Press Release-06-115, NRC Announces Availability of License Renewal Application for Susquehanna Steam Electric Station, Units 1 and 2

Press Release-06-115: NRC Announces Availability of License Renewal Application for Susquehanna Steam Electric Station, Units 1 and 2

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Site:	Susquehanna
Issue date:	09/20/2006
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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.06-115September 20, 2006NRC ANNOUNCES AVAILABILITY OF LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION FORSUSQUEHANNA STEAM ELECTRIC STATION, UNITS 1 AND 2The Nuclear Regulatory Commission announced today that an application for a 20-year renewalof the operating license for the Susquehanna Steam Electric Station, Units 1 and 2, is available for public review.The Susquehanna plant has two boiling water reactors and is located approximately seven milesnortheast of Berwick, Pa. The current operating licenses expire July 17, 2022, for Unit 1 and March 23, 2024, for Unit 2. The applicant, PPL Susquehanna, Inc., submitted the renewal application Sept. 15.

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 determinewhether it contains enough information for the required formal 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 NRC's review of reactor license renewal applications isavailable on the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reactors/operating/licensing/renewal.html .###NRC news releases are available through a free list serve subscription at the following Web address: http://www.nrc.gov/public-involve/listserver.html . The NRC homepage at www.nrc.gov also offers a SUBSCRIBE link. E-mail notifications are sent to subscribers when news releases are posted to NRC's Web site.