Press Release-18-057, NRC Issues Final Supplement to Environmental Impact Statement for River Bend Nuclear Power Plant License Renewal

Press Release-18-057: NRC Issues Final Supplement to Environmental Impact Statement for River Bend Nuclear Power Plant License Renewal

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Site:	River Bend
Issue date:	11/09/2018
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No: 18-057 November 9, 2018 CONTACT: Scott Burnell, 301-415-8200 NRC Issues Final Supplement to Environmental Impact Statement for River Bend Nuclear Power Plant License Renewal The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has published its supplemental environmental impact statement for renewing the operating license of the River Bend nuclear power plant in Louisiana. The report contains the NRC staffs evaluation and conclusion that the environmental impacts would not preclude renewing the license for an additional 20 years of operation.

River Bend is a boiling-water reactor located about 24 miles northwest of Baton Rouge. Entergy Louisiana, LLC, and Entergy Operations Inc., submitted the renewal application on May 31, 2017.

The NRCs review of the application consists of a technical safety review and an environmental review. The final supplemental environmental impact statement is supplement 58 to NUREG-1437, Generic Environmental Impact Statement for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants, which is available on the NRCs website. The River Bend license renewal application and general information about reactor license renewal are also available on the NRC website.