3150-AK55 202110 The Regulatory Plan and the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions 3150 Nuclear Regulatory Commission NRC Advanced Nuclear Reactor Generic Environmental Impact Statement [NRC-2020-0101]

This rulemaking would amend the NRC’s regulations that govern the agency's National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) reviews. The rulemaking would codify the findings of the Advanced Nuclear Reactor Generic Environmental Impact Statement (ANR GEIS). The ANR GEIS would use a technology-neutral regulatory framework and performance-based assumptions to determine generic environmental impacts for new commercial advanced nuclear reactors. The ANR GEIS would streamline the NEPA reviews for future advanced reactor applicants.

]]> Other Significant Previously Published in The Unified Agenda Proposed Rule Stage No No 10 CFR 51 42 U.S.C. 2201 42 U.S.C. 5841 Yes

The NRC is developing a GEIS for advanced nuclear reactors in order to streamline the environmental review process for future advanced nuclear reactor (ANR) environmental reviews. The purpose of an ANR GEIS is to determine which environmental impacts could result in essentially the same (generic) impact for different ANR designs that fit within the parameters set in the GEIS, and which environmental impacts would require a plant-specific analysis. Environmental reviews for advanced nuclear reactor license applications could incorporate the ANR GEIS by reference and provide site-specific information and analyses in a Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS), thereby streamlining the environmental review process. 

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42 U.S.C. 4332, 4334, 4335

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As an alternative to the rulemaking, the NRC staff considered the "no-action" alternative. Under this alternative the NRC would not modify 10 CFR part 51 to codify the results of the ANR GEIS. This alternative would not provide the benefits of streamlining the environmental review process. Therefore, rulemaking is the preferred alternative.

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The anticipated benefits would exceed the costs associated with the proposed regulatory action. The supporting regulatory analysis will provide a detailed analysis of the costs and benefits associated with this action.

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None.

]]> NPRM 05/00/2022 No No None No No No No Daniel Doyle 3150 Nuclear Regulatory Commission NRC 301 415-3748 daniel.doyle@nrc.gov Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, Washington DC 20555-0001