[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 21 (Thursday, January 31, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5877-5878]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-1806]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket No. 52-016]
Unistar Nuclear; Acceptance for Docketing of a Partial
Application for Combined License for Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power
Plant, Unit 3
On July 16, 2007, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC, the
Commission) received a partial combined license (COL) application from
UniStar Nuclear (UniStar), dated July 13, 2007, as supplemented by
letters dated July 16, August 2, September 11, October 30, and December
14, 2007, and January 14, 2008. The COL application was filed pursuant
to section 103 of the Atomic Energy Act and Subpart C, ``Combined
Licenses,'' of Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR),
part 52, ``License Certifications and Approvals for Nuclear Power
Plants.'' The site location is in Lusby, Maryland, and is identified as
the Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant, Unit 3 (CCNPP3). The partial
application included the environmental report, final safety analysis
report information regarding site suitability, as well as other
information required by 10 CFR 2.101(a)(5). A notice of receipt and
availability of this application was previously published in the
Federal Register (72 FR 45832) on August 15, 2007.
The NRC staff has determined that UniStar has submitted information
in accordance with 10 CFR part 2, ``Rules of Practice for Domestic
Licensing Proceedings and Issuance of Orders,'' specifically 10 CFR
2.101(a)(5) regarding submission of a COL application in two parts, and
10 CFR part 52, and that the partial application is acceptable for
docketing. The docket number established for CCNPP3 is 52-016.
The NRC staff will perform a detailed technical review of the
partial COL application. Docketing of the partial COL application does
not preclude the NRC from requesting additional information from the
applicant as the review proceeds, nor does it predict whether the
Commission will grant or deny the application. The NRC staff will also
perform an acceptance review of
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the second and final part of the application when it is tendered. After
completion of the acceptance review for the full application, if it is
found acceptable for docketing, the Commission will conduct a hearing
in accordance with Subpart L, ``Informal Hearing Procedures for NRC
Adjudications,'' of 10 CFR part 2 and will receive a report on the COL
application from the Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards in
accordance with 10 CFR 52.87, ``Referral to the Advisory Committee on
Reactor Safeguards (ACRS).'' If the Commission finds that the full COL
application meets the applicable standards of the Atomic Energy Act and
the Commission's regulations, and that required notifications to other
agencies and bodies have been made, the Commission will issue a COL, in
the form and containing conditions and limitations that the Commission
finds appropriate and necessary.
In accordance with 10 CFR Part 51, the Commission will also prepare
an environmental impact statement for the proposed action. Pursuant to
10 CFR 51.26, and as part of the environmental scoping process, the NRC
staff intends to hold a public scoping meeting. Detailed information
regarding this meeting will be included in a future Federal Register
notice.
Finally, the Commission will announce in a future Federal Register
notice, the opportunity to petition for leave to intervene in the
hearing required for this application by 10 CFR 52.85.
Documents may be examined, and/or copied for a fee, at the NRC's
Public Document Room (PDR), located at One White Flint North, Public
File Area O1 F21, 11555 Rockville Pike (first floor), Rockville,
Maryland 20852, and will be accessible electronically through the
Agencywide Documents Access System (ADAMS) Public Electronic Reading
Room link at the NRC Web site http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html.
Persons who do not have access to ADAMS, or who encounter problems in
accessing documents located in ADAMS should contact the NRC PDR
Reference staff by telephone at 1-800-397-4209, 301-415-4737, or by e-
mail to [email protected]. The application is also available at http://www.nrc.gov/reactors/new-licensing/col.html.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland this 25th day of January 2008.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
David B. Matthews,
Director, Division of New Reactor Licensing, Office of New Reactors.
[FR Doc. E8-1806 Filed 1-30-08; 8:45 am]
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