Document: NRC Regulatory Guide
Document ID: 01fb3132-b05a-41a0-ab81-466a6fb6f4d3
Document Type: regulatory_guide
Title: Preparation of Environmental Reports for Nuclear Power Plant License Renewal Applications (Rev. 1)
Source: NRC Regulatory Guide Division 4
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML0916/ML091620409.pdf
Revision Date: 2023-06
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Section ID: RG-4.2S1
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found to reduce the dose consequence risk of severe accidents. Potential SAMAs that are not expected to be cost beneficial, even when uncertainties in the analysis are taken into consideration, may be screened out based on a bounding analysis. 6. Perform a more detailed value-impact analysis for the remaining SAMAs to identify any plant modifications and procedural changes that may be cost effective (see Chapter 5 of NUREG/BR-0184). 7. List plant modifications and procedural changes (if any) that have been or will be implemented to reduce the severe accident dose consequence risk or that will be further evaluated for possible implementation. DG-4015, Page 49 4.13 Uranium Fuel Cycle Transportation of Radiological Waste The transportation impacts of the uranium fuel cycle are expected to be small for all nuclear plants. The impacts of transporting materials to and from uranium fuel cycle facilities on workers, the public, and the environment are expected to be small. Transportation of radioactive materials is governed by regulatory limits and standards. This is a Category 1 issue, and the impacts are small as long as the fuel used is not enriched beyond 5-percent uranium-235 and the average level of burnup for the peak rod does not exceed 62,000 megawatt-day per metric ton of uranium (MWd/MTU). As stated in 10 CFR 51.53(c)(3)(i), “The environmental report for the operating license renewal stage is not required to contain analyses of the environmental impacts of the license renewal issues identified as Category 1 issues in appendix B to subpart A of this part.” Table B-1 states that, “The impacts of transporting materials to and from uranium-fuel-cycle facilities on workers, the public, and the environment are expected to be small.” Section 4.12.1.1 of the revised GEIS and Volume 1, Addendum 1, “Generic Environmental Impact Statement for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants: Main Report Section 6.3—‘Transportation,’ Table 9.1, ‘Summary of Findings on