ABSTRACT
The process described above is for existing facilities. For new facilities, a “Two Track” approach has been proposed that would allow a company seeking to build a new facility that will require use of surface cooling water either (1) to commit to a highly protective (indeed often over-protective) technology at the outset or (2) to engage in a site-specific analysis to determine whether the intake would create an appreciable risk of AEI and, if so, what would be the BTA for the site.
