Press Release-15-014, NRC Renews Operating License of Callaway Nuclear Plant in Missouri

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Press Release-15-014: NRC Renews Operating License of Callaway Nuclear Plant in Missouri
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No: 15-014 March 6, 2015 CONTACT: David McIntyre, 301-415-8200 NRC Renews Operating License of Callaway Nuclear Plant in Missouri The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has renewed the operating license of the Callaway nuclear power plant in Fulton, Mo., for an additional 20 years, through Oct. 18, 2044.

The Callaway plant is a single pressurized water reactor. The Union Electric Co., doing business as Ameren, applied to renew its license on Dec. 19, 2011. The NRC staffs review of the application proceeded on two tracks. A safety evaluation report was issued Aug. 21, 2014, and a supplemental environmental impact statement on Oct. 29, 2014. These documents, as well as other information about the Callaway license renewal, are available on the NRC website.

Under NRC procedures, the staff may renew a nuclear plants operating license with Commission approval despite outstanding adjudicatory contentions. The Missouri Coalition for the Environment filed contentions last September and December seeking to re-open the Callaway adjudication. On Feb. 26, the Commission denied the September request to reopen and suspend licensing of reactors. Still pending before the Commission is the December request to reopen the hearing and file an environmental contention.

Once the NRC staff completed comprehensive environmental and safety reviews, it concluded Ameren met all the requirements for license renewal. The staff on Feb. 3 requested authorization to renew the license. The Commission granted authorization on March 4. Should the renewed license be set aside on appeal, Callaway would revert to its original license, which is effective until Oct. 18, 2024.

Renewal of Callaways license brings to 76 the number of commercial nuclear power reactors with renewed licenses. Applications for an additional 18 renewals are currently under review.

Information about those reviews can be found on the NRC website.

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