[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 42 (Friday, March 4, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 10694]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-4174]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket Nos. 50-334 and 50-412]


FirstEnergy Corporation and FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating 
Company; Notice of Receipt and Availability of Application for Renewal 
of Beaver Valley Power Station, Units 1 and 2 Facility Operating 
License Nos. DPR-66 and NPF-73 for an Additional 20-year Period

    The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC or Commission) has 
received an application, dated February 9, 2005, from FirstEnergy 
Corporation and FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company, filed pursuant 
to sections 104b (DPR-66) and 103 (NPF-73) of the Atomic Energy Act of 
1954, as amended, and 10 CFR part 54, to renew the operating licenses 
for the Beaver Valley Power Station, Units 1 and 2, respectively. 
Renewal of the licenses would authorize the applicant to operate each 
facility for an additional 20-year period beyond the period specified 
in the respective current operating licenses. The current operating 
license for Beaver Valley Power Station, Unit 1 (DPR-66) expires on 
January 29, 2016. The current operating license for Beaver Valley Power 
Station, Unit 2 (NPF-73) expires on May 27, 2027. Beaver Valley Power 
Station, Units 1 and 2 are pressurized water reactors designed by 
Westinghouse. Both units are located near Shippingport, PA. The 
acceptability of the tendered application for docketing, and other 
matters, including an opportunity to request a hearing, will be the 
subject of subsequent Federal Register notices.
    Copies of the application are available for public inspection at 
the Commission's Public Document Room (PDR), located at One White Flint 
North, 11555 Rockville Pike (first floor), Rockville, Maryland 20582 or 
electronically from the NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and 
Management System (ADAMS) Public Electronic Reading Room under 
accession number ML050540047. The ADAMS Public Electronic Reading Room 
is accessible from the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. In addition, the application is available at http://www.nrc.gov/reactors/operating/licensing/renewal/applications.html, on 
the NRC Web page, while the application is under review. Persons who do 
not have access to ADAMS or who encounter problems in accessing the 
documents located in ADAMS should contact the NRC's PDR Reference staff 
at 1-800-397-4209, extension (301) 415-4737, or by e-mail to 
[email protected].
    A copy of the license renewal application for the Beaver Valley 
Power Station, Units 1 and 2, is also available to local residents near 
the Beaver Valley Power Station, Units 1 and 2, at the B. F. Jones 
Memorial Library, 663 Franklin Ave., Aliquippa, PA 15001.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 23 day of February 2005.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Pao-Tsin Kuo, Program Director,
License Renewal and Environmental Impacts, Division of Regulatory 
Improvement Programs, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 05-4174 Filed 3-3-05 8:45 am]
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