Press Release-07-043, - NRC Staff Approves Transfer of Palisades Operating License

Press Release-07-043 - NRC Staff Approves Transfer of Palisades Operating License

ML070960261
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Site:	Palisades
Issue date:	04/06/2007
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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.07-044 April 6, 2007NRC STAFF APPROVES TRANSFER OF PALISADES OPERATING LICENSEThe Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff has approved the transfer of the operating license forthe Palisades Nuclear Plant from owner Consumers Energy and operator Nuclear ManagementCompany, to new owner Entergy Nuclear Palisades and operator Entergy Nuclear Operations. Asprovided by NRC regulations, the staff's approval of the license transfer became effective today.Consumers Energy and Nuclear Management Company submitted an application on Aug. 31,2006, requesting approval of the li cense transfer. The application was supplemented by letters submitted Dec. 15, 2006; March 1, and April 4. Major issues considered by the NRC included financial qualifications as well as tran sfer and maintenance of accumulated decommissioning funds. A copy of the NRC's approval order and accompanying non-proprietary safety evaluationreport will be placed in the NRC's Public Document Room, One White Flint North, 11555 RockvillePike, Room O-1 F23, Rockville, MD 20852 (telephone 1-800-397-4209 or 301-415-4737). The non-proprietary safety evalua tion will also be available on the NRC's Agency-wide Documents Access andManagement System (ADAMS), by entering ML070780051 at this address:http://adamswebsearch.nrc.gov/dologin.htm. Help in using ADAMS is available by calling the Public Document Room.

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