Draft Environmental Statement Related to the Operation of Limerick Generating Station, Units 1 and 2, Dockets Nos. 50-352 and 50-353, Philadelphia Electric Company

摘要

This Draft Environmental Statement contains the second assessment of the environmental impact associated with the operation of the Limerick Generating Station, Units 1 and 2, pursuant to the National Environment Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA) and Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulation, Part 51, as amended, of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission regulations. This statement examines the environment, environmental consequences and mitigating actions, and environmental and economic benefits and costs. Land use and terrestrial and aquatic ecological impacts will be small. Operational impacts to historic and archeological sites will be negligible. The effects of routine operations, energy transmission, and periodic maintenance of rights of way and transmission facilities should not jeopardize any populations of endangered or threatened species. No significant impacts are anticipated from normal operational releases of radioactivity. The environmental impacts of the postulated plant accidents will be provided in a supplement to this statement. The net socioeconomic effects of the project will be beneficial. The action called for is the issuance of operating licenses for Limerick Generating Station, Units 1 and 2.