NRC SEEKS PUBLIC INPUT ON DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT 

FOR VOGTLE NEW REACTORS; MEETING SCHEDULED OCT. 7 

 The Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff is seeking public comments on its preliminary 

finding that there are no environmental impacts that would preclude issuing Combined Licenses 

(COL) for two new reactors at the Vogtle site near Waynesboro, Ga. 

Staff from the NRC will discuss their Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact 

Statement (DSEIS) in a meeting to be held from 7-10 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 7, at the Waynesboro 

Auditorium of the Augusta Technical College, Waynesboro/Burke Campus, 216 Highway 24 

South. The NRC will transcribe the meetings and post the transcript on the agency’s website at: 

http://www.nrc.gov/reactors/new-reactors/col/vogtle.html. NRC staff will also be available for 

informal discussions with members of the public during an “open house” session from 6-7 p.m. 

No formal comments on the DSEIS will be accepted during the open house. 

The DSEIS is available on the agency website at: http://www.nrc.gov/reactors/newreactors/col/vogtle.html. The DSEIS is also available via the NRC’s electronic document 

database, ADAMS, by entering accession number ML102370278 in the ADAMS search engine 

at: http://adamswebsearch.nrc.gov/dologin.htm. In addition, the Burke County Library, 130 

Highway 24 South in Waynesboro, will have a hardbound copy of the DSEIS available for 

public inspection.

Southern Nuclear Operating Company submitted its new reactor application on March 

23, 2008, and supplemented the application on Oct. 2, 2009. Southern is applying for licenses to 

build and operate two AP1000 reactors at the Vogtle site, adjacent to the company’s existing 

reactors approximately 26 miles southeast of Augusta, Ga. Westinghouse submitted an 

application to amend the already-certified AP1000, a 1,100 megawatt electric design, on May 26, 

2007. More information on the AP1000 amendment review is available on the NRC website 

here: http://www.nrc.gov/reactors/new-reactors/design-cert/amended-ap1000.html. 

 Those wishing to register in advance to present their comments at the meeting, or with 

special needs for attending or presenting information at the meeting, should contact Mallecia 

Sutton by telephone at (800) 368-5642 x0673, or via e-mail at VOGTLE.COLAEIS@nrc.gov by 

Sept. 30. Those wishing to speak may also register at the meeting no later than 6:45 p.m. 

Individual comments could be limited by the time available and the number of people wishing to 

speak. 

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NRC staff will also consider written comments on the DSEIS through Nov. 24. The 

public may comment either 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, via e-mail at 

VOGTLE.COLAEIS@nrc.gov, or via fax to 301-492-3446. 

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