Application Review Schedule for the Combined License Application for Bell Bend Nuclear Power Plant
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 PPL Bell Bend, LLC submitted to obtain a combined license (COL) for an AREVA U.S. Evolutionary Power Reactor (U.S. EPR) designated as Bell Bend Nuclear Power Plant.
| Key Milestones |
Completion Date
Actual - A
Target - T |
| Application Tendered |
10/10/08 - A |
| Acceptance Review |
|
Acceptance Review Start
|
10/14/08 - A |
|
Docketing Decision Letter Issued/Acceptance Review Complete
|
12/19/08 - A |
|
Review Schedule Established/Schedule Letter Issued to Applicant
|
05/27/09 - A |
| Safety Review* |
|
Phase A - Requests for Additional Information (RAIs) Issued to Applicant (Formerly Phases 1, and 2)
|
TBD* |
|
Phase B - Advanced Final Safety Evaluation Report (SER) without Open Items (Formerly Phase 4)
|
TBD* |
|
Phase C - ACRS Review of Advanced Final SER (Formerly Phase 5)
|
TBD* |
|
Phase D - Final SER (Formerly Phase 6)
|
TBD* |
| Environmental Review |
|
Phase 1 - Environmental impact statement (EIS) summary report issued
|
07/22/09 - A |
|
Phase 2 - Draft EIS issued to EPA
|
04/2015 - A |
|
Phase 3 - Final EIS issued to EPA
|
04/2016 - A |
| Hearing |
|
Commission or ASLB hold mandatory hearing
|
|
| License |
|
Commission decision on issuance of COL application
|
|
* By letters dated January 9, 2014 and June 26, 2014, PPL Bell Bend, LLC requested NRC withhold the safety review until further notice.
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.