ML060310043

2006/01/31-Press Release-06-011: NRC Announces Availability of License Renewal Applications for Vermont Yankee and Pilgrim

ML060310043
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Site:	Pilgrim, Vermont Yankee  File:NorthStar Vermont Yankee icon.png
Issue date:	01/31/2006
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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 Web Site: http://www.nrc.gov No. 06-011January 31, 2006NRC ANNOUNCES AVAILABILITY OF LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATIONS FOR VERMONT YANKEE AND PILGRIMThe Nuclear Regulatory Commission announced today that applications for 20-year renewals ofthe operating licenses for the Vermont Yankee and Pilgrim nuclear power plants are available for public review.Vermont Yankee is located approximately five miles south of Brattleboro, Vt., and its currentoperating license expires March 21, 2012. Pilgrim is located four miles southeast of Plymouth, Mass.,and its operating license expires June 8, 2012.The licensee for both plants, Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc., submitted the renewalapplications Jan. 27. They are available on the NRC Web site at this address:

http://www.nrc.gov/reactors/operating/licensing/renewal/applications.html . The NRC staff is currently conducting its initial reviews of the applications to determinewhether they contain enough information for the required formal reviews. If the applications have sufficient information, the NRC will formally "docket," or file the applications and will announce an opportunity for the public to request an adjudicatory hearing on either plant.Additional information about the NRC's review of reactor license renewal applications isavailable on the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reactors/operating/licensing/renewal.html .###