Press Release-08-234, NRC Announces Availability of License Renewal Application for Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station

Press Release-08-234: NRC Announces Availability of License Renewal Application for Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station

ML083590238
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Site:	Palo Verde
Issue date:	12/24/2008
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NRC ANNOUNCES AVAILABILITY OF LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION FOR PALO VERDE NUCLEAR GENERATING STATION The Nuclear Regulatory Commission announced today that an application for a 20-year renewal of the operating licenses for the Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station is available for public review. The plant's operator, Arizona Public Service Co., submitted the application Dec.

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The Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station has three pressurized water reactors, Units 1, 2 and 3, that are located 55 miles west of Phoenix, Ariz. The current operating licenses will expire for Unit 1 on June 1, 2025; Unit 2 on April 24, 2026 and Unit 3 on Nov. 25, 2027.

The application is available electronically through the Agencywide Document Access and Management System through the NRC Web page at www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams/web-based.html. The accession number of the application is ML083510627. A copy is also available at the Litchfield Park Branch Public Library, 101 West Wigwam Blvd., Litchfield Park, Ariz. 85340. In addition, the application will be available at http://www.nrc.gov/reactors/operating/licensing/renewal/applications.html.

The NRC staff is currently conducting its initial review of the application to determine whether it contains enough information required for the formal safety and environmental reviews. If the application has sufficient inform ation, the NRC will formally "docket," or file it and will announce an opportunity for the public to request an adjudicatory hearing on the renewal request.

Additional information about the NRC's process for reviewing reactor license renewal applications is available on the NRC Web site at:

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

1. 1. 1. NRC NEWS U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Office of Public Affairs Telephone: 301/415-8200 Washington, D.C. 20555-0001 E-mail: opa@nrc.gov Site: http://www.nrc.gov No.08-234 December 24, 2008 News releases are available through a free listserv subscription at the following Web address: http://www.nrc.gov/public-involve/listserver.html. The NRC homepage at www.nrc.gov also offers a SUBSCRIBE link. E-mail notifications are sent to subscribers when news releases are posted to NRC's Web site.