The Environmental Standard Review Plan for the Review of License Applications for Nuclear Power Plants (ESRP-LR) is to be used by the NRC staff when performing environmental reviews of applications for the renewal of power reactor licenses. The use of the ESRP-LR provides a framework for the staff to determine whether or not environmental issues important to license renewal have been identified and the impacts evaluated and provides acceptance standards to help the reviewers comply with the National Environmental Policy Act.

This document provides guidance to U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff in implementing the provisions in Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations Part 51 (10 CFR Part 51), “Environmental Protection Regulations for Domestic Licensing and Related Regulatory Functions” when conducting an environmental review for the renewal of a nuclear power plant operating license(s). This standard review plan guides the staff in preparing a plant-specific supplemental environmental impact statement to NUREG-1437, Revision 1, Generic Environmental Impact Statement for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants. This document supplements NUREG-1555, Standard Review Plans for Environmental Reviews for Nuclear Power Plants, which provides guidance for the environmental reviews of construction permits, initial operating licenses, early site permits, and combined licenses for new nuclear power plants.

The “Standard Review Plan for Review of License Renewal Applications for Nuclear Power Plants” (SRP-LR) provides guidance to Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff reviewers in the Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation (NRR). These reviewers perform safety reviews of applications to renew nuclear power plant licenses in accordance with Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 54. The principal purposes of the SRP-LR are to ensure the quality and uniformity of staff reviews and to present a well-defined base from which to evaluate applicant programs and activities for the period of extended operation. The SRP-LR also is intended to make regulatory information widely available to enhance communication with interested members of the public and the nuclear power industry and to improve their understanding of the staff review process.