[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 111 (Monday, June 9, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32606-32607]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-12844]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. 52-016]


Constellation Generation Group, LLC, and Unistar Nuclear 
Operating Services, LLC; Acceptance for Docketing of an Application for 
Combined License for Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant Unit 3

    By four letters dated March 14, 2008, as supplemented by a letter 
dated May 15, 2008, Constellation Generation Group, LLC, and UniStar 
Nuclear Operating Services, LLC (CGG and UniStar) submitted Part 2 of 
their application to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) for a 
combined license (COL) for one U.S. EPR pressurized water reactor in 
accordance with the requirements contained in 10 CFR Part 52 
``Licenses, Certifications and Approvals for Nuclear Power Plants.'' 
This reactor is identified as Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant, Unit 
3 and is to be located in Lusby in Calvert County, Maryland.
    CGG and UniStar previously submitted Part 1 of this application by 
letters dated July 13 and December 14, 2007, as supplemented by letters 
dated July 16, August 2, September 11, and October 30, 2007, and 
January 14 and March 3, 2008, in accordance with the requirements 
contained in 10 CFR Parts 2 and 52. The partial application included 
the environmental report (ER) as well as additional information that 
must accompany the first part of any COL application as required by 10 
CFR 2.101(a)(5). Part 1 was accepted for review and docketed by the NRC 
on January 25, 2008 (ML080160547), and with the docketing of Part 2, 
the application is complete.
    Notices of receipt and availability of this application were 
previously published in the Federal Register (72 FR 45832) on August 
15, 2007, and (73 FR 24321) on May 2, 2008.
    The NRC staff has determined that CGG and UniStar have submitted 
information in accordance with 10 CFR Part 2, ``Rules of Practice for 
Domestic Licensing Proceedings and Issuance of Orders,'' and 10 CFR 
Part 52 that is acceptable for docketing. The Docket Number established 
for Unit 3 is 5200016.
    The NRC staff will perform a detailed technical review of the 
application. Docketing of the 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 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 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 
staff held a public scoping meeting on March 19, 2008.
    Finally, the Commission will announce in a future Federal Register 
notice the opportunity to petition for leave to intervene in the 
proceeding on this application.
    For reference purposes, information regarding the U.S. EPR design 
referenced by this COL application can be found on the NRC Web site at 
http://www.nrc.gov/reactors/new-licensing/design-cert/epr.html.
    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, and will be accessible electronically through the Agencywide 
Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Public Electronic 
Reading Room link at the NRC Web site http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. The application is also available at http://www.nrc.gov/reactors/new-licensing/col.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

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at 1-800-397-4209, 301-415-4737, or by e-mail to [email protected].

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland this 3rd day of June 2008.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
John Rycyna,
Project Manager, EPR Projects Branch, Division of New Reactor 
Licensing, Office of New Reactors.
[FR Doc. E8-12844 Filed 6-6-08; 8:45 am]
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