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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REVIEW RESPONSIBILITIES Primary—Appendix B Secondary—Appendix B I. AREAS OF REVIEW This environmental standard review plan (ESRP) directs the staff’s analysis, evaluation, and comparison of alternative means of generating electricity with the proposed project. Based on environmental condi- tions, the reviewer should determine if one or more of the alternatives can be expected to (1) provide an appreciable reduction in overall environmental impact, or (2) offer solutions to potential adverse impacts predicted for the proposed project for which no mitigation procedure could be identified. When such environmentally preferable alternatives are identified, the reviewer should compare economic costs of these alternatives with the proposed project to determine if any alternative is preferred (superior) to the proposed project. When superior alternatives are identified, the reviewer should recommend considera- tion of (1) adoption of the alternative by the applicant and (2) denial of the construction permit. In performing this review, the reviewer may rely on the analysis in the applicant’s environmental report (ER) and/or State or regional authorities’ analyses concerning the need for power and energy supply alternatives. The reviewer should ensure that the analysis of the need for power and alternatives is reasonable and meets high quality standards. The scope of the review directed by this plan should be limited to those alternative energy sources and systems that the reviewers of ESRP 9.2.1 and 9.2.2 have identified as available to the applicant and potentially competitive with the proposed project. This review should accomplish the following objectives: (1) description of the alternative energy sources and systems that were considered and the results of the staff’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