Document: 10 CFR Part 51
Document ID: c486531b-b7dc-4842-88c5-f55c9c7bd838
Document Type: cfr
Title: Postconstruction environmental impact statements.
Source: 10 CFR Part 51
Source URL: https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-10/part-51/section-51.95
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Section ID: 51.95
CFR Part: 51
CFR Title: 10

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nection with the first licensing action authorizing full-power operation. As stated in § 51.23 , the generic impact determinations regarding the continued storage of spent fuel in NUREG-2157 shall be deemed incorporated into the environmental impact statement. ( c ) Operating license renewal stage. In connection with the renewal of an operating license or combined license for a nuclear power plant under 10 CFR parts 52 or 54 of this chapter, the Commission shall prepare an environmental impact statement, which is a supplement to the Commission's NUREG-1437, “Generic Environmental Impact Statement for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants”, which is available in the NRC's Public Document Room, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852. ( 1 ) The supplemental environmental impact statement for the operating license renewal stage shall address those issues as required by § 51.71 . In addition, the NRC staff must comply with 40 CFR 1506.6(b)(3) in conducting the additional scoping process as required by § 51.71(a) . ( 2 ) The supplemental environmental impact statement for license renewal is not required to include discussion of need for power or the economic costs and economic benefits of the proposed action or of alternatives to the proposed action except insofar as such benefits and costs are either essential for a determination regarding the inclusion of an alternative in the range of alternatives considered or relevant to mitigation. In addition, the supplemental environmental impact statement prepared at the license renewal stage need not discuss other issues not related to the environmental effects of the proposed action and the alternatives. The analysis of alternatives in the supplemental environmental impact statement should be limited to the environmental impacts of such alternatives and should otherwise be prepared in accordance with § 51.71 and appendix A to subpart A of this part . As stated in § 51.23 , the generic impact determinations