Press Release-07-096, - NRC Receives Additional Information, Extends Review for Vermont Yankee License Renewal

Press Release-07-096 - NRC Receives Additional Information, Extends Review for Vermont Yankee License Renewal

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Issue date:	08/01/2007
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No. 07-096August 1, 2007NRC RECEIVES ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, EXTENDS REVIEW FOR VERMONT YANKEE LICENSE RENEWALThe Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff is revising its schedule for issuing a Safety Evaluation Report (SER) for the li cense renewal application from the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant, about 5 miles south of Brattleboro, Vt.The NRC staff's inspections and ongoing review of the application have led plant operatorEntergy Nuclear Northeast to add information on more than two dozen systems to those alreadycovered by a preliminary SER. Because of this late change to the renewal applicati on, NRC staff willnot issue a complete SER on Aug. 1 as initially scheduled."This change will add at least two months to the review," said Jim Dyer, Director of the NRC'sOffice of Nuclear Reactor Regulation. "We'll set a formal new schedule for completing our work andreaching an overall decision on Vermont Yankee's license renewal after we receive all of Entergy's additional information."Entergy filed the renewal application on Jan. 27, 2006, and if approved, Vermont Yankee'slicense would be extended 20 years. The plant's current license expires March 21, 2012. The NRC staffexpects to issue a final Environmental Impact Statement on the renewal application in the near future.

In addition to the staff's work, the NRC's independent Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards must issue a report on the application, and an Atomic Safety and Licensing Bo ard Panel must concludea hearing on the application before the staff can reach a final conclusion on renewing the plant's license. More information on the review is available on the NRC's Web site at:http://www.nrc.gov/reactors/operating/licensing

/renewal/applications/vermont-yankee.html

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