[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 24 (Monday, February 6, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 6102]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-1567]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket No. 50-271]
Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc. Notice of Receipt and
Availability of Application for Renewal of Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power
Station Facility Operating License No. Dpr-28 for an Additional 20-Year
Period
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC or Commission) has
received an application, dated January 25, 2006, from Entergy Nuclear
Operations, Inc., filed pursuant to Section 104b (DPR-28) of the Atomic
Energy Act of 1954, as amended, and 10 CFR part 54, to renew the
operating license for the Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station. Renewal
of the license would authorize the applicant to operate the facility
for an additional 20-year period beyond the period specified in the
current operating license. The current operating license for the
Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station (DPR-28) expires on March 21,
2012. The Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station is a Boiling Water
Reactor designed by General Electric. The unit is located in Vernon,
VT. 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 ML060300078. The ADAMS Public Electronic Reading Room
is accessible from the NRC's 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's 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 Vermont Yankee
Nuclear Power Station is also available to local residents near the
Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station at the following four public
libraries: Vernon Free Library, 567 Governor Hunt Rd, Vernon, VT 05354;
Brooks Memorial Library, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT 05301;
Hinsdale Public Library, 122 Brattleboro Rd, Hinsdale, NH 03451; and
Dickinson Memorial Library, 115 Main St, Northfield, MA 01360.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 31st day of January, 2006.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Frank P. Gillespie,
Director, Division of License Renewal, Office of Nuclear Reactor
Regulation.
[FR Doc. E6-1567 Filed 2-3-06; 8:45 am]
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