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Generic Environmental Impact Statement for Licensing of New Nuclear Reactors
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission published this proposed rule in the Federal Register on October 4, 2024. Comments closed on December 18, 2024.
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What the agency says
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is proposing to amend the regulations that govern the NRC's environmental reviews of new nuclear reactor applications under the National Environmental Policy Act. The rulemaking would codify the generic findings of the NRC's draft Generic Environmental Impact Statement for Licensing of New Nuclear Reactors. The draft Generic Environmental Impact Statement for Licensing of New Nuclear Reactors uses a technology-neutral framework and a set of plant and site parameters to determine which potential environmental impacts would be common to the construction, operation, and decommissioning of many new nuclear reactors, and thus appropriate for a generic analysis, and which potential environmental impacts would be unique, and thus require a project-specific analysis. The NRC expects that both the proposed rule and the Generic Environmental Impact Statement for Licensing of New Nuclear Reactors would streamline the environmental reviews for future nuclear reactor applicants. The NRC is also issuing for public comment draft regulatory guide (DG), "Preparation of Environmental Reports for Nuclear Power Stations," and "Environmental Considerations Associated with New Nuclear Reactor Applications that Reference the Generic Environmental Impact Statement."
Key facts
- Document number
- 2024-22385
- Type
- Proposed rule
- Action
- Proposed rule, draft guidance, and draft generic environmental impact statement; request for comment
- Agency
- Nuclear Regulatory Commission
- Published
- October 4, 2024
- Comments due
- December 18, 2024
- Dates
- Submit comments by December 18, 2024. Comments received after this date will be considered if it is practical to do so, but the Commission is able to ensure consideration only for comments received before this date. The NRC plans to hold three public meetings to promote a full understanding of the proposed rule and facilitate public comments. Public meetings will be held on November 7, 2024, November 13, 2024, and November 14, 2024. See Section XV, "Public Meetings," of this document for more information on the meetings.
- Docket
- NRC-2020-0101
- Regulation ID (RIN)
- 3150-AK55
- Code of Federal Regulations
- 10 CFR 51
- Topics
- Administrative practice and procedure; Environmental impact statements; Hazardous waste; Nuclear energy; Nuclear materials; Nuclear power plants and reactors; Reporting and recordkeeping requirements
- Significant
- Yes, under Executive Order 12866
- Pages
- 31
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