Press Release-18-061, NRC Makes Available Application to Transfer Bellefonte Construction Permits

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Press Release-18-061: NRC Makes Available Application to Transfer Bellefonte Construction Permits
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Site: Bellefonte  Tennessee Valley Authority icon.png
Issue date: 11/26/2018
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No: 18-061 November 26, 2018 CONTACT: Scott Burnell, 301-415-8200 NRC Makes Available Application to Transfer Bellefonte Construction Permits The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has received an application from Nuclear Development LLC, to transfer the deferred construction permits for the unfinished Bellefonte Unit 1 and 2 reactors in Alabama. The application is now available for public review on the NRC website.

Nuclear Development filed the application on Nov. 13, seeking to transfer the permits from the Tennessee Valley Authority. The Bellefonte units are partially complete pressurized-water reactors located approximately six miles northeast of Scottsboro, Ala. The NRC placed the Bellefonte construction permits in deferred status in 2010.

The NRC staff is reviewing the application to determine if it has sufficient information to complete the agencys review. If the application is determined to be complete, the staff will docket it and publish a notice of opportunity to request an adjudicatory hearing before the NRCs Atomic Safety and Licensing Board. Information about the license transfer process is available on the NRC website.