NRC SEEKS PUBLIC INPUT ON DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL REPORT FOR 

THREE MILE ISLAND NUCLEAR PLANT LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION 

 

 Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff is seeking public comments on its preliminary 

conclusion that there are no environmental impacts that would preclude renewal of the operating 

license for the Three Mile Island Nuclear Station, Unit 1 (TMI-1) in Middletown, Pa. 

 As part of TMI-1’s license renewal application, dated Jan. 8, AmerGen Energy Company, 

LLC, submitted an environmental report. The NRC staff reviewed the report and performed an 

on-site audit. The staff also considered comments made during the environmental scoping 

process, including comments offered at public meetings held May 1, 2007. Based on its review, 

the NRC staff has preliminarily determined that the environmental impacts of the license renewal 

for TMI-1 are not so great that they preclude license renewal. 

 The draft supplemental environmental impact statement (EIS) is open for public 

comment until March 4, 2009, and will be the subject of two public meetings to be held on 

Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2009. 

 NRC staff will consider written comments on the draft EIS. Comments should be 

submitted either by mail to the Chief, Rules and Directives Branch, Division of Administrative 

Services, Mail Stop T-6D59, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-

0001, or by e-mail to ThreeMileIslandEIS@nrc.gov. 

 

 Under NRC regulations, the original operating license for a nuclear power plant has a 

term of 40 years. The license may be renewed for up to an additional 20 years if NRC 

requirements are met. The current operating license for TMI-1 expires on April 19, 2014. 

 

 The possible environmental effects of an additional 20 years of nuclear plant operation 

are described in a generic EIS (NUREG-1437). The NRC issues a site-specific supplement to the 

generic EIS on each plant requesting license renewal; issues specific to TMI-1 are addressed in 

Supplement 37. 

 

 The draft supplement to the generic EIS and other related documents are available for 

public inspection in the NRC Public Document Room at NRC headquarters, One White Flint 

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North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Md.; or electronically through the Agencywide 

Documents Access and Management System through the NRC webpage at 

www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams/web-based.html. The accession number of the draft supplement 

is ML083250417. In addition, the draft supplement to the generic EIS is available for public 

inspection at three locations: 1) Londonderry Township Municipal Building, 783 South Geyers 

Church Road, Middletown, Pa. 17057; 2) Middletown Public Library, 20 North Catherine St., 

Middletown, Pa, 17057; and 3) Penn State Harrisonburg Library, 351 Olmsted Drive, 

Middletown, Pa. 17057. 

 

 At the conclusion of the public comment period, the NRC staff will consider and address 

the comments received and issue a final supplement to the generic EIS. That supplement will 

contain a recommendation regarding the environmental acceptability for license renewal. 

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