[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 22 (Friday, February 1, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 6218]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-1838]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION


Duke Energy Carolinas; Notice of Receipt and Availability of 
Application for a Combined License

    By letter dated December 12, 2007, Duke Energy Carolinas (Duke, or 
the applicant) filed with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC, the 
Commission) pursuant to section 103 of the Atomic Energy Act and 10 CFR 
part 52, an application for a combined license (COL) for two AP1000 
advanced passive pressurized water nuclear power reactors at a site in 
the eastern portion of Cherokee County in north central South Carolina, 
approximately 35 miles southwest of Charlotte, North Carolina, and 
approximately 7.5 miles southeast of Gaffney, South Carolina. The 
reactors are to be identified as William States Lee III Units 1 and 2.
    An applicant may seek a COL in accordance with Subpart C of 10 CFR 
Part 52. The information submitted by the applicant includes certain 
administrative information such as financial qualifications submitted 
pursuant to 10 CFR 52.77, as well as technical information submitted 
pursuant to 10 CFR 52.79. The applicant also requested exemptions from 
certain requirements of section IV.A.2 of Appendix A to 10 CFR part 52 
and 10 CFR 52.79(a)(44), as documented in part 7 of the application.
    Subsequent Federal Register notices will address the acceptability 
of the tendered COL application for docketing and provisions for 
participation of the public in the COL review process.

Further Information

    A copy of the application is available electronically at the NRC's 
Electronic Reading Room at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. 
From this site, members of the public can access the NRC's Agencywide 
Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS), which provides text and 
image files of the NRC's public documents. The ADAMS accession number 
for the application is ML073510494. Persons who do not have access to 
ADAMS or who encounter problems in accessing the documents located in 
ADAMS should contact the NRC Public Document Room (PDR) Reference staff 
at 1-800-397-4209, 301-415-4737, or by e-mail to [email protected].
    The application may also be viewed electronically on the public 
computers located at the NRC's Public Document Room (PDR), O 1 F21, One 
White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD 20852. The PDR 
reproduction contractor will copy documents for a fee. The application 
is also available at http://www.nrc.gov/reactors/new-licensing/col.html.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 23rd day of January, 2008.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Joelle L. Starefos,
Senior Project Manager, AP1000 Projects Branch 1, Division of New 
Reactor Licensing, Office of New Reactors.
 [FR Doc. E8-1838 Filed 1-31-08; 8:45 am]
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