United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission - Protecting People and the Environment

Application Review Schedule for the Combined License Application for Levy County, Units 1 and 2

The following table summarizes the key milestones in the schedule that the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has established for its review of the application that Progress Energy Florida, Inc. (PEF) submitted to obtain a combined license (COL) for two Westinghouse Advanced Passive 1000 (AP1000) pressurized-water reactors (PWRs) designated as Levy County, Units 1 and 2.

Detailed Review Schedule for COL Application: The schedule for the Westinghouse design certification amendment is currently under review. The design certification amendment schedule will affect the Levy County SCOL combined license schedule for dependent sections such as Advanced SER with No Open Items, ACRS Review and Final SER Issuance. The posted Levy County SCOL schedule does not currently reflect the necessary changes and will be updated after the Westinghouse schedule is revised.

Key Milestones Completion Date
Actual - A
Target - T
Application Tendered 07/30/08 - A
Acceptance Review
Acceptance Review Start
08/04/08 - A
Docketing Decision Letter Issued/Acceptance Review Complete
10/06/08 - A
Review Schedule Established/Schedule Letter Issued to Applicant
02/18/09 - A
Safety Review
Phase A - Requests for Additional Information (RAIs) and Supplemental RAIs
(Formerly Phase 1)
03/29/10 - A
Phase B - Advanced Final safety evaluation report (SER) without Open Items
(Formerly Phase 2)
09/15/11 - A
Phase C - ACRS Review of Advanced Final SER
(Formerly Phase 3)
01/24/12 - A
Phase D - Final SER
(Formerly Phase 4)
04/12 - T
Environmental Review
Phase 1 - Environmental impact statement (EIS) scoping summary report issued
05/28/09 - A
Phase 2 - Draft EIS issued to EPA
08/06/10 - A
Phase 3 - Responses to public comments on draft EIS completed**
04/27/12 - A
Phase 4 - Final EIS issued to EPA
04/27/12 - A
Hearing
Commission or ASLB hold mandatory hearing
 
License
Commission decision on issuance of COL application
 

** NRC staff responses to public comments on the Draft EIS are included in Appendix E of the Final EIS

Information on Federal Register notices for receipt of the application and opportunity to request a hearing or petition to intervene can be found on the Hearing Opportunities page.

Page Last Reviewed/Updated Monday, April 30, 2012