NRC accepts application for new reactors at Turkey Point
Sep 08, 2009 -- NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION DOCUMENTS AND
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> The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has accepted for review the
> combined license (COL) application for two Advanced Passive 1000
> (AP1000) reactors at the Turkey Point site near Homestead, Fla.
>
> Florida Power and Light (FPL) submitted the application and
> associated information on June 30. The application, minus proprietary
> or security-related details, is available on the NRC Web site at:
> http://www.nrc.gov/reactors/new-reactors/col/turkey-point.html.
>
> FPL is seeking approval to build and operate two AP1000 reactors
> at the site, approximately 20 miles south of Miami. The AP1000 is a
> Westinghouse-designed pressurized water reactor, with a nominal output
> of approximately 1,100 megawatts of electricity. The NRC certified the
> AP1000 design in January 2006, and Westinghouse filed an application
> to amend the design on May 26, 2007. The AP1000 amendment application,
> minus proprietary or security-related details, is available on the NRC
> Web site at:
> http://www.nrc.gov/reactors/new-reactors/design-cert/amended-ap1000.ht
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> Docketing the Turkey Point application does not indicate whether
> the Commission will approve or reject the license request. The NRC has
> established docket numbers 52-040 and 52-041 for this application, and
> the agency will subsequently publish a notice of opportunity to
> intervene in the required adjudicatory hearing. Petitions to intervene
> in a hearing may be filed within 60 days of the notice, by anyone
> whose interest may be affected by the proposed license and who wishes
> to participate as a party in the proceeding. More information on the
> hearing process is available on the NRC Web site at:
> http://www.nrc.gov/about-nrc/regulatory/adjudicatory/hearing.html.
>
> Information about the new reactor licensing process is available
> on the NRC Web site at: http://www.nrc.gov/reactors/new-reactors.html.
>
> PUBLICATIONS/ContentWorks
>
> The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has accepted for review the
> combined license (COL) application for two Advanced Passive 1000
> (AP1000) reactors at the Turkey Point site near Homestead, Fla.
>
> Florida Power and Light (FPL) submitted the application and
> associated information on June 30. The application, minus proprietary
> or security-related details, is available on the NRC Web site at:
> http://www.nrc.gov/reactors/new-reactors/col/turkey-point.html.
>
> FPL is seeking approval to build and operate two AP1000 reactors
> at the site, approximately 20 miles south of Miami. The AP1000 is a
> Westinghouse-designed pressurized water reactor, with a nominal output
> of approximately 1,100 megawatts of electricity. The NRC certified the
> AP1000 design in January 2006, and Westinghouse filed an application
> to amend the design on May 26, 2007. The AP1000 amendment application,
> minus proprietary or security-related details, is available on the NRC
> Web site at:
> http://www.nrc.gov/reactors/new-reactors/design-cert/amended-ap1000.ht
> ml
> .
>
> Docketing the Turkey Point application does not indicate whether
> the Commission will approve or reject the license request. The NRC has
> established docket numbers 52-040 and 52-041 for this application, and
> the agency will subsequently publish a notice of opportunity to
> intervene in the required adjudicatory hearing. Petitions to intervene
> in a hearing may be filed within 60 days of the notice, by anyone
> whose interest may be affected by the proposed license and who wishes
> to participate as a party in the proceeding. More information on the
> hearing process is available on the NRC Web site at:
> http://www.nrc.gov/about-nrc/regulatory/adjudicatory/hearing.html.
>
> Information about the new reactor licensing process is available
> on the NRC Web site at: http://www.nrc.gov/reactors/new-reactors.html.
>