Issued Combined Licenses for South Texas Project, Units 3 and 4
By letter dated September 20, 2007, STPNOC, acting on behalf of itself and the proposed owners, including NINA Texas 3 LLC, NINA Texas 4 LLC, and the City of San Antonio, Texas, acting by and through the City Public Service Board, submitted its application to the NRC for two Advanced Boiling Water Reactors (ABWRs) under Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) Part 52, "Licenses, Certifications, and Approvals for Nuclear Power Plants." The STP 3 and 4 reactors will be located on the existing South Texas Project Electric Generating Station site in Matagorda County, Texas.
On January 24, 2011, NINA became the lead applicant for the STP 3 and 4 COL application, with STPNOC remaining as the operator. NINA assumed responsibility for design, construction, and licensing prior to operation of STP 3 and 4. STPNOC would be the licensed operator for the STP 3 and 4, as it currently is for the existing STP Units 1 and 2.
For detail (including the latest submittal of the application, the related review schedule, and the associated staff documentation), see the following topics on this page:
Application Information
The following table provides access to the COL Application that NINA submitted for South Texas Project, Units 3 & 4.
Some combined license applications were submitted with hyperlinks to various reference documents. Currently, the hyperlinks in those applications are not active. These hyperlinks represent an advanced feature that could be activated when the agency upgrades to web-based ADAMS, at which point these applications and documents such as the Final Safety Analysis Report and associated Technical/Topical Reports would be linked together. In the interim, and for those applications that do not have the hyperlink feature, the reference documents may be viewed under the Reference Documents section of the combined license application page. In addition, DVDs of the various documents are available by contacting the Public Document Room staff.
Incorporated by Referenced Documents:
Review Schedule
Key Milestones |
Completion Date
Actual - A
Target - T |
Application Tendered |
09/20/07 - A |
Acceptance Review |
Acceptance Review Start
|
10/01/07 - A |
Docketing Decision Letter Issued/Acceptance Review Complete
|
11/29/07 - A |
Review Schedule Established/Schedule Letter Issued to Applicant
|
02/10/09 - A |
Safety Review |
Phase 1 - Requests for Additional Information (RAIs) Issued to Applicant
|
09/17/09 - A |
Phase 2 - SER with Open Items issued
|
10/29/10 - A |
Phase 3 - ACRS Review of SER with Open Items Complete
|
11/30/10 - A |
Phase 4 - Advanced SER with no Open Items Issued
|
09/29/14 - A |
Phase 5 - ACRS Review of SER with no Open Items Complete
|
12/03/14 - A |
Phase 6 - Final SER Issued
|
09/29/15 - A |
Environmental Review |
Phase 1 - EIS Scoping Summary Report issued
|
09/26/08 - A |
Phase 2 - Draft EIS issued to EPA
|
03/19/10 - A |
Phase 3 - Response to public comments on draft EIS resolved
|
09/03/10 - A |
Phase 4 - Final EIS issued to EPA
|
02/24/11 - A |
Hearing |
ASLB holds contested hearing
|
08/17-18/11 - A
10/31/11 - A |
Commission holds mandatory hearing
|
11/19/15 - A |
License |
Commission decision on issuance of COL application
|
02/09/16 - A |
Final Safety Evaluation Report
This section lists the Safety Evaluations that the NRC has issued in connection with its review of the COL application that NINA submitted for South Texas Project, Units 3 and 4.
Date |
Description |
09/29/15 |
Final Safety Evaluation Report for South Texas Project, Units 3 and 4 Application |
Final Environmental Impact Statement
This section lists the final Environmental Impact Statement that the NRC has issued in review of the COL application that NINA submitted for South Texas Project, Units 3 and 4.
Date |
Description |
02/24/11 |
NUREG-1937, Final Environmental Impact Statement |
Combined Licenses (COLs)
This section lists the COLs for the South Texas Project, Units 3 and 4 were issued on February 12, 2016.
Contacts for the South Texas Project COL Application |
Safety Project Manager |
Jim Shea |
Environmental Project Manager |
Patricia Vokoun |
Contact a Public Affairs Officer |