Generic Environmental Impact Statement for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants
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NUREG-1437 Supplement 49 Volume 1 Generic Environmental Impact Statement for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants Supplement 49 Regarding Limerick Generating Station, Units 1 and 2 Chapters 1 to 12 Final Report Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation AVAILABILITY OF REFERENCE MATERIALS IN NRC PUBLICATIONS NRC Reference Material Non-NRC Reference Material As of November 1999, you may electronically access Documents available from public and special technical NUREG-series publications and other NRC records at libraries include all open literature items, such as books, NRC’s Public Electronic Reading Room at journal articles, transactions, Federal Register notices, http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm.html. 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NUREG-1437 Supplement 49 Volume 1 Generic Environmental Impact Statement for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants Supplement 49 Regarding Limerick Generating Station, Units 1 and 2 Chapters 1 to 12 Final Report Manuscript Completed: August 2014 Date Published: August 2014 Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Cover Sheet Responsible Agency: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation. There are no cooperating agencies involved in the preparation of this document. Title: Generic Environmental Impact Statement for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants, Supplement 49, Regarding Limerick Generating Stations, Units 1 and 2, Final Report (NUREG–1437). Limerick Generating Stations, Units 1 and 2 are located in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. For additional information or copies of this document contact: Division of License Renewal U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Mail Stop O-11F1 11555 Rockville Pike Rockville, Maryland 20852 Phone: 1-800-368-5642, extension 2375 Email: [email protected] ABSTRACT This final supplemental environmental impact statement has been prepared in response to an application submitted by Exelon Generation Company, LLC (Exelon) to renew the operating license for Limerick Generating Station, Units 1 and 2 (LGS) for an additional 20 years. This final supplemental environmental impact statement includes the preliminary analysis that evaluates the environmental impacts of the proposed action and alternatives to the proposed action. Alternatives considered include natural gas combined-cycle (NGCC), supercritical pulverized coal, new nuclear, wind power, purchased power, and not renewing the license (the no action alternative). The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s preliminary recommendation is that the adverse environmental impacts of license renewal for LGS are not great enough to deny the option of license renewal for energy planning decisionmakers. This recommendation is based on the following: • the analysis and findings in the Generic Environmental Impact Statement for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants; • the environmental report submitted by Exelon; • consultation with Federal, state, and local agencies; • the NRC’s environmental review; • consideration of public comments received during the scoping process; • consideration of public comments received on the draft supplemental environmental impact statement; and • consideration of the information presented in the Natural Resources Defense Council’s severe accident mitigation alternatives-related waiver petition. iii NUREG–1437, Supplement 49, Volumes 1 and 2, have been reproduced from the best available copy. iv TABLE OF CONTENTS ABSTRACT .............................................................................................................................. iii TABLE OF CONTENTS ............................................................................................................ v FIGURES ................................................................................................................................ xiii TABLES .................................................................................................................................. xv EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ........................................................................................................ xix ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS ................................................................................... xxv 1.0 PURPOSE AND NEED FOR ACTION ............................................................................ 1-1 1.1 Proposed Federal Action ......................................................................................... 1-1 1.2 Purpose and Need for the Proposed Federal Action ............................................... 1-1 1.3 Major Environmental Review Milestones ................................................................. 1-2 1.4 Generic Environmental Impact Statement ............................................................... 1-3 1.5 Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement ...................................................... 1-6 1.6 Cooperating Agencies ............................................................................................. 1-7 1.7 Consultations .......................................................................................................... 1-7 1.8 Correspondence ..................................................................................................... 1-8 1.9 Status of Compliance .............................................................................................. 1-8 1.10 References ............................................................................................................. 1-9 2.0 AFFECTED ENVIRONMENT .......................................................................................... 2-1 2.1 Facility Description .................................................................................................. 2-1 2.1.1 Reactor and Containment Systems .............................................................. 2-1 2.1.2 Radioactive Waste Management ................................................................. 2-1 2.1.3 Nonradiological Waste Management ...........................................................