[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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