Document: NRC Regulatory Guide
Document ID: f0baf50b-5bb7-4783-b2f9-9586e09c97e1
Document Type: regulatory_guide
Title: Preparation of Environmental Reports for Nuclear Power Stations + HISTORY - HISTORY 02/2017 – DG-4026 , Proposed Revision 3 09/2014 – Periodic Review of Revision 2 – Revise (Rev. 3)
Source: NRC Regulatory Guide Division 4
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML1611/ML16116A068.pdf
Revision Date: 2023-06
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Section ID: RG-4.2
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mates of GHG emissions (expressed in units of CO2 equivalents) over the decommissioning period, including GHG emissions associated with decommissioning equipment and workforce commuting. The applicant may provide either site-specific estimates or refer to the generic GHG footprint for a 1,000-MW(e) reactor outlined in COL/ESP/ISG-26, Attachment 1 or subsequent interim staff guidance or other regulatory guidance. – Assumptions, factors, and other information sufficient to allow an independent evaluation and assessment of the GHG emissions estimate. • Documentation to certify that sufficient funds will be available to provide for radiological decommissioning. 16 Guidance in ESP/COL-ISG-026 will be superseded by the next revision of NUREG-1555. DG-4026, Page 121 Chapter 7 7.0 Cumulative Impacts In this chapter, the applicant should describe any past, present, and reasonably foreseeable future actions in the geographic region of interest (ROI) surrounding the site that would affect the same resources that would be affected by building and operation of the proposed project, regardless of what agency or person would be responsible for such other actions. The basis for the guidance includes the following: • 10 CFR 51.10(a) with respect to U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) policy to voluntarily take account, subject to certain conditions, of the regulations of the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) implementing National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as amended (NEPA). The CEQ regulations specify that an EIS discuss cumulative impacts (40 CFR 1508.25(c)(3)). • 10 CFR 51.45 with respect to the need to discuss cumulative impacts in an environmental report (ER). • 40 CFR 1508.25 and 10 CFR 51.14(b) with respect to the scope of an EIS and consideration of the cumulative impacts of connected, cumulative, and similar actions. CEQ defines cumulative impact (also known as cumulative effect) in 40 CFR 1508.7 as “the impact on the environment which results