Source URL: https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-10/part-51/section-51.53
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Section ID: 51.53
CFR Part: 51
CFR Title: 10

Content:
ants shall include an assessment of the effects of any observed and projected changes in climate on environmental resource areas that are affected by license renewal. ( iii ) The report must contain a consideration of alternatives for reducing adverse impacts, as required by § 51.45(c) , for all Category 2 license renewal issues in appendix B to subpart A of this part . No such consideration is required for Category 1 issues in appendix B to subpart A of this part . ( iv ) The environmental report must contain any new and significant information regarding the environmental impacts of license renewal of which the applicant is aware. ( d ) Postoperating license stage. Each applicant for a license amendment authorizing decommissioning activities for a production or utilization facility either for unrestricted use or based on continuing use restrictions applicable to the site; and each applicant for a license amendment approving a license termination plan or decommissioning plan under § 50.82 of this chapter either for unrestricted use or based on continuing use restrictions applicable to the site; and each applicant for a license or license amendment to store spent fuel at a nuclear power reactor after expiration of the operating license for the nuclear power reactor shall submit with its application a separate document, entitled “Supplement to Applicant's Environmental Report—Post Operating License Stage,” which will update “Applicant's Environmental Report—Operating License Stage,” as appropriate, to reflect any new information or significant environmental change associated with the applicant's proposed decommissioning activities or with the applicant's proposed activities with respect to the planned storage of spent fuel. As stated in § 51.23 , no discussion of the environmental impacts of the continued storage of spent fuel is required in this report. The “Supplement to Applicant's Environmental Report—Post Operating License Stage” may