Press Release-07-056, License Renewal Application for Indian Point Nuclear Plant Available for Public Inspection
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| Site: | Indian Point  |
| Issue date: | 05/02/2007 |
| 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.07-056 May 2, 2007 LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION FOR INDIAN POINT NUCLEAR PLANT AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC INSPECTION The Nuclear Regulatory Commission announced today that an application for a 20-year renewal of the operating license for the Indian Point nuclear power plant, Units 2 and 3, is available for public review.
Indian Point Units 2 and 3 are pressurized water reactors located in Buchanan, N.Y., about 24 miles north of New York City. The current operating licenses expire Sept. 28, 2013, for Unit 2 and Dec.
12, 2015, for Unit 3. Unit 1 was shut down in 1974.
Indian Points operator, Entergy Nuclear Operations, submitted the license renewal application April 30. The application is 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 application to determine whether it contains sufficient information required for the formal safety and environmental reviews. If the application has sufficient information, the NRC will formally docket, or file it and will announce an opportunity for the public to request an adjudicatory hearing on the renewal request. 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.
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