Environmental Impact Statement - radioactive monticello

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1.0 Introduction Under the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission's (NRC's) environmental protection regulations in Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 51, which implement the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), renewal of a nuclear power plant operating license (OL) requires the preparation of an environmental impact statement (EIS). In preparing the EIS, the NRC staff is required first to issue the statement in draft form for public comment, and then issue a final statement after considering public comments on the draft. To support the preparation of the EIS, the staff has prepared a Generic Environmental Impact Statement for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants (GELS), NUREG-1437, Volumes 1 and 2 (NRC 1996; 1999).a The GElS is intended to (1) provide an understanding of the types and severity of environmental impacts that may occur as a result of license renewal of nuclear power plants under 10 CFR Part 54, (2) identify and assess the impacts that are expected to be generic to license renewal, and (3) support 10 CFR Part 51 to define the number and scope of issues that need to be addressed by the applicants in plant-by-plant renewal proceedings. The GElS guides the preparation of complete plant-specific information in support of the OL renewal process. Nuclear Management Company, LLC (NMC), operates the Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant (Monticello) in central Minnesota under OL No. DPR-22, which was issued by the NRC. NMC is a licensee for the purposes of its current OL and an applicant for the renewal of the OL. Monticello is owned by Northern States Power Company (NSP) which is a wholly owned utility operating subsidiary of Xcel Energy Inc. (Xcel Energy). This OL will expire on September 8, 2010. NMC submitted an application dated March 16, 2005, to the NRC to renew the Monticello OL for an additional 20 years beyond the expiration of the current license pursuant to 10 CFR Part 54. Pursuant to 10 CFR 54.23 and 51.53(c), NMC submitted an Environmental Report (ER; NMC 2005a) in which NMC analyzed the environmental impacts associated with the proposed license renewal action, considered alternatives to the proposed action, and evaluated mitigation measures for reducing adverse environmental effects. This report is the plant-specific supplement to the GElS (the supplemental EIS [SEIS]) for the NMC license renewal application. This SEIS is a supplement to the GElS because it relies, in part, on the findings of the GELS. The staff will also prepare a separate safety evaluation report in accordance with 10 CFR Part 54. 1.1 Report Contents The following sections of this introduction (1) describe the background for the preparation of this SEIS, including the development of the GElS and the process used by the staff to assess the environmental impacts associated with license renewal, (2) describe the proposed Federal action to renew the Monticello OL, (3) discuss the purpose and need for the proposed action, (W)The GElS was originally issued in 1996. Addendum 1 to the GElS was issued in 1999. Hereafter, all references to the "GEIS" include the GElS and its Addendum 1. August 2006 1-1 NUREG-1437, Supplement 26
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