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No: 17-025 May 31, 2017
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Scott Burnell, 301-415-8200 NRC to Issue New Reactor License to Dominion for North Anna Site The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has authorized the issuance of a Combined License for Dominion Virginia Powers North Anna site in Virginia. The license grants Dominion permission to build and operate an Economic Simplified Boiling Water Reactor (ESBWR) design at the site, near Mineral, Va.
The Commission authorized the agencys Office of New Reactors to issue the license following a hearing on March 23. The Commission found the staffs review of Dominions application to be adequate to make the necessary regulatory safety and environmental findings. NRC expects to issue the license in the next few days.
The license contains conditions, including:
- A pre-startup schedule for post-Fukushima aspects of the new reactors emergency preparedness plans and procedures.
Dominion submitted the North Anna application for an ESBWR adjacent to the companys two existing reactors to NRC on Nov. 26, 2007. The NRC certified the 1,600-megawatt ESBWR design following a Commission vote in September 2014. More information on the ESBWR certification process is available on the NRC website.
The NRCs Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards independently reviewed aspects of the application that concern safety, as well as the staffs final safety evaluation report. The committee provided the results of its review to the Commission on Nov. 15, 2016. The NRC completed its environmental review and published the final impact statement for the proposed reactor in February 2010.