Progress on Licensing Applications – Quarter 3 

Applicant 

Application 

Accepted 

for Review 

Review status for long-term application review

Reactor License Renewal  Indian Point 2&3 08/01/07 Several adjudicatory issues remain outstanding. The U.S. Nucle

Commission (NRC) staff is working to address public comments 

second supplement to the final supplemental environmental impawhich was issued for comment in December 2015. The schedule on license renewal is to be determined pending completion of the and resolution of adjudicatory matters. 

 Diablo Canyon 1&2 01/21/10 The NRC staff intended to issue both the draft SEIS for public co

supplement to its June 2011 safety evaluation report (SER) and pits review in 2017. However, in June 2016, the NRC suspended review at the applicant’s request. Pacific Gas and Electric requeswhen they announced the decision to cease operations of Diablo 2, at the end of their current license terms in 2024 and 2025, resp

 Seabrook 1 07/21/10 The NRC staff continues to work with the applicant to ensure tech

closure of the alkali silica reaction open item in the SER are propcurrent schedule for remaining milestones is to be determined. 

 South Texas Project 1&2 01/13/11 The SER with open items for license renewal was issued in Janu

item involves the selective leaching of aluminum bronze. The NRwork with the applicant to resolve the selective leaching of aluminitem from the 2013 SER with open items. All other open items haand the NRC staff is working to document their closure. The curr

remaining milestones is to be determined. 

 Grand Gulf 1 12/27/11 The review schedule was revised to accommodate a concurrent e

rate amendment and technical issues with analyses of (1) severe alternatives and (2) neutron fluence. The environmental review is NRC staff issued its final SER in April 2016. A final decision is ex2016. 

 Fermi 2 06/18/14 The comment period on the draft SEIS closed in December 2015

items was issued in January 2016, and the NRC staff issued its f

2016. The NRC staff plans to issue the final SEIS in September decision is expected in November 2016. 

 LaSalle 1&2 02/03/15 In February 2016, the NRC staff published the draft SEIS for com

SER with open items. The NRC staff issued its final SER in June 
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Applicant 

Application 

Accepted 

for Review 

Review status for long-term application review

issue the final SEIS in August 2016. A final decision is expected on schedule. 

 Waterford Expected 

05/20/16 

The review is expected take 25 months unless a hearing is condudecision, assuming there is no hearing, is expected in April 2018discuss the scoping process for License Renewal of Waterford SUnit 3 was held on June 8, 2016, at the St. Charles Parish EmergCenter, Hahnville, Louisiana. The Scoping and Screening Methocompleted on June 16, 2016. The audit report is expected to be of the completion of the audit. 

Research and Test Reactor Renewal 

A large number of 40-year original licenses and 20-year renewed expiration in the late 1990s, leading to a high volume of renewal period of time. The NRC staff was reviewing these applications wSeptember 11, 2001, occurred. Work on the renewals stopped wdiverted to security issues, creating a backlog of renewal reviewsresources were re-allocated to reduce the backlog of renewal appstaff prioritized reviews for applicants with (1) technical and regul(2) assistance from the Department of Energy and completed therelatively short period of time. However, licensees with insufficieregulatory experience, and lack of specialized technical expertise difficulties documenting their licensing bases. This resulted in murequests for additional information. The NRC staff has issued renof the currently 31 operating research and test reactors. Twelve applications are discussed in more detail below. 

 Texas A&M University 07/22/97 The reactor is shut down because the licensee wants to move it t

The license renewal review is suspended until the reactor is reloc

 University of California,  Irvine 10/18/99 The NRC staff completed its license renewal review. The NRC s

renewed license on July 8, 2016. 

 University of Maryland 05/12/00 

The license renewal review schedule was extended to allow for threquest for and licensee’s response to additional information regatechnical specifications. The NRC staff expects to complete its re2016. 

 University of Florida 07/18/02 

The NRC staff is preparing requests for additional information assneutronic and thermal-hydraulic modeling and proposed technicaNRC staff expects to complete its review by December 30, 2016. 

 Rhode Island Atomic  Energy Commission 05/03/04 The licensee is addressing items related to radiation physics and 

technical specifications. The review schedule was extended to a
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Applicant 

Application 

Accepted 

for Review 

Review status for long-term application review

with the licensee on existing requests for additional information. expects to complete its review by October 31, 2016. 

 Armed Forces  Radiobiology Research  Institute 

06/24/04 

The review schedule was extended to allow the licensee to addrethe proposed technical specifications. The NRC staff expects to by August 31, 2016. 

 Aerotest 02/28/05 

The NRC staff denied the license renewal application on July 24, filed a demand for a hearing on the denial. The hearing demand abeyance pending the resolution of a separate application to tranlicense. 

 University of Missouri  Research Reactor at  Columbia 

08/31/06 

The NRC staff is developing the safety evaluation report, incorporequests for additional information. The NRC staff expects to comOctober 28, 2016. 

 Purdue University 07/07/08 

The NRC staff is preparing requests for additional information assproposed technical specifications. The NRC staff expects to comSeptember 30, 2016. 

 U.S. Geological Survey 01/05/09 The licensee is addressing items related to proposed technical sp

NRC staff expects to complete its review by October 28, 2016. 

 University of Texas at  Austin 12/12/11 The licensee is completing neutronics and thermal-hydraulic ana

expects to complete its review by December 30, 2016. 

 University of  Massachusetts at Lowell 10/20/15 The review is in progress. The NRC staff expects to complete its 

November 30, 2017. 

Combined License (COL)  North Anna 3 01/28/08 The NRC staff expects to issue its advanced SER with no open it

2016, followed by its final SER in April 2017. The NRC staff issusupplemental environmental impact statement (EIS) for the North application in February 2010. 

 Lee 1&2 02/25/08 The NRC staff expects to issue its final SER in August 2016.  Levy County 1&2 10/06/08 The NRC staff issued its final EIS in April 2012. The NRC staff is

May 2016. The mandatory hearing occurred on July 28, 2016. 

 Bell Bend 12/19/08 The NRC staff issued its final EIS in April 2016. On January 9, 2

COL applicant requested that the NRC withhold further review of its COL application until further notice. The safety review remain

 Turkey Point 6&7 09/04/09 The NRC staff completed its advanced SER by July 14, 2016. Th

to complete the final SER in November 2016. In February 2015 tthe draft EIS for the Turkey Point COL application and has addrecomments received on the document. Other Federal agencies p
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Applicant 

Application 

Accepted 

for Review 

Review status for long-term application review

substantive comments in early July 2016, and NRC staff are curraddress those comments. The NRC staff expects to issue its fina2016. 

Early Site Permit Clinch River TBD The applicant submitted its application on May 12, 2016, and the 

made publically available in Agencywide Document Access and M

(ADAMS) on May 26, 2016. The NRC staff anticipates completinreview and communicating its decision on the acceptability of the to the applicant by August 12, 2016. 

Design Certification (DC)  AREVA US EPR 02/25/08 On February 25, 2015, AREVA requested that the NRC suspend 

application review. AREVA did not provide a date for resumption review. 

 Mitsubishi US-Advanced  Pressurized-Water  Reactor (APWR) 

02/29/08 On November 5, 2013, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) informe

decision to implement a period of reduced support for the US-APMHI to focus on supporting Japanese utilities in restarting PWRs staff is limiting its review to individual chapters as MHI’s reduced 

completion date for the review is indeterminate as MHI has not deresume full support of the application. 

 Advanced Boiling-Water  Reactor (ABWR) Renewal  (Toshiba) 

12/14/10 On June 9, 2016, the NRC staff received a letter from Toshiba Co

applicant) withdrawing its application to renew the ABWR design letter dated October 27, 2010, Toshiba had submitted an applicatABWR design certification. At the applicant’s request, the review had been postponed because Toshiba’s resource focus was on srestart of the Japanese nuclear power plants. 

 ABWR Renewal (GE-H) 02/14/11 On February 19, 2016, GE-H submitted a revised application to t

ABWR certified design. GE-H has resolved 26 of the 36 open itehas identified to date. The NRC staff is continuing its interactions resolve the remaining issues and expects to issue a schedule lett2016. 

 APR1400 03/04/15 The NRC staff is currently working to complete the second of six 

(issuance of the SER with open items) for the APR1400 DC applend of November 2016. The NRC staff expects to issue the advaopen items in December 2017 and the final SER in September 20projects that the design certification rulemaking will be complete 

Uranium Recovery 
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Applicant 

Application 

Accepted 

for Review 

Review status for long-term application review

 Cameco North Trend  Expansion 

08/28/07 The applicant requested the NRC staff to stop its review on North 

efforts on review of the Marsland expansion. The SER was compand work on the draft Environmental Assessment and Section 10(pursuant to the National Historic Preservation Act) is suspendedhold pending completion of the NRC staff’s review. The contentiogroundwater. The current schedule for remaining milestones is to the NRC staff has completed its review for the Marsland expansio

 Uranium One Ludeman  Expansion 

05/16/12 Environmental and safety reviews are in progress. NRC staff iss

additional information (RAI) for the safety review on January 15, 2environmental review on January 19, 2013. Uranium One responNRC staff’s RAI on March 13, 2014, and provided the final requirJune 8, 2015. Uranium One’s response to the NRC staff’s RAI cosignificant changes to the design of the facility. NRC staff held a Uranium One to discuss resolution of numerous open issues for tand safety reviews on February 8, 2016. A final decision is expe2017. 

 Cameco Smith Ranch  License Renewal 

07/05/12 Environmental and safety reviews are in progress. NRC staff iss

additional information on safety and environmental aspects of the May 2, 2013. Cameco completed submittal of its responses to thfor additional information on April 21, 2015. NRC staff is working close remaining open issues. A final decision is expected in Aug

 Crow Butte Marsland  Expansion 

10/05/12 Environmental and safety reviews are in progress. The Marsland 

has an admitted contention that will go to hearing after completioreview. The NRC staff recently revised the review schedule due applicant in responding to an open issue. The review is currently completed in August 2017. 

 AUC Reno Creek New  License Application 

06/18/13 Environmental and safety reviews are in progress. The NRC staf

February 10, 2014, and received responses on June 13, 2014. TSupplemental EIS was published on July 7, 2016, for public commis expected in December 2016. 
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Applicant 

Application 

Accepted 

for Review 

Review status for long-term application review

 Hydro Resources, Inc.  (HRI) License Renewal 

06/24/13 The sites, located very close to Navajo Nation lands, were license

Construction has not yet commenced. The license renewal revieabeyance on November 13, 2014, after HRI notified NRC, “...it is work with the Navajo Nation Council because we desired to seek various aspects of our project before action is taken by the NRC renewal.” In March 2016, NRC approved the transfer of control oHRI parent company, Uranium Resources, Inc., to Laramide Res2016, the parties have not closed on the transaction. The currenremaining milestones is to be determined. 

 Kennecott Sweetwater  License Renewal 

11/25/14 The plant has been in stand-by since 1983, waiting on better mar

recommence operations. Environmental and safety reviews are NRC staff issued RAIs for both reviews in February 2016 and NRreviewing the responses to these RAIs received on June 3, 2016expected in February 2017. 

 Uranerz Jane Dough  Expansion 

08/10/15 Environmental and safety reviews are in progress. The NRC issu

reviews in January 2016 and responses were received in May 20is expected in March 2017. 

 Strata Kendrick Expansion 01/14/16 Environmental and safety reviews are in progress. The NRC pub

Register notice of an opportunity for hearing or petition to interve2016. No hearing request was submitted. A RAI for the environmissued to the applicant on May 27, 2016, and a RAI for the safety to be issued on September 29, 2016. A final decision is expected 2017. 

 Lost Creek KM  Horizon/East Expansion 

TBD The NRC did not accept the original application because confinin

sufficiently characterized. NRC staff received a re-submitted appFebruary 10, 2016, and initiated its acceptance review. On May completed its acceptance review and informed the licensee that dto the characterization and performance of the confining unit that proposed KM production zone from the underlying aquifer, preve

accepting the application for detailed technical review. The NRC 

participate in the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) environmeMemorandum of Understanding and the letter of December 4, 20BLM as the Lead Agency and the NRC as a Cooperating Agency