NRC SEEKS PUBLIC INPUT ON ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT 

FOR KEWAUNEE NUCLEAR PLANT LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION 

 

 Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff will conduct public meetings on 

Wednesday, Oct. 22, in Kewaunee, Wis., to solicit public comments on possible 

environmental impacts of 20 additional years of operation at the Kewaunee nuclear 

power plant. 

The Kewaunee Power Station has one pressurized water reactor, located 27 miles 

east of Green Bay. The plant’s operator, Dominion Energy Kewaunee Inc., submitted its 

license renewal application August 14. 

Two meetings will be held at the Carlton Town Hall, N1296 Town Hall Rd., in 

Kewaunee County. The first session will run from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m., and the second 

session from 7 to 10 p.m. Both sessions will follow the same agenda. An NRC “open 

house” will be held an hour prior to the start of each meeting to provide interested 

members of the public with an opportunity to talk informally with agency staff. However, 

formal comments must be expressed during the transcribed meetings. 

Both sessions will start with an overview and an NRC staff presentation on the 

agency’s review of license renewal applications, with special emphasis on the 

environmental review process. Following the presentation, audience members will be 

able to offer their comments on environmental issues they consider worthy of review as 

the agency reviews the Kewaunee application. 

“These public meetings are one of several opportunities for members of the public 

to participate in our evaluation of the application,” said David Pelton, a branch chief in 

the NRC’s Division of License Renewal. “All of the comments we receive will be 

considered as we move forward with our review.” 

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

has a term of 40 years. This license term was selected on the basis of economic and antitrust considerations, not technical limitations. The license may be renewed for an 

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additional 20 years, provided that NRC requirements are met. The current operating 

license for Kewaunee is due to expire on Dec. 21, 2013. 

The Kewaunee license renewal application is available on the NRC Web site at 

http://www.nrc.gov/reactors/operating/licensing/renewal/applications/kewaunee.html. 

The environmental report for the Kewaunee application will be a supplement to an 

existing NRC document, “Generic Environmental Impact Statement for License Renewal 

of Nuclear Power Plants” (NUREG-1437), which assesses the scope and impact of 

environmental effects that would be associated with license renewal at any nuclear power 

plant site. The Kewaunee supplement will examine environmental impacts specific to the 

application and the locale. 

 Once a draft supplemental environmental impact statement is completed, the NRC 

staff will hold additional public meetings to solicit comments on the report’s conclusions. 

Those comments will be considered in the final report. 

Additional information on the license renewal process is available on the NRC’s 

web site at: http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/fact-sheets/license-renewalbg.html and http://www.nrc.gov/reactors/operating/licensing/renewal.html. 

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