Press Release-06-011, NRC Announces Availability of License Renewal Applications for Vermont Yankee and Pilgrim
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| Site: | Vermont Yankee, Pilgrim File:NorthStar Vermont Yankee icon.png (DPR-035) |
| Issue date: | 01/31/2006 |
| From: | Office of Public Affairs |
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NRC NEWS U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Office of Public Affairs Telephone: 301/415-8200 Washington, D.C. 20555-0001 E-mail: opa@nrc.gov Web Site: http://www.nrc.gov No.06-011 January 31, 2006 NRC ANNOUNCES AVAILABILITY OF LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATIONS FOR VERMONT YANKEE AND PILGRIM The Nuclear Regulatory Commission announced today that applications for 20-year renewals of the operating licenses for the Vermont Yankee and Pilgrim nuclear power plants are available for public review.
Vermont Yankee is located approximately five miles south of Brattleboro, Vt., and its current operating license expires March 21, 2012. Pilgrim is located four miles southeast of Plymouth, Mass.,
and its operating license expires June 8, 2012.
The licensee for both plants, Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc., submitted the renewal applications Jan. 27. They are available on the NRC Web site at this address:
http://www.nrc.gov/reactors/operating/licensing/renewal/applications.html.
The NRC staff is currently conducting its initial reviews of the applications to determine whether they contain enough information for the required formal reviews. If the applications have sufficient information, the NRC will formally docket, or file the applications and will announce an opportunity for the public to request an adjudicatory hearing on either plant.
Additional information about the NRCs review of reactor license renewal applications is available on the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reactors/operating/licensing/renewal.html.