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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ce from these reviewers will be needed to establish the economic-cost data that should be used to develop a benefit-cost comparison with the baseline proposed project. (3) Compile a tabular summary of the plant and fuel system characteristics of both the proposed plant and the alternatives with which it should be compared. This summary should provide the basic data from which the subsequent comparison analyses should be made. A sample format for this table is given as Table 9.2.3-1. The environmental impacts are categorized as (a) land use (b) water use (c) releases to the atmosphere (d) releases to water (e) fuel cycle consequences (f) social and economic effects (including environmental justice). (1) Environmental Analysis—The reviewer’s comparative analyses of environmental costs (impacts) of the proposed project and the identified alternatives should be based on a review of the consumptive/preemptive use of land and water, on plant releases to the atmosphere and to water, on fuel consumption and waste disposal (including need for desulfurization), and on social/aesthetic impacts, including environmental justice, contained in ESRPs 5.8.1 through 5.8.3. The reviewer should develop this analysis by preparing an environmental cost comparison similar to that shown in Table 9.2.3-1. Instructions for the elements of this table are as follows: (a) Land Use ` Do not include land use associated with the mining of fuel. ` “Total station area” for the nuclear plant should be either the station (sites) area or the exclusion area, whichever is larger. ` Fuel storage should be based on a prudent supply stockpile. NUREG-1555 9.2.3-6 October 1999 ` Waste storage should be for a 30-year plant lifetime. The reviewer should determine land requirements for waste materials on the basis of data established in the fuel cycle effects review. The reviewer should use NUREG-0116, Environmental Survey of the Reprocessing and Waste Management Portions of the LWR Fuel Cycle (NRC 1976)