Press Release-09-126, Turkey Point Application for New Reactors in Florida Available on NRC Website

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Press Release-09-126: Turkey Point Application for New Reactors in Florida Available on NRC Website
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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.resource@nrc.gov Site: http://www.nrc.gov No.09-126 July 16, 2009 TURKEY POINT APPLICATION FOR NEW REACTORS IN FLORIDA AVAILABLE ON NRC WEBSITE The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has made available the public version of a combined license (COL) application for two new reactors at the Turkey Point site near Miami.

The applicant, Florida Power & Light (FP&L), submitted the application and associated information June 30. The application, minus proprietary and security-related details, is available on the NRC Web site at: http://www.nrc.gov/reactors/new-reactors/col/turkey-point.html.

FP&Ls COL application seeks approval to build and operate two AP1000 reactors at the site, approximately 25 miles south of Miami. The AP1000 is a Westinghouse 1,100 MWe pressurized-water reactor design the NRC certified in 2006. Westinghouse submitted an application in May 2007 to amend the certified design. The design certification amendment application (minus proprietary and security-related details) is available on the NRC Web site at:

http://www.nrc.gov/reactors/new-reactors/design-cert/amended-ap1000.html.

The NRC staff is currently conducting an initial check of the Turkey Point COL application to determine whether it contains sufficient information required for a formal review.

If the application passes the initial check, the NRC will docket, or accept it for review; this decision is expected by early September. If the application is accepted for formal review, the NRC will then notice an opportunity for the public to request an adjudicatory hearing on the application.

More information about the new reactor licensing process is available on the NRC Web site at: http://www.nrc.gov/reactors/new-reactors.html.

News releases are available through a free listserv 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.

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