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Generic Environmental Impact Statement for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants: Regarding Virgil C. Summer Nuclear Station - Final Report (NUREG-1437, Supplement 15, Second Renewal)

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Manuscript Completed: May 2025
Date Published: May 2025

Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Washington, DC 20555-0001

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Abstract

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) prepared this supplemental environmental impact statement (SEIS) in response to an application submitted by Dominion Energy South Carolina, Inc. (Dominion) to renew the operating license for Virgil C. Summer Nuclear Station, Unit 1 (V.C. Summer), for an additional 20 years. This supplemental environmental impact statement evaluates the environmental impacts of the proposed action and alternatives to the proposed action. Alternatives considered include: (1) natural gas; (2) new nuclear (small modular reactor); (3) natural gas and solar combination; (4) new nuclear and solar combination; and (5) not renewing the operating license (the no-action alternative).

Based on the evaluation of environmental impacts in this draft supplemental environmental impact statement, the NRC staff’s recommendation is that the adverse environmental impacts of subsequent license renewal for V.C. Summer are not so great that preserving the option of subsequent license renewal for energy-planning decision-makers would be unreasonable. The NRC staff based its recommendation on the following:

  • the analysis and findings in NUREG-1437, Generic Environmental Impact Statement for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants
  • the environmental report submitted by the applicant
  • the NRC staff’s consultation with Federal, State, Tribal, and local agencies
  • the NRC staff’s independent environmental review
  • the NRC staff’s consideration of public comments received during the scoping process and on the draft SEIS

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