NRC ANNOUNCES OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN HEARING ON

EARLY SITE PERMIT APPLICATION FOR VICTORIA COUNTY SITE

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission today announced the opportunity for public

participation in a hearing on an Early Site Permit (ESP) application for a site in Victoria County, 

Texas.

Exelon submitted its ESP application on March 25, seeking the NRC’s determination on 

whether the site is suitable for a nuclear power facility, contingent on the approval of an additional

application for a construction permit or combined license. An ESP is valid for 10 to 20 years and 

can potentially be renewed for an additional 10 to 20 years. The Exelon application, minus 

proprietary and security-related details, is available on the NRC website at:

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

The NRC staff has determined that the 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 permit. The docket number established for this 

application is 52-042.

The NRC has issued in the Federal Register a notice of opportunity for the public to 

intervene in the proceeding on the application (http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2010/pdf/2010-

29481.pdf), and the deadline for requesting a hearing is Jan. 24, 2011. Petitions may be filed by 

anyone whose interest may be affected by the proposed license, who wishes to participate as a party 

in the proceeding, and who meets criteria set out in the NRC’s regulations. Background information 

regarding the hearing process was provided by NRC staff to members of the public during an

April 15 public information session in Victoria, Texas.

A petition to intervene must be electronically submitted in a timely manner 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 that 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 pages at 

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

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No. 10-210 November 23, 2010
Detailed information about the new reactor licensing process can be found on the NRC 

website at: http://www.nrc.gov/reactors/new-reactors.html.

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