NRC TO CONDUCT ENVIRONMENTAL SCOPING MEETING AS PART OF THE 

LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION FOR DAVIS BESSE; MEETING NOV. 4 

Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff will hold a public meeting on Wed., Nov. 4, in Port 

Clinton, Ohio, to discuss the agency’s review process and the environmental issues the agency 

should consider in reviewing the Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station license renewal application. 

The meetings will be held at the Camp Perry Lodging and Conference Center, 1000 

Lawrence Road, Building 600 in Port Clinton. The staff will start the first of the two-hour 

sessions at 1:30 p.m. and the second at 7 p.m. The NRC will also host an “open house” 

beginning one hour before the start of each meeting to provide interested citizens with an 

opportunity to talk informally with agency staff. However, comments must be expressed during 

the transcribed meetings in order to be formally considered by NRC staff. 

Both sessions will start with an NRC presentation on the agency’s review and 

environmental scoping process that is part of the license renewal review. Following the 

presentations, audience members will have an opportunity to provide comments on 

environmental issues that the agency should consider in its review of the Davis-Besse license 

renewal application. 

“Public input is a cornerstone of the license review process and environmental scoping,” 

said NRC Branch Chief Davis Wrona. “As an open and transparent agency, the NRC considers it 

important to seek input from residents around the plant about the environmental issues they 

consider significant." 

The NRC staff will prepare a summary of its conclusions on significant issues and 

provide a copy to each person who participated in the “scoping” process and provided contact 

information. 

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

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

The Davis-Besse nuclear plant’s pressurized-water reactor is located in Oak Harbor, 

Ohio, approximately 21 miles southeast of Toledo. 

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No. 10-193 October 28, 2010
 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 Davis-Besse expires on April 22, 2017. 

The plant’s owner, FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Co., submitted the license renewal application 

on Aug. 30. 

Members of the public may register to present oral comments at this meeting by 

contacting Paula Cooper at (800) 368-5642 x2323 or by email at paula.cooper@nrc.gov. Those 

who wish to make comments may also register at the meeting within 15 minutes of the start of 

each session. 

NRC staff will also consider written comments on environmental issues until Dec. 27, 

following the publication of a notice in the Federal Register

(http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2010/pdf/2010-27276.pdf ). Please include Docket ID NRC2010-0298 with your comment, via the http://www.regulations.gov website, by mail to the Chief, 

Rules and Directives Branch, Division of Administrative Services, Office of Administration, 

Mailstop TWB-05-B01M, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, 

or fax to 301-492-3446. 

Documents for the Davis-Besse license renewal application are available on the NRC 

website through the Public Electronic Reading Room at: www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. 

Help in accessing documents through the Reading Room is available by contacting the NRC 

Public Document Room at 1-800-397-4209 or http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/contact-pdr.html. 

In addition, document copies will also be available at the Ida Rupp Public Library, 310 Madison 

St. in Port Clinton and the Toledo-Lucas County Public Library, 325 North Michigan St. in 

Toledo. 

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