Document: NUREG-1555
Document ID: 0cf173cf-50b9-425f-94a2-99810a0f33d4
Document Type: esrp
Title: THERMAL MONITORING
Source: NUREG-1555
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/nuregs/staff/sr1555/initial/
Revision Date: 2007-10
Chapter: 6
Section ID: 6.1
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REVIEW RESPONSIBILITIES Primary—Appendix B Secondary—Appendix B I. AREAS OF REVIEW This environmental standard review plan (ESRP) directs the staff’s description of the applicant’s preoperational and operational thermal monitoring programs. If elements of the monitoring program are determined to be inadequate, staff evaluations of potential supplemental programs should be presented. Review Interfaces The reviewer for this ESRP should obtain input from and provide input to the reviewers for the following ESRPs, as indicated: ` ESRP 2.3.1. Obtain descriptions of the hydrology of the region surrounding the proposed plant site. ` ESRP 2.3.2. Obtain descriptions of the regional water uses (e.g., the location and nature of water users and water-use areas) for the area surrounding the proposed plant site. ` ESRP 3.4. Obtain descriptions of the cooling system of the proposed plant. ` ESRPs 4.2 and 5.2. Obtain descriptions of preoperational baseline thermal monitoring programs that were developed and evaluated based on analyses of the impacts of hydrological alterations, plant water supply, and water-use changes caused by plant construction or operation. NUREG-1555 6.1-2 October 1999 ` ESRP 5.3.2. Obtain descriptions of the thermal effects (on the receiving water bodies) of discharges from the plant’s cooling system. Also obtain a discussion of any preoperational baseline thermal monitoring programs necessary to assess physical impacts of the discharge system operation. ` ESRP 6.7. Provide a list of evaluated additions or deletions to the applicant’s proposed monitoring programs. Data and Information Needs The type of data and information needed will be specified by the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) administrative agency. Site- and station-specific factors and the degree of detail should be modified according to the anticipated magnitude of the potential impacts. The following data or information should be obtained: ` maps showing (1)