Press Release-10-104, NRC Announces Availability of License Renewal Application for Seabrook Nuclear Power Plant

Press Release-10-104: NRC Announces Availability of License Renewal Application for Seabrook Nuclear Power Plant

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Site:	Seabrook
Issue date:	06/16/2010
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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.10-104 June 16, 2010 NRC ANNOUNCES AVAILABILITY OF LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION FOR SEABROOK NUCLEAR POWER PLANT The Nuclear Regulatory Commission announced today that an application for a 20-year renewal of the operating license for Seabrook Station is available for public review.

Seabrook Station is a pressurized-water nuclear reactor, located 13 miles south of Portsmouth, N.H., and the plants current operating license expires on March 15, 2030.

The licensee, NextEra Energy Seabrook, submitted the renewal application June 1. The application is available on the NRC Web site at this address:

http://www.nrc.gov/reactors/operating/licensing/renewal/applications/seabrook.html.

The NRC staff is currently conducting an initial review of the application to determine whether it contains enough information for the required formal review. If the application has sufficient information, the NRC will formally docket, or file, the application and will announce an opportunity to request a public hearing.

For further information, contact Rick Plasse or Jeremy Susco at the Division of License Renewal, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Mail Stop O11-F1, Washington, D.C. 20555; telephone (301) 415-1427 for Rick Plasse or (301) 415-2927 for Jeremy Susco.

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