NRC ANNOUNCES SUPPLEMENTAL OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN 

HEARING ON NEW REACTOR APPLICATION FOR VOGTLE SITE 

 The Nuclear Regulatory Commission today announced an additional opportunity to 

participate in the hearing on a Combined License (COL) application for two new reactors at the 

Vogtle site near Waynesboro, Ga. 

Southern Nuclear Operating Co. submitted the COL application and associated 

information March 28, 2008, seeking a license to build and operate two AP1000 reactors at the 

site, about 26 miles southeast of Augusta, Ga. Southern supplemented the application on Oct. 2, 

2009, requesting a Limited Work Authorization (LWA) for work related to laying concrete and 

embedded items for the foundation of the proposed plant’s nuclear island. Southern provided 

additional information on the LWA request on Feb. 5 and March 11, 2010. The application 

(minus proprietary and security-related details), is available on the NRC Web site at: 

http://www.nrc.gov/reactors/new-licensing/col/vogtle.html. 

 The NRC staff has determined that the LWA application contains sufficient information 

for the agency to formally “docket,” or file, the application and begin its technical review. 

Docketing the application does not preclude requests for additional information as the review 

proceeds; nor does it indicate whether the Commission will issue the license. 

 The additional notice of opportunity to intervene in the hearing is limited to the LWA 

request. The notice appeared in the Federal Register on May 3 

(http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2010/pdf/2010-10234.pdf ), and the deadline for petitioning to 

intervene is July 2. Petitions may be filed by anyone whose interest may be affected by the 

proposed LWA, who wishes to participate as a party in the proceeding, and who meets criteria 

set out in the NRC’s regulations. 

 A petition to intervene must be electronically submitted by July 2 to the NRC's Electronic 

Information Exchange (EIE) system. The petition to intervene must be filed in accordance with 

the NRC's E-Filing Rule, which appeared in the Federal Register on Aug. 28, 2007 

(http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2007/pdf/E7-16898.pdf ). Additional guidance and instructions 

regarding electronic submissions to the NRC EIE system is available on the NRC Web site at: 

http://www.nrc.gov/site-help/e-submittals.html. 

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No. 10-079 May 3, 2010
 Southern’s LWA request for the Vogtle foundation work is separate from the 

authorization contained in the Early Site Permit issued by the NRC on Aug. 26, 2009. 

Information regarding the permit is available on the NRC Web site at: 

http://www.nrc.gov/reactors/new-reactors/esp/vogtle.html. 

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