[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 21 (Thursday, January 31, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5877-5878]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-1806]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. 52-016]


Unistar Nuclear; Acceptance for Docketing of a Partial 
Application for Combined License for Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power 
Plant, Unit 3

    On July 16, 2007, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC, the 
Commission) received a partial combined license (COL) application from 
UniStar Nuclear (UniStar), dated July 13, 2007, as supplemented by 
letters dated July 16, August 2, September 11, October 30, and December 
14, 2007, and January 14, 2008. The COL application was filed pursuant 
to section 103 of the Atomic Energy Act and Subpart C, ``Combined 
Licenses,'' of Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR), 
part 52, ``License Certifications and Approvals for Nuclear Power 
Plants.'' The site location is in Lusby, Maryland, and is identified as 
the Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant, Unit 3 (CCNPP3). The partial 
application included the environmental report, final safety analysis 
report information regarding site suitability, as well as other 
information required by 10 CFR 2.101(a)(5). A notice of receipt and 
availability of this application was previously published in the 
Federal Register (72 FR 45832) on August 15, 2007.
    The NRC staff has determined that UniStar has submitted information 
in accordance with 10 CFR part 2, ``Rules of Practice for Domestic 
Licensing Proceedings and Issuance of Orders,'' specifically 10 CFR 
2.101(a)(5) regarding submission of a COL application in two parts, and 
10 CFR part 52, and that the partial application is acceptable for 
docketing. The docket number established for CCNPP3 is 52-016.
    The NRC staff will perform a detailed technical review of the 
partial COL application. Docketing of the partial COL application does 
not preclude the NRC from requesting additional information from the 
applicant as the review proceeds, nor does it predict whether the 
Commission will grant or deny the application. The NRC staff will also 
perform an acceptance review of

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the second and final part of the application when it is tendered. After 
completion of the acceptance review for the full application, if it is 
found acceptable for docketing, the Commission will conduct a hearing 
in accordance with Subpart L, ``Informal Hearing Procedures for NRC 
Adjudications,'' of 10 CFR part 2 and will receive a report on the COL 
application from the Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards in 
accordance with 10 CFR 52.87, ``Referral to the Advisory Committee on 
Reactor Safeguards (ACRS).'' If the Commission finds that the full COL 
application meets the applicable standards of the Atomic Energy Act and 
the Commission's regulations, and that required notifications to other 
agencies and bodies have been made, the Commission will issue a COL, in 
the form and containing conditions and limitations that the Commission 
finds appropriate and necessary.
    In accordance with 10 CFR Part 51, the Commission will also prepare 
an environmental impact statement for the proposed action. Pursuant to 
10 CFR 51.26, and as part of the environmental scoping process, the NRC 
staff intends to hold a public scoping meeting. Detailed information 
regarding this meeting will be included in a future Federal Register 
notice.
    Finally, the Commission will announce in a future Federal Register 
notice, the opportunity to petition for leave to intervene in the 
hearing required for this application by 10 CFR 52.85.
    Documents may be examined, and/or copied for a fee, at the NRC's 
Public Document Room (PDR), located at One White Flint North, Public 
File Area O1 F21, 11555 Rockville Pike (first floor), Rockville, 
Maryland 20852, and will be accessible electronically through the 
Agencywide Documents Access System (ADAMS) Public Electronic Reading 
Room link at the NRC Web site http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. 
Persons who do not have access to ADAMS, or who encounter problems in 
accessing documents located in ADAMS should contact the NRC PDR 
Reference staff by telephone at 1-800-397-4209, 301-415-4737, or by e-
mail to [email protected]. The application is also available at http://www.nrc.gov/reactors/new-licensing/col.html.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland this 25th day of January 2008.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
David B. Matthews,
Director, Division of New Reactor Licensing, Office of New Reactors.
[FR Doc. E8-1806 Filed 1-30-08; 8:45 am]
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