I NFS EnvironmentalReport - -7009 Nuclear Fuel Services, lne. Environmental Report for Renewal of Special Nuclear Material License No. SNM-124 Docket No. 70-143; SNM License 124 Preparedfor United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards Division of Fuel Cycle Safety and Safeguards Fuel Cycle Licensing Branch Prepared-by . Nuclear Fuel Services, Inc. 1205 Banner Hill Road Erwin, TN 37650-9718 May 2009 I NS n irnnenalReor -209 TABLE OF CONTENTS Pag~e 1.0 INTRODUCTION ...................................................................................................................................................... 1-1 1.1 PURPOSE AND NEED FOR THE PROPOSED ACTION ........................................................................................................... 1-1 1.2 PROPOSED ACTION ......................................................................................................................................................... 1-1 2.0 ALTERN ATIVES ............................................................................................. ,...................................................... 2-1 2.1 DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE ALTERNATIVES ............................................................................................................ 2-1 Z 1.1 No Action Alternative................................................................................................ ............................................ 2-1 2.1.2 ProposedAction ................................................................................................... :...................................................................... 2-1 2.1.2. 1 Description of Current Operations .................................................................................................................................... 2-.1 2.1.2.2 W aste Confinement and Effluent Control ......................................................................................................................... 2-2 2.1.2.3 Emergency Preparedness ................................................................................................................................................... 2-5 2.1.2.4 Environmental Releases .................................................................................................................................................... 2-9 2.1.2.5 Safeguards ..................................................................................................... ................................................................... 2-9 2.1.3 ReasonableAlternatives ..................................................................................................................................... 2-10 3.0 DESCRIPTION OF THE AFFECTED ENVIRONMENT ..................................................................................... 3-1 3.1 LAND USE ....................................................................................................................................................................... 3-1 3.1.1 Adjacent Areas ..................................................................................................................................................... 3-1 3.1.2 FloodPlain, Stream and Marshes ........................................................................................................................ 3-2 3.2 TRANSPO RTATION .......................................................................................................................................................... 3-2 3.3 GEOLOGY AND SOILS ..... !................................................................................................................................................ 3-2 3.3.1 Physiographyand Geography............................................................................................................................. 3-2 3.3.2 FoundationGeology ....... .................................................................................................................................... 3-3 3.3.3 Mineral Resources ............................................................................................................................................... 3-3 3.3.4 Seismicity. ............................................................................................................................................................. 3-3 3.4 W ATER RESOURCES ........................................................................................................................................................ 3-4 3.4.1 Surface Water ........................................................................................................................................................ 3-4 3.4.1.1 Quality ............................................................................................................................................................................... 3-4 3.4.1.2 Use .................................................................................................................................................................................... 3-6 3.4.2 Groundwater......................................................................................................................................................... 3-7 3.4.2.1 Quality ............................................................................................................................................................................... 3-7 3.4.2.2 Use ................................................ ;.......... ......................................................................................................................... 3-7 3.5 ECOLOGICAL RESOURCES ............................................................................................................................................. 3-9 3.5.1 TerrestrialBiota ................................................................................................................................................... 3-9 3.5.2 Aquatic Biota........................................................................................................................................................ 3-9 3.5.3 Threatenedand EndangeredSpecies .............................................................................................................. 3-10 3.6 METEOROLOGY, CLIMATOLOGY AND AIR QUALITY ..................................................................................................... 3-10 3.6. 1 Meteorology ........................................................................................................................................................ 3-10 3.6. 1.1 W inds, Tornadoes an Storms .......... ... ........... : ...... ....... ............................. ................ ,.. .....3-11 - 316.2 Climaji lo-gy.................................... ....................................... ....................................................................... 3-11 3.6.3 Air Quality ......................................................................................................................................................... 3-11 3 7 NOISE........................................................................................................................................................................... 3-11 1 8 HISTORIC AND CULTURAL RESOURCES. ............................................................................... : ........................................ 3-12 3.9 VISUAL/SCENIC RESOURCES ........................................................................................................................................ 3-12 3.10 DEMOGRAPGHY AND SOCIOECONOMICS ..................................................................................................................... 3-12 3.11 PUBLIC AND OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH ........................................................................................................................ 3-15 3.11.1 Background RadiationExposures ............................................................................................................... 3-15 3.11.2 Background Radioactivity................................................................................................................................... 3-16 3.12 WASTE MANAGEMENT ................................................................................................................................................ 3-17 3.12.1 Liquid Waste ................................... ;.................................................................................................................. 3-17 I~~~~~~ nionetaAII eot-20 3.12.2 Solid Waste ........................................................................................................................................................ 3-17 3.12..3 Hazardous and M ixed Waste ............................................................................................................................ 3-17 4.0 ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF PROPOSED ACTION AND ALTERNATIVE ........................................... 4-1 4.1 LAND USE IMPACTS ........................................................................................................................................................ 4-1 4.2 TRANSPORTATIONIM PACTS ..........................................................................................................................................