Press Release-04-072, NRC Staff Approves Transfer of Operating License for Kewaunee
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| Site: | Kewaunee  |
| Issue date: | 06/10/2004 |
| From: | Office of Public Affairs |
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| Download: ML041620476 (1) | |
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NRC NEWS U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Office of Public Affairs Telephone: 301/415-8200 Washington, DC 20555-001 E-mail: opa@nrc.gov Web Site: http://www.nrc.gov/OPA No.04-072 June 10, 2004 NRC STAFF APPROVES TRANSFER OF OPERATING LICENSE FOR KEWAUNEE The Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff has approved the transfer of the operating license for the Kewaunee Nuclear Power Plant from Wisconsin Public Service Corporation, Wisconsin Power and Light Company, and Nuclear Management Company, to Dominion Energy Kewaunee.
As provided by NRC regulations, the staffs approval of the license transfer became effective on June 10, contingent on the licensee receiving certain regulatory and judicial approvals. Dominion Energy Kewaunee is a subsidiary of Dominion Resources.
On December 19, 2003, Nuclear Management Company submitted an application, on behalf of the other license holders, to the NRC requesting approval for the license transfer. The application was supplemented by letters submitted February 18, 2004, and March 17, 2004. Major issues considered by the NRC included financial qualifications as well as transfer and maintenance of accumulated decommissioning funds.
A copy of the NRCs approval order and accompanying safety evaluation report will be placed in the NRCs Public Document Room, One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Room O-1 F23, Rockville, MD 20852 (telephone 1-800-397-4209 or 301-415-4737), and will be added to the Agency-wide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) on the NRCs Web site at this address: http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams/web-based.html. The safety evaluations ADAMS accession number is ML041280012. Help in using ADAMS is available by calling the Public Document Room.