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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pters 4.0 and 5.0. The following criteria apply to this evaluation: - Environmental preference will be established when an alternative can be shown to have no unavoidable adverse impacts and will meet regulatory requirements. - Environmental preference may be established when an alternative that meets regulatory requirements can be shown to have unavoidable adverse impacts that are less severe in both nature and magnitude than those of the proposed project. Determination of environmental October 1999 9.2.3-9 NUREG-1555 preference under these conditions should lead to consultation with the EPM and the appropriate reviewers of ESRP Chapters 4.0 and 5.0. This consultation should result in a joint determination of the status of any such alternative. - Environmental equivalence will be established when an alternative that meets regulatory requirements can be shown to have unavoidable adverse impacts of the same or equivalent nature and magnitude as those of the proposed project. - Environmental inferiority will be established when an alternative can be shown to have unavoidable adverse impacts more severe in both nature and magnitude than those of the proposed project, or the alternative will not comply with applicable Federal, State, regional, local, and affected Native American tribal regulations and affected Native American tribal requirements. (2) When the reviewer determines that there are environmentally preferable alternatives to the proposed project, the reviewer should conduct those portions of the analysis instructions of this ESRP that deal with the economic costs of the alternative energy sources and systems. The reviewer should evaluate that portion of the analysis procedure as follows: ` When environmentally preferable alternative energy sources and systems have been identified, ensure that economic-cost data have been developed for the alternatives and that these data are adequate for a benefit-cost balance and comparison with the proposed project. This