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Application Review Schedule for the Combined License Application for Fermi, Unit 3

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 Detroit Edison Company submitted to obtain a combined license (COL) for an Economic Simplified Boiling Water Reactor (ESBWR) designated as Fermi, Unit 3.

Key Milestones Completion Date
Actual - A
Target - T
Application Tendered 09/18/08 - A
Acceptance Review
Acceptance Review Start
09/18/08 - A
Docketing Decision Letter Issued/Acceptance Review Complete
11/25/08 - A
Review Schedule Established/Schedule Letter Issued to Applicant
06/30/09 - A
Safety Review
Phase 1 - Requests for Additional Information (RAIs) and Supplemental RAIs
08/20/10 - A
Phase 2 - Advanced Final Safety Evaluation Report (SER) without Open Items
07/14 - A
Phase 3 - ACRS Review of SER without Open Items
09/14 - A
Phase 4 - Final SER
11/14 - A
Environmental Review
Phase 1 - Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) Scoping Summary Report Issued
07/02/09 - A
Phase 2 - EPA Issues Federal Register Notice of Filing for Draft EIS/Draft EIS Complete
10/11 - A
Phase 3 - Federal Register Notice of Availability of the FEIS Published/Final EIS Complete
01/13 - A
Hearing
Commission or ASLB hold mandatory hearing
02/04/15 - A
License
Commission decision on issuance of COL application
04/30/15 - A

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.

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