[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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