Document: NUREG-1555
Document ID: 9a371132-3d05-4887-9f41-ee5dfe630324
Document Type: esrp
Title: SUMMARY
Source: NUREG-1555
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/nuregs/staff/sr1555/initial/
Revision Date: 2007-10
Chapter: 10
Section ID: 10.4.3
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A.20 9.4.2 Circulating Water Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A.20 9.4.3 Transmission Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A.20 10.0 Environmental Consequences of the Proposed Action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A.20 10.1 Unavoidable Adverse Environmental Impacts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A.20 10.2 Irreversible and Irretrievable Commitments of Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A.21 10.3 Relationship Between Short-Term Uses and Long-Term Productivity of the Human Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A.21 10.4 Benefit-Cost Balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A.21 10.4.1 Benefits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A.21 10.4.2 Costs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A.21 10.4.3 Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A.21 October 1999 NUREG-1555 A.1 Introduction The licensing framework established by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) covers a wide range of actions that require various levels of environmental review. The original Environmental Standard Review Plans (ESRPs) (NUREG-0555) (NRC 1978) were written explicitly to guide environmental reviews and preparation of environmental impact statements (EISs) associated with applications for nuclear power plant construction permits (CPs) (10 CFR 50) and EIS supplements in connection with the issuance of an operating license (OL) (10 CFR