Press Release-09-013, NRC Announces Availability of License Renewal Application for Crystal River Nuclear Generating Station

Press Release-09-013: NRC Announces Availability of License Renewal Application for Crystal River Nuclear Generating Station

ML090160331
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Site:	Crystal River
Issue date:	01/16/2009
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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 Site: http://www.nrc.gov No.09-013 January 16, 2009 NRC ANNOUNCES AVAILABILITY OF LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION FOR CRYSTAL RIVER NUCLEAR GENERATING STATION The Nuclear Regulatory Commission announced today that an application for a 20-year renewal of the operating license for the Crystal River Nuclear Generating Plant Unit 3 is available for public review. NRC received an application for renewal of the operating license from Crystal Rivers operator, Progress Energy Florida, Inc., Dec. 18.

The Crystal River Nuclear Generating Plant is a pressurized-water reactor located in Crystal River, Fla. The current operating license will expire on Dec. 3, 2016.

The application will be available electronically through the Agencywide Document Access and Management System through the NRC Web page at www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams/web-based.html. The accession number is ML090080053. A copy is also available at the Coastal Region Library, 8619 W. Crystal St., Crystal River, Fla. In addition, the application will be available at http://www.nrc.gov/reactors/operating/licensing/renewal/applications.html.

The NRC staff is currently conducting its initial review of the application to determine whether it contains enough 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 process for reviewing reactor license renewal applications is available at: http://www.nrc.gov/reactors/operating/licensing/renewal.html.

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