[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 149 (Friday, August 3, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 43296]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-15117]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket Nos. 50-424 and 50-425]
Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.; Notice of Receipt and
Availability of Application for Renewal of Vogtle Electric Generating
Plant, Units 1 and 2 Facility Operating Licenses Nos. NPF-68 and NPF-81
for an Additional 20-Year Period
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC or Commission) has
received an application dated June 27, 2007, from Southern Nuclear
Operating Company, Inc., filed pursuant to Section 103 of the Atomic
Energy Act of 1954, as amended, and Title 10 of the Code of Federal
Regulations Part 54 (10 CFR Part 54), to renew the operating licenses
for the Vogtle Electric Generating Plant (VEGP), Units 1 and 2. Renewal
of the licenses would authorize the applicant to operate Unit 1 for an
additional 20-year period beyond the period specified in its current
operating license. For VEGP, Unit 2, the renewed license would
authorize the applicant to operate for an additional 20 years beyond
the period specified in the current operating license or 40 years from
the date of issuance of the new license, whichever occurs first. The
current operating license for VEGP, Unit 1, (NPF-68), expires on
January 16, 2027. VEGP, Unit 1, is a Pressurized Water Reactor designed
by Westinghouse. The current operating license for VEGP, Unit 2, (NPF-
81), expires on February 9, 2029. VEGP, Unit 2, is a Pressurized Water
Reactor designed by Westinghouse. Both units are located near
Waynesboro, GA. 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 to the public at the
Commission's Public Document Room (PDR), located at One White Flint
North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852 or through the
internet from the NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management
System (ADAMS) Public Electronic Reading Room under Accession Number
ML071840360. 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. Persons who do not have
access to the internet 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 4737, or by e-mail to [email protected].
A copy of the license renewal application for the VEGP, Units 1 and
2, is also available to local residents near the site at the Burke
County Library, 130 Highway 24 South, Waynesboro, GA 30830.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 26th day of July, 2007.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Pao-Tsin Kuo,
Director, Division of License Renewal, Office of Nuclear Reactor
Regulation.
[FR Doc. E7-15117 Filed 8-2-07; 8:45 am]
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