The First Polish Nuclear Power Plant Environmental Scoping Report
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The First Polish Nuclear Power Plant Environmental Scoping Report (PGE_SCN_DES_0001_EN_2.0) PGE EJ 1 sp. z o.o. seated in Warsaw (00-542) ul. Mokotowska 49 Poland September2015 1 Polish Nuclear Power Project Project Information Sheet PGE EJ 1 sp. z o.o. 2 Polish Nuclear Power Project Project Information Sheet PGE EJ 1 sp. z o.o. Document information The First Polish Nuclear Power Plant Document: Environmental Scoping Report Number: (PGE_SCN_DES_0001_EN_2.0) Date: 01 09.2015 Author: PGE EJ 1 sp. z o.o. PGE EJ 1 sp. z o.o. ul. Mokotowska 49 Contact details: 00-542 Warsaw tel. (0048) 22 340 1053 3 Polish Nuclear Power Project Project Information Sheet PGE EJ 1 sp. z o.o. Contents Contents .................................................................................................................................................. 4 1 Introduction ................................................................................................................................... 12 2 Scope and objective of the Environmental Scoping Report .......................................................... 12 3 Justification for the construction of a nuclear power plant in Poland .......................................... 16 4 Type and scope of the project ....................................................................................................... 20 5 Environmental impact assessment procedure .............................................................................. 26 5.1 Legal classification of the project ...................................................................................... 26 5.2 Assessment of the need to perform the EIA for the project ............................................. 27 5.3 Scope of the project covered by the procedure................................................................ 27 5.4 NPP decommissioning ....................................................................................................... 28 5.5 Associated Infrastructure – projects not covered by the procedure ................................ 28 5.5.1 Construction and development of transmission lines ................................................... 29 5.5.2 Other associated investments ....................................................................................... 29 5.5.3 External infrastructure for radioactive waste management ......................................... 31 5.6 Body in charge of issuing the decision on environmental conditions ............................... 32 5.7 EIA proceedings ................................................................................................................. 32 5.8 Schedule of the EIA proceedings ....................................................................................... 34 6 Project description ......................................................................................................................... 35 6.1 Scale and location of the project ....................................................................................... 35 6.2 Stages of the investment ................................................................................................... 37 6.3 The required area .............................................................................................................. 37 6.4 Technology types ............................................................................................................... 38 6.4.1 Nuclear reactor types .................................................................................................... 40 6.4.2 Cooling systems technology .......................................................................................... 43 6.4.3 Emergency cooling systems........................................................................................... 44 6.4.4 Spent nuclear fuel storage and other internal infrastructure for radioactive waste management ................................................................................................................................. 45 7 Project variants under consideration ............................................................................................ 46 7.1 NPP location variants ........................................................................................................ 46 7.2 Cooling technology options ............................................................................................... 50 7.2.1 Open cooling system ..................................................................................................... 51 7.2.2 Closed cooling system ................................................................................................... 51 7.2.3 Emergency cooling through an open cooling system.................................................... 52 4 Polish Nuclear Power Project Project Information Sheet PGE EJ 1 sp. z o.o. 7.2.4 Emergency cooling through a closed cooling system .................................................... 52 7.3 Infrastructure corridors location variants ......................................................................... 53 8 Predicted consumption of water, raw materials, other materials, fuel and energy ..................... 54 8.1 Construction site preparation stage .................................................................................. 55 8.1.1 Consumption of materials and raw materials at the construction site preparation stage 55 8.1.2 Consumption of water at the construction site preparation stage ............................... 56 8.1.3 Consumption of fuels at the construction site preparation stage ................................ 56 8.1.4 Consumption of electric energy at the construction site preparation stage ................ 56 8.2 Construction stage ............................................................................................................. 56 8.2.1 Consumption of materials and raw materials at the construction stage ...................... 57 8.2.2 Consumption of water at the construction stage ......................................................... 58 8.2.3 Consumption of fuels at the construction stage ........................................................... 58 8.2.4 Consumption of electric energy at the construction stage ........................................... 58 8.3 Operation stage ................................................................................................................. 58 8.3.1 Consumption of materials and raw materials at the operation stage .......................... 59 8.3.2 Consumption of water at the operation stage .............................................................. 59 8.3.3 Consumption of electrical energy at the operation stage............................................. 60 8.4 Decommissioning stage ..................................................................................................... 60 9 Estimated volumes and types of substances or forms of energy released to the environment when environmental protection measures are applied ................................................................ 61 9.1 Bounding conditions envelope .......................................................................................... 62 9.2 Carbon dioxide emissions .................................................................................................. 63 9.3 Radioactive effluents during normal operation ................................................................ 63 9.4 Dust emissions and air quality ........................................................................................... 65 9.5 Contaminating releases to surface and ground waters .................................................... 67 9.6 Emissions during periodic testing of diesel generators ..................................................... 68 9.7 Heat emissions .................................................................................................................. 68 9.7.1 Heat emissions associated with the open cooling system ............................................ 68 9.7.2 Emissions associated with the closed cooling system ................................................... 68 9.8 Noise emissions ................................................................................................................. 69 10 Potential environmental impacts .................................................................................................. 71 10.1 Standard environmental impacts of a nuclear power plant ............................................. 71 10.2 Potential environmental impact of the cooling systems ................................................... 73 10.2.1 Heat emissions to the atmosphere ............................................................................... 73 5 Polish Nuclear Power Project Project Information Sheet PGE EJ 1 sp. z o.o. 10.2.2 Temperature increase of the cooling water bodies ...................................................... 73 10.2.3 Impingement of living organisms into the cooling system ........................................... 74 10.2.4 Changes to the water environment caused by chemical pollution ............................... 74 10.2.5 Other potential, harmful impacts of some cooling systems ......................................... 75 10.3 Radiation impact during accident conditions .................................................................... 75 10.4 Potential impact areas of the Project