{ "dataset": "NNN Licensing Review Tracker", "version": "1", "generated_at": "2026-10-16T13:33:35.611Z", "license": { "current_state": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/", "name": "CC BY 4.0", "scope": "The grant covers the NNN dataset as a compilation: selection, arrangement, schema, annotations, event and milestone curation, and verification metadata, including EU sui generis database rights. Underlying facts are facts and are not owned or restricted by NNN. Third-party licensed data shown on NNN pages is excluded from the dataset and from this grant.", "history": "History surfaces — append-only milestone logs, event/change feeds, and full JSON snapshots — are provided under the NNN Data License Terms (https://www.nuclearnewsnetwork.com/data-license): journalism, research, citation and AI answering are expressly permitted royalty-free with attribution; systematic bulk extraction, dataset redistribution, and embedding in commercial products or training corpora require a commercial license.", "terms_url": "https://www.nuclearnewsnetwork.com/data-license", "terms_version": "1.1 (2026-08-13)", "attribution": { "text": "Nuclear News Network, \"NNN Licensing Review Tracker\", https://www.nuclearnewsnetwork.com/industry-trackers/nrc-licensing-reviews", "url": "https://www.nuclearnewsnetwork.com/industry-trackers/nrc-licensing-reviews" } }, "review_count": 75, "reviews": [ { "slug": "blue-energy-port-of-victoria-lwa", "title": "Blue Energy Center - Port of Victoria Nuclear Unit 1 (BWRX-300) phased CP application Part 1 - LWA", "regulator": "NRC", "regulator_id": "org:nrc", "country": "US", "action_type": "limited_work_authorization", "applicant": "Blue Energy, Inc. (FR title: Blue Energy Global, Inc.)", "applicant_ids": [ "org:blue-energy" ], "facility": "Blue Energy Center - Port of Victoria Nuclear Unit 1 (Victoria, Texas)", "subject_ids": [], "docket": [], "submitted": "2026-09-15", "docketed": null, "schedule_months": null, "target_date": null, "fser": null, "decided": null, "outcome": "under_review", "nrc_executed_months": null, "nrc_pct_under_resource_estimate": null, "sources": [ "https://www.federalregister.gov/d/2026-20678" ], "last_verified": "2026-10-16", "confidence": "high", "notes": "Found via Federal Register sweep; no NRC project page located. Applicant intends to submit the full CP application no later than 18 months after Part 1. Project number 99902137. Docketed: Receipt notice only (FR 2026-10-08); acceptance review not complete as of 2026-10-16. Final safety evaluation: Not yet. Decision: Under acceptance review.", "events": [ { "date": "2026-09-15", "event": "Application received: “On September 15, 2026, Blue Energy, Inc., filed with NRC, the first part of a phased construction permit application”", "source": "https://www.federalregister.gov/d/2026-20678" } ], "group": "new_reactor", "docketed_to_decided_months": null, "submitted_to_decided_months": null, "docketed_to_fser_months": null, "acceptance_months": null, "url": "https://www.nuclearnewsnetwork.com/industry-trackers/nrc-licensing-reviews/blue-energy-port-of-victoria-lwa" }, { "slug": "north-anna-esp-renewal", "title": "North Anna early site permit (ESP-003) renewal", "regulator": "NRC", "regulator_id": "org:nrc", "country": "US", "action_type": "early_site_permit", "applicant": "Virginia Electric and Power Company (dba Dominion Energy Virginia)", "applicant_ids": [ "org:dominion-energy" ], "facility": "North Anna ESP site (Louisa County, Virginia)", "subject_ids": [], "docket": [ "52-008" ], "submitted": "2026-07-14", "docketed": "2026-09-04", "schedule_months": null, "target_date": null, "fser": null, "decided": null, "outcome": "under_review", "nrc_executed_months": null, "nrc_pct_under_resource_estimate": null, "project_url": "https://www.nrc.gov/facilities-safety/new-reactors/large-light-water-reactors/early-site-permit-applications-for-new-reactors/north-anna-site-esp-renewal", "sources": [ "https://www.nrc.gov/facilities-safety/new-reactors/large-light-water-reactors/early-site-permit-applications-for-new-reactors/north-anna-site-esp-renewal", "https://www.federalregister.gov/d/2026-15826", "https://www.federalregister.gov/d/2026-18516" ], "last_verified": "2026-10-16", "confidence": "high", "notes": "Renewal (not an initial ESP); current permit expires November 27, 2027 (NRC page). Includes exemption request from 10 CFR 52.26 and notification of North Anna Unit 3 deferred plant status. Submitted: NRC page lists the application as submitted 'July 14, 026' (typo) - ML26195A323. Final safety evaluation: Not yet issued. Decision: Under review.", "events": [ { "date": "2026-07-14", "event": "Application received: “The application for renewal of the North Anna ESP is available as of July 14, 2026.”", "source": "https://www.federalregister.gov/d/2026-15826" }, { "date": "2026-09-04", "event": "Accepted for review (docketed): “The renewal application was docketed on September 4, 2026.”", "source": "https://www.federalregister.gov/d/2026-18516" } ], "group": "new_reactor", "docketed_to_decided_months": null, "submitted_to_decided_months": null, "docketed_to_fser_months": null, "acceptance_months": 1.7, "url": "https://www.nuclearnewsnetwork.com/industry-trackers/nrc-licensing-reviews/north-anna-esp-renewal" }, { "slug": "ginna-slr", "title": "R.E. Ginna Nuclear Power Plant – Subsequent License Renewal", "regulator": "NRC", "regulator_id": "org:nrc", "country": "US", "action_type": "subsequent_license_renewal", "applicant": "Constellation Energy Generation, LLC", "applicant_ids": [ "org:constellation" ], "facility": "R.E. Ginna Nuclear Power Plant (Ginna)", "subject_ids": [], "docket": [ "50-244" ], "submitted": "2026-06-17", "docketed": "2026-07-16", "schedule_months": null, "target_date": null, "fser": null, "decided": null, "outcome": "under_review", "nrc_executed_months": null, "nrc_pct_under_resource_estimate": null, "project_url": "https://www.nrc.gov/licensing-applications/power-reactor-licensing/re-ginna-nuclear-power-plant-subsequent-license-renewal-application", "sources": [ "https://www.nrc.gov/licensing-applications/power-reactor-licensing/re-ginna-nuclear-power-plant-subsequent-license-renewal-application", "https://www.nrc.gov/sites/default/files/cdn/doc-collection-news/2026/26-021-a.pdf", "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/06/29/2026-13026", "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/07/20/2026-14565", "https://www.nrc.gov/licensing-applications/operating-reactor-licensing/reactor-license-renewal/status-subsequent-license-renewal-applications" ], "last_verified": "2026-10-16", "confidence": "high", "notes": "Pending. The plant page lists the docketing-letter milestone as 07/20/2026 (the FR publication date) while the SLR status page says accepted 07/16/2026; used 07/16/2026 (consistent with the July 17 advisory). NRC decision target: originally 2027-07, latest 2027-07. Schedule: Published schedule: draft EA 02/2027, final EA 05/2027, safety evaluation 06/2027, decision 07/2027 (12 months from acceptance).", "events": [ { "date": "2026-06-17", "event": "Application submitted.", "source": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/07/20/2026-14565" }, { "date": "2026-07-16", "event": "Accepted for review (status page).", "source": "https://www.nrc.gov/licensing-applications/operating-reactor-licensing/reactor-license-renewal/status-subsequent-license-renewal-applications" }, { "date": "2026-07-17", "event": "NRC advisory 26-021-A announces acceptance.", "source": "https://www.nrc.gov/sites/default/files/cdn/doc-collection-news/2026/26-021-a.pdf" }, { "date": "2026-07-20", "event": "FR notice of acceptance; hearing requests due Sept 18, 2026.", "source": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/07/20/2026-14565" } ], "group": "operating_fleet", "docketed_to_decided_months": null, "submitted_to_decided_months": null, "docketed_to_fser_months": null, "acceptance_months": 1, "url": "https://www.nuclearnewsnetwork.com/industry-trackers/nrc-licensing-reviews/ginna-slr" }, { "slug": "eden-isotope-production-complex-cp", "title": "Eden Isotope Production Complex construction permit (non-power reactor and production facility)", "regulator": "NRC", "regulator_id": "org:nrc", "country": "US", "action_type": "construction_permit", "applicant": "Eden Radioisotopes, LLC", "applicant_ids": [], "facility": "Eden Isotope Production Complex (Lea County, New Mexico)", "subject_ids": [], "docket": [ "50-619" ], "submitted": "2026-05-05", "docketed": "2026-06-15", "schedule_months": null, "target_date": null, "fser": null, "decided": null, "outcome": "under_review", "nrc_executed_months": null, "nrc_pct_under_resource_estimate": null, "project_url": "https://www.nrc.gov/facilities-safety/new-reactors/advanced-reactors/who-were-working-with/advanced-reactor-application-projects/eden-radioisotopes-llc-eden-isotope-production-complex", "sources": [ "https://www.nrc.gov/facilities-safety/new-reactors/advanced-reactors/who-were-working-with/advanced-reactor-application-projects/eden-radioisotopes-llc-eden-isotope-production-complex", "https://www.federalregister.gov/d/2026-14314", "https://www.federalregister.gov/d/2026-19294" ], "last_verified": "2026-10-16", "confidence": "high", "notes": "NRC target for the final safety evaluation: 2027-10. Medical-isotope non-power production/utilization facility, listed by NRC under advanced reactor application projects. Docket 50-619 from the ASLB notice (FR 2026-19294, 'Docket No. 50-619-CP'); pre-application project 99902077. Submitted: NRC page header: 'May 5, 2026 (date of application submittal)'; its milestone table reads 'Application Tendered | 5/5/2025 - A' (year typo). Final safety evaluation: Target October 2027. Decision: Under review.", "events": [ { "date": "2026-05-05", "event": "Application received: “The construction permit application is dated May 5, 2026.”", "source": "https://www.federalregister.gov/d/2026-14314" }, { "date": "2026-06-15", "event": "Accepted for review (docketed): “The application was docketed on June 15, 2026.”", "source": "https://www.federalregister.gov/d/2026-14314" } ], "group": "new_reactor", "docketed_to_decided_months": null, "submitted_to_decided_months": null, "docketed_to_fser_months": null, "acceptance_months": 1.3, "url": "https://www.nuclearnewsnetwork.com/industry-trackers/nrc-licensing-reviews/eden-isotope-production-complex-cp" }, { "slug": "cooper-slr", "title": "Cooper Nuclear Station – Subsequent License Renewal", "regulator": "NRC", "regulator_id": "org:nrc", "country": "US", "action_type": "subsequent_license_renewal", "applicant": "Nebraska Public Power District", "applicant_ids": [], "facility": "Cooper Nuclear Station (Cooper)", "subject_ids": [], "docket": [ "50-298" ], "submitted": "2026-05-07", "docketed": "2026-06-05", "schedule_months": null, "target_date": null, "fser": null, "decided": null, "outcome": "under_review", "nrc_executed_months": null, "nrc_pct_under_resource_estimate": null, "project_url": "https://www.nrc.gov/licensing-applications/power-reactor-licensing/cooper-nuclear-station---subsequent-license-renewal-application", "sources": [ "https://www.nrc.gov/licensing-applications/power-reactor-licensing/cooper-nuclear-station---subsequent-license-renewal-application", "https://www.nrc.gov/sites/default/files/cdn/doc-collection-news/2026/26-060.pdf", "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/05/21/2026-10151", "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/06/10/2026-11641", "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/06/16/2026-12109", "https://www.nrc.gov/licensing-applications/operating-reactor-licensing/reactor-license-renewal/status-subsequent-license-renewal-applications" ], "last_verified": "2026-10-16", "confidence": "high", "notes": "Pending. Uses a supplemental EIS (not an EA like Hatch/NMP1/Ginna). NRC decision target: originally 2027-06, latest 2027-06. Schedule: Published schedule: draft SEIS 01/2027, final SEIS 04/2027, safety evaluation 04/2027, decision 06/2027 (12 months from acceptance).", "events": [ { "date": "2026-05-07", "event": "Application submitted.", "source": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/06/10/2026-11641" }, { "date": "2026-06-05", "event": "Accepted for review.", "source": "https://www.nrc.gov/sites/default/files/cdn/doc-collection-news/2026/26-060.pdf" }, { "date": "2026-06-10", "event": "FR notice of acceptance; hearing requests due Aug 10, 2026.", "source": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/06/10/2026-11641" }, { "date": "2026-06-16", "event": "FR notice of intent to prepare supplemental EIS.", "source": "https://www.nrc.gov/licensing-applications/power-reactor-licensing/cooper-nuclear-station---subsequent-license-renewal-application" } ], "group": "operating_fleet", "docketed_to_decided_months": null, "submitted_to_decided_months": null, "docketed_to_fser_months": null, "acceptance_months": 1, "url": "https://www.nuclearnewsnetwork.com/industry-trackers/nrc-licensing-reviews/cooper-slr" }, { "slug": "orano-project-ike-enrichment-facility-license", "title": "Project IKE Enrichment Facility Part 70 licence to construct and operate (centrifuge enrichment up to 8 wt% U-235)", "regulator": "NRC", "regulator_id": "org:nrc", "country": "US", "action_type": "fuel_cycle_license", "applicant": "Orano Enrichment USA LLC", "applicant_ids": [ "org:orano" ], "facility": "Project IKE Enrichment Facility, Oak Ridge (Roane County), Tennessee", "subject_ids": [ "site:project-ike" ], "docket": [ "70-7038" ], "submitted": "2026-03-27", "docketed": "2026-05-21", "schedule_months": 12, "target_date": null, "fser": null, "decided": null, "outcome": "under_review", "nrc_executed_months": null, "nrc_pct_under_resource_estimate": null, "project_url": "https://www.nrc.gov/sites/default/files/cdn/doc-collection-news/2026/26-057.pdf", "sources": [ "https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML2613/ML26134A324.pdf", "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/08/12/2026-16372/orano-enrichment-usa-llc-project-ike-enrichment-facility-notice-of-receipt-of-application-for-license-notice-of-consideration-of-issuance", "https://www.nrc.gov/sites/default/files/cdn/doc-collection-news/2026/26-057.pdf", "https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML2619/ML26198A284.pdf", "https://world-nuclear-news.org/articles/us-enrichment-plant-begins-accelerated-review" ], "last_verified": "2026-10-16", "confidence": "high", "notes": "NRC target decision: 2027-04-30 (technical review); contested hearing to finish within 315 days of 2026-08-12 FR notice (month only). Phased: ER Jan. 30, 2026; physical security plan Mar. 26, 2026; LA Mar. 27, 2026; supplement May 8, 2026 answering a May 1, 2026 RSI. ISSP deferred to Sept. 21, 2026 by exemption. Acceptance letter table lists \"Acceptance | May 22, 2026\" while the letter itself is dated May 21, 2026 and the FR/Q3 report say May 21 (May 21 used). Q3 FY2026 report: acceptance was projected 04/27/26 but completed 05/21/26, \"delayed due to pending resolution of staff’s request for supplemental information\". Schedule relies on a crosswalk to the Eagle Rock (EREF) precedent. Section 193 mandatory hearing; Commission (CLI-26-11) expects no separate uncontested hearing if a contested one is held. NRC efficiencies page says staff is piloting generative AI \"in reviewing a new enrichment facility application\" (facility not named).", "events": [ { "date": "2026-03-27", "event": "Application received: “The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff received the March 27, 2026, letter submitting the safety and safeguards portion of Orano Enrichment USA, LLC's (Orano) license application ... This submittal followed the earlier submittals of the Environmental Report on January 30, 2026 (ML26030A238), and the Physical Security Plan on March 26, 2026”", "source": "https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML2613/ML26134A324.pdf" }, { "date": "2026-05-21", "event": "Accepted for review (docketed): “On May 21, 2026, the NRC staff informed Orano of its determination that ``the application provides sufficient information to proceed with a detailed technical review'' and formally accepted the application for review.”", "source": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/08/12/2026-16372/orano-enrichment-usa-llc-project-ike-enrichment-facility-notice-of-receipt-of-application-for-license-notice-of-consideration-of-issuance" } ], "group": "fuel_cycle", "docketed_to_decided_months": null, "submitted_to_decided_months": null, "docketed_to_fser_months": null, "acceptance_months": 1.8, "url": "https://www.nuclearnewsnetwork.com/industry-trackers/nrc-licensing-reviews/orano-project-ike-enrichment-facility-license" }, { "slug": "uiuc-kronos-mmr-cp", "title": "University of Illinois KRONOS MMR research reactor construction permit", "regulator": "NRC", "regulator_id": "org:nrc", "country": "US", "action_type": "construction_permit", "applicant": "University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign", "applicant_ids": [], "facility": "U. of I. KRONOS Micro Modular Reactor (Champaign County, Illinois)", "subject_ids": [], "docket": [ "50-618" ], "submitted": "2026-03-31", "docketed": "2026-05-18", "schedule_months": null, "target_date": null, "fser": null, "decided": null, "outcome": "under_review", "nrc_executed_months": null, "nrc_pct_under_resource_estimate": null, "project_url": "https://www.nrc.gov/facilities-safety/new-reactors/advanced-reactors/who-were-working-with/advanced-reactor-application-projects/university-of-illinois-urbana-champaign-kronos-micro-modular-reactor-kronos-mmr", "sources": [ "https://www.nrc.gov/facilities-safety/new-reactors/advanced-reactors/who-were-working-with/advanced-reactor-application-projects/university-of-illinois-urbana-champaign-kronos-micro-modular-reactor-kronos-mmr", "https://www.federalregister.gov/d/2026-07677", "https://www.federalregister.gov/d/2026-10419" ], "last_verified": "2026-10-16", "confidence": "high", "notes": "NRC target for the final safety evaluation: 2027-09. Non-power research reactor (section 104c). Schedule letter issued 6/16/2026. Submitted: FR 2026-07677: 'The construction permit application is dated March 27, 2026.' Final safety evaluation: Target September 2027. Decision: Under review.", "events": [ { "date": "2026-03-31", "event": "Application received: “Application Tendered | 3/31/2026 - A”", "source": "https://www.nrc.gov/facilities-safety/new-reactors/advanced-reactors/who-were-working-with/advanced-reactor-application-projects/university-of-illinois-urbana-champaign-kronos-micro-modular-reactor-kronos-mmr" }, { "date": "2026-05-18", "event": "Accepted for review (docketed): “The application was docketed on May 18, 2026.”", "source": "https://www.federalregister.gov/d/2026-10419" } ], "group": "new_reactor", "docketed_to_decided_months": null, "submitted_to_decided_months": null, "docketed_to_fser_months": null, "acceptance_months": 1.6, "url": "https://www.nuclearnewsnetwork.com/industry-trackers/nrc-licensing-reviews/uiuc-kronos-mmr-cp" }, { "slug": "radiant-r50-special-nuclear-material-license", "title": "Radiant R-50 Production Site Part 70 greater-than-critical-mass SNM licence (microreactor fueling building)", "regulator": "NRC", "regulator_id": "org:nrc", "country": "US", "action_type": "fuel_cycle_license", "applicant": "Radiant Nuclear, LLC (FR) / R-50, LLC (Q3 FY2026 report)", "applicant_ids": [ "org:radiant" ], "facility": "R-50 microreactor facility site, Oak Ridge, Tennessee", "subject_ids": [], "docket": [], "submitted": "2026-02-25", "docketed": "2026-05-01", "schedule_months": 8, "target_date": "2026-12-18", "fser": null, "decided": null, "outcome": "under_review", "nrc_executed_months": null, "nrc_pct_under_resource_estimate": null, "project_url": "https://www.nrc.gov/sites/default/files/cdn/doc-collection-news/2026/26-051.pdf", "sources": [ "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/07/27/2026-15130/radiant-nuclear-llc-radiants-special-nuclear-material-license-license-application", "https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML2619/ML26198A284.pdf", "https://www.nrc.gov/sites/default/files/cdn/doc-collection-news/2026/26-051.pdf" ], "last_verified": "2026-10-16", "confidence": "high", "notes": "Not an enrichment/fabrication plant: a Part 70 SNM possession licence for a microreactor fueling building; included because it is a new Part 70 fuel-facility licence reviewed by the fuel facility licensing branch. Supplements Mar. 15 and Apr. 17, 2026 (RSI Apr. 1, 2026). Docket number not stated in the sources read.", "events": [ { "date": "2026-02-25", "event": "Application received: “Radiant submitted the license application under 10 CFR part 70 by letter dated February 25, 2026.”", "source": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/07/27/2026-15130/radiant-nuclear-llc-radiants-special-nuclear-material-license-license-application" }, { "date": "2026-05-01", "event": "Accepted for review (docketed): “The license application was accepted for a detailed technical review on May 1, 2026.”", "source": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/07/27/2026-15130/radiant-nuclear-llc-radiants-special-nuclear-material-license-license-application" } ], "group": "fuel_cycle", "docketed_to_decided_months": null, "submitted_to_decided_months": null, "docketed_to_fser_months": null, "acceptance_months": 2.1, "url": "https://www.nuclearnewsnetwork.com/industry-trackers/nrc-licensing-reviews/radiant-r50-special-nuclear-material-license" }, { "slug": "nine-mile-point-1-slr", "title": "Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station Unit 1 – Subsequent License Renewal", "regulator": "NRC", "regulator_id": "org:nrc", "country": "US", "action_type": "subsequent_license_renewal", "applicant": "Constellation Energy Generation, LLC", "applicant_ids": [ "org:constellation" ], "facility": "Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station (Nine Mile Point 1)", "subject_ids": [], "docket": [ "50-220" ], "submitted": "2026-03-25", "docketed": "2026-04-23", "schedule_months": null, "target_date": null, "fser": null, "decided": null, "outcome": "under_review", "nrc_executed_months": null, "nrc_pct_under_resource_estimate": null, "project_url": "https://www.nrc.gov/licensing-applications/power-reactor-licensing/nine-mile-point-unit-1-subsequent-license-renewal-application", "sources": [ "https://www.nrc.gov/licensing-applications/power-reactor-licensing/nine-mile-point-unit-1-subsequent-license-renewal-application", "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/04/15/2026-07289", "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/04/29/2026-08276", "https://www.nrc.gov/licensing-applications/operating-reactor-licensing/reactor-license-renewal/status-subsequent-license-renewal-applications" ], "last_verified": "2026-10-16", "confidence": "high", "notes": "Pending. Whether the 12-month schedule was set because of EO 14300 is not stated on the plant page (it follows the Robinson/Hatch 12-month pattern). NRC decision target: originally 2027-04, latest 2027-04. Schedule: Published schedule: draft EA 11/2026, final EA 01/2027, SER 03/2027, decision 04/2027 (12 months from acceptance).", "events": [ { "date": "2026-03-25", "event": "Application submitted.", "source": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/04/29/2026-08276" }, { "date": "2026-04-23", "event": "Docketing acceptance.", "source": "https://www.nrc.gov/licensing-applications/operating-reactor-licensing/reactor-license-renewal/status-subsequent-license-renewal-applications" }, { "date": "2026-04-29", "event": "FR notice of acceptance; hearing requests due June 29, 2026.", "source": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/04/29/2026-08276" } ], "group": "operating_fleet", "docketed_to_decided_months": null, "submitted_to_decided_months": null, "docketed_to_fser_months": null, "acceptance_months": 1, "url": "https://www.nuclearnewsnetwork.com/industry-trackers/nrc-licensing-reviews/nine-mile-point-1-slr" }, { "slug": "ap1000-dc-renewal", "title": "AP1000 design certification renewal and amendment (DCD Revision 20)", "regulator": "NRC", "regulator_id": "org:nrc", "country": "US", "action_type": "design_certification", "applicant": "Westinghouse Electric Company LLC", "applicant_ids": [ "org:westinghouse" ], "facility": "AP1000", "subject_ids": [ "design:ap1000" ], "docket": [ "52-006" ], "submitted": "2026-03-27", "docketed": null, "schedule_months": null, "target_date": null, "fser": null, "decided": null, "outcome": "under_review", "nrc_executed_months": null, "nrc_pct_under_resource_estimate": null, "sources": [ "https://www.federalregister.gov/d/2026-13386", "https://www.federalregister.gov/d/2026-21030", "https://www.federalregister.gov/d/2026-21031" ], "last_verified": "2026-10-16", "confidence": "high", "notes": "Post-ADVANCE. Exemption from 10 CFR 52.57(a) timing requested 2026-04-07 and issued 2026-06-24 (FR 2026-13386). Submittal to FSER ~5 months; to DFR publication ~6.5 months. Docketed: No docketing/acceptance date stated in the fetched FR notices; direct final rule says only that 'The NRC determined the submitted application ... is acceptable'. Final safety evaluation: Month only: FR 2026-21030 cites 'the final safety evaluation report published in August 2026' (ML26225A350). Decision: Direct final rule published 2026-10-14 (FR 2026-21030) 'effective December 28, 2026, unless significant adverse comments are received by November 13, 2026'; not yet effective as of 2026-10-16.", "events": [ { "date": "2026-03-27", "event": "Application received: “Westinghouse submitted its AP1000 DC renewal request and an associated amendment (Revision 20) on March 27, 2026”", "source": "https://www.federalregister.gov/d/2026-13386" } ], "group": "design", "docketed_to_decided_months": null, "submitted_to_decided_months": null, "docketed_to_fser_months": null, "acceptance_months": null, "url": "https://www.nuclearnewsnetwork.com/industry-trackers/nrc-licensing-reviews/ap1000-dc-renewal" }, { "slug": "duane-arnold-restart", "title": "Duane Arnold Energy Center return to power operations", "regulator": "NRC", "regulator_id": "org:nrc", "country": "US", "action_type": "restart", "applicant": "NextEra Energy Duane Arnold, LLC", "applicant_ids": [ "org:nextera" ], "facility": "Duane Arnold Energy Center (Palo, Iowa)", "subject_ids": [ "unit:duane-arnold-1" ], "docket": [ "50-331" ], "submitted": "2026-01-30", "docketed": "2026-03-09", "schedule_months": null, "target_date": "2028-01-29", "fser": null, "decided": null, "outcome": "under_review", "nrc_executed_months": null, "nrc_pct_under_resource_estimate": null, "project_url": "https://www.nrc.gov/facilities-safety/facility-finder/reactors/duan", "sources": [ "https://www.nrc.gov/facilities-safety/facility-finder/reactors/duan", "https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML2608/ML26082A006.pdf", "https://www.federalregister.gov/d/2026-15629" ], "last_verified": "2026-10-16", "confidence": "high", "notes": "Shut down August 10, 2020 (derecho). Draft EA/FONSI issued July 30, 2026. The NRC target date is applicant-paced, so it should not be compared directly with NRC-paced review durations. Submitted: date = last part; first part (50.82 exemption) 2025-01-23. Environmental Report submitted November 10, 2025. Docketed: date = acceptance of last part. The letter's 'December 15, 2026' is a typo; NRC facility page shows the OL/TS LAR acceptance review dated 12/15/2025 (ML25352A174). Final safety evaluation: Not yet issued. Decision: Under review.", "events": [ { "date": "2026-01-30", "event": "Application received: “By letters dated January 23, 2025, November 20, 2025, December 17, 2025, and January 30, 2026, NextEra Energy Duane Arnold, LLC (NEDA, the licensee), submitted an exemption and three license amendment requests (LARs) to support resumption of power operations”", "source": "https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML2608/ML26082A006.pdf" }, { "date": "2026-03-09", "event": "Accepted for review (docketed): “By correspondence dated February 27, 2025, December 15, 2026, January 30, 2026, and March 9, 2026, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff notified you that your requests had been accepted for review”", "source": "https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML2608/ML26082A006.pdf" } ], "group": "operating_fleet", "docketed_to_decided_months": null, "submitted_to_decided_months": null, "docketed_to_fser_months": null, "acceptance_months": 1.2, "url": "https://www.nuclearnewsnetwork.com/industry-trackers/nrc-licensing-reviews/duane-arnold-restart" }, { "slug": "holtec-pioneer-1-2-lwa", "title": "Pioneer Units 1 and 2 (SMR-300) phased construction permit application Part 1 - limited work authorization", "regulator": "NRC", "regulator_id": "org:nrc", "country": "US", "action_type": "limited_work_authorization", "applicant": "SMR, LLC (a Holtec International company), on behalf of Palisades SMR, LLC", "applicant_ids": [ "org:holtec" ], "facility": "Pioneer Units 1 and 2, Palisades Energy Center (Covert, Michigan)", "subject_ids": [ "unit:palisades-pioneer-1", "unit:palisades-pioneer-2" ], "docket": [ "50-616", "50-617" ], "submitted": "2025-12-31", "docketed": "2026-02-13", "schedule_months": null, "target_date": null, "fser": null, "decided": null, "outcome": "under_review", "nrc_executed_months": null, "nrc_pct_under_resource_estimate": null, "project_url": "https://www.nrc.gov/facilities-safety/new-reactors/advanced-reactors/who-were-working-with/advanced-reactor-application-projects/pioneer-units-1-and-2-limited-work-authorization-application", "sources": [ "https://www.nrc.gov/facilities-safety/new-reactors/advanced-reactors/who-were-working-with/advanced-reactor-application-projects/pioneer-units-1-and-2-limited-work-authorization-application", "https://www.federalregister.gov/d/2026-01143", "https://www.federalregister.gov/d/2026-03943", "https://www.federalregister.gov/d/2026-17626" ], "last_verified": "2026-10-16", "confidence": "high", "notes": "NRC target for the final safety evaluation: 2027-03-31. Phased CP application: Part 1 = LWA request + 3 exemption requests + environmental report; FR says SMR 'plans to submit Part 2 the phased CP application no later than 18 months after this Part 1 submittal'. EIS being prepared (FEIS target March 31, 2027). Exemption 1 (support-of-excavation walls) issued separately (FR 2026-17626, 2026-08-28). Docketed: NRC project page lists the acceptance letter (ML26041A223) as 'February 13, 2025 - A' - a typo; FR and ML number indicate 2026. Final safety evaluation: Target March 31, 2027 (NRC page). Draft SER (with information gaps) completed August 31, 2026 – A. Decision: Under review.", "events": [ { "date": "2025-12-31", "event": "Application received: “On December 31, 2025, SMR, on behalf of Palisades SMR, LLC, filed with the NRC the first part (Part 1) of a phased CP application”", "source": "https://www.federalregister.gov/d/2026-03943" }, { "date": "2026-02-13", "event": "Accepted for review (docketed): “The NRC staff provided SMR notice of the staff's determination that Part 1 of the phased CP application was acceptable for docketing by letter dated February 13, 2026”", "source": "https://www.federalregister.gov/d/2026-03943" } ], "group": "new_reactor", "docketed_to_decided_months": null, "submitted_to_decided_months": null, "docketed_to_fser_months": null, "acceptance_months": 1.4, "url": "https://www.nuclearnewsnetwork.com/industry-trackers/nrc-licensing-reviews/holtec-pioneer-1-2-lwa" }, { "slug": "duke-belews-creek-esp", "title": "Belews Creek early site permit", "regulator": "NRC", "regulator_id": "org:nrc", "country": "US", "action_type": "early_site_permit", "applicant": "Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC", "applicant_ids": [], "facility": "Belews Creek site (Stokes County, North Carolina)", "subject_ids": [], "docket": [ "52-055" ], "submitted": "2025-12-30", "docketed": "2026-02-09", "schedule_months": null, "target_date": null, "fser": null, "decided": null, "outcome": "under_review", "nrc_executed_months": null, "nrc_pct_under_resource_estimate": null, "project_url": "https://www.nrc.gov/facilities-safety/new-reactors/advanced-reactors/who-were-working-with/advanced-reactor-application-projects/dukeenergy", "sources": [ "https://www.nrc.gov/facilities-safety/new-reactors/advanced-reactors/who-were-working-with/advanced-reactor-application-projects/dukeenergy", "https://www.federalregister.gov/d/2026-00090", "https://www.federalregister.gov/d/2026-02521", "https://www.federalregister.gov/d/2026-16044" ], "last_verified": "2026-10-16", "confidence": "high", "notes": "NRC target for the final safety evaluation: 2027-02. Post-ADVANCE. DEIS target December 2026, FEIS March 2027. Docketed: The same FR notice also says 'The application was docketed on February 9, 2025.' (year typo). NRC page: acceptance and schedule letter ML26016A624, February 9, 2026. Final safety evaluation: Target February 2027 (NRC page). Decision: Under review; 'ESP Decision | TBD'.", "events": [ { "date": "2025-12-30", "event": "Application received: “The application for the ESP was received on December 30, 2025.”", "source": "https://www.federalregister.gov/d/2026-00090" }, { "date": "2026-02-09", "event": "Accepted for review (docketed): “The NRC staff provided Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC, notice of the acceptance and docketing determination by letter dated February 9, 2026”", "source": "https://www.federalregister.gov/d/2026-02521" }, { "date": "2026-09-17", "event": "Commission mandatory hearing.", "source": "https://www.federalregister.gov/d/2026-16044" } ], "group": "new_reactor", "docketed_to_decided_months": null, "submitted_to_decided_months": null, "docketed_to_fser_months": null, "acceptance_months": 1.3, "url": "https://www.nuclearnewsnetwork.com/industry-trackers/nrc-licensing-reviews/duke-belews-creek-esp" }, { "slug": "grand-gulf-esp-renewal", "title": "Grand Gulf early site permit (ESP-002) renewal", "regulator": "NRC", "regulator_id": "org:nrc", "country": "US", "action_type": "early_site_permit", "applicant": "System Energy Resources, Inc. (application filed by Entergy Operations, Inc.)", "applicant_ids": [], "facility": "Grand Gulf ESP site (Mississippi)", "subject_ids": [], "docket": [ "52-009" ], "submitted": "2025-09-24", "docketed": "2026-01-22", "schedule_months": null, "target_date": null, "fser": null, "decided": null, "outcome": "under_review", "nrc_executed_months": null, "nrc_pct_under_resource_estimate": null, "project_url": "https://www.nrc.gov/facilities-safety/new-reactors/large-light-water-reactors/early-site-permit-applications-for-new-reactors/grand-gulf-site-esp-renewal", "sources": [ "https://www.nrc.gov/facilities-safety/new-reactors/large-light-water-reactors/early-site-permit-applications-for-new-reactors/grand-gulf-site-esp-renewal", "https://www.federalregister.gov/d/2025-16443", "https://www.federalregister.gov/d/2025-23843", "https://www.federalregister.gov/d/2026-01470" ], "last_verified": "2026-10-16", "confidence": "high", "notes": "Renewal; pilot of NEI 25-06 alternative ESP renewal pathway (renewed ESP would not carry finality for unrevised matters). Existing permit expires April 5, 2027. NRC acknowledged receipt by letter dated December 17/19, 2025 (page text says December 17; document table says 12/19/2025). Final safety evaluation: Not yet issued. Decision: Under review.", "events": [ { "date": "2025-09-24", "event": "Application received: “On September 24, 2025, Entergy Operations, Inc. (Entergy), on behalf of System Energy Resources Inc. (SERI), a subsidiary of Entergy Corporation, filed an application”", "source": "https://www.federalregister.gov/d/2025-23843" }, { "date": "2026-01-22", "event": "Accepted for review (docketed): “On January 22, 2026, the NRC accepted the Grand Gulf ESP renewal application for review.”", "source": "https://www.nrc.gov/facilities-safety/new-reactors/large-light-water-reactors/early-site-permit-applications-for-new-reactors/grand-gulf-site-esp-renewal" } ], "group": "new_reactor", "docketed_to_decided_months": null, "submitted_to_decided_months": null, "docketed_to_fser_months": null, "acceptance_months": 3.9, "url": "https://www.nuclearnewsnetwork.com/industry-trackers/nrc-licensing-reviews/grand-gulf-esp-renewal" }, { "slug": "crane-clean-energy-center-restart", "title": "Christopher M. Crane Clean Energy Center (formerly TMI-1) return to power operations", "regulator": "NRC", "regulator_id": "org:nrc", "country": "US", "action_type": "restart", "applicant": "Constellation Energy Generation, LLC", "applicant_ids": [ "org:constellation" ], "facility": "Christopher M. Crane Clean Energy Center (formerly Three Mile Island Unit 1)", "subject_ids": [ "unit:three-mile-island-1" ], "docket": [ "50-289" ], "submitted": "2025-10-31", "docketed": "2025-12-09", "schedule_months": null, "target_date": "2027-03-04", "fser": null, "decided": null, "outcome": "under_review", "nrc_executed_months": null, "nrc_pct_under_resource_estimate": null, "project_url": "https://www.nrc.gov/facilities-safety/facility-finder/reactors/ccec", "sources": [ "https://www.nrc.gov/facilities-safety/facility-finder/reactors/ccec", "https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML2534/ML25345A027.pdf", "https://www.federalregister.gov/d/2026-19603" ], "last_verified": "2026-10-16", "confidence": "high", "notes": "Shut down September 26, 2019. Facility renamed by amendment 306 dated May 13, 2025. Submitted: date = last part of the restart bundle; first part (50.82 exemption) 2024-11-19. Environmental Report also submitted October 31, 2025. Docketed: date = acceptance of last part. Conflict: NRC facility page lists the exemption acceptance review as December 12, 2024 (ML24355A057); the schedule letter says December 20, 2024. Final safety evaluation: Per-action safety evaluations not yet issued. Decision: Under review; NRC page shows no 'Final Documentation' for the restart actions as of 2026-10-16. Final EA/FONSI issued September 18, 2026 (ML26231A018).", "events": [ { "date": "2025-10-31", "event": "Application received: “By letters dated November 19, 2024, July 31, 2025, October 24, 2025, and October 31, 2025, Constellation Energy Generation, LLC (the licensee), submitted an exemption and three license amendment requests (LARs) to support resumption of power operations”", "source": "https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML2534/ML25345A027.pdf" }, { "date": "2025-12-09", "event": "Accepted for review (docketed): “By correspondence dated December 20, 2024, September 4, 2025, December 2, 2025, and December 9, 2025, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff notified you that your requests had been accepted for review”", "source": "https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML2534/ML25345A027.pdf" } ], "group": "operating_fleet", "docketed_to_decided_months": null, "submitted_to_decided_months": null, "docketed_to_fser_months": null, "acceptance_months": 1.3, "url": "https://www.nuclearnewsnetwork.com/industry-trackers/nrc-licensing-reviews/crane-clean-energy-center-restart" }, { "slug": "atomic-alchemy-vipr-cp", "title": "Atomic Alchemy Versatile Isotope Production Reactor (VIPR) construction permit (Part 1)", "regulator": "NRC", "regulator_id": "org:nrc", "country": "US", "action_type": "construction_permit", "applicant": "Atomic Alchemy Inc., on behalf of Atomic Alchemy Operators LLC and VIPR Idaho LLC", "applicant_ids": [], "facility": "VIPR facility (INL desert site, Bingham County, Idaho)", "subject_ids": [], "docket": [], "submitted": "2025-09-12", "docketed": null, "schedule_months": null, "target_date": null, "fser": null, "decided": null, "outcome": "withdrawn", "nrc_executed_months": null, "nrc_pct_under_resource_estimate": null, "project_url": "https://www.nrc.gov/facilities-safety/non-power-facilities/new-facility-licensing/atomic-alchemy-inc", "sources": [ "https://www.nrc.gov/facilities-safety/non-power-facilities/new-facility-licensing/atomic-alchemy-inc", "https://www.federalregister.gov/d/2025-21401", "https://www.federalregister.gov/d/2026-01704" ], "last_verified": "2026-10-16", "confidence": "high", "notes": "Withdrawn before docketing; exclude from duration statistics. Docketed: Never docketed (receipt notice only, then withdrawn). Final safety evaluation: Not reached. Decision: NRC granted withdrawal; the grant date is not stated. Withdrawal requested by letter dated December 19, 2025; FR notice of the grant dated January 26, 2026, published January 28, 2026.", "events": [ { "date": "2025-09-12", "event": "Application received: “The first part of the construction permit application was received on September 12, 2025.”", "source": "https://www.federalregister.gov/d/2025-21401" } ], "group": "new_reactor", "docketed_to_decided_months": null, "submitted_to_decided_months": null, "docketed_to_fser_months": null, "acceptance_months": null, "url": "https://www.nuclearnewsnetwork.com/industry-trackers/nrc-licensing-reviews/atomic-alchemy-vipr-cp" }, { "slug": "gle-paducah-laser-enrichment-facility-license", "title": "Paducah Laser Enrichment Facility (PLEF) Part 70 licence to construct and operate (laser enrichment up to 8 wt% U-235)", "regulator": "NRC", "regulator_id": "org:nrc", "country": "US", "action_type": "fuel_cycle_license", "applicant": "Global Laser Enrichment, LLC", "applicant_ids": [ "org:global-laser-enrichment" ], "facility": "Paducah Laser Enrichment Facility, McCracken County, Kentucky", "subject_ids": [ "site:paducah-lef" ], "docket": [ "70-7033" ], "submitted": "2025-06-27", "docketed": "2025-08-04", "schedule_months": 18, "target_date": null, "fser": null, "decided": null, "outcome": "under_review", "nrc_executed_months": null, "nrc_pct_under_resource_estimate": null, "project_url": "https://www.nrc.gov/facilities-safety/fuel-cycle-facilities/new-fuel-cycle-facility-licensing", "sources": [ "https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML2520/ML25202A201.pdf", "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/03/06/2026-04474/global-laser-enrichment-llc-paducah-laser-enrichment-facility-notice-of-receipt-of-application-for", "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/08/28/2026-17590/global-laser-enrichment-llc-paducah-laser-enrichment-facility-commissioners-ho-k-nieh-chairman-david", "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/09/05/2025-17007/global-laser-enrichment-llc-paducah-laser-enrichment-facility-notice-of-intent-to-conduct-scoping", "https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML2619/ML26198A284.pdf", "https://www.nrc.gov/facilities-safety/fuel-cycle-facilities/new-fuel-cycle-facility-licensing" ], "last_verified": "2026-10-16", "confidence": "high", "notes": "NRC target decision: 2027-01-31 (final SER); Commission order: final Commission decision within 30 months of 2025-08-04 acceptance (month only). Phased submittal: initial environmental report letter dated Dec. 30, 2024 (ER dated Dec. 31, 2024) under an exemption (granted Aug. 19, 2024), revised ER June 13, 2025, SAR June 27, 2025. NRC fuel-cycle page gives the SAR date as \"July 1, 2025\" (conflicts with June 27, 2025 in the acceptance letter, FR and Q3 FY2026 report; June 27 used). Classified-matter plans (10 CFR 70.22(m)) deferred to March 1, 2026 by exemption. Section 193 AEA mandatory hearing; contested hearing requested (ASLB established May 2026; Kentucky Resources Council appeal pending Aug. 2026); on Aug. 26, 2026 the Commission removed the separate uncontested hearing and made the contested proceeding the required on-the-record hearing. FR 2026-04474 says staff \"anticipates completing the SER in January 2027 and finalizing the EIS in September 2026\". Entirely post-ADVANCE Act.", "events": [ { "date": "2025-06-27", "event": "Application received: “The SAR was submitted via letter dated June 27, 2025 (ML25179A000) ... The latest version of the environmental report was submitted by letter dated June 13, 2025”", "source": "https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML2520/ML25202A201.pdf" }, { "date": "2025-08-04", "event": "Accepted for review (docketed): “On August 4, 2025, the NRC staff informed GLE of its determination that ``the application provides sufficient information to proceed with a detailed technical review'' and formally accepted the application for review.”", "source": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/03/06/2026-04474/global-laser-enrichment-llc-paducah-laser-enrichment-facility-notice-of-receipt-of-application-for" } ], "group": "fuel_cycle", "docketed_to_decided_months": null, "submitted_to_decided_months": null, "docketed_to_fser_months": null, "acceptance_months": 1.2, "url": "https://www.nuclearnewsnetwork.com/industry-trackers/nrc-licensing-reviews/gle-paducah-laser-enrichment-facility-license" }, { "slug": "tva-clinch-river-bwrx300-cp", "title": "Clinch River Nuclear Unit 1 (BWRX-300) construction permit", "regulator": "NRC", "regulator_id": "org:nrc", "country": "US", "action_type": "construction_permit", "applicant": "Tennessee Valley Authority", "applicant_ids": [ "org:tva" ], "facility": "Clinch River Nuclear Site, Unit 1 (Roane County / Oak Ridge, Tennessee)", "subject_ids": [ "unit:clinch-river-1" ], "docket": [ "50-615" ], "submitted": "2025-05-20", "docketed": "2025-07-09", "schedule_months": 17, "target_date": null, "fser": "2026-06-25", "decided": "2026-09-28", "outcome": "issued", "nrc_executed_months": null, "nrc_pct_under_resource_estimate": null, "project_url": "https://www.nrc.gov/facilities-safety/new-reactors/advanced-reactors/who-were-working-with/advanced-reactor-application-projects/tva-clinch-river-cpa", "sources": [ "https://www.nrc.gov/facilities-safety/new-reactors/advanced-reactors/who-were-working-with/advanced-reactor-application-projects/tva-clinch-river-cpa", "https://www.federalregister.gov/d/2025-10465", "https://www.federalregister.gov/d/2025-13174", "https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML2520/ML25205A005.pdf", "https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML2616/ML26160A308.pdf", "https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML2616/ML26168A505.pdf", "https://www.federalregister.gov/d/2026-13662", "https://www.federalregister.gov/d/2026-20345", "https://www.nrc.gov/regulations-legislation/effectiveness-efficiency-and-timeliness-initiatives-that-support-unleashing-american-energy/licensing-efficiencies" ], "last_verified": "2026-10-16", "confidence": "high", "notes": "NRC target for the final safety evaluation: 2026-11. Post-ADVANCE Act. Efficiency-table row still reads 'In progress | TBD' (page last updated 2026-09-14), so NRC has not yet published executed months / % under estimate. Site already had ESP-006 (2019). Early-excavation exemption from 10 CFR 50.10(c) granted 2024 (not a separate record). Submitted: Phased: Part 1 Environmental Report, Part 2 PSAR (final part, May 20, 2025). Conflict on Part 1: NRC project page says 'Environmental Report Submitted (Part One) | April 28, 2025 – A'; FR says April 25. PSAR Rev 1 submitted April 29, 2026. Docketed: NRC page: ER acceptance review complete June 12, 2025; PSAR acceptance review complete July 9, 2025. The Federal Register permit notice (2026-20345) lists the safety evaluation dated June 24, 2026 (ML26168A505); NRC's project page shows it as issued June 25, 2026, which is used for fser.", "events": [ { "date": "2025-05-20", "event": "Application received: “The application, proposing to construct a GE- Hitachi BWRX-300 reactor, was received in two parts on April 25 and May 20, 2025.”", "source": "https://www.federalregister.gov/d/2025-10465" }, { "date": "2025-07-09", "event": "Accepted for review (docketed): “The application was docketed on July 9, 2025.”", "source": "https://www.federalregister.gov/d/2025-13174" }, { "date": "2026-06-25", "event": "Final safety evaluation issued.", "source": "https://www.nrc.gov/facilities-safety/new-reactors/advanced-reactors/who-were-working-with/advanced-reactor-application-projects/tva-clinch-river-cpa" }, { "date": "2026-08-13", "event": "Commission mandatory hearing.", "source": "https://www.federalregister.gov/d/2026-13662" }, { "date": "2026-09-28", "event": "Issued: “The Construction Permit No. CPAR-2 was issued on September 28, 2026.”", "source": "https://www.federalregister.gov/d/2026-20345" } ], "group": "new_reactor", "docketed_to_decided_months": 14.7, "submitted_to_decided_months": 16.3, "docketed_to_fser_months": 11.5, "acceptance_months": 1.6, "url": "https://www.nuclearnewsnetwork.com/industry-trackers/nrc-licensing-reviews/tva-clinch-river-bwrx300-cp" }, { "slug": "framatome-richland-triso-10pct-amendment", "title": "Framatome Richland authorization of TRISO fuel fabrication in the Specialty Fuels Building and enrichment increase from 6.5 to up to 10.0 wt% U-235 (Amendment 21)", "regulator": "NRC", "regulator_id": "org:nrc", "country": "US", "action_type": "fuel_cycle_amendment", "applicant": "Framatome, Inc.", "applicant_ids": [ "org:framatome" ], "facility": "Framatome Fuel Fabrication Facility (Specialty Fuels Building), Richland, Washington", "subject_ids": [ "site:richland-framatome" ], "docket": [ "70-1257" ], "submitted": "2024-09-20", "docketed": "2025-07-07", "schedule_months": null, "target_date": null, "fser": null, "decided": "2026-06-26", "outcome": "issued", "nrc_executed_months": null, "nrc_pct_under_resource_estimate": null, "sources": [ "https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML2619/ML26198A284.pdf", "https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML2615/ML26155A310.pdf", "https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML2615/ML26155A308.pdf", "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/10/02/2025-19301/framatome-inc-framatome-fuel-fabrication-facility-license-amendment-application", "https://www.framatome.com/medias/framatome-makes-major-progress-in-advanced-reactor-fuel-manufacturing-with-latest-us-nrc/" ], "last_verified": "2026-10-16", "confidence": "high", "notes": "NRC target decision: 2026-06-30 (projected completion in Q3 FY2026 report) (month only). Acceptance took ~9.5 months: RSI Jan. 6, 2025, follow-ups Mar. 24 and Mar. 28, 2025; supplements Feb. 5, June 27 and July 1, 2025. Technical review included separate RAIs (Sept. 10, 2025; Feb. 11 and Mar. 26, 2026), an electrical/digital I&C audit Apr. 14–16, 2026, and final RAI responses May 29, 2026. SER (ML26155A310) is undated in the text read; decided date taken from the NRC Q3 FY2026 status report table. Amended licence (ML26155A308) is \"SNM-1227, Amendment 21\". Hearing opportunity noticed Oct. 2, 2025. Framatome release (July 23, 2026) says the LAR \"was submitted ... in September 2024\". Licence/permit: SNM-1227.", "events": [ { "date": "2024-09-20", "event": "Application received: “The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff has received your submittal dated September 20, 2024 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System [ADAMS] Accession No. ML24264A171), transmitting your request to authorize Tri-structural Isotropic (TRISO) fuel fabrication in the Specialty Fuels (SF) Building”", "source": "https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML2615/ML26155A310.pdf" }, { "date": "2025-07-07", "event": "Accepted for review (docketed): “The NRC completed the acceptance review of the License Amendment Request (LAR) on July 7, 2025 (ML25181A802).”", "source": "https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML2615/ML26155A310.pdf" }, { "date": "2026-06-26", "event": "Issued: “| Completed review of Framatome license amendment request (...ML26155A308) to increase the facility’s authorized maximum enrichment limit from 6.5 to up to 10.0 weight percent Uranium-235 in its Specialty Fuels Building. | 06/30/26 | 06/26/26 |”", "source": "https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML2619/ML26198A284.pdf" } ], "group": "fuel_cycle", "docketed_to_decided_months": 11.6, "submitted_to_decided_months": 21.2, "docketed_to_fser_months": null, "acceptance_months": 9.5, "url": "https://www.nuclearnewsnetwork.com/industry-trackers/nrc-licensing-reviews/framatome-richland-triso-10pct-amendment" }, { "slug": "hatch-1-2-slr", "title": "Edwin I. Hatch Nuclear Plant Units 1 and 2 – Subsequent License Renewal", "regulator": "NRC", "regulator_id": "org:nrc", "country": "US", "action_type": "subsequent_license_renewal", "applicant": "Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.", "applicant_ids": [ "org:southern-nuclear" ], "facility": "Edwin I. Hatch Nuclear Plant (Hatch 1, Hatch 2)", "subject_ids": [], "docket": [ "50-321", "50-366" ], "submitted": "2025-05-15", "docketed": "2025-06-13", "schedule_months": null, "target_date": null, "fser": "2026-05-20", "decided": "2026-06-11", "outcome": "issued", "nrc_executed_months": null, "nrc_pct_under_resource_estimate": null, "project_url": "https://www.nrc.gov/licensing-applications/power-reactor-licensing/edwin-i-hatch-nuclear-plant-units-1-2---subsequent-license-renewal-application", "sources": [ "https://www.nrc.gov/licensing-applications/power-reactor-licensing/edwin-i-hatch-nuclear-plant-units-1-2---subsequent-license-renewal-application", "https://www.nrc.gov/sites/default/files/cdn/doc-collection-news/2026/26-064.pdf", "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/06/02/2025-09879", "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/06/20/2025-11382", "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/06/18/2026-12339", "https://web.archive.org/web/20250711094320/https://www.nrc.gov/reactors/operating/licensing/renewal/applications/hatch-subsequent.html", "https://www.nrc.gov/licensing-applications/operating-reactor-licensing/reactor-license-renewal/status-subsequent-license-renewal-applications" ], "last_verified": "2026-10-16", "confidence": "high", "notes": "NRC News Release 26-064 (June 12, 2026): 'The NRC has completed its second nuclear power plant license renewal in under 12 months ... under Executive Order 14300, which established the 12-month target for license renewal reviews.' 'Under 12 months' is from docketing (Jun 13, 2025 -> Jun 11, 2026); from submittal it is ~12.9 months. First SLR in the set whose environmental review was an EA/FONSI rather than an EIS supplement. No FR notice establishing a Licensing Board was found for this application in an FR API search. NRC decision target: originally 2026-06, latest 2026-06. Schedule: Earliest archived page (captured 2025-07-11, last updated June 25, 2025 — after EO 14300) already showed decision 06/2026, i.e. 12 months from docketing. No pre-EO schedule found.", "events": [ { "date": "2025-05-15", "event": "Application submitted.", "source": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/06/20/2025-11382" }, { "date": "2025-06-13", "event": "Docketing acceptance letter.", "source": "https://www.nrc.gov/licensing-applications/power-reactor-licensing/edwin-i-hatch-nuclear-plant-units-1-2---subsequent-license-renewal-application" }, { "date": "2025-06-20", "event": "FR notice of acceptance and opportunity to request a hearing (90 FR 26331).", "source": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/06/18/2026-12339" }, { "date": "2026-01-31", "event": "Draft EA issued for state review.", "source": "https://www.nrc.gov/licensing-applications/power-reactor-licensing/edwin-i-hatch-nuclear-plant-units-1-2---subsequent-license-renewal-application" }, { "date": "2026-03-26", "event": "Final EA / FONSI issued.", "source": "https://www.nrc.gov/licensing-applications/power-reactor-licensing/edwin-i-hatch-nuclear-plant-units-1-2---subsequent-license-renewal-application" }, { "date": "2026-05-20", "event": "Safety evaluation issued.", "source": "https://www.nrc.gov/licensing-applications/power-reactor-licensing/edwin-i-hatch-nuclear-plant-units-1-2---subsequent-license-renewal-application" }, { "date": "2026-05-20", "event": "Final safety evaluation issued.", "source": "https://www.nrc.gov/licensing-applications/power-reactor-licensing/edwin-i-hatch-nuclear-plant-units-1-2---subsequent-license-renewal-application" }, { "date": "2026-06-11", "event": "Subsequent renewed licenses DPR-57 and NPF-5 issued.", "source": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/06/18/2026-12339" }, { "date": "2026-06-11", "event": "Issued.", "source": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/06/18/2026-12339" } ], "group": "operating_fleet", "docketed_to_decided_months": 11.9, "submitted_to_decided_months": 12.9, "docketed_to_fser_months": 11.2, "acceptance_months": 1, "url": "https://www.nuclearnewsnetwork.com/industry-trackers/nrc-licensing-reviews/hatch-1-2-slr" }, { "slug": "long-mott-xe100-cp", "title": "Long Mott Generating Station (four Xe-100 modules) construction permit", "regulator": "NRC", "regulator_id": "org:nrc", "country": "US", "action_type": "construction_permit", "applicant": "Long Mott Energy, LLC (Dow / X-energy project)", "applicant_ids": [ "org:long-mott-energy" ], "facility": "Long Mott Generating Station (Calhoun County, Texas)", "subject_ids": [ "unit:long-mott-1", "unit:long-mott-2", "unit:long-mott-3", "unit:long-mott-4" ], "docket": [ "50-614" ], "submitted": "2025-03-31", "docketed": "2025-05-12", "schedule_months": 18, "target_date": null, "fser": null, "decided": null, "outcome": "under_review", "nrc_executed_months": null, "nrc_pct_under_resource_estimate": null, "project_url": "https://www.nrc.gov/facilities-safety/new-reactors/advanced-reactors/who-were-working-with/advanced-reactor-application-projects/long-mott-energy-llc", "sources": [ "https://www.nrc.gov/facilities-safety/new-reactors/advanced-reactors/who-were-working-with/advanced-reactor-application-projects/long-mott-energy-llc", "https://www.nrc.gov/facilities-safety/new-reactors/advanced-reactors/who-were-working-with/advanced-reactor-application-projects/long-mott-energy-llc/application-documents", "https://www.federalregister.gov/d/2025-07662", "https://www.federalregister.gov/d/2025-10505", "https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML2511/ML25115A247.pdf", "https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML2515/ML25155B841.pdf", "https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML2604/ML26043A457.pdf", "https://www.federalregister.gov/d/2026-10073", "https://www.federalregister.gov/d/2026-16975", "https://www.nrc.gov/regulations-legislation/effectiveness-efficiency-and-timeliness-initiatives-that-support-unleashing-american-energy/licensing-efficiencies" ], "last_verified": "2026-10-16", "confidence": "high", "notes": "NRC target for the final safety evaluation: 2026-11. Post-ADVANCE Act filing. Environmental review done as an EA/FONSI (issued 2026-05-18, FR 2026-10073) instead of an EIS. ~28,500 staff hours estimated (schedule letter). Docketed: Conflict: the same FR notice's DATES line says 'The application was docketed on March 31, 2025.' NRC project page: 'Docketing Decision Letter Issued/Acceptance Review Complete | 05/12/2025 – A'. The acceptance-letter date (May 12, 2025) is used here. Final safety evaluation: Not yet issued; target November 2026 (NRC page 'Final SE issued. | November 2026 – T'). Advanced SE completed 'August 2026 – A'. Decision: Under review; NRC page lists '_Construction Permit Decision_ | TBD'.", "events": [ { "date": "2025-03-31", "event": "Application received: “The application for the construction permit was received on March 31, 2025.”", "source": "https://www.federalregister.gov/d/2025-07662" }, { "date": "2025-05-12", "event": "Accepted for review (docketed): “The NRC staff provided LME notice of the acceptance and docketing determination by letter dated May 12, 2025”", "source": "https://www.federalregister.gov/d/2025-10505" }, { "date": "2026-09-22", "event": "Commission mandatory hearing.", "source": "https://www.federalregister.gov/d/2026-16975" } ], "group": "new_reactor", "docketed_to_decided_months": null, "submitted_to_decided_months": null, "docketed_to_fser_months": null, "acceptance_months": 1.4, "url": "https://www.nuclearnewsnetwork.com/industry-trackers/nrc-licensing-reviews/long-mott-xe100-cp" }, { "slug": "framatome-richland-6-5pct-enrichment-amendment", "title": "Framatome Richland site-wide enrichment limit increase from 5.0 to <6.5 wt% U-235 (Amendment 20)", "regulator": "NRC", "regulator_id": "org:nrc", "country": "US", "action_type": "fuel_cycle_amendment", "applicant": "Framatome, Inc.", "applicant_ids": [ "org:framatome" ], "facility": "Framatome Fuel Fabrication Facility, Richland, Washington", "subject_ids": [ "site:richland-framatome" ], "docket": [ "70-1257" ], "submitted": "2025-01-20", "docketed": "2025-05-02", "schedule_months": 9, "target_date": null, "fser": null, "decided": "2026-03-23", "outcome": "issued", "nrc_executed_months": null, "nrc_pct_under_resource_estimate": null, "sources": [ "https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML2605/ML26057A165.pdf", "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/07/15/2025-13169/framatome-inc-framatome-fuel-fabrication-facility-license-amendment-application", "https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML2609/ML26096A298.pdf", "https://www.nrc.gov/regulations-legislation/effectiveness-efficiency-and-timeliness-initiatives-that-support-unleashing-american-energy/licensing-efficiencies" ], "last_verified": "2026-10-16", "confidence": "high", "notes": "The 9-month schedule is cited on the NRC Licensing Efficiencies page without a target date or start point; the acceptance letter was not read, so the target date is left null. Decided ~10.7 months after the May 2, 2025 acceptance (computed), i.e. later than 9 months if the clock started at acceptance. Supplemented by emails Apr. 15 and 21, 2025. The approval letter cites the submittal as ADAMS ML25020A006 while the FR lists ML25183A361; both dated Jan. 20, 2025. Hearing opportunity noticed July 15, 2025 (deadline Sept. 15, 2025). Operational readiness review before >5 wt% processing reported by trade press for early 2027 (not verified in an NRC source). Licence/permit: SNM-1227.", "events": [ { "date": "2025-01-20", "event": "Application received: “The NRC has received, by letter dated January 20, 2025, an application from Framatome, Inc., to amend materials license SNM-1227”", "source": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/07/15/2025-13169/framatome-inc-framatome-fuel-fabrication-facility-license-amendment-application" }, { "date": "2025-05-02", "event": "Accepted for review (docketed): “This application was accepted on May 2, 2025.”", "source": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/07/15/2025-13169/framatome-inc-framatome-fuel-fabrication-facility-license-amendment-application" }, { "date": "2026-03-23", "event": "Issued: “March 23, 2026 ... SUBJECT: FRAMATOME, INC. – REQUEST TO AMEND LICENSE AND APPROVE THE INCREASE MAXIMUM ENRICHMENTS AT THE RICHLAND, WASHINGTON FACILITY FROM 5.0 TO 6.5 WEIGHT PERCENT URANIUM-235 ENRICHMENTS ... Signed by Govan, Tekia on 03/23/26”", "source": "https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML2605/ML26057A165.pdf" } ], "group": "fuel_cycle", "docketed_to_decided_months": 10.7, "submitted_to_decided_months": 14, "docketed_to_fser_months": null, "acceptance_months": 3.4, "url": "https://www.nuclearnewsnetwork.com/industry-trackers/nrc-licensing-reviews/framatome-richland-6-5pct-enrichment-amendment" }, { "slug": "robinson-2-slr", "title": "H.B. Robinson Steam Electric Plant Unit 2 – Subsequent License Renewal", "regulator": "NRC", "regulator_id": "org:nrc", "country": "US", "action_type": "subsequent_license_renewal", "applicant": "Duke Energy Progress, LLC", "applicant_ids": [], "facility": "H.B. Robinson Steam Electric Plant (Robinson 2)", "subject_ids": [], "docket": [ "50-261" ], "submitted": "2025-04-01", "docketed": "2025-04-28", "schedule_months": null, "target_date": null, "fser": "2026-04-01", "decided": "2026-04-23", "outcome": "issued", "nrc_executed_months": null, "nrc_pct_under_resource_estimate": null, "project_url": "https://www.nrc.gov/licensing-applications/power-reactor-licensing/hb-robinson-steam-electric-plant-unit-2-subsequent-license-renewal-application", "sources": [ "https://www.nrc.gov/licensing-applications/power-reactor-licensing/hb-robinson-steam-electric-plant-unit-2-subsequent-license-renewal-application", "https://www.nrc.gov/sites/default/files/cdn/doc-collection-news/2026/26-046.pdf", "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/04/21/2025-06802", "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/05/08/2025-08058", "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/04/28/2026-08200", "https://web.archive.org/web/20250521203609/https://www.nrc.gov/reactors/operating/licensing/renewal/applications/robinson-subsequent.html", "https://www.nrc.gov/licensing-applications/operating-reactor-licensing/reactor-license-renewal/status-subsequent-license-renewal-applications" ], "last_verified": "2026-10-16", "confidence": "high", "notes": "NRC calls it 'the fastest license renewal review in agency history and the first completed under new federal timelines' (News Release 26-046). 12 months is counted from docketing (Apr 28, 2025 -> Apr 23, 2026); from submittal it is ~12.7 months. No FR notice establishing a Licensing Board was found for this application in an FR API search. NRC decision target: originally 2026-10, latest 2026-04. Schedule: Archived NRC page captured 2025-05-19 (last updated May 14, 2025, i.e. before EO 14300) showed decision 10/2026 and SER 06/2026; current page shows decision 04/2026. NRC News Release 26-046: completed 'within the 12-month timeframe established by Executive Order 14300, cutting six months from the NRC's previous 18-month schedule'.", "events": [ { "date": "2025-04-01", "event": "Application submitted.", "source": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/05/08/2025-08058" }, { "date": "2025-04-28", "event": "Docketing acceptance letter.", "source": "https://www.nrc.gov/licensing-applications/power-reactor-licensing/hb-robinson-steam-electric-plant-unit-2-subsequent-license-renewal-application" }, { "date": "2025-05-08", "event": "FR notice of acceptance and opportunity to request a hearing (90 FR 19535).", "source": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/04/28/2026-08200" }, { "date": "2026-03-12", "event": "Final SEIS issued.", "source": "https://www.nrc.gov/licensing-applications/power-reactor-licensing/hb-robinson-steam-electric-plant-unit-2-subsequent-license-renewal-application" }, { "date": "2026-04-01", "event": "Safety evaluation issued.", "source": "https://www.nrc.gov/licensing-applications/power-reactor-licensing/hb-robinson-steam-electric-plant-unit-2-subsequent-license-renewal-application" }, { "date": "2026-04-01", "event": "Final safety evaluation issued.", "source": "https://www.nrc.gov/licensing-applications/power-reactor-licensing/hb-robinson-steam-electric-plant-unit-2-subsequent-license-renewal-application" }, { "date": "2026-04-23", "event": "Subsequent renewed license DPR-23 issued.", "source": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/04/28/2026-08200" }, { "date": "2026-04-23", "event": "Issued.", "source": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/04/28/2026-08200" } ], "group": "operating_fleet", "docketed_to_decided_months": 11.8, "submitted_to_decided_months": 12.7, "docketed_to_fser_months": 11.1, "acceptance_months": 0.9, "url": "https://www.nuclearnewsnetwork.com/industry-trackers/nrc-licensing-reviews/robinson-2-slr" }, { "slug": "centrus-aco-haleu-phase3-amendment-29", "title": "American Centrifuge Plant Phase III HALEU operations for up to 9 years (to June 30, 2034) with possession limit increase (Amendment 29)", "regulator": "NRC", "regulator_id": "org:nrc", "country": "US", "action_type": "fuel_cycle_amendment", "applicant": "American Centrifuge Operating, LLC, dba ACO (Centrus Energy Corp.)", "applicant_ids": [ "org:american-centrifuge-operating" ], "facility": "American Centrifuge Plant, Piketon, Ohio", "subject_ids": [ "site:piketon" ], "docket": [ "70-7004" ], "submitted": "2024-12-19", "docketed": "2025-02-10", "schedule_months": null, "target_date": null, "fser": null, "decided": "2025-06-26", "outcome": "issued", "nrc_executed_months": null, "nrc_pct_under_resource_estimate": null, "project_url": "https://www.nrc.gov/facilities-safety/fuel-cycle-facilities/new-fuel-cycle-facility-licensing/gas-centrifuge-enrichment-facility-licensing/centrus-energy-corpamerican-centrifuge-operating-llc-formerly-usec-inc-gas-centrifuge-enrichme", "sources": [ "https://www.nrc.gov/facilities-safety/fuel-cycle-facilities/new-fuel-cycle-facility-licensing/gas-centrifuge-enrichment-facility-licensing/centrus-energy-corpamerican-centrifuge-operating-llc-formerly-usec-inc-gas-centrifuge-enrichme", "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/03/25/2025-04984/american-centrifuge-operating-llc-dba-aco-american-centrifuge-plant-license-amendment-application", "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/06/24/2025-11522/american-centrifuge-operating-llc-american-centrifuge-plant-environmental-assessment-and-finding-of" ], "last_verified": "2026-10-16", "confidence": "high", "notes": "NRC target decision: 2025-06-30 (authorization expiry driving need date) (month only). nrc_target_date is not an NRC-published schedule: FR 2024-31376 says Phase 2 operations must shut down if Phase III \"are not approved on or before June 30, 2025\"; approval came 4 days before. Entirely post-ADVANCE Act. Two further ACO expansion amendments are under review (NRC page, Sept. 2026) but their dates were not captured. Licence/permit: SNM-2011.", "events": [ { "date": "2024-12-19", "event": "Application received: “The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff accepted and docketed an application for the amendment of Special Nuclear Materials (SNM) License No. SNM-2011, submitted by American Centrifuge Operating, LLC, dba ACO dated December 19, 2024.”", "source": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/03/25/2025-04984/american-centrifuge-operating-llc-dba-aco-american-centrifuge-plant-license-amendment-application" }, { "date": "2025-02-10", "event": "Accepted for review (docketed): “As documented in an administrative completeness review, dated February 10, 2025, the NRC found the application, acceptable for a technical review.”", "source": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/03/25/2025-04984/american-centrifuge-operating-llc-dba-aco-american-centrifuge-plant-license-amendment-application" }, { "date": "2025-06-26", "event": "Issued: “The NRC approved the request and issued Amendment 29 on June 26, 2025”", "source": "https://www.nrc.gov/facilities-safety/fuel-cycle-facilities/new-fuel-cycle-facility-licensing/gas-centrifuge-enrichment-facility-licensing/centrus-energy-corpamerican-centrifuge-operating-llc-formerly-usec-inc-gas-centrifuge-enrichme" } ], "group": "fuel_cycle", "docketed_to_decided_months": 4.5, "submitted_to_decided_months": 6.2, "docketed_to_fser_months": null, "acceptance_months": 1.7, "url": "https://www.nuclearnewsnetwork.com/industry-trackers/nrc-licensing-reviews/centrus-aco-haleu-phase3-amendment-29" }, { "slug": "urenco-usa-leu-plus-recycling-systems-amendment-lar-24-01", "title": "National Enrichment Facility amendment applying the <10 wt% LEU+ limit to recycling and support systems (LAR-24-01, Amendment 110)", "regulator": "NRC", "regulator_id": "org:nrc", "country": "US", "action_type": "fuel_cycle_amendment", "applicant": "Louisiana Energy Services, LLC, dba Urenco USA", "applicant_ids": [ "org:urenco-usa" ], "facility": "National Enrichment Facility (Urenco USA), Eunice, New Mexico", "subject_ids": [ "site:national-enrichment-facility" ], "docket": [ "70-3103" ], "submitted": "2024-08-29", "docketed": "2024-11-26", "schedule_months": null, "target_date": null, "fser": null, "decided": "2025-07-31", "outcome": "issued", "nrc_executed_months": null, "nrc_pct_under_resource_estimate": null, "sources": [ "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/01/10/2025-00348/louisiana-energy-services-llc-dba-urenco-usa-national-enrichment-facility-license-amendment", "https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML2519/ML25196A452.pdf" ], "last_verified": "2026-10-16", "confidence": "high", "notes": "Follow-on to LAR-23-02. Entirely post-ADVANCE Act. Licence/permit: SNM-2010.", "events": [ { "date": "2024-08-29", "event": "Application received: “The NRC has received, by letter dated August 29, 2024, a license amendment request (LAR) from Louisiana Energy Services, LLC, dba Urenco USA”", "source": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/01/10/2025-00348/louisiana-energy-services-llc-dba-urenco-usa-national-enrichment-facility-license-amendment" }, { "date": "2024-11-26", "event": "Accepted for review (docketed): “As documented in an administrative completeness review, dated November 26, 2024, the NRC staff found the application, as supplemented, acceptable for a technical review.”", "source": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/01/10/2025-00348/louisiana-energy-services-llc-dba-urenco-usa-national-enrichment-facility-license-amendment" }, { "date": "2025-07-31", "event": "Issued: “July 31, 2025 ... SUBJECT: LOUISIANA ENERGY SERVICES, LLC, – AMENDMENT 110, APPROVAL OF URENCO USA LICENSE AMENDMENT REQUEST TO RAISE ENRICHMENT LIMIT TO THE LICENSED LIMIT FOR LOW-ENRICHED URANIUM PLUS RECYCLING AND SUPPORT SYSTEMS (LAR 24-01)”", "source": "https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML2519/ML25196A452.pdf" } ], "group": "fuel_cycle", "docketed_to_decided_months": 8.1, "submitted_to_decided_months": 11, "docketed_to_fser_months": null, "acceptance_months": 2.9, "url": "https://www.nuclearnewsnetwork.com/industry-trackers/nrc-licensing-reviews/urenco-usa-leu-plus-recycling-systems-amendment-lar-24-01" }, { "slug": "centrus-aco-haleu-phase2-extension-amendment-27", "title": "American Centrifuge Plant continuation of HALEU operations to June 30, 2025 (Amendment 27)", "regulator": "NRC", "regulator_id": "org:nrc", "country": "US", "action_type": "fuel_cycle_amendment", "applicant": "American Centrifuge Operating, LLC (Centrus Energy Corp.)", "applicant_ids": [ "org:american-centrifuge-operating" ], "facility": "American Centrifuge Plant, Piketon, Ohio", "subject_ids": [ "site:piketon" ], "docket": [ "70-7004" ], "submitted": "2024-09-12", "docketed": null, "schedule_months": null, "target_date": null, "fser": null, "decided": "2024-12-31", "outcome": "issued", "nrc_executed_months": null, "nrc_pct_under_resource_estimate": null, "project_url": "https://www.nrc.gov/facilities-safety/fuel-cycle-facilities/new-fuel-cycle-facility-licensing/gas-centrifuge-enrichment-facility-licensing/centrus-energy-corpamerican-centrifuge-operating-llc-formerly-usec-inc-gas-centrifuge-enrichme", "sources": [ "https://www.nrc.gov/facilities-safety/fuel-cycle-facilities/new-fuel-cycle-facility-licensing/gas-centrifuge-enrichment-facility-licensing/centrus-energy-corpamerican-centrifuge-operating-llc-formerly-usec-inc-gas-centrifuge-enrichme", "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/12/31/2024-31376/american-centrifuge-operating-llc-american-centrifuge-plant-environmental-assessment-and-finding-of" ], "last_verified": "2026-10-16", "confidence": "high", "notes": "Short time-extension amendment. Amendment number 27 from FR 2025-11522 document list (\"Extend Phase 2 Amendment 27, dated December 31, 2024\"). Acceptance date not found. Post-ADVANCE Act. Licence/permit: SNM-2011.", "events": [ { "date": "2024-09-12", "event": "Application received: “The proposed action is described in the licensee's application dated September 12, 2024, and its supplements dated November 7, 2024, and November 21, 2024.”", "source": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/12/31/2024-31376/american-centrifuge-operating-llc-american-centrifuge-plant-environmental-assessment-and-finding-of" }, { "date": "2024-12-31", "event": "Issued: “On December 31, 2024, the NRC approved a request by ACO to amend its license to allow the continuation of HALEU operations until June 30, 2025”", "source": "https://www.nrc.gov/facilities-safety/fuel-cycle-facilities/new-fuel-cycle-facility-licensing/gas-centrifuge-enrichment-facility-licensing/centrus-energy-corpamerican-centrifuge-operating-llc-formerly-usec-inc-gas-centrifuge-enrichme" } ], "group": "fuel_cycle", "docketed_to_decided_months": null, "submitted_to_decided_months": 3.6, "docketed_to_fser_months": null, "acceptance_months": null, "url": "https://www.nuclearnewsnetwork.com/industry-trackers/nrc-licensing-reviews/centrus-aco-haleu-phase2-extension-amendment-27" }, { "slug": "palisades-restart", "title": "Palisades Nuclear Plant return to power operations (licensing basis restoration)", "regulator": "NRC", "regulator_id": "org:nrc", "country": "US", "action_type": "restart", "applicant": "Holtec Decommissioning International, LLC / Holtec Palisades, LLC; operating authority transferred to Palisades Energy, LLC", "applicant_ids": [ "org:holtec-decommissioning-international" ], "facility": "Palisades Nuclear Plant (Covert, Michigan)", "subject_ids": [ "unit:palisades-1" ], "docket": [ "50-255" ], "submitted": "2024-05-24", "docketed": "2024-06-18", "schedule_months": null, "target_date": "2025-07-31", "fser": null, "decided": "2025-07-24", "outcome": "issued", "nrc_executed_months": null, "nrc_pct_under_resource_estimate": null, "project_url": "https://www.nrc.gov/facilities-safety/facility-finder/reactors/pali", "sources": [ "https://www.nrc.gov/facilities-safety/facility-finder/reactors/pali", "https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML2421/ML24219A420.pdf", "https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML2329/ML23291A440.pdf", "https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML2402/ML24022A117.pdf", "https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML2521/ML25213A079.pdf", "https://www.nrc.gov/regulations-legislation/effectiveness-efficiency-and-timeliness-initiatives-that-support-unleashing-american-energy/licensing-efficiencies" ], "last_verified": "2026-10-16", "confidence": "high", "notes": "First-of-a-kind restart from decommissioning. NRC met its revised July 31, 2025 target (decided 2025-07-24). Follow-on LARs (leak-before-break 08/26/2025, steam generator sleeving 10/30/2025, NFPA 805 11/20/2025, relief requests) are excluded from the bundle. Efficiency page: 'Approved a series of licensing and regulatory actions that will pave the way for the restart of the Palisades Nuclear Plant – a first of its kind action'. Submitted: date = last part of the initial restart bundle; first part (50.82 exemption) submitted 2023-09-28. Holtec's 'Regulatory Path to Reauthorize Power Operations' letter was dated 02/01/2023 (not an application). Docketed: date = acceptance of the last part; first acceptance 2023-11-03. Part 50 docket already existed (no new docketing). Final safety evaluation: Separate safety evaluations accompany each licensing action (issued 2025-07-24); no single FSER. Decision: NRC press release No. 25-046 dated July 24, 2025. NRC page lists 'Final Documentation' 07/24/2025 for the exemption, OL/TS LAR, admin TS LAR, E-plan, QA plan and MSLB LAR (license transfer order 07/16/2025). Power operations licensing basis became effective on August 25, 2025 when Palisades Energy rescinded its 50.82(a)(1) certifications.", "events": [ { "date": "2024-05-24", "event": "Application received: “By letters dated September 28, 2023, December 6, 2023, December 14, 2023, February 9, 2024, May 1, 2024, and May 24, 2024, Holtec Decommissioning International, LLC (the licensee), submitted an exemption, a license transfer request, and four license amendment requests (LARs) to support resumption of power operations”", "source": "https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML2421/ML24219A420.pdf" }, { "date": "2024-06-18", "event": "Accepted for review (docketed): “By letters dated November 3, 2023, January 16, 2024, January 23, 2024, March 18, 2024, May 23, 2024, and June 18, 2024, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff notified you that your requests had been accepted for review”", "source": "https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML2421/ML24219A420.pdf" }, { "date": "2025-07-24", "event": "Issued: “The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has approved a series of licensing and regulatory actions that will pave the way for restart of the Palisades Nuclear Plant.”", "source": "https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML2521/ML25213A079.pdf" } ], "group": "operating_fleet", "docketed_to_decided_months": 13.2, "submitted_to_decided_months": 14, "docketed_to_fser_months": null, "acceptance_months": 0.8, "url": "https://www.nuclearnewsnetwork.com/industry-trackers/nrc-licensing-reviews/palisades-restart" }, { "slug": "dresden-2-3-slr", "title": "Dresden Nuclear Power Station Units 2 and 3 – Subsequent License Renewal", "regulator": "NRC", "regulator_id": "org:nrc", "country": "US", "action_type": "subsequent_license_renewal", "applicant": "Constellation Energy Generation, LLC", "applicant_ids": [ "org:constellation" ], "facility": "Dresden Nuclear Power Station (Dresden 2, Dresden 3)", "subject_ids": [ "site:dresden" ], "docket": [ "50-237", "50-249" ], "submitted": "2024-04-17", "docketed": "2024-06-14", "schedule_months": null, "target_date": "2025-11-13", "fser": "2025-09-09", "decided": "2025-12-16", "outcome": "issued", "nrc_executed_months": null, "nrc_pct_under_resource_estimate": null, "project_url": "https://www.nrc.gov/licensing-applications/power-reactor-licensing/dresden-nuclear-power-station-units-2-and-3-subsequent-license-renewal-application", "sources": [ "https://www.nrc.gov/licensing-applications/power-reactor-licensing/dresden-nuclear-power-station-units-2-and-3-subsequent-license-renewal-application", "https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML2519/ML25198A191.pdf", "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/05/07/2024-09951", "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/06/24/2024-13768", "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/18/2025-23283", "https://www.nrc.gov/sites/default/files/cdn/doc-collection-news/2025/25-066.pdf", "https://web.archive.org/web/20240907/https://www.nrc.gov/reactors/operating/licensing/renewal/applications/dresden-subsequent.html", "https://www.nrc.gov/licensing-applications/operating-reactor-licensing/reactor-license-renewal/status-subsequent-license-renewal-applications" ], "last_verified": "2026-10-16", "confidence": "high", "notes": "Aug 7, 2025 letter also cut the hour estimate to ~12,200 h (from 8,000 safety + 6,000 environmental). The letter does not cite EO 14300. Issued ~1 month after the accelerated target; fetched sources give no reason. No FR notice establishing a Licensing Board was found for this application in an FR API search. NRC decision target: originally 2025-12, latest 2025-11-13. Schedule: Original schedule (NRC letter Aug 2, 2024, ML24184A171) targeted 12/2025; Aug 7, 2025 letter accelerated it to 11/13/2025, citing 'several staff efficiencies'; actual 12/16/2025.", "events": [ { "date": "2024-04-17", "event": "Application submitted.", "source": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/06/24/2024-13768" }, { "date": "2024-06-14", "event": "NRC letter: acceptable for docketing.", "source": "https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML2519/ML25198A191.pdf" }, { "date": "2024-06-24", "event": "FR notice of acceptance and opportunity for hearing.", "source": "https://www.nrc.gov/licensing-applications/power-reactor-licensing/dresden-nuclear-power-station-units-2-and-3-subsequent-license-renewal-application" }, { "date": "2024-08-02", "event": "NRC issues projected review schedule.", "source": "https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML2519/ML25198A191.pdf" }, { "date": "2025-08-07", "event": "Revised schedule letter (decision 11/13/2025).", "source": "https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML2519/ML25198A191.pdf" }, { "date": "2025-09-03", "event": "Final SEIS issued.", "source": "https://www.nrc.gov/licensing-applications/power-reactor-licensing/dresden-nuclear-power-station-units-2-and-3-subsequent-license-renewal-application" }, { "date": "2025-09-09", "event": "Final safety evaluation issued.", "source": "https://www.nrc.gov/licensing-applications/power-reactor-licensing/dresden-nuclear-power-station-units-2-and-3-subsequent-license-renewal-application" }, { "date": "2025-09-09", "event": "Final safety evaluation issued.", "source": "https://www.nrc.gov/licensing-applications/power-reactor-licensing/dresden-nuclear-power-station-units-2-and-3-subsequent-license-renewal-application" }, { "date": "2025-12-16", "event": "Subsequent renewed licenses DPR-19 and DPR-25 issued.", "source": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/18/2025-23283" }, { "date": "2025-12-16", "event": "Issued.", "source": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/18/2025-23283" } ], "group": "operating_fleet", "docketed_to_decided_months": 18.1, "submitted_to_decided_months": 20, "docketed_to_fser_months": 14.9, "acceptance_months": 1.9, "url": "https://www.nuclearnewsnetwork.com/industry-trackers/nrc-licensing-reviews/dresden-2-3-slr" }, { "slug": "terrapower-kemmerer-1-cp", "title": "Kemmerer Power Station Unit 1 (Natrium) construction permit", "regulator": "NRC", "regulator_id": "org:nrc", "country": "US", "action_type": "construction_permit", "applicant": "US SFR Owner, LLC (wholly owned subsidiary of TerraPower, LLC)", "applicant_ids": [ "org:terrapower" ], "facility": "Kemmerer Power Station Unit 1 (Lincoln County, Wyoming)", "subject_ids": [ "unit:natrium-kemmerer-1" ], "docket": [ "50-613" ], "submitted": "2024-03-28", "docketed": "2024-05-21", "schedule_months": 27, "target_date": null, "fser": "2025-12-01", "decided": "2026-03-09", "outcome": "issued", "nrc_executed_months": 18, "nrc_pct_under_resource_estimate": 11, "project_url": "https://www.nrc.gov/facilities-safety/new-reactors/advanced-reactors/who-were-working-with/past-licensing-activities/kemmerer-power-station-unit-1", "sources": [ "https://www.nrc.gov/facilities-safety/new-reactors/advanced-reactors/who-were-working-with/past-licensing-activities/kemmerer-power-station-unit-1", "https://www.nrc.gov/facilities-safety/new-reactors/advanced-reactors/who-were-working-with/past-licensing-activities/kemmerer-power-station-unit-1/application-documents", "https://www.federalregister.gov/d/2024-10474", "https://www.federalregister.gov/d/2024-12154", "https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML2518/ML25181A764.pdf", "https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML2532/ML25329A252.pdf", "https://www.federalregister.gov/d/2025-23678", "https://www.federalregister.gov/d/2026-05067", "https://www.nrc.gov/regulations-legislation/effectiveness-efficiency-and-timeliness-initiatives-that-support-unleashing-american-energy/licensing-efficiencies" ], "last_verified": "2026-10-16", "confidence": "high", "notes": "Docketed before the ADVANCE Act (2024-07-09), decided after; review accelerated in 2025 citing Executive Order 14300. NRC measures the 18 executed months to the FSE (docketing 2024-05-21 to FSE 2025-12-01). No operating license application found as of 2026-10-16. Final safety evaluation: ML25329A252. Efficiency page: 'The review was completed in 18 months – 9 months ahead of schedule and 11 percent under budget.'", "events": [ { "date": "2024-03-28", "event": "Application received: “The application for the construction permit was received on March 28, 2024, and a supplement to the application was submitted on May 2, 2024.”", "source": "https://www.federalregister.gov/d/2024-10474" }, { "date": "2024-05-21", "event": "Accepted for review (docketed): “The application was docketed on May 21, 2024.”", "source": "https://www.federalregister.gov/d/2024-12154" }, { "date": "2025-12-01", "event": "Final safety evaluation issued.", "source": "https://www.nrc.gov/facilities-safety/new-reactors/advanced-reactors/who-were-working-with/past-licensing-activities/kemmerer-power-station-unit-1/application-documents" }, { "date": "2026-03-04", "event": "Commission mandatory hearing.", "source": "https://www.nrc.gov/facilities-safety/new-reactors/advanced-reactors/who-were-working-with/past-licensing-activities/kemmerer-power-station-unit-1" }, { "date": "2026-03-09", "event": "Issued: “The Construction Permit No. CPAR-1 was issued on March 9, 2026.”", "source": "https://www.federalregister.gov/d/2026-05067" } ], "group": "new_reactor", "docketed_to_decided_months": 21.6, "submitted_to_decided_months": 23.4, "docketed_to_fser_months": 18.4, "acceptance_months": 1.8, "url": "https://www.nuclearnewsnetwork.com/industry-trackers/nrc-licensing-reviews/terrapower-kemmerer-1-cp" }, { "slug": "clinton-1-lr", "title": "Clinton Power Station Unit 1 – License Renewal", "regulator": "NRC", "regulator_id": "org:nrc", "country": "US", "action_type": "license_renewal", "applicant": "Constellation Energy Generation, LLC", "applicant_ids": [ "org:constellation" ], "facility": "Clinton Power Station (Clinton 1)", "subject_ids": [ "site:clinton" ], "docket": [ "50-461" ], "submitted": "2024-02-14", "docketed": "2024-04-11", "schedule_months": null, "target_date": "2025-10-09", "fser": "2025-08-29", "decided": "2025-12-16", "outcome": "issued", "nrc_executed_months": null, "nrc_pct_under_resource_estimate": null, "project_url": "https://www.nrc.gov/licensing-applications/power-reactor-licensing/clinton-power-station-unit-1-license-renewal-application", "sources": [ "https://www.nrc.gov/licensing-applications/power-reactor-licensing/clinton-power-station-unit-1-license-renewal-application", "https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML2520/ML25202A071.pdf", "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/03/07/2024-04811", "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/04/18/2024-08260", "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/19/2025-23462", "https://www.nrc.gov/sites/default/files/cdn/doc-collection-news/2025/25-066.pdf", "https://web.archive.org/web/20240907/https://www.nrc.gov/reactors/operating/licensing/renewal/applications/clinton.html", "https://www.nrc.gov/licensing-applications/status-initial-license-renewal-applications-and-industry-initiatives" ], "last_verified": "2026-10-16", "confidence": "high", "notes": "Aug 7, 2025 letter cut the estimate to ~12,050 h (from 10,000 safety + 7,000 environmental); it does not cite EO 14300. Issued ~2 months after the accelerated target; fetched sources give no reason. No FR notice establishing a Licensing Board was found for this application in an FR API search. NRC decision target: originally 2025-12, latest 2025-10-09. Schedule: Original schedule (issued with Apr 11, 2024 acceptance letter) targeted 12/2025; Aug 7, 2025 letter accelerated it to 10/9/2025 citing 'several staff efficiencies'; actual 12/16/2025.", "events": [ { "date": "2024-02-14", "event": "Application submitted.", "source": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/04/18/2024-08260" }, { "date": "2024-04-11", "event": "NRC letter: acceptable for docketing; projected schedule issued.", "source": "https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML2520/ML25202A071.pdf" }, { "date": "2024-04-18", "event": "FR notice of acceptance and opportunity to request a hearing.", "source": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/19/2025-23462" }, { "date": "2025-08-01", "event": "Final SEIS issued.", "source": "https://www.nrc.gov/licensing-applications/power-reactor-licensing/clinton-power-station-unit-1-license-renewal-application" }, { "date": "2025-08-07", "event": "Revised schedule letter (decision 10/9/2025).", "source": "https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML2520/ML25202A071.pdf" }, { "date": "2025-08-29", "event": "Safety evaluation issued.", "source": "https://www.nrc.gov/licensing-applications/power-reactor-licensing/clinton-power-station-unit-1-license-renewal-application" }, { "date": "2025-08-29", "event": "Final safety evaluation issued.", "source": "https://www.nrc.gov/licensing-applications/power-reactor-licensing/clinton-power-station-unit-1-license-renewal-application" }, { "date": "2025-12-16", "event": "Renewed license NPF-62 issued.", "source": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/19/2025-23462" }, { "date": "2025-12-16", "event": "Issued.", "source": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/19/2025-23462" } ], "group": "operating_fleet", "docketed_to_decided_months": 20.2, "submitted_to_decided_months": 22, "docketed_to_fser_months": 16.6, "acceptance_months": 1.9, "url": "https://www.nuclearnewsnetwork.com/industry-trackers/nrc-licensing-reviews/clinton-1-lr" }, { "slug": "browns-ferry-1-2-3-slr", "title": "Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant Units 1, 2 and 3 – Subsequent License Renewal", "regulator": "NRC", "regulator_id": "org:nrc", "country": "US", "action_type": "subsequent_license_renewal", "applicant": "Tennessee Valley Authority", "applicant_ids": [ "org:tva" ], "facility": "Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant (Browns Ferry 1, Browns Ferry 2, Browns Ferry 3)", "subject_ids": [ "site:browns-ferry" ], "docket": [ "50-259", "50-260", "50-296" ], "submitted": "2024-01-19", "docketed": "2024-03-21", "schedule_months": null, "target_date": "2025-10-15", "fser": "2025-07-18", "decided": "2025-12-11", "outcome": "issued", "nrc_executed_months": null, "nrc_pct_under_resource_estimate": null, "project_url": "https://www.nrc.gov/licensing-applications/power-reactor-licensing/browns-ferry-nuclear-plant-units-1-2-and-3-subsequent-license-renewal-application", "sources": [ "https://www.nrc.gov/licensing-applications/power-reactor-licensing/browns-ferry-nuclear-plant-units-1-2-and-3-subsequent-license-renewal-application", "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/02/08/2024-02611", "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/03/21/2024-06047", "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/16/2025-22840", "https://web.archive.org/web/20240406/https://www.nrc.gov/reactors/operating/licensing/renewal/applications/browns-ferry-subsequent.html", "https://web.archive.org/web/20250717/https://www.nrc.gov/reactors/operating/licensing/renewal/applications/browns-ferry-subsequent.html", "https://www.nrc.gov/licensing-applications/operating-reactor-licensing/reactor-license-renewal/status-subsequent-license-renewal-applications" ], "last_verified": "2026-10-16", "confidence": "high", "notes": "SLR status page lists 'Application Received 01/09/2024'; the FR notices and the plant page say January 19, 2024. Used 2024-01-19 (status-page value looks like a typo). Decided after the EO-driven acceleration era began but missed its accelerated Oct 15, 2025 target by ~2 months; fetched sources give no reason. No FR notice establishing a Licensing Board was found for this application in an FR API search. NRC decision target: originally 2026-01, latest 2025-10-15. Schedule: Archived page (last updated March 25, 2024; also Feb and June 2025) shows decision target January 2026; Revised Schedule Letters dated February 6, 2025 and August 7, 2025; current page shows target October 15, 2025; actual December 11, 2025 (later than the accelerated target, earlier than the original). The August 7, 2025 letter itself (ML25203A010) returned HTTP 403 and was not read.", "events": [ { "date": "2024-01-19", "event": "Application submitted.", "source": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/02/08/2024-02611" }, { "date": "2024-03-21", "event": "FR notice of acceptance and opportunity for hearing.", "source": "https://www.nrc.gov/licensing-applications/power-reactor-licensing/browns-ferry-nuclear-plant-units-1-2-and-3-subsequent-license-renewal-application" }, { "date": "2025-02-06", "event": "Revised schedule letter.", "source": "https://www.nrc.gov/licensing-applications/power-reactor-licensing/browns-ferry-nuclear-plant-units-1-2-and-3-subsequent-license-renewal-application" }, { "date": "2025-07-18", "event": "Final safety evaluation issued.", "source": "https://www.nrc.gov/licensing-applications/power-reactor-licensing/browns-ferry-nuclear-plant-units-1-2-and-3-subsequent-license-renewal-application" }, { "date": "2025-07-18", "event": "Final safety evaluation issued.", "source": "https://www.nrc.gov/licensing-applications/power-reactor-licensing/browns-ferry-nuclear-plant-units-1-2-and-3-subsequent-license-renewal-application" }, { "date": "2025-08-07", "event": "Revised schedule letter (target decision Oct 15, 2025).", "source": "https://www.nrc.gov/licensing-applications/power-reactor-licensing/browns-ferry-nuclear-plant-units-1-2-and-3-subsequent-license-renewal-application" }, { "date": "2025-08-21", "event": "Final SEIS issued.", "source": "https://www.nrc.gov/licensing-applications/power-reactor-licensing/browns-ferry-nuclear-plant-units-1-2-and-3-subsequent-license-renewal-application" }, { "date": "2025-12-11", "event": "Subsequent renewed licenses DPR-33, DPR-52, DPR-68 issued.", "source": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/16/2025-22840" }, { "date": "2025-12-11", "event": "Issued.", "source": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/16/2025-22840" } ], "group": "operating_fleet", "docketed_to_decided_months": 20.7, "submitted_to_decided_months": 22.7, "docketed_to_fser_months": 15.9, "acceptance_months": 2, "url": "https://www.nuclearnewsnetwork.com/industry-trackers/nrc-licensing-reviews/browns-ferry-1-2-3-slr" }, { "slug": "urenco-usa-leu-plus-10pct-amendment-lar-23-02", "title": "National Enrichment Facility amendment raising enrichment limit from 5.5 to <10 wt% U-235 (LEU+) for production systems (LAR-23-02, Amendment 105)", "regulator": "NRC", "regulator_id": "org:nrc", "country": "US", "action_type": "fuel_cycle_amendment", "applicant": "Louisiana Energy Services, LLC, dba Urenco USA", "applicant_ids": [ "org:urenco-usa" ], "facility": "National Enrichment Facility (Urenco USA), Eunice, New Mexico", "subject_ids": [ "site:national-enrichment-facility" ], "docket": [ "70-3103" ], "submitted": "2023-11-30", "docketed": "2024-03-01", "schedule_months": null, "target_date": null, "fser": null, "decided": "2024-12-11", "outcome": "issued", "nrc_executed_months": null, "nrc_pct_under_resource_estimate": null, "sources": [ "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/10/08/2024-23264/louisiana-energy-services-llc-dba-urenco-usa-national-enrichment-facility-license-amendment", "https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML2431/ML24318C240.pdf", "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/12/10/2024-28929/louisiana-energy-services-llc-dba-urenco-usa-national-enrichment-facility-environmental-assessment", "https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML2527/ML25272A288.pdf", "https://www.urenco.com/news/usa/2024/urenco-usa-receives-approval-of-LAR-authorizing-10-enrichment" ], "last_verified": "2026-10-16", "confidence": "high", "notes": "Decision before ORR: the amendment (12/11/2024) required an NRC operational readiness review before producing >5 wt%; production authorization issued Sept. 30, 2025. Hearing opportunity noticed only on 2024-10-08, i.e., ~7 months after acceptance. EA/FONSI Dec. 10, 2024. Submitted and accepted pre-ADVANCE Act; decided post. Urenco press release (secondary) confirms \"On December 11, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) provided Urenco USA (UUSA) their approval\". Licence/permit: SNM-2010.", "events": [ { "date": "2023-11-30", "event": "Application received: “The NRC has received, by letter dated November 30, 2023, an application from Louisiana Energy Services, LLC, dba Urenco USA, to amend materials license SNM-2010”", "source": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/10/08/2024-23264/louisiana-energy-services-llc-dba-urenco-usa-national-enrichment-facility-license-amendment" }, { "date": "2024-03-01", "event": "Accepted for review (docketed): “As documented in an administrative completeness review, dated March 1, 2024, NRC found the application, as supplemented, acceptable for a technical review.”", "source": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/10/08/2024-23264/louisiana-energy-services-llc-dba-urenco-usa-national-enrichment-facility-license-amendment" }, { "date": "2024-12-11", "event": "Issued: “ML24318C243 - Enclosure 3 - LES Amendment 105 for UUSA Request for Less Than 10 Weight Percent Uranium 235 (Public) (12/11/2024)”", "source": "https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML2431/ML24318C240.pdf" } ], "group": "fuel_cycle", "docketed_to_decided_months": 9.4, "submitted_to_decided_months": 12.4, "docketed_to_fser_months": null, "acceptance_months": 3, "url": "https://www.nuclearnewsnetwork.com/industry-trackers/nrc-licensing-reviews/urenco-usa-leu-plus-10pct-amendment-lar-23-02" }, { "slug": "diablo-canyon-1-2-lr", "title": "Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant Units 1 and 2 – License Renewal (2023 application)", "regulator": "NRC", "regulator_id": "org:nrc", "country": "US", "action_type": "license_renewal", "applicant": "Pacific Gas and Electric Company", "applicant_ids": [ "org:pge" ], "facility": "Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant (Diablo Canyon 1, Diablo Canyon 2)", "subject_ids": [ "unit:diablo-canyon-1", "unit:diablo-canyon-2" ], "docket": [ "50-275", "50-323" ], "submitted": "2023-11-07", "docketed": "2023-12-19", "schedule_months": null, "target_date": null, "fser": "2025-06-05", "decided": "2026-04-02", "outcome": "issued", "nrc_executed_months": null, "nrc_pct_under_resource_estimate": null, "project_url": "https://www.nrc.gov/licensing-applications/power-reactor-licensing/diablo-canyon---license-renewal-application", "sources": [ "https://www.nrc.gov/licensing-applications/power-reactor-licensing/diablo-canyon---license-renewal-application", "https://www.nrc.gov/sites/default/files/cdn/doc-collection-news/2026/26-039.pdf", "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/11/20/2023-25578", "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/12/19/2023-27856", "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/03/13/2024-05277", "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/04/06/2026-06641", "https://web.archive.org/web/20240613/https://www.nrc.gov/reactors/operating/licensing/renewal/applications/diablo-canyon.html", "https://www.nrc.gov/licensing-applications/status-initial-license-renewal-applications-and-industry-initiatives" ], "last_verified": "2026-10-16", "confidence": "high", "notes": "NRC News Release 26-039: 'The NRC issued the renewed licenses after receiving documentation from PG&E of the required federal certifications under the Coastal Zone Management Act and the Clean Water Act.' NRC's own reviews (SE June 5, 2025; FSEIS June 20, 2025) finished ~19.5 months after submittal; the remaining ~9.5 months were external state certifications. The LR status table shows 'Application Received 11/24/09' (the first, withdrawn application) for this row; this record uses the 2023 application. The status page footnote also misstates the old application as 'submitted on November 7, 2018 and withdrawn ... March 7, 2018'. Units kept operating past their original expirations (Nov 2, 2024 / Aug 26, 2025) under the timely-renewal exemption granted March 2, 2023. Contested (hearing request March 2024); outcome not in fetched sources. NRC decision target: originally 2025-08, latest 2025-08. Schedule: Decision target 08/2025 in archived pages (May 2024, Nov 2024, June 2025) and current page; actual 04/02/2026 because licenses were issued only after PG&E documented CZMA and Clean Water Act certifications.", "events": [ { "date": "2009-11-24", "event": "Previous LRA received (withdrawn March 7, 2018).", "source": "https://www.nrc.gov/licensing-applications/power-reactor-licensing/diablo-canyon---license-renewal-application" }, { "date": "2018-03-07", "event": "Previous LRA withdrawn.", "source": "https://www.nrc.gov/licensing-applications/power-reactor-licensing/diablo-canyon---license-renewal-application" }, { "date": "2023-03-02", "event": "NRC grants exemption from 10 CFR 2.109(b) (timely renewal).", "source": "https://www.nrc.gov/licensing-applications/status-initial-license-renewal-applications-and-industry-initiatives" }, { "date": "2023-11-07", "event": "Current application submitted.", "source": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/11/20/2023-25578" }, { "date": "2023-12-19", "event": "FR notice of acceptance and opportunity to request a hearing.", "source": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/04/06/2026-06641" }, { "date": "2024-03-05", "event": "Hearing request by San Luis Obispo Mothers for Peace, Friends of the Earth, Environmental Working Group (emailed Mar 4; ASLB established 2024-03-13).", "source": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/03/13/2024-05277" }, { "date": "2025-06-05", "event": "Safety evaluation issued.", "source": "https://www.nrc.gov/licensing-applications/power-reactor-licensing/diablo-canyon---license-renewal-application" }, { "date": "2025-06-05", "event": "Final safety evaluation issued.", "source": "https://www.nrc.gov/licensing-applications/power-reactor-licensing/diablo-canyon---license-renewal-application" }, { "date": "2025-06-20", "event": "Final SEIS issued.", "source": "https://www.nrc.gov/licensing-applications/power-reactor-licensing/diablo-canyon---license-renewal-application" }, { "date": "2026-04-02", "event": "Renewed licenses DPR-80 and DPR-82 issued (to 2044/2045).", "source": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/04/06/2026-06641" }, { "date": "2026-04-02", "event": "Issued.", "source": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/04/06/2026-06641" } ], "group": "operating_fleet", "docketed_to_decided_months": 27.4, "submitted_to_decided_months": 28.8, "docketed_to_fser_months": 17.5, "acceptance_months": 1.4, "url": "https://www.nuclearnewsnetwork.com/industry-trackers/nrc-licensing-reviews/diablo-canyon-1-2-lr" }, { "slug": "vc-summer-1-slr", "title": "Virgil C. Summer Nuclear Station Unit 1 – Subsequent License Renewal", "regulator": "NRC", "regulator_id": "org:nrc", "country": "US", "action_type": "subsequent_license_renewal", "applicant": "Dominion Energy South Carolina, Inc.", "applicant_ids": [ "org:dominion-energy" ], "facility": "Virgil C. Summer Nuclear Station (V.C. Summer 1)", "subject_ids": [], "docket": [ "50-395" ], "submitted": "2023-08-17", "docketed": "2023-10-16", "schedule_months": null, "target_date": null, "fser": "2025-01-21", "decided": "2025-06-30", "outcome": "issued", "nrc_executed_months": null, "nrc_pct_under_resource_estimate": null, "project_url": "https://www.nrc.gov/licensing-applications/power-reactor-licensing/virgil-c-summer-nuclear-station-unit-1-subsequent-license-renewal-application", "sources": [ "https://www.nrc.gov/licensing-applications/power-reactor-licensing/virgil-c-summer-nuclear-station-unit-1-subsequent-license-renewal-application", "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/10/16/2023-22784", "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/07/02/2025-12351", "https://web.archive.org/web/20231116052416/https://www.nrc.gov/reactors/operating/licensing/renewal/applications/virgil-summer-subsequent.html", "https://web.archive.org/web/20250518155629/https://www.nrc.gov/reactors/operating/licensing/renewal/applications/virgil-summer-subsequent.html", "https://www.nrc.gov/licensing-applications/operating-reactor-licensing/reactor-license-renewal/status-subsequent-license-renewal-applications" ], "last_verified": "2026-10-16", "confidence": "high", "notes": "Decided 2025-06-30, about five weeks after EO 14300 (May 2025); the 08/2025 target predates the EO. Draft SEIS comment period was reopened (FR 2025-01-23, 90 FR 8056). No FR notice establishing a Licensing Board was found for this application in an FR API search. NRC decision target: originally 2025-08, latest 2025-08. Schedule: Target 08/2025 unchanged in archived (Nov 2023, May 2025) and current pages; decided ~2 months early.", "events": [ { "date": "2023-08-17", "event": "Application submitted.", "source": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/10/16/2023-22784" }, { "date": "2023-10-16", "event": "FR notice of acceptance and opportunity for hearing.", "source": "https://www.nrc.gov/licensing-applications/power-reactor-licensing/virgil-c-summer-nuclear-station-unit-1-subsequent-license-renewal-application" }, { "date": "2025-01-21", "event": "Final safety evaluation issued (Rev. 1 on 2025-03-04).", "source": "https://www.nrc.gov/licensing-applications/power-reactor-licensing/virgil-c-summer-nuclear-station-unit-1-subsequent-license-renewal-application" }, { "date": "2025-01-21", "event": "Final safety evaluation issued.", "source": "https://www.nrc.gov/licensing-applications/power-reactor-licensing/virgil-c-summer-nuclear-station-unit-1-subsequent-license-renewal-application" }, { "date": "2025-05-08", "event": "Final SEIS issued.", "source": "https://www.nrc.gov/licensing-applications/power-reactor-licensing/virgil-c-summer-nuclear-station-unit-1-subsequent-license-renewal-application" }, { "date": "2025-06-30", "event": "Subsequent renewed license NPF-12 issued.", "source": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/07/02/2025-12351" }, { "date": "2025-06-30", "event": "Issued.", "source": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/07/02/2025-12351" } ], "group": "operating_fleet", "docketed_to_decided_months": 20.5, "submitted_to_decided_months": 22.4, "docketed_to_fser_months": 15.2, "acceptance_months": 2, "url": "https://www.nuclearnewsnetwork.com/industry-trackers/nrc-licensing-reviews/vc-summer-1-slr" }, { "slug": "perry-1-lr", "title": "Perry Nuclear Power Plant Unit 1 – License Renewal", "regulator": "NRC", "regulator_id": "org:nrc", "country": "US", "action_type": "license_renewal", "applicant": "Vistra Operations Company, LLC (applicant at filing: Energy Harbor Nuclear Corp.)", "applicant_ids": [ "org:vistra" ], "facility": "Perry Nuclear Power Plant (Perry 1)", "subject_ids": [ "site:perry" ], "docket": [ "50-440" ], "submitted": "2023-07-03", "docketed": "2023-09-29", "schedule_months": null, "target_date": null, "fser": "2025-05-29", "decided": "2025-07-07", "outcome": "issued", "nrc_executed_months": null, "nrc_pct_under_resource_estimate": null, "project_url": "https://www.nrc.gov/licensing-applications/power-reactor-licensing/perry-nuclear-power-plant-unit-1-license-renewal-application", "sources": [ "https://www.nrc.gov/licensing-applications/power-reactor-licensing/perry-nuclear-power-plant-unit-1-license-renewal-application", "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/08/09/2023-17006", "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/09/29/2023-21448", "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/12/08/2023-26947", "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/07/10/2025-12782", "https://web.archive.org/web/20240719/https://www.nrc.gov/reactors/operating/licensing/renewal/applications/perry.html", "https://www.nrc.gov/licensing-applications/status-initial-license-renewal-applications-and-industry-initiatives" ], "last_verified": "2026-10-16", "confidence": "high", "notes": "The FR acceptance notice (2023-21448) misprints the application date as 'dated July 3, 2022'; the availability notice and NRC page say July 3, 2023. Licensee changed during review (Energy Harbor -> Vistra). The 08/2025 -> 07/2025 change happened between Dec 2024 and June 2025; the Feb 13, 2025 schedule-change letter (not read) predates EO 14300. NRC decision target: originally not published, latest 2025-07. Schedule: Schedule change letters 04/19/2024 and 02/13/2025. Archived page (last updated May 16, 2024, and Dec 18, 2024) showed decision 08/2025; current page shows 07/2025. Original (2023) target not retrieved.", "events": [ { "date": "2023-07-03", "event": "Application submitted.", "source": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/08/09/2023-17006" }, { "date": "2023-09-29", "event": "FR notice of acceptance and opportunity for hearing.", "source": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/07/10/2025-12782" }, { "date": "2023-11-28", "event": "Hearing request by Ohio Nuclear-Free Network and Beyond Nuclear (ASLB established 2023-12-08).", "source": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/12/08/2023-26947" }, { "date": "2025-04-30", "event": "Final SEIS issued.", "source": "https://www.nrc.gov/licensing-applications/power-reactor-licensing/perry-nuclear-power-plant-unit-1-license-renewal-application" }, { "date": "2025-05-29", "event": "Safety evaluation issued.", "source": "https://www.nrc.gov/licensing-applications/power-reactor-licensing/perry-nuclear-power-plant-unit-1-license-renewal-application" }, { "date": "2025-05-29", "event": "Final safety evaluation issued.", "source": "https://www.nrc.gov/licensing-applications/power-reactor-licensing/perry-nuclear-power-plant-unit-1-license-renewal-application" }, { "date": "2025-07-07", "event": "Renewed license NPF-58 issued.", "source": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/07/10/2025-12782" }, { "date": "2025-07-07", "event": "Issued.", "source": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/07/10/2025-12782" } ], "group": "operating_fleet", "docketed_to_decided_months": 21.3, "submitted_to_decided_months": 24.1, "docketed_to_fser_months": 20, "acceptance_months": 2.9, "url": "https://www.nuclearnewsnetwork.com/industry-trackers/nrc-licensing-reviews/perry-1-lr" }, { "slug": "kairos-hermes-2-cp", "title": "Kairos Hermes 2 two-unit test reactor facility construction permits", "regulator": "NRC", "regulator_id": "org:nrc", "country": "US", "action_type": "construction_permit", "applicant": "Kairos Power LLC", "applicant_ids": [ "org:kairos-power" ], "facility": "Hermes 2 test reactor facility (Oak Ridge, Tennessee)", "subject_ids": [ "unit:hermes-2" ], "docket": [ "50-611", "50-612" ], "submitted": "2023-07-14", "docketed": "2023-09-11", "schedule_months": 14, "target_date": null, "fser": "2024-07-19", "decided": "2024-11-21", "outcome": "issued", "nrc_executed_months": 10, "nrc_pct_under_resource_estimate": 43, "project_url": "https://www.nrc.gov/licensing-applications/non-power-facilities/new-facility-licensing/hermes-2-kairos-application", "sources": [ "https://www.nrc.gov/licensing-applications/non-power-facilities/new-facility-licensing/hermes-2-kairos-application", "https://www.federalregister.gov/d/2023-16605", "https://www.federalregister.gov/d/2023-19935", "https://www.federalregister.gov/d/2024-20812", "https://www.federalregister.gov/d/2024-28025", "https://www.nrc.gov/regulations-legislation/effectiveness-efficiency-and-timeliness-initiatives-that-support-unleashing-american-energy/licensing-efficiencies" ], "last_verified": "2026-10-16", "confidence": "high", "notes": "The efficiency table marks Hermes 2 with an asterisk; the footnote text was not present in the fetched page. The same page credits 'proactive exemptions to leverage environmental information from the Kairos Hermes 1 review' (environmental assessment instead of EIS). FSE (07/19/2024) came 10 days after the ADVANCE Act was signed; most of the review predates the Act. Docketed: NRC page: schedule letter issued 10/11/2023.", "events": [ { "date": "2023-07-14", "event": "Application received: “The application for the construction permits was received on July 14, 2023.”", "source": "https://www.federalregister.gov/d/2023-16605" }, { "date": "2023-09-11", "event": "Accepted for review (docketed): “This action becomes effective on September 11, 2023.”", "source": "https://www.federalregister.gov/d/2023-19935" }, { "date": "2024-07-19", "event": "Final safety evaluation issued.", "source": "https://www.nrc.gov/licensing-applications/non-power-facilities/new-facility-licensing/hermes-2-kairos-application" }, { "date": "2024-11-20", "event": "Commission mandatory hearing.", "source": "https://www.nrc.gov/licensing-applications/non-power-facilities/new-facility-licensing/hermes-2-kairos-application" }, { "date": "2024-11-21", "event": "Issued: “The Construction Permits CPTR-7 and CPTR-8 were issued on November 21, 2024.”", "source": "https://www.federalregister.gov/d/2024-28025" } ], "group": "new_reactor", "docketed_to_decided_months": 14.4, "submitted_to_decided_months": 16.3, "docketed_to_fser_months": 10.3, "acceptance_months": 1.9, "url": "https://www.nuclearnewsnetwork.com/industry-trackers/nrc-licensing-reviews/kairos-hermes-2-cp" }, { "slug": "cfpp-lwa", "title": "Carbon Free Power Project limited work authorization", "regulator": "NRC", "regulator_id": "org:nrc", "country": "US", "action_type": "limited_work_authorization", "applicant": "Carbon Free Power Project, LLC (with NuScale Power, LLC)", "applicant_ids": [], "facility": "Carbon Free Power Project (Idaho National Laboratory)", "subject_ids": [], "docket": [], "submitted": "2023-07-31", "docketed": "2023-09-05", "schedule_months": null, "target_date": null, "fser": null, "decided": "2023-11-13", "outcome": "withdrawn", "nrc_executed_months": null, "nrc_pct_under_resource_estimate": null, "project_url": "https://www.nrc.gov/facilities-safety/new-reactors/advanced-reactors/who-were-working-with/past-licensing-activities/carbon-free-power-project", "sources": [ "https://www.nrc.gov/facilities-safety/new-reactors/advanced-reactors/who-were-working-with/past-licensing-activities/carbon-free-power-project", "https://www.federalregister.gov/d/2023-19517", "https://www.federalregister.gov/d/2023-21801", "https://www.federalregister.gov/d/2023-26435", "https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML2331/ML23317A110.pdf" ], "last_verified": "2026-10-16", "confidence": "high", "notes": "Withdrawn; exclude from completed-review duration statistics. Only project docket 99902052 was cited. Final safety evaluation: Not reached. Decision: Withdrawal requested by letter dated November 10, 2023 after the project was terminated.", "events": [ { "date": "2023-07-31", "event": "Application received: “On July 31, 2023, Carbon Free Power Project, LLC (CFPP) submitted a Limited Work Authorization (LWA) application”", "source": "https://www.federalregister.gov/d/2023-19517" }, { "date": "2023-09-05", "event": "Accepted for review (docketed): “The NRC staff provided CFPP notice of the staff's determination that the LWA application was acceptable for docketing by letter dated September 5, 2023”", "source": "https://www.federalregister.gov/d/2023-19517" }, { "date": "2023-11-13", "event": "Withdrawal effective: “The effective date of the withdrawal of the LWA application is November 13, 2023.”", "source": "https://www.federalregister.gov/d/2023-26435" } ], "group": "new_reactor", "docketed_to_decided_months": 2.3, "submitted_to_decided_months": 3.4, "docketed_to_fser_months": null, "acceptance_months": 1.2, "url": "https://www.nuclearnewsnetwork.com/industry-trackers/nrc-licensing-reviews/cfpp-lwa" }, { "slug": "nuscale-us460-sda", "title": "NuScale US460 standard design approval", "regulator": "NRC", "regulator_id": "org:nrc", "country": "US", "action_type": "standard_design_approval", "applicant": "NuScale Power, LLC", "applicant_ids": [ "org:nuscale" ], "facility": "NuScale US460 (6 x 77 MWe modules, 462 MWe)", "subject_ids": [ "design:us460" ], "docket": [ "52-050" ], "submitted": "2023-01-01", "docketed": "2023-07-31", "schedule_months": 24, "target_date": null, "fser": "2025-05-22", "decided": "2025-05-29", "outcome": "issued", "nrc_executed_months": 22, "nrc_pct_under_resource_estimate": 8, "project_url": "https://www.nrc.gov/facilities-safety/new-reactors/advanced-reactors/who-were-working-with/past-licensing-activities/nuscale-us460", "sources": [ "https://www.nrc.gov/facilities-safety/new-reactors/advanced-reactors/who-were-working-with/past-licensing-activities/nuscale-us460", "https://www.nrc.gov/facilities-safety/new-reactors/advanced-reactors/who-were-working-with/past-licensing-activities/nuscale-us460/application-documents", "https://www.federalregister.gov/d/2023-05457", "https://www.federalregister.gov/d/2023-16679", "https://www.federalregister.gov/d/2025-10123", "https://www.nrc.gov/regulations-legislation/effectiveness-efficiency-and-timeliness-initiatives-that-support-unleashing-american-energy/licensing-efficiencies" ], "last_verified": "2026-10-16", "confidence": "high", "notes": "NRC target decision: 2025-07 (month only). Docketed pre-ADVANCE, decided post-ADVANCE. NRC page: 'Standard Design Approval (SDA) was issued in May of 2025 - two months ahead of schedule.' 22 executed months ~ docketing (2023-07-31) to FSER (2025-05-22). Submitted: Staged submittal: FR 2023-05457 'The SDA application was submitted in a number of transmittals between the period of November 23, 2022, and December 31, 2022.' and 'was available on January 1, 2023'. Docketed: Acceptance review took ~7 months (supplemental information requested).", "events": [ { "date": "2023-01-01", "event": "Application received: “By letter dated December 31, 2022 (electronically submitted on January 1, 2023), NuScale completed its staged SDA application submittal.”", "source": "https://www.nrc.gov/facilities-safety/new-reactors/advanced-reactors/who-were-working-with/past-licensing-activities/nuscale-us460" }, { "date": "2023-07-31", "event": "Accepted for review (docketed): “The NRC staff provided NuScale notice of the staff's determination that its application was acceptable for docketing by letter dated July 31, 2023”", "source": "https://www.federalregister.gov/d/2023-16679" }, { "date": "2025-05-22", "event": "Final safety evaluation issued.", "source": "https://www.nrc.gov/facilities-safety/new-reactors/advanced-reactors/who-were-working-with/past-licensing-activities/nuscale-us460/application-documents" }, { "date": "2025-05-29", "event": "Issued: “The SDA was issued on May 29, 2025.”", "source": "https://www.federalregister.gov/d/2025-10123" } ], "group": "design", "docketed_to_decided_months": 21.9, "submitted_to_decided_months": 28.9, "docketed_to_fser_months": 21.7, "acceptance_months": 6.9, "url": "https://www.nuclearnewsnetwork.com/industry-trackers/nrc-licensing-reviews/nuscale-us460-sda" }, { "slug": "framatome-richland-ncs-methods-20pct-amendment", "title": "Framatome Richland extension of criticality validation methodology and minimum margin of subcriticality to enrichments up to 20 wt% U-235 (Amendment 19)", "regulator": "NRC", "regulator_id": "org:nrc", "country": "US", "action_type": "fuel_cycle_amendment", "applicant": "Framatome, Inc.", "applicant_ids": [ "org:framatome" ], "facility": "Framatome Fuel Fabrication Facility, Richland, Washington", "subject_ids": [ "site:richland-framatome" ], "docket": [ "70-1257" ], "submitted": "2023-05-17", "docketed": null, "schedule_months": null, "target_date": null, "fser": null, "decided": "2023-11-27", "outcome": "issued", "nrc_executed_months": null, "nrc_pct_under_resource_estimate": null, "sources": [ "https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML2331/ML23313A077.pdf", "https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML2401/ML24017A227.pdf" ], "last_verified": "2026-10-16", "confidence": "high", "notes": "Methods-only amendment (did not raise the possession/enrichment limit); enabling step for later >5 wt% amendments. Acceptance date not found in documents read. Supplemented Oct. 18, 2023. Fully pre-ADVANCE Act. Licence/permit: SNM-1227.", "events": [ { "date": "2023-05-17", "event": "Application received: “The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff has reviewed your submittal dated May 17, 2023 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System [ADAMS] Accession No. ML23137A396), requesting to amend license number special nuclear material (SNM)-1227”", "source": "https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML2331/ML23313A077.pdf" }, { "date": "2023-11-27", "event": "Issued: “On November 27, 2023, the NRC approved a LAR submitted by Framatome, Inc. to extend its validation methodology and the minimum margin of subcriticality to include enrichments up to 20 weight-percent uranium-235 (ML23313A077).”", "source": "https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML2401/ML24017A227.pdf" } ], "group": "fuel_cycle", "docketed_to_decided_months": null, "submitted_to_decided_months": 6.4, "docketed_to_fser_months": null, "acceptance_months": null, "url": "https://www.nuclearnewsnetwork.com/industry-trackers/nrc-licensing-reviews/framatome-richland-ncs-methods-20pct-amendment" }, { "slug": "monticello-slr", "title": "Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant Unit 1 – Subsequent License Renewal", "regulator": "NRC", "regulator_id": "org:nrc", "country": "US", "action_type": "subsequent_license_renewal", "applicant": "Northern States Power Company, a Minnesota corporation", "applicant_ids": [], "facility": "Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant (Monticello 1)", "subject_ids": [], "docket": [ "50-263" ], "submitted": "2023-01-09", "docketed": "2023-03-03", "schedule_months": null, "target_date": null, "fser": "2024-03-18", "decided": "2024-12-30", "outcome": "issued", "nrc_executed_months": null, "nrc_pct_under_resource_estimate": null, "project_url": "https://www.nrc.gov/licensing-applications/power-reactor-licensing/monticello-nuclear-generating-plant-unit-1-subsequent-license-renewal-application", "sources": [ "https://www.nrc.gov/licensing-applications/power-reactor-licensing/monticello-nuclear-generating-plant-unit-1-subsequent-license-renewal-application", "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/03/03/2023-04443", "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/01/03/2024-31579", "https://web.archive.org/web/20230329/https://www.nrc.gov/reactors/operating/licensing/renewal/applications/monticello-subsequent.html", "https://www.nrc.gov/about-nrc/news-releases/2025/nrc-renews-monticello-operating-license-second-time", "https://www.nrc.gov/licensing-applications/operating-reactor-licensing/reactor-license-renewal/status-subsequent-license-renewal-applications" ], "last_verified": "2026-10-16", "confidence": "high", "notes": "First SLR decided after Revision 2 of the License Renewal GEIS (Aug 2024); issuance FR notice cites the new Category 1/2 issues of Rev. 2. No FR notice establishing a Licensing Board was found for this application in an FR API search (2017-10 to 2026-10). NRC decision target: originally 2024-12, latest 2024-12. Schedule: Original Schedule Letter (February 23, 2023) and Revised Schedule Letter (October 28, 2024) listed on NRC page; decision target stayed December 2024 in both archived and current page.", "events": [ { "date": "2023-01-09", "event": "Application submitted.", "source": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/03/03/2023-04443" }, { "date": "2023-03-03", "event": "FR notice of acceptance and opportunity for hearing.", "source": "https://www.nrc.gov/licensing-applications/power-reactor-licensing/monticello-nuclear-generating-plant-unit-1-subsequent-license-renewal-application" }, { "date": "2024-03-18", "event": "Safety evaluation issued.", "source": "https://www.nrc.gov/licensing-applications/power-reactor-licensing/monticello-nuclear-generating-plant-unit-1-subsequent-license-renewal-application" }, { "date": "2024-03-18", "event": "Final safety evaluation issued.", "source": "https://www.nrc.gov/licensing-applications/power-reactor-licensing/monticello-nuclear-generating-plant-unit-1-subsequent-license-renewal-application" }, { "date": "2024-11-15", "event": "Final SEIS issued.", "source": "https://www.nrc.gov/licensing-applications/power-reactor-licensing/monticello-nuclear-generating-plant-unit-1-subsequent-license-renewal-application" }, { "date": "2024-12-30", "event": "Subsequent renewed license DPR-22 issued.", "source": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/01/03/2024-31579" }, { "date": "2024-12-30", "event": "Issued.", "source": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/01/03/2024-31579" } ], "group": "operating_fleet", "docketed_to_decided_months": 21.9, "submitted_to_decided_months": 23.7, "docketed_to_fser_months": 12.5, "acceptance_months": 1.7, "url": "https://www.nuclearnewsnetwork.com/industry-trackers/nrc-licensing-reviews/monticello-slr" }, { "slug": "centrus-aco-haleu-possession-limit-amendment-24", "title": "American Centrifuge Plant increase in HALEU possession limits to produce ~1,400 kg HALEU UF6 (Amendment 24)", "regulator": "NRC", "regulator_id": "org:nrc", "country": "US", "action_type": "fuel_cycle_amendment", "applicant": "American Centrifuge Operating, LLC (Centrus Energy Corp.)", "applicant_ids": [ "org:american-centrifuge-operating" ], "facility": "American Centrifuge Plant, Piketon, Ohio", "subject_ids": [ "site:piketon" ], "docket": [ "70-7004" ], "submitted": "2023-02-13", "docketed": null, "schedule_months": null, "target_date": null, "fser": null, "decided": "2024-09-20", "outcome": "issued", "nrc_executed_months": null, "nrc_pct_under_resource_estimate": null, "project_url": "https://www.nrc.gov/facilities-safety/fuel-cycle-facilities/new-fuel-cycle-facility-licensing/gas-centrifuge-enrichment-facility-licensing/centrus-energy-corpamerican-centrifuge-operating-llc-formerly-usec-inc-gas-centrifuge-enrichme", "sources": [ "https://www.nrc.gov/facilities-safety/fuel-cycle-facilities/new-fuel-cycle-facility-licensing/gas-centrifuge-enrichment-facility-licensing/centrus-energy-corpamerican-centrifuge-operating-llc-formerly-usec-inc-gas-centrifuge-enrichme", "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/09/19/2024-21276/american-centrifuge-operating-llc-american-centrifuge-plant-environmental-assessment-and-finding-of" ], "last_verified": "2026-10-16", "confidence": "high", "notes": "NRC page says the Feb. 2023 application sought 1,400 kg \"by December 31, 2023\", but approval came Sept. 20, 2024 after supplements through Mar. 7, 2024. Acceptance date not found. Submitted pre-ADVANCE, decided post. Licence/permit: SNM-2011.", "events": [ { "date": "2023-02-13", "event": "Application received: “The proposed action is in accordance with the licensee's application dated February 13, 2023, as supplemented by letters dated June 29, 2023, February 15, 2024, and March 7, 2024.”", "source": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/09/19/2024-21276/american-centrifuge-operating-llc-american-centrifuge-plant-environmental-assessment-and-finding-of" }, { "date": "2024-09-20", "event": "Issued: “On September 20, 2024, the NRC issued Amendments 24 to ACO to increase ACO’s possession limits”", "source": "https://www.nrc.gov/facilities-safety/fuel-cycle-facilities/new-fuel-cycle-facility-licensing/gas-centrifuge-enrichment-facility-licensing/centrus-energy-corpamerican-centrifuge-operating-llc-formerly-usec-inc-gas-centrifuge-enrichme" } ], "group": "fuel_cycle", "docketed_to_decided_months": null, "submitted_to_decided_months": 19.2, "docketed_to_fser_months": null, "acceptance_months": null, "url": "https://www.nuclearnewsnetwork.com/industry-trackers/nrc-licensing-reviews/centrus-aco-haleu-possession-limit-amendment-24" }, { "slug": "centrus-aco-haleu-extension-amendment-20", "title": "American Centrifuge Plant extension of NRC-licensed HALEU operations to end of 2024 (Amendment 20)", "regulator": "NRC", "regulator_id": "org:nrc", "country": "US", "action_type": "fuel_cycle_amendment", "applicant": "American Centrifuge Operating, LLC (Centrus Energy Corp.)", "applicant_ids": [ "org:american-centrifuge-operating" ], "facility": "American Centrifuge Plant, Piketon, Ohio", "subject_ids": [ "site:piketon" ], "docket": [ "70-7004" ], "submitted": "2022-11-30", "docketed": null, "schedule_months": null, "target_date": null, "fser": null, "decided": "2023-03-30", "outcome": "issued", "nrc_executed_months": null, "nrc_pct_under_resource_estimate": null, "project_url": "https://www.nrc.gov/facilities-safety/fuel-cycle-facilities/new-fuel-cycle-facility-licensing/gas-centrifuge-enrichment-facility-licensing/centrus-energy-corpamerican-centrifuge-operating-llc-formerly-usec-inc-gas-centrifuge-enrichme", "sources": [ "https://www.nrc.gov/facilities-safety/fuel-cycle-facilities/new-fuel-cycle-facility-licensing/gas-centrifuge-enrichment-facility-licensing/centrus-energy-corpamerican-centrifuge-operating-llc-formerly-usec-inc-gas-centrifuge-enrichme" ], "last_verified": "2026-10-16", "confidence": "high", "notes": "Time-extension amendment; acceptance date not found. Fully pre-ADVANCE Act. Licence/permit: SNM-2011.", "events": [ { "date": "2022-11-30", "event": "Application received: “On November 30, 2022, ACO submitted an amendment application to further extend the NRC-licensed HALEU operations to the end of 2024.”", "source": "https://www.nrc.gov/facilities-safety/fuel-cycle-facilities/new-fuel-cycle-facility-licensing/gas-centrifuge-enrichment-facility-licensing/centrus-energy-corpamerican-centrifuge-operating-llc-formerly-usec-inc-gas-centrifuge-enrichme" }, { "date": "2023-03-30", "event": "Issued: “On March 30, 2023, the NRC approved the application by issuing Amendment 20 to SNM-2011”", "source": "https://www.nrc.gov/facilities-safety/fuel-cycle-facilities/new-fuel-cycle-facility-licensing/gas-centrifuge-enrichment-facility-licensing/centrus-energy-corpamerican-centrifuge-operating-llc-formerly-usec-inc-gas-centrifuge-enrichme" } ], "group": "fuel_cycle", "docketed_to_decided_months": null, "submitted_to_decided_months": 3.9, "docketed_to_fser_months": null, "acceptance_months": null, "url": "https://www.nuclearnewsnetwork.com/industry-trackers/nrc-licensing-reviews/centrus-aco-haleu-extension-amendment-20" }, { "slug": "comanche-peak-1-2-lr", "title": "Comanche Peak Nuclear Power Plant Units 1 and 2 – License Renewal", "regulator": "NRC", "regulator_id": "org:nrc", "country": "US", "action_type": "license_renewal", "applicant": "Vistra Operations Company LLC", "applicant_ids": [ "org:vistra" ], "facility": "Comanche Peak Nuclear Power Plant (Comanche Peak 1, Comanche Peak 2)", "subject_ids": [], "docket": [ "50-445", "50-446" ], "submitted": "2022-10-03", "docketed": "2022-11-29", "schedule_months": null, "target_date": null, "fser": "2024-03-18", "decided": "2024-07-30", "outcome": "issued", "nrc_executed_months": null, "nrc_pct_under_resource_estimate": null, "project_url": "https://www.nrc.gov/licensing-applications/power-reactor-licensing/comanche-peak-nuclear-power-plant-units-1-and-2-license-renewal-application", "sources": [ "https://www.nrc.gov/licensing-applications/power-reactor-licensing/comanche-peak-nuclear-power-plant-units-1-and-2-license-renewal-application", "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2022/10/31/2022-23633", "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2022/12/01/2022-26202", "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/02/14/2023-03082", "https://www.nrc.gov/about-nrc/news-releases/2024/nrc-renews-comanche-peak-operating-licenses", "https://web.archive.org/web/20230921/https://www.nrc.gov/reactors/operating/licensing/renewal/applications/comanche-peak.html", "https://www.nrc.gov/licensing-applications/status-initial-license-renewal-applications-and-industry-initiatives" ], "last_verified": "2026-10-16", "confidence": "high", "notes": "No Federal Register notice of issuance was found for Comanche Peak; decided date rests on the NRC plant page and status table (and the title/date of NRC News Release 24-062, July 30, 2024, whose body is not served). Contested (Citizens for Fair Utility Regulation, Jan 2023); outcome not in fetched sources. NRC decision target: originally 2024-09, latest 2024-09. Schedule: Schedule change letters dated 09/21/2023 and 11/30/2023 listed on NRC page; decision target 09/2024 in June 2023 archive and current page; issued ~2 months early.", "events": [ { "date": "2022-10-03", "event": "Application submitted.", "source": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2022/10/31/2022-23633" }, { "date": "2022-11-29", "event": "Acceptance FRN (NRC page actual date).", "source": "https://www.nrc.gov/licensing-applications/power-reactor-licensing/comanche-peak-nuclear-power-plant-units-1-and-2-license-renewal-application" }, { "date": "2022-12-01", "event": "FR acceptance notice publication (87 FR 73798).", "source": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/02/14/2023-03082" }, { "date": "2023-01-30", "event": "Hearing request by Citizens for Fair Utility Regulation (ASLB established 2023-02-14).", "source": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/02/14/2023-03082" }, { "date": "2024-03-18", "event": "Safety evaluation issued.", "source": "https://www.nrc.gov/licensing-applications/power-reactor-licensing/comanche-peak-nuclear-power-plant-units-1-and-2-license-renewal-application" }, { "date": "2024-03-18", "event": "Final safety evaluation issued.", "source": "https://www.nrc.gov/licensing-applications/power-reactor-licensing/comanche-peak-nuclear-power-plant-units-1-and-2-license-renewal-application" }, { "date": "2024-04-26", "event": "Final SEIS issued.", "source": "https://www.nrc.gov/licensing-applications/power-reactor-licensing/comanche-peak-nuclear-power-plant-units-1-and-2-license-renewal-application" }, { "date": "2024-07-30", "event": "Renewed licenses issued.", "source": "https://www.nrc.gov/licensing-applications/power-reactor-licensing/comanche-peak-nuclear-power-plant-units-1-and-2-license-renewal-application" }, { "date": "2024-07-30", "event": "Issued.", "source": "https://www.nrc.gov/licensing-applications/power-reactor-licensing/comanche-peak-nuclear-power-plant-units-1-and-2-license-renewal-application" } ], "group": "operating_fleet", "docketed_to_decided_months": 20, "submitted_to_decided_months": 21.9, "docketed_to_fser_months": 15.6, "acceptance_months": 1.9, "url": "https://www.nuclearnewsnetwork.com/industry-trackers/nrc-licensing-reviews/comanche-peak-1-2-lr" }, { "slug": "acu-msrr-cp", "title": "Abilene Christian University Molten Salt Research Reactor construction permit", "regulator": "NRC", "regulator_id": "org:nrc", "country": "US", "action_type": "construction_permit", "applicant": "Abilene Christian University", "applicant_ids": [], "facility": "Molten Salt Research Reactor (Abilene, Texas)", "subject_ids": [], "docket": [ "50-610" ], "submitted": "2022-08-12", "docketed": "2022-11-18", "schedule_months": 22, "target_date": null, "fser": "2024-09-16", "decided": "2024-09-16", "outcome": "issued", "nrc_executed_months": 21, "nrc_pct_under_resource_estimate": 13, "project_url": "https://www.nrc.gov/licensing-applications/non-power-facilities/new-facility-licensing/msrr-abilene-christian-university-application", "sources": [ "https://www.nrc.gov/licensing-applications/non-power-facilities/new-facility-licensing/msrr-abilene-christian-university-application", "https://www.federalregister.gov/d/2022-22294", "https://www.federalregister.gov/d/2022-25890", "https://www.federalregister.gov/d/2024-21468", "https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML2424/ML24243A040.pdf", "https://www.nrc.gov/regulations-legislation/effectiveness-efficiency-and-timeliness-initiatives-that-support-unleashing-american-energy/licensing-efficiencies" ], "last_verified": "2026-10-16", "confidence": "high", "notes": "Research reactor (10 CFR 50, section 104c). Operating license: NRC pre-application page says ACU submitted a revised Regulatory Engagement Plan on October 31, 2024 'related to its application for an operating license'; no OL application receipt/docketing was found in NRC pages or the Federal Register as of 2026-10-16, so no OL record. Submitted: NRC project page: 'August 12, 2022 (date of application submittal)'. FR gives the application date, not a separate receipt date.", "events": [ { "date": "2022-08-12", "event": "Application received: “The construction permit application is dated August 12, 2022.”", "source": "https://www.federalregister.gov/d/2022-22294" }, { "date": "2022-11-18", "event": "Accepted for review (docketed): “This action became effective on November 18, 2022.”", "source": "https://www.federalregister.gov/d/2022-25890" }, { "date": "2024-09-16", "event": "Final safety evaluation issued.", "source": "https://www.nrc.gov/licensing-applications/non-power-facilities/new-facility-licensing/msrr-abilene-christian-university-application" }, { "date": "2024-09-16", "event": "Issued: “Construction Permit No. CPRR-124 was issued on September 16, 2024.”", "source": "https://www.federalregister.gov/d/2024-21468" } ], "group": "new_reactor", "docketed_to_decided_months": 21.9, "submitted_to_decided_months": 25.2, "docketed_to_fser_months": 21.9, "acceptance_months": 3.2, "url": "https://www.nuclearnewsnetwork.com/industry-trackers/nrc-licensing-reviews/acu-msrr-cp" }, { "slug": "triso-x-fuel-fabrication-facility-license", "title": "TRISO-X Fuel Fabrication Facility (TX-1) Part 70 special nuclear material licence (Category II HALEU TRISO fuel)", "regulator": "NRC", "regulator_id": "org:nrc", "country": "US", "action_type": "fuel_cycle_license", "applicant": "TRISO-X, LLC", "applicant_ids": [ "org:triso-x" ], "facility": "TRISO-X Fuel Fabrication Facility, Horizon Center, Oak Ridge (Roane County), Tennessee", "subject_ids": [], "docket": [ "70-7027" ], "submitted": "2022-04-05", "docketed": "2022-11-18", "schedule_months": 30, "target_date": null, "fser": null, "decided": "2026-02-13", "outcome": "issued", "nrc_executed_months": null, "nrc_pct_under_resource_estimate": null, "project_url": "https://www.nrc.gov/sites/default/files/cdn/doc-collection-news/2026/26-019.pdf", "sources": [ "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/03/16/2026-05086/triso-x-llc-special-nuclear-material-license-for-the-triso-x-fuel-fabrication-facility", "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/02/03/2023-02335/triso-x-llc-trisox-special-nuclear-material-license", "https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML2232/ML22320A110.pdf", "https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML2330/ML23305A193.pdf", "https://www.nrc.gov/sites/default/files/cdn/doc-collection-news/2026/26-019.pdf", "https://www.nrc.gov/facilities-safety/fuel-cycle-facilities/new-fuel-cycle-facility-licensing", "https://www.nrc.gov/facilities-safety/facility-finder/fc/triso-x" ], "last_verified": "2026-10-16", "confidence": "high", "notes": "NRC target decision: 2025-06 (original); 2026-05-29 (revised 2025-03-14) (month only). Phased submittal: SAR 2022-04-05 ahead of ER 2022-09-23 under an exemption; NRC facility page says SAR \"received on April 12 and updated November 8, 2022\". Major application revision (HALEU feedstock changed to uranyl nitrate, capacity increase) submitted Dec 30, 2024 / Jan 31, 2025; NRC schedule letter says 14 of 20 safety review areas \"were paused for 10 months\" and the environmental review \"paused for 13 months\" awaiting the revision, and six areas were paused over high-impact technical issues. Revised schedule exceeded the NEIMA 3-year generic milestone (November 17, 2025). No contested hearing (hearing notice 2023-02-03). Spans the ADVANCE Act: submitted and docketed before, decided after. Licence/permit: SNM-7007.", "events": [ { "date": "2022-04-05", "event": "Application received: “TRISO-X submitted the SAR on April 5, 2022 (ML22101A200) and supplemented the submittal via letters dated October 13, 2022 (ML22286A144) and November 4, 2022 (ML22308A251). ... The ER was submitted via letter dated September 23, 2022 (ML22266A269).”", "source": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/02/03/2023-02335/triso-x-llc-trisox-special-nuclear-material-license" }, { "date": "2022-11-18", "event": "Accepted for review (docketed): “The application was accepted for a detailed technical review on November 18, 2022 (ML22320A110).”", "source": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/02/03/2023-02335/triso-x-llc-trisox-special-nuclear-material-license" }, { "date": "2026-02-13", "event": "Issued: “SNM-7007 was issued on February 13, 2026.”", "source": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/03/16/2026-05086/triso-x-llc-special-nuclear-material-license-for-the-triso-x-fuel-fabrication-facility" } ], "group": "fuel_cycle", "docketed_to_decided_months": 38.9, "submitted_to_decided_months": 46.3, "docketed_to_fser_months": null, "acceptance_months": 7.5, "url": "https://www.nuclearnewsnetwork.com/industry-trackers/nrc-licensing-reviews/triso-x-fuel-fabrication-facility-license" }, { "slug": "gnf-a-wilmington-8pct-enrichment-amendment", "title": "GNF-A Wilmington fuel fabrication at enrichments up to 8.0 wt% U-235 (Amendment 18)", "regulator": "NRC", "regulator_id": "org:nrc", "country": "US", "action_type": "fuel_cycle_amendment", "applicant": "Global Nuclear Fuel – Americas, LLC", "applicant_ids": [], "facility": "Wilmington Nuclear Fuel Fabrication Facility, Wilmington, North Carolina", "subject_ids": [], "docket": [], "submitted": "2022-06-24", "docketed": "2022-11-02", "schedule_months": null, "target_date": null, "fser": null, "decided": "2023-12-11", "outcome": "issued", "nrc_executed_months": null, "nrc_pct_under_resource_estimate": null, "sources": [ "https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML2331/ML23311A380.pdf", "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/11/01/2023-24060/global-nuclear-fuel-americas-wilmington-nuclear-fuel-fabrication-facility", "https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML2401/ML24017A227.pdf" ], "last_verified": "2026-10-16", "confidence": "high", "notes": "Docket number not stated in the documents read. RSI Oct. 4, 2022; supplement Oct. 5, 2022. EA/FONSI Nov. 1, 2023. Fully pre-ADVANCE Act. Not the GNF-A/TerraPower Natrium Fuel Facility (no NRC application record found). Licence/permit: SNM-1097.", "events": [ { "date": "2022-06-24", "event": "Application received: “By letter dated June 24, 2022 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System [ADAMS] Accession No. ML22175A070), Global Nuclear Fuel – Americas, LLC (GNF-A) requested U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) approval of a license amendment request to permit nuclear fuel fabrication at material enrichments up to 8.0 weight percent”", "source": "https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML2331/ML23311A380.pdf" }, { "date": "2022-11-02", "event": "Accepted for review (docketed): “The NRC staff accepted the submittal for formal review via letter dated November 2, 2022 (ML22304A671).”", "source": "https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML2331/ML23311A380.pdf" }, { "date": "2023-12-11", "event": "Issued: “December 11, 2023 ... SUBJECT: GLOBAL NUCLEAR FUEL – AMERICAS, LLC: AMENDMENT 18 - APPROVAL OF LICENSE AMENDMENT REQUEST FOR 8 WEIGHT PERCENT URANIUM-235”", "source": "https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML2331/ML23311A380.pdf" } ], "group": "fuel_cycle", "docketed_to_decided_months": 13.3, "submitted_to_decided_months": 17.6, "docketed_to_fser_months": null, "acceptance_months": 4.3, "url": "https://www.nuclearnewsnetwork.com/industry-trackers/nrc-licensing-reviews/gnf-a-wilmington-8pct-enrichment-amendment" }, { "slug": "nfs-erwin-u-metal-amendment", "title": "Nuclear Fuel Services uranium purification and conversion services (U-Metal Project) for NNSA (Amendment 19)", "regulator": "NRC", "regulator_id": "org:nrc", "country": "US", "action_type": "fuel_cycle_amendment", "applicant": "Nuclear Fuel Services, Inc.", "applicant_ids": [], "facility": "NFS site, Erwin, Tennessee", "subject_ids": [ "site:nfs-erwin" ], "docket": [], "submitted": "2021-11-18", "docketed": "2022-03-25", "schedule_months": null, "target_date": null, "fser": null, "decided": "2023-11-07", "outcome": "issued", "nrc_executed_months": null, "nrc_pct_under_resource_estimate": null, "sources": [ "https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML2325/ML23255A177.pdf", "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2022/08/31/2022-18775/nuclear-fuel-services-inc", "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/11/06/2023-24408/nuclear-fuel-services-inc-u-metal-project", "https://www.wise-uranium.org/eopnfs.html" ], "last_verified": "2026-10-16", "confidence": "high", "notes": "Not enrichment/HALEU; included as a significant fuel-facility amendment with an EA and an ASLB proceeding. Hearing opportunity re-noticed Aug. 31, 2022; ASLB established Oct./Nov. 2022; per WISE (secondary, not verified in NRC docs) the Board denied ECAN’s petition on Jan. 30, 2023 (LBP-23-02). EA/FONSI Nov. 6, 2023. Docket number not captured. Licence/permit: SNM-124.", "events": [ { "date": "2021-11-18", "event": "Application received: “The NRC has received, by letter dated November 18, 2021, an application from Nuclear Fuel Services, Inc.”", "source": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2022/08/31/2022-18775/nuclear-fuel-services-inc" }, { "date": "2022-03-25", "event": "Accepted for review (docketed): “As documented in an administrative completeness review, dated March 25, 2022, NRC found the application, as supplemented, acceptable for a technical review.”", "source": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2022/08/31/2022-18775/nuclear-fuel-services-inc" }, { "date": "2023-11-07", "event": "Issued: “ML23255A178 - Amendment 19 – Approval Of Uranium Purification And Conversion Services (U-Metal Project) (Enterprise Project Identifier L-2021-LLA-0213) (4 page(s), 11/7/2023)”", "source": "https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML2325/ML23255A177.pdf" } ], "group": "fuel_cycle", "docketed_to_decided_months": 19.5, "submitted_to_decided_months": 23.6, "docketed_to_fser_months": null, "acceptance_months": 4.2, "url": "https://www.nuclearnewsnetwork.com/industry-trackers/nrc-licensing-reviews/nfs-erwin-u-metal-amendment" }, { "slug": "idaho-state-snm-1373-renewal", "title": "Idaho State University SNM-1373 materials licence renewal (greater-than-critical-mass SNM for education/research)", "regulator": "NRC", "regulator_id": "org:nrc", "country": "US", "action_type": "fuel_cycle_license", "applicant": "Idaho State University", "applicant_ids": [], "facility": "Idaho State University, Pocatello, Idaho", "subject_ids": [], "docket": [ "70-1374" ], "submitted": "2021-07-09", "docketed": "2022-01-20", "schedule_months": null, "target_date": null, "fser": null, "decided": "2023-01-06", "outcome": "issued", "nrc_executed_months": null, "nrc_pct_under_resource_estimate": null, "sources": [ "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/01/11/2023-00406/idaho-state-university", "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2022/02/23/2022-03792/idaho-state-university" ], "last_verified": "2026-10-16", "confidence": "high", "notes": "Scope flag: university Part 70 SNM licence. Initial application rejected for detailed review (Sept. 9, 2021 RSI letter declining to proceed); resubmitted Dec. 6, 2021 and accepted Jan. 20, 2022. Measure from acceptance. Licence/permit: SNM-1373.", "events": [ { "date": "2021-07-09", "event": "Application received: “ISU's original license renewal application for a 10-year license was made by letter dated July 9, 2021.”", "source": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/01/11/2023-00406/idaho-state-university" }, { "date": "2022-01-20", "event": "Accepted for review (docketed): “By letter dated January 20, 2022, the NRC informed ISU of its decision to accept the application and proceed with its detailed technical review.”", "source": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/01/11/2023-00406/idaho-state-university" }, { "date": "2023-01-06", "event": "Issued: “License No. SNM-1373 was issued on January 6, 2023, and is effective as of the date of issuance.”", "source": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/01/11/2023-00406/idaho-state-university" } ], "group": "fuel_cycle", "docketed_to_decided_months": 11.5, "submitted_to_decided_months": 17.9, "docketed_to_fser_months": null, "acceptance_months": 6.4, "url": "https://www.nuclearnewsnetwork.com/industry-trackers/nrc-licensing-reviews/idaho-state-snm-1373-renewal" }, { "slug": "kairos-hermes-1-cp", "title": "Kairos Hermes test reactor construction permit", "regulator": "NRC", "regulator_id": "org:nrc", "country": "US", "action_type": "construction_permit", "applicant": "Kairos Power LLC", "applicant_ids": [ "org:kairos-power" ], "facility": "Hermes test reactor (Oak Ridge, Tennessee)", "subject_ids": [ "unit:hermes-1" ], "docket": [ "50-7513" ], "submitted": "2021-09-29", "docketed": "2021-11-29", "schedule_months": 21, "target_date": null, "fser": "2023-06-13", "decided": "2023-12-14", "outcome": "issued", "nrc_executed_months": 18, "nrc_pct_under_resource_estimate": 6, "project_url": "https://www.nrc.gov/licensing-applications/non-power-facilities/new-facility-licensing/hermes-kairos-application", "sources": [ "https://www.nrc.gov/licensing-applications/non-power-facilities/new-facility-licensing/hermes-kairos-application", "https://www.federalregister.gov/d/2021-23568", "https://www.federalregister.gov/d/2021-26119", "https://www.federalregister.gov/d/2023-19006", "https://www.federalregister.gov/d/2023-27960", "https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML2333/ML23338A258.pdf", "https://www.nrc.gov/regulations-legislation/effectiveness-efficiency-and-timeliness-initiatives-that-support-unleashing-american-energy/licensing-efficiencies" ], "last_verified": "2026-10-16", "confidence": "high", "notes": "Non-power test reactor licensed under 10 CFR 50 (section 104c). FEIS finalized 08/17/2023. NRC's executed months (18) appear to measure the safety review (docketing 11/2021 to FSE 06/2023 is ~18.5 months), not to permit issuance. Submitted: Phased: PSAR submitted 9/29/2021; Environmental Report submitted 10/31/2021. NRC milestone table lists 'Application Tendered 10/31/2021 - A*' with footnote '*Safety Preliminary Safety Evaluation Report (PSAR) submitted 9/29/2021. Environmental Report Submitted 10/31/21' (https://www.nrc.gov/licensing-applications/non-power-facilities/new-facility-licensing/hermes-kairos-application). Docketed: NRC page: 'Docketing Decision Letter Issued/Acceptance Review Complete 11/29/2021 - A'; schedule letter issued 12/15/2021. Decision: NRC project page milestone table lists '_Construction Permit Decision_ 12/12/2023 - A'; project overview and FR both say issued December 14, 2023.", "events": [ { "date": "2021-09-29", "event": "Application received: “The application for the construction permit was received on September 29, 2021.”", "source": "https://www.federalregister.gov/d/2021-23568" }, { "date": "2021-11-29", "event": "Accepted for review (docketed): “This action becomes effective on November 29, 2021.”", "source": "https://www.federalregister.gov/d/2021-26119" }, { "date": "2023-06-13", "event": "Final safety evaluation issued.", "source": "https://www.nrc.gov/licensing-applications/non-power-facilities/new-facility-licensing/hermes-kairos-application" }, { "date": "2023-10-19", "event": "Commission mandatory hearing.", "source": "https://www.federalregister.gov/d/2023-19006" }, { "date": "2023-12-14", "event": "Issued: “The Construction Permit No. CPTR-6 was issued on December 14, 2023.”", "source": "https://www.federalregister.gov/d/2023-27960" } ], "group": "new_reactor", "docketed_to_decided_months": 24.5, "submitted_to_decided_months": 26.5, "docketed_to_fser_months": 18.4, "acceptance_months": 2, "url": "https://www.nuclearnewsnetwork.com/industry-trackers/nrc-licensing-reviews/kairos-hermes-1-cp" }, { "slug": "st-lucie-1-2-slr", "title": "St. Lucie Plant Units 1 and 2 – Subsequent License Renewal", "regulator": "NRC", "regulator_id": "org:nrc", "country": "US", "action_type": "subsequent_license_renewal", "applicant": "Florida Power and Light Company", "applicant_ids": [ "org:nextera" ], "facility": "St. Lucie Plant (St. Lucie 1, St. Lucie 2)", "subject_ids": [], "docket": [ "50-335", "50-389" ], "submitted": "2021-08-03", "docketed": "2021-09-24", "schedule_months": null, "target_date": null, "fser": "2023-07-21", "decided": "2026-04-28", "outcome": "issued", "nrc_executed_months": null, "nrc_pct_under_resource_estimate": null, "project_url": "https://www.nrc.gov/licensing-applications/power-reactor-licensing/st-lucie-plant-units-1-2-subsequent-license-renewal-application", "sources": [ "https://www.nrc.gov/licensing-applications/power-reactor-licensing/st-lucie-plant-units-1-2-subsequent-license-renewal-application", "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2021/08/16/2021-17416", "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2021/09/29/2021-21168", "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/05/01/2026-08551", "https://www.nrc.gov/sites/default/files/cdn/doc-collection-news/2026/26-049.pdf", "https://web.archive.org/web/20211018/https://www.nrc.gov/reactors/operating/licensing/renewal/applications/st-lucie-subsequent.html", "https://www.nrc.gov/licensing-applications/operating-reactor-licensing/reactor-license-renewal/status-subsequent-license-renewal-applications" ], "last_verified": "2026-10-16", "confidence": "high", "notes": "Longest SLR in the set (~57 months), mostly waiting on the post-CLI-22 environmental review; safety review was complete in July 2023. The SLR status page lists 'Date Entering Subsequent Period of Extended Operation' 03/01/2056 and 04/06/2063 — these are the new license expiration dates (per News Release 26-049), so that column is mislabeled for this row. Whether the final schedule was compressed for EO 14300 is not stated in fetched sources. NRC decision target: originally 2023-07, latest 2026-04. Schedule: Original target 07/2023 (final SER 12/2022); affected by Feb 2022 GEIS orders; current page shows 04/2026; actual 04/28/2026. Intermediate schedules were not retrieved (Wayback fetches failed).", "events": [ { "date": "2021-08-03", "event": "Application submitted.", "source": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2021/08/16/2021-17416" }, { "date": "2021-09-24", "event": "NRC letter: acceptable for docketing.", "source": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2021/09/29/2021-21168" }, { "date": "2021-09-29", "event": "FR notice of acceptance and opportunity for hearing.", "source": "https://www.nrc.gov/licensing-applications/power-reactor-licensing/st-lucie-plant-units-1-2-subsequent-license-renewal-application" }, { "date": "2022-02-24", "event": "Commission GEIS orders affect review.", "source": "https://www.nrc.gov/licensing-applications/operating-reactor-licensing/reactor-license-renewal/status-subsequent-license-renewal-applications" }, { "date": "2023-07-21", "event": "Safety evaluation issued (Rev. 1 2023-09-01).", "source": "https://www.nrc.gov/licensing-applications/power-reactor-licensing/st-lucie-plant-units-1-2-subsequent-license-renewal-application" }, { "date": "2023-07-21", "event": "Final safety evaluation issued.", "source": "https://www.nrc.gov/licensing-applications/power-reactor-licensing/st-lucie-plant-units-1-2-subsequent-license-renewal-application" }, { "date": "2025-12-19", "event": "Draft SEIS issued.", "source": "https://www.nrc.gov/licensing-applications/power-reactor-licensing/st-lucie-plant-units-1-2-subsequent-license-renewal-application" }, { "date": "2026-03-13", "event": "Final SEIS issued.", "source": "https://www.nrc.gov/licensing-applications/power-reactor-licensing/st-lucie-plant-units-1-2-subsequent-license-renewal-application" }, { "date": "2026-04-28", "event": "Subsequent renewed licenses DPR-67 and NPF-16 issued.", "source": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/05/01/2026-08551" }, { "date": "2026-04-28", "event": "Issued.", "source": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/05/01/2026-08551" } ], "group": "operating_fleet", "docketed_to_decided_months": 55.1, "submitted_to_decided_months": 56.8, "docketed_to_fser_months": 21.8, "acceptance_months": 1.7, "url": "https://www.nuclearnewsnetwork.com/industry-trackers/nrc-licensing-reviews/st-lucie-1-2-slr" }, { "slug": "oregon-state-snm-2013-renewal", "title": "Oregon State University SNM-2013 materials licence renewal (research on used RTR fuel rods)", "regulator": "NRC", "regulator_id": "org:nrc", "country": "US", "action_type": "fuel_cycle_license", "applicant": "Oregon State University", "applicant_ids": [], "facility": "Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon", "subject_ids": [], "docket": [], "submitted": "2021-07-29", "docketed": "2021-09-15", "schedule_months": null, "target_date": null, "fser": null, "decided": "2022-09-30", "outcome": "issued", "nrc_executed_months": null, "nrc_pct_under_resource_estimate": null, "sources": [ "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2022/10/05/2022-21623/oregon-state-university", "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2021/10/01/2021-21359/oregon-state-university" ], "last_verified": "2026-10-16", "confidence": "high", "notes": "Scope flag: university Part 70 SNM licence (not a fuel-cycle plant, not the reactor licence). Exclude from fuel-cycle-facility comparisons if desired. Categorically excluded from EA. Supplemented Apr. 19, 2022 with a criticality-alarm exemption request. Licence/permit: SNM-2013.", "events": [ { "date": "2021-07-29", "event": "Application received: “OSU submitted its renewal application on July 29, 2021, and submitted a correction on July 31, 2021.”", "source": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2022/10/05/2022-21623/oregon-state-university" }, { "date": "2021-09-15", "event": "Accepted for review (docketed): “An NRC administrative completeness review, dated September 15, 2021, found the application acceptable for a technical review.”", "source": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2022/10/05/2022-21623/oregon-state-university" }, { "date": "2022-09-30", "event": "Issued: “Renewed License No. SNM-2013 was issued on September 30, 2022, and is effective as of the date of issuance.”", "source": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2022/10/05/2022-21623/oregon-state-university" } ], "group": "fuel_cycle", "docketed_to_decided_months": 12.5, "submitted_to_decided_months": 14.1, "docketed_to_fser_months": null, "acceptance_months": 1.6, "url": "https://www.nuclearnewsnetwork.com/industry-trackers/nrc-licensing-reviews/oregon-state-snm-2013-renewal" }, { "slug": "oconee-1-2-3-slr", "title": "Oconee Nuclear Station Units 1, 2 and 3 – Subsequent License Renewal", "regulator": "NRC", "regulator_id": "org:nrc", "country": "US", "action_type": "subsequent_license_renewal", "applicant": "Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC", "applicant_ids": [], "facility": "Oconee Nuclear Station (Oconee 1, Oconee 2, Oconee 3)", "subject_ids": [], "docket": [ "50-269", "50-270", "50-287" ], "submitted": "2021-06-07", "docketed": "2021-07-28", "schedule_months": null, "target_date": null, "fser": "2022-12-19", "decided": "2025-03-31", "outcome": "issued", "nrc_executed_months": null, "nrc_pct_under_resource_estimate": null, "project_url": "https://www.nrc.gov/licensing-applications/power-reactor-licensing/oconee-nuclear-station-units-1-2-and-3-subsequent-license-renewal-application", "sources": [ "https://www.nrc.gov/licensing-applications/power-reactor-licensing/oconee-nuclear-station-units-1-2-and-3-subsequent-license-renewal-application", "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2021/07/28/2021-16011", "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/04/04/2025-05792", "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2021/10/08/2021-21978", "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/05/08/2024-09975", "https://web.archive.org/web/20210921/https://www.nrc.gov/reactors/operating/licensing/renewal/applications/oconee-subsequent.html", "https://web.archive.org/web/20221219/https://www.nrc.gov/reactors/operating/licensing/renewal/applications/oconee-subsequent.html", "https://www.nrc.gov/licensing-applications/operating-reactor-licensing/reactor-license-renewal/status-subsequent-license-renewal-applications" ], "last_verified": "2026-10-16", "confidence": "high", "notes": "Affected by the Feb 2022 GEIS orders; safety review finished 2022-12-19, the rest was the site-specific environmental review. Contested (2021 and 2024 hearing requests); outcomes of those petitions were not stated in the fetched sources. NRC decision target: originally 2023-01, latest 2024-10. Schedule: Original target 01/2023; after the Feb 2022 GEIS orders the decision was 'TBD*'; revised schedule (ML22094A190) after ER Supplement 2 (Nov 7, 2022); last scheduled 10/2024; actual 03/31/2025.", "events": [ { "date": "2021-06-07", "event": "Application submitted.", "source": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2021/07/28/2021-16011" }, { "date": "2021-07-28", "event": "FR notice of acceptance and opportunity for hearing.", "source": "https://www.nrc.gov/licensing-applications/power-reactor-licensing/oconee-nuclear-station-units-1-2-and-3-subsequent-license-renewal-application" }, { "date": "2021-09-27", "event": "Hearing request by Beyond Nuclear and Sierra Club (ASLB established 2021-10-08).", "source": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2021/10/08/2021-21978" }, { "date": "2022-02-24", "event": "Commission GEIS orders affect review.", "source": "https://www.nrc.gov/licensing-applications/power-reactor-licensing/oconee-nuclear-station-units-1-2-and-3-subsequent-license-renewal-application" }, { "date": "2022-11-07", "event": "Licensee submits ER Supplement 2.", "source": "https://www.nrc.gov/licensing-applications/power-reactor-licensing/oconee-nuclear-station-units-1-2-and-3-subsequent-license-renewal-application" }, { "date": "2022-12-19", "event": "Safety evaluation issued.", "source": "https://www.nrc.gov/licensing-applications/power-reactor-licensing/oconee-nuclear-station-units-1-2-and-3-subsequent-license-renewal-application" }, { "date": "2022-12-19", "event": "Final safety evaluation issued.", "source": "https://www.nrc.gov/licensing-applications/power-reactor-licensing/oconee-nuclear-station-units-1-2-and-3-subsequent-license-renewal-application" }, { "date": "2024-04-29", "event": "Hearing request on draft SEIS by Beyond Nuclear and Sierra Club (ASLB established 2024-05-08).", "source": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/05/08/2024-09975" }, { "date": "2025-01-31", "event": "Final SEIS issued.", "source": "https://www.nrc.gov/licensing-applications/power-reactor-licensing/oconee-nuclear-station-units-1-2-and-3-subsequent-license-renewal-application" }, { "date": "2025-03-31", "event": "Subsequent renewed licenses DPR-38, DPR-47, DPR-55 issued.", "source": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/04/04/2025-05792" }, { "date": "2025-03-31", "event": "Issued.", "source": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/04/04/2025-05792" } ], "group": "operating_fleet", "docketed_to_decided_months": 44.1, "submitted_to_decided_months": 45.8, "docketed_to_fser_months": 16.7, "acceptance_months": 1.7, "url": "https://www.nuclearnewsnetwork.com/industry-trackers/nrc-licensing-reviews/oconee-1-2-3-slr" }, { "slug": "point-beach-1-2-slr", "title": "Point Beach Nuclear Plant Units 1 and 2 – Subsequent License Renewal", "regulator": "NRC", "regulator_id": "org:nrc", "country": "US", "action_type": "subsequent_license_renewal", "applicant": "NextEra Energy Point Beach, LLC", "applicant_ids": [ "org:nextera" ], "facility": "Point Beach Nuclear Plant (Point Beach 1, Point Beach 2)", "subject_ids": [], "docket": [ "50-266", "50-301" ], "submitted": "2020-11-16", "docketed": "2021-01-15", "schedule_months": null, "target_date": null, "fser": "2022-02-23", "decided": "2025-09-29", "outcome": "issued", "nrc_executed_months": null, "nrc_pct_under_resource_estimate": null, "project_url": "https://www.nrc.gov/licensing-applications/power-reactor-licensing/point-beach-nuclear-plant-units-1-2-subsequent-license-renewal-application", "sources": [ "https://www.nrc.gov/licensing-applications/power-reactor-licensing/point-beach-nuclear-plant-units-1-2-subsequent-license-renewal-application", "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2020/12/29/2020-28626", "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2021/01/22/2021-01410", "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2021/04/02/2021-06785", "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/10/01/2025-19194", "https://www.nrc.gov/sites/default/files/cdn/doc-collection-news/2025/25-058.pdf", "https://web.archive.org/web/20210614/https://www.nrc.gov/reactors/operating/licensing/renewal/applications/point-beach-subsequent.html", "https://web.archive.org/web/20250515/https://www.nrc.gov/reactors/operating/licensing/renewal/applications/point-beach-subsequent.html", "https://www.nrc.gov/licensing-applications/operating-reactor-licensing/reactor-license-renewal/status-subsequent-license-renewal-applications" ], "last_verified": "2026-10-16", "confidence": "high", "notes": "Affected by Feb 2022 GEIS orders (safety review done Feb 2022). NRC News Release 25-058 also cites 'a supplement to its May 2022 safety evaluation' issued in August 2025. Whether the 12/2025 -> 09/2025 target change was tied to EO 14300 is not stated in any fetched source (eo_14300_related left null). NRC decision target: originally 2022-07, latest 2025-09. Schedule: Original 07/2022; 'TBD*' after the Feb 2022 GEIS orders; archived page (last updated April 25, 2025) showed 12/2025; current page shows 09/2025; actual 09/29/2025. The fetched sources do not say why the target moved from 12/2025 to 09/2025.", "events": [ { "date": "2020-11-16", "event": "Application submitted.", "source": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2021/01/22/2021-01410" }, { "date": "2021-01-15", "event": "NRC letter: acceptable for docketing.", "source": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2021/01/22/2021-01410" }, { "date": "2021-01-22", "event": "FR notice of acceptance and opportunity to request a hearing (86 FR 6684).", "source": "https://www.nrc.gov/licensing-applications/power-reactor-licensing/point-beach-nuclear-plant-units-1-2-subsequent-license-renewal-application" }, { "date": "2021-03-23", "event": "Hearing request by Physicians for Social Responsibility Wisconsin (ASLB established 2021-04-02).", "source": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2021/04/02/2021-06785" }, { "date": "2022-02-23", "event": "Safety evaluation issued (Rev. 1 2022-05-25).", "source": "https://www.nrc.gov/licensing-applications/power-reactor-licensing/point-beach-nuclear-plant-units-1-2-subsequent-license-renewal-application" }, { "date": "2022-02-23", "event": "Final safety evaluation issued.", "source": "https://www.nrc.gov/licensing-applications/power-reactor-licensing/point-beach-nuclear-plant-units-1-2-subsequent-license-renewal-application" }, { "date": "2022-02-24", "event": "Commission GEIS orders affect review.", "source": "https://www.nrc.gov/licensing-applications/power-reactor-licensing/point-beach-nuclear-plant-units-1-2-subsequent-license-renewal-application" }, { "date": "2024-10-02", "event": "FR notice of intent to prepare supplement to draft SEIS.", "source": "https://www.nrc.gov/licensing-applications/power-reactor-licensing/point-beach-nuclear-plant-units-1-2-subsequent-license-renewal-application" }, { "date": "2025-04-16", "event": "Second draft SEIS noticed.", "source": "https://www.nrc.gov/licensing-applications/power-reactor-licensing/point-beach-nuclear-plant-units-1-2-subsequent-license-renewal-application" }, { "date": "2025-08-08", "event": "Final SEIS issued.", "source": "https://www.nrc.gov/licensing-applications/power-reactor-licensing/point-beach-nuclear-plant-units-1-2-subsequent-license-renewal-application" }, { "date": "2025-09-29", "event": "Subsequent renewed licenses DPR-24 and DPR-27 issued.", "source": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/10/01/2025-19194" }, { "date": "2025-09-29", "event": "Issued.", "source": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/10/01/2025-19194" } ], "group": "operating_fleet", "docketed_to_decided_months": 56.4, "submitted_to_decided_months": 58.4, "docketed_to_fser_months": 13.3, "acceptance_months": 2, "url": "https://www.nuclearnewsnetwork.com/industry-trackers/nrc-licensing-reviews/point-beach-1-2-slr" }, { "slug": "geh-nuclear-test-reactor-renewal", "title": "GE-Hitachi Nuclear Test Reactor (100 kWt) R-33 licence renewal (20 years)", "regulator": "NRC", "regulator_id": "org:nrc", "country": "US", "action_type": "research_reactor_license_renewal", "applicant": "GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy Americas, LLC", "applicant_ids": [ "org:ge-vernova-hitachi" ], "facility": "Nuclear Test Reactor, Vallecitos Nuclear Center, Sunol (Alameda County), California", "subject_ids": [ "site:vallecitos" ], "docket": [ "50-073" ], "submitted": "2020-11-19", "docketed": null, "schedule_months": null, "target_date": null, "fser": null, "decided": "2023-06-29", "outcome": "issued", "nrc_executed_months": null, "nrc_pct_under_resource_estimate": null, "sources": [ "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/07/11/2023-14536/ge-hitachi-nuclear-energy-americas-llc-ge-hitachi-nuclear-test-reactor", "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/01/10/2023-00203/ge-hitachi-nuclear-energy-americas-llc-ge-hitachi-nuclear-test-reactor", "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/03/22/2023-05876/ge-hitachi-nuclear-energy-americas-llc-nuclear-test-reactor" ], "last_verified": "2026-10-16", "confidence": "high", "notes": "Docketing notice published Jan. 10, 2023 (\"staff accepts, dockets, and is considering\"), acceptance date not stated. Supplements Sept. 22, 2021; Apr. 22, Sept. 15, 2022; Jan. 27, 2023. Licence had been set to expire Apr. 20, 2021 (timely renewal). Fully pre-ADVANCE Act. Licence/permit: R-33.", "events": [ { "date": "2020-11-19", "event": "Application received: “On November 19, 2020, as supplemented by various letters referenced in the ``Availability of Documents'' section of this document, GE- Hitachi Nuclear Energy Americas, LLC filed with the NRC ... an application to renew Facility Operating License No. R-33”", "source": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/01/10/2023-00203/ge-hitachi-nuclear-energy-americas-llc-ge-hitachi-nuclear-test-reactor" }, { "date": "2023-06-29", "event": "Issued: “R-33 was issued on June 29, 2023, and is effective as of the date of issuance.”", "source": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/07/11/2023-14536/ge-hitachi-nuclear-energy-americas-llc-ge-hitachi-nuclear-test-reactor" } ], "group": "non_power", "docketed_to_decided_months": null, "submitted_to_decided_months": 31.3, "docketed_to_fser_months": null, "acceptance_months": null, "url": "https://www.nuclearnewsnetwork.com/industry-trackers/nrc-licensing-reviews/geh-nuclear-test-reactor-renewal" }, { "slug": "north-anna-1-2-slr", "title": "North Anna Power Station Units 1 and 2 – Subsequent License Renewal", "regulator": "NRC", "regulator_id": "org:nrc", "country": "US", "action_type": "subsequent_license_renewal", "applicant": "Virginia Electric and Power Company", "applicant_ids": [ "org:dominion-energy" ], "facility": "North Anna Power Station (North Anna 1, North Anna 2)", "subject_ids": [], "docket": [ "50-338", "50-339" ], "submitted": "2020-08-24", "docketed": "2020-10-15", "schedule_months": null, "target_date": null, "fser": "2022-01-04", "decided": "2024-08-28", "outcome": "issued", "nrc_executed_months": null, "nrc_pct_under_resource_estimate": null, "project_url": "https://www.nrc.gov/licensing-applications/power-reactor-licensing/north-anna-units-1-and-2-subsequent-license-renewal-application", "sources": [ "https://www.nrc.gov/licensing-applications/power-reactor-licensing/north-anna-units-1-and-2-subsequent-license-renewal-application", "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2020/09/21/2020-20682", "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2020/10/15/2020-22790", "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/09/10/2024-20277", "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2020/12/29/2020-28634", "https://web.archive.org/web/20210116092142/https://www.nrc.gov/reactors/operating/licensing/renewal/applications/north-anna-1-2-subsequent.html", "https://www.nrc.gov/licensing-applications/operating-reactor-licensing/reactor-license-renewal/status-subsequent-license-renewal-applications" ], "last_verified": "2026-10-16", "confidence": "high", "notes": "The FR availability notice says 'On August 25, 2020, the NRC received an application'; the acceptance notice and NRC page use the letter date August 24, 2020. Used 2020-08-24 (letter date). Affected by the Feb 2022 GEIS orders: safety review was done 2022-01-04; the remaining ~31 months were the site-specific environmental review. Contested twice (2020 petition; 2024 petition denied in LBP-24-07). NRC decision target: originally 2022-04, latest 2024-08. Schedule: Original decision target 04/2022; after the Feb 24, 2022 Commission orders the decision date became undetermined; schedule change letter 10/16/2023; final target 08/2024.", "events": [ { "date": "2020-08-24", "event": "Application submitted (letter date).", "source": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2020/10/15/2020-22790" }, { "date": "2020-10-15", "event": "FR notice of acceptance and opportunity for hearing.", "source": "https://www.nrc.gov/licensing-applications/power-reactor-licensing/north-anna-units-1-and-2-subsequent-license-renewal-application" }, { "date": "2020-12-14", "event": "Hearing request by Beyond Nuclear, Sierra Club and Alliance for Progressive Virginia (ASLB established 2020-12-29).", "source": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2020/12/29/2020-28634" }, { "date": "2022-01-04", "event": "Final SER issued.", "source": "https://www.nrc.gov/licensing-applications/power-reactor-licensing/north-anna-units-1-and-2-subsequent-license-renewal-application" }, { "date": "2022-01-04", "event": "Final safety evaluation issued.", "source": "https://www.nrc.gov/licensing-applications/power-reactor-licensing/north-anna-units-1-and-2-subsequent-license-renewal-application" }, { "date": "2022-02-24", "event": "Commission orders (CLI-22-02/03/04) halt reliance on 2013 GEIS for SLR.", "source": "https://www.nrc.gov/licensing-applications/power-reactor-licensing/north-anna-units-1-and-2-subsequent-license-renewal-application" }, { "date": "2022-09-28", "event": "Site-specific environmental supplement received.", "source": "https://www.nrc.gov/licensing-applications/power-reactor-licensing/north-anna-units-1-and-2-subsequent-license-renewal-application" }, { "date": "2023-12-28", "event": "Draft SEIS published; new hearing opportunity.", "source": "https://www.nrc.gov/licensing-applications/power-reactor-licensing/north-anna-units-1-and-2-subsequent-license-renewal-application" }, { "date": "2024-07-10", "event": "ASLB LBP-24-07 denies Beyond Nuclear/Sierra Club petition, terminates proceeding.", "source": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/09/10/2024-20277" }, { "date": "2024-07-31", "event": "Final EIS FRN (89 FR 61506).", "source": "https://www.nrc.gov/licensing-applications/power-reactor-licensing/north-anna-units-1-and-2-subsequent-license-renewal-application" }, { "date": "2024-08-28", "event": "Subsequent renewed licenses NPF-4 and NPF-7 issued.", "source": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/09/10/2024-20277" }, { "date": "2024-08-28", "event": "Issued.", "source": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/09/10/2024-20277" } ], "group": "operating_fleet", "docketed_to_decided_months": 46.4, "submitted_to_decided_months": 48.1, "docketed_to_fser_months": 14.7, "acceptance_months": 1.7, "url": "https://www.nuclearnewsnetwork.com/industry-trackers/nrc-licensing-reviews/north-anna-1-2-slr" }, { "slug": "nuscale-us600-sda", "title": "NuScale US600 standard design approval", "regulator": "NRC", "regulator_id": "org:nrc", "country": "US", "action_type": "standard_design_approval", "applicant": "NuScale Power, LLC", "applicant_ids": [ "org:nuscale" ], "facility": "NuScale US600", "subject_ids": [], "docket": [ "52-048" ], "submitted": "2020-07-13", "docketed": null, "schedule_months": null, "target_date": null, "fser": "2020-08-28", "decided": "2020-09-11", "outcome": "issued", "nrc_executed_months": null, "nrc_pct_under_resource_estimate": null, "project_url": "https://www.nrc.gov/facilities-safety/new-reactors/advanced-reactors/who-were-working-with/past-licensing-activities/nuscale", "sources": [ "https://www.nrc.gov/facilities-safety/new-reactors/advanced-reactors/who-were-working-with/past-licensing-activities/nuscale", "https://www.federalregister.gov/d/2020-21429", "https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML2024/ML20247J564.pdf", "https://www.nrc.gov/facilities-safety/new-reactors/advanced-reactors/who-were-working-with/past-licensing-activities/nuscale/application-review-schedule" ], "last_verified": "2026-10-16", "confidence": "high", "notes": "Derivative of the US600 DC review; exclude from duration statistics or treat as a 2-month administrative action. Docketed: Not separately docketed; the SDA request relied on the already-docketed DC review (FSER 2020-08-28). Final safety evaluation: Shared with the DC review.", "events": [ { "date": "2020-07-13", "event": "Application received: “July 13, 2020, submitted Request for Standard Design Approval ( [ML20195C766]) - approved September 11, 2020”", "source": "https://www.nrc.gov/facilities-safety/new-reactors/advanced-reactors/who-were-working-with/past-licensing-activities/nuscale" }, { "date": "2020-08-28", "event": "Final safety evaluation issued.", "source": "https://www.nrc.gov/facilities-safety/new-reactors/advanced-reactors/who-were-working-with/past-licensing-activities/nuscale/application-review-schedule" }, { "date": "2020-09-11", "event": "Issued: “The Standard Design Approval was issued on September 11, 2020.”", "source": "https://www.federalregister.gov/d/2020-21429" } ], "group": "design", "docketed_to_decided_months": null, "submitted_to_decided_months": 2, "docketed_to_fser_months": null, "acceptance_months": null, "url": "https://www.nuclearnewsnetwork.com/industry-trackers/nrc-licensing-reviews/nuscale-us600-sda" }, { "slug": "oklo-aurora-col", "title": "Oklo Aurora custom combined license (INL)", "regulator": "NRC", "regulator_id": "org:nrc", "country": "US", "action_type": "combined_license", "applicant": "Oklo Power LLC (subsidiary of Oklo Inc.)", "applicant_ids": [ "org:oklo" ], "facility": "Aurora (Idaho National Laboratory)", "subject_ids": [ "unit:aurora-inl-1" ], "docket": [ "52-049" ], "submitted": "2020-03-11", "docketed": "2020-06-05", "schedule_months": null, "target_date": null, "fser": null, "decided": "2022-01-06", "outcome": "denied", "nrc_executed_months": null, "nrc_pct_under_resource_estimate": null, "project_url": "https://www.nrc.gov/facilities-safety/new-reactors/large-light-water-reactors/combined-license-applications-for-new-reactors/aurora-oklo", "sources": [ "https://www.nrc.gov/facilities-safety/new-reactors/large-light-water-reactors/combined-license-applications-for-new-reactors/aurora-oklo", "https://www.federalregister.gov/d/2020-06939", "https://www.federalregister.gov/d/2020-12903", "https://www.federalregister.gov/d/2022-00339", "https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML2135/ML21357A034.pdf" ], "last_verified": "2026-10-16", "confidence": "high", "notes": "Exclude from completed-review duration statistics (denial, not a decision on the merits). No new Oklo application found as of 2026-10-16: NRC pre-application page lists a 'Preapplication Readiness Assessment for Phase 1 of a Combined License Application' and a 'Pre-Phase 2 Combined License Application' audit, but no tendered application. Final safety evaluation: No safety evaluation issued (application denied). Decision: Denial letter dated January 6, 2022 (ML21357A034); denied without prejudice under 10 CFR 2.108 for failure to supply information.", "events": [ { "date": "2020-03-11", "event": "Application received: “The application for the combined license was received on March 11, 2020.”", "source": "https://www.federalregister.gov/d/2020-06939" }, { "date": "2020-06-05", "event": "Accepted for review (docketed): “This action became effective on June 5, 2020.”", "source": "https://www.federalregister.gov/d/2020-12903" }, { "date": "2022-01-06", "event": "Denied: “The NRC staff has denied the custom combined license application”", "source": "https://www.federalregister.gov/d/2022-00339" } ], "group": "new_reactor", "docketed_to_decided_months": 19.1, "submitted_to_decided_months": 21.9, "docketed_to_fser_months": null, "acceptance_months": 2.8, "url": "https://www.nuclearnewsnetwork.com/industry-trackers/nrc-licensing-reviews/oklo-aurora-col" }, { "slug": "centrus-aco-haleu-demonstration-amendment-13", "title": "American Centrifuge Plant HALEU demonstration cascade (16 centrifuges, 19.75 wt% U-235) (Amendment 13)", "regulator": "NRC", "regulator_id": "org:nrc", "country": "US", "action_type": "fuel_cycle_amendment", "applicant": "American Centrifuge Operating, LLC (Centrus Energy Corp.)", "applicant_ids": [ "org:american-centrifuge-operating" ], "facility": "American Centrifuge Plant, Piketon, Ohio", "subject_ids": [ "site:piketon" ], "docket": [ "70-7004" ], "submitted": "2020-04-22", "docketed": null, "schedule_months": null, "target_date": null, "fser": null, "decided": "2021-06-11", "outcome": "issued", "nrc_executed_months": null, "nrc_pct_under_resource_estimate": null, "project_url": "https://www.nrc.gov/facilities-safety/fuel-cycle-facilities/new-fuel-cycle-facility-licensing/gas-centrifuge-enrichment-facility-licensing/centrus-energy-corpamerican-centrifuge-operating-llc-formerly-usec-inc-gas-centrifuge-enrichme", "sources": [ "https://www.nrc.gov/facilities-safety/fuel-cycle-facilities/new-fuel-cycle-facility-licensing/gas-centrifuge-enrichment-facility-licensing/centrus-energy-corpamerican-centrifuge-operating-llc-formerly-usec-inc-gas-centrifuge-enrichme", "https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML2108/ML21085A705.pdf", "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2021/06/14/2021-12356/american-centrifuge-operating-llc-american-centrifuge-plant", "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/04/22/2024-08480/american-centrifuge-operating-llc-completion-of-operational-readiness-reviews" ], "last_verified": "2026-10-16", "confidence": "high", "notes": "Submittal date ambiguous: NRC page says submittals spanned Dec. 2019–June 2020 (first listed ADAMS ML19352G024); the EA calls the LAR \"dated April 22, 2020\". April 22, 2020 used. Acceptance date not found. UF6 introduction later authorized by ORR letters June 12, 2023 (Cat III) and Sept. 21, 2023 (Cat II). FR EA notice lists docket 70-7003 (the Lead Cascade docket) while SNM-2011 is docket 70-7004. Fully pre-ADVANCE Act. Licence/permit: SNM-2011.", "events": [ { "date": "2020-04-22", "event": "Application received: “By letters dated April 22, 2020 (ACO 2020a), May 7, 2020 (ACO 2020b), and May 25, 2021 (ACO 2021) the American Centrifuge Operating, LLC (ACO or the licensee) submitted an application to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to amend Special Nuclear Materials (SNM) License Number SNM-2011”", "source": "https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML2108/ML21085A705.pdf" }, { "date": "2021-06-11", "event": "Issued: “The NRC staff reviewed the application and approved the HALEU demonstration program on June 11, 2021”", "source": "https://www.nrc.gov/facilities-safety/fuel-cycle-facilities/new-fuel-cycle-facility-licensing/gas-centrifuge-enrichment-facility-licensing/centrus-energy-corpamerican-centrifuge-operating-llc-formerly-usec-inc-gas-centrifuge-enrichme" } ], "group": "fuel_cycle", "docketed_to_decided_months": null, "submitted_to_decided_months": 13.6, "docketed_to_fser_months": null, "acceptance_months": null, "url": "https://www.nuclearnewsnetwork.com/industry-trackers/nrc-licensing-reviews/centrus-aco-haleu-demonstration-amendment-13" }, { "slug": "shine-medical-isotope-production-facility-operating-license", "title": "SHINE Medical Isotope Production Facility (Chrysalis) operating licence (accelerator-driven subcritical assemblies, Mo-99)", "regulator": "NRC", "regulator_id": "org:nrc", "country": "US", "action_type": "research_reactor_operating_license", "applicant": "SHINE Medical Technologies, LLC (now SHINE Technologies, LLC)", "applicant_ids": [ "org:shine-technologies" ], "facility": "SHINE Medical Isotope Production Facility, Janesville (Rock County), Wisconsin", "subject_ids": [], "docket": [ "50-608" ], "submitted": "2019-07-17", "docketed": "2019-10-08", "schedule_months": null, "target_date": null, "fser": "2023-02-27", "decided": null, "outcome": "under_review", "nrc_executed_months": null, "nrc_pct_under_resource_estimate": null, "project_url": "https://www.nrc.gov/cdn/doc-collection-news/2023/23-012.pdf", "sources": [ "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2019/10/15/2019-22396/shine-medical-technologies-llc", "https://www.nrc.gov/cdn/doc-collection-news/2023/23-012.pdf", "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/02/07/2023-02419/shine-medical-technologies-llc-medical-isotope-production-facility", "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/12/2025-22651/in-the-matter-of-shine-technologies-llc-shine-medical-isotope-production-facility-extension-of", "https://www.nrc.gov/facilities-safety/facility-finder/nonpower/shine-medical-technologies-llc", "https://www.shinefusion.com/blog/nrc-issues-review-schedule-for-shine-application" ], "last_verified": "2026-10-16", "confidence": "high", "notes": "NRC target decision: 2021-10 (per SHINE release, May 11, 2020 — secondary) (month only). Premise check: no operating licence issuance was found. NRC staff finished the FSER Feb. 27, 2023 (NRC facility page shows \"February 28, 2023 (NRC issued Safety Evaluation Report)\") and the final SEIS Jan. 31, 2023; the NRC said it \"will consider both documents in deciding whether to issue the license\". The construction permit (CPMIF-001, issued Feb. 29, 2016) was extended Nov. 30, 2022 (to Dec. 31, 2025) and again Dec. 4, 2025 (to Dec. 31, 2029), so construction is incomplete and the OL decision is pending. For duration analysis use staff_review_completed (2019-10-08 to 2023-02-27, ~40.6 months) rather than a licence date. SHINE CP (2016) is outside the 2019+ window.", "events": [ { "date": "2019-07-17", "event": "Application received: “The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff accepts and dockets an application submitted by SHINE Medical Technologies, LLC (SHINE), dated July 17, 2019”", "source": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2019/10/15/2019-22396/shine-medical-technologies-llc" }, { "date": "2019-10-08", "event": "Accepted for review (docketed): “the NRC staff performed an acceptance review of the SHINE operating license application and, by letter dated October 8, 2019 (ADAMS Accession No. ML19276D411), concluded that the application is acceptable for docketing under Docket Number 50-608.”", "source": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2019/10/15/2019-22396/shine-medical-technologies-llc" }, { "date": "2023-02-27", "event": "Final safety evaluation issued.", "source": "https://www.nrc.gov/cdn/doc-collection-news/2023/23-012.pdf" } ], "group": "non_power", "docketed_to_decided_months": null, "submitted_to_decided_months": null, "docketed_to_fser_months": 40.7, "acceptance_months": 2.7, "url": "https://www.nuclearnewsnetwork.com/industry-trackers/nrc-licensing-reviews/shine-medical-isotope-production-facility-operating-license" }, { "slug": "surry-1-2-slr", "title": "Surry Power Station Units 1 and 2 – Subsequent License Renewal", "regulator": "NRC", "regulator_id": "org:nrc", "country": "US", "action_type": "subsequent_license_renewal", "applicant": "Virginia Electric and Power Company (Dominion Energy Virginia)", "applicant_ids": [ "org:dominion-energy" ], "facility": "Surry Power Station (Surry 1, Surry 2)", "subject_ids": [], "docket": [ "50-280", "50-281" ], "submitted": "2018-10-15", "docketed": "2018-12-10", "schedule_months": null, "target_date": null, "fser": "2020-03-09", "decided": "2021-05-04", "outcome": "issued", "nrc_executed_months": null, "nrc_pct_under_resource_estimate": null, "project_url": "https://www.nrc.gov/licensing-applications/power-reactor-licensing/surry-units-1-and-2-subsequent-license-renewal-application", "sources": [ "https://www.nrc.gov/licensing-applications/power-reactor-licensing/surry-units-1-and-2-subsequent-license-renewal-application", "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2018/12/10/2018-26614", "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2021/05/07/2021-09719", "https://web.archive.org/web/20190420/https://www.nrc.gov/reactors/operating/licensing/renewal/applications/surry-subsequent.html", "https://www.nrc.gov/licensing-applications/operating-reactor-licensing/reactor-license-renewal/status-subsequent-license-renewal-applications" ], "last_verified": "2026-10-16", "confidence": "high", "notes": "Uncontested: issuance FR notice says 'There were no petitions to intervene filed for the Surry subsequent license renewal application.' The ~11-month delay after the final SEIS was caused by the state CZMA concurrence (an external dependency), not NRC review; NRC page: 'the licenses could not be issued until such a concurrence was completed by the State.' The NRC's '18-month review time' for a June 2020 target is consistent with counting from docketing (Dec 2018), not from submittal. Not among the plants affected by the Feb 2022 Commission GEIS orders (issued before them). NRC decision target: originally 2020-06, latest 2021-05. Schedule: Original target June 2020 ('an 18-month review time'); revised to 05/2021 because the Coastal Zone Management Act consistency concurrence had not been obtained.", "events": [ { "date": "2018-10-15", "event": "Application submitted.", "source": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2018/12/10/2018-26614" }, { "date": "2018-12-10", "event": "FR notice of acceptance and opportunity for hearing.", "source": "https://www.nrc.gov/licensing-applications/power-reactor-licensing/surry-units-1-and-2-subsequent-license-renewal-application" }, { "date": "2020-03-09", "event": "Final SER issued.", "source": "https://www.nrc.gov/licensing-applications/power-reactor-licensing/surry-units-1-and-2-subsequent-license-renewal-application" }, { "date": "2020-03-09", "event": "Final safety evaluation issued.", "source": "https://www.nrc.gov/licensing-applications/power-reactor-licensing/surry-units-1-and-2-subsequent-license-renewal-application" }, { "date": "2020-04-06", "event": "Final SEIS issued.", "source": "https://www.nrc.gov/licensing-applications/power-reactor-licensing/surry-units-1-and-2-subsequent-license-renewal-application" }, { "date": "2021-04-08", "event": "Dominion submits Virginia's unconditional CZMA concurrence.", "source": "https://www.nrc.gov/licensing-applications/power-reactor-licensing/surry-units-1-and-2-subsequent-license-renewal-application" }, { "date": "2021-05-04", "event": "Subsequent renewed licenses DPR-32 and DPR-37 issued.", "source": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2021/05/07/2021-09719" }, { "date": "2021-05-04", "event": "Issued.", "source": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2021/05/07/2021-09719" } ], "group": "operating_fleet", "docketed_to_decided_months": 28.8, "submitted_to_decided_months": 30.6, "docketed_to_fser_months": 14.9, "acceptance_months": 1.8, "url": "https://www.nuclearnewsnetwork.com/industry-trackers/nrc-licensing-reviews/surry-1-2-slr" }, { "slug": "peach-bottom-2-3-slr", "title": "Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station Units 2 and 3 – Subsequent License Renewal", "regulator": "NRC", "regulator_id": "org:nrc", "country": "US", "action_type": "subsequent_license_renewal", "applicant": "Exelon Generation Company, LLC and PSEG Nuclear, LLC (2020 issuance); Constellation Energy Generation, LLC (2025 restoration)", "applicant_ids": [ "org:constellation" ], "facility": "Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station (Peach Bottom 2, Peach Bottom 3)", "subject_ids": [ "site:peach-bottom" ], "docket": [ "50-277", "50-278" ], "submitted": "2018-07-10", "docketed": "2018-08-27", "schedule_months": null, "target_date": null, "fser": "2019-11-19", "decided": "2020-03-05", "outcome": "issued", "nrc_executed_months": null, "nrc_pct_under_resource_estimate": null, "project_url": "https://www.nrc.gov/licensing-applications/power-reactor-licensing/peach-bottom-atomic-power-station-units-2-3-subsequent-license-renewal-application", "sources": [ "https://www.nrc.gov/licensing-applications/power-reactor-licensing/peach-bottom-atomic-power-station-units-2-3-subsequent-license-renewal-application", "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2018/08/01/2018-16402", "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2018/09/06/2018-19246", "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2020/03/11/2020-04941", "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2018/12/18/2018-27276", "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/08/08/2025-15044", "https://web.archive.org/web/20190420/https://www.nrc.gov/reactors/operating/licensing/renewal/applications/peach-bottom-subsequent.html", "https://www.nrc.gov/licensing-applications/operating-reactor-licensing/reactor-license-renewal/status-subsequent-license-renewal-applications" ], "last_verified": "2026-10-16", "confidence": "high", "notes": "Contested: at issuance the FR notice said 'An NRC Atomic Safety and Licensing Board denied an intervention petition and terminated the adjudicatory proceeding. An appeal and motions related to a request to file a new contention are pending before the Commission.' Original review 2018-07-10 -> 2020-03-05. Second (environmental-only) review: licensee letter 2024-06-05 -> restoration decision 2025-09-30. The 2025-09-30 restoration date is from the NRC plant page only. NRC decision target: originally 2020-03, latest 2020-03. Schedule: Original SLR decision met its 03/2020 target. For the post-CLI-22 environmental re-review, NRC letter of Feb 28, 2025 set a March 2026 decision; letter of April 24, 2025 moved it to February 2026; actual 09/30/2025. Effective final decision 2025-09-30: Decision restoring the subsequent renewed license end dates (NRC page actual date). No FR notice or press release for the restoration was found.", "events": [ { "date": "2018-07-10", "event": "Application submitted.", "source": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2018/08/01/2018-16402" }, { "date": "2018-08-27", "event": "NRC letter: application acceptable for docketing.", "source": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2018/09/06/2018-19246" }, { "date": "2018-09-06", "event": "FR notice of acceptance and opportunity for hearing (83 FR 45285).", "source": "https://www.nrc.gov/licensing-applications/power-reactor-licensing/peach-bottom-atomic-power-station-units-2-3-subsequent-license-renewal-application" }, { "date": "2018-12-18", "event": "FR notice establishing ASLB; hearing request by Beyond Nuclear, Inc.", "source": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2018/12/18/2018-27276" }, { "date": "2019-11-19", "event": "Final SER issued.", "source": "https://www.nrc.gov/licensing-applications/power-reactor-licensing/peach-bottom-atomic-power-station-units-2-3-subsequent-license-renewal-application" }, { "date": "2019-11-19", "event": "Final safety evaluation issued.", "source": "https://www.nrc.gov/licensing-applications/power-reactor-licensing/peach-bottom-atomic-power-station-units-2-3-subsequent-license-renewal-application" }, { "date": "2020-01-27", "event": "Final SEIS issued.", "source": "https://www.nrc.gov/licensing-applications/power-reactor-licensing/peach-bottom-atomic-power-station-units-2-3-subsequent-license-renewal-application" }, { "date": "2020-03-05", "event": "Subsequent renewed licenses DPR-44 and DPR-56 issued.", "source": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2020/03/11/2020-04941" }, { "date": "2020-03-05", "event": "Issued.", "source": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2020/03/11/2020-04941" }, { "date": "2022-02-24", "event": "Commission orders CLI-22-02/CLI-22-03: expiration dates reset to end of initial period of extended operation.", "source": "https://www.nrc.gov/licensing-applications/power-reactor-licensing/peach-bottom-atomic-power-station-units-2-3-subsequent-license-renewal-application" }, { "date": "2024-06-05", "event": "Licensee requests plan to complete environmental review and restore end dates.", "source": "https://www.nrc.gov/licensing-applications/power-reactor-licensing/peach-bottom-atomic-power-station-units-2-3-subsequent-license-renewal-application" }, { "date": "2025-01-07", "event": "FR notice of intent to prepare supplement to final SEIS.", "source": "https://www.nrc.gov/licensing-applications/power-reactor-licensing/peach-bottom-atomic-power-station-units-2-3-subsequent-license-renewal-application" }, { "date": "2025-07-29", "event": "Beyond Nuclear and Sierra Club file hearing request on draft supplement (ASLB established 2025-08-08).", "source": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/08/08/2025-15044" }, { "date": "2025-08-22", "event": "Final SEIS supplement published.", "source": "https://www.nrc.gov/licensing-applications/power-reactor-licensing/peach-bottom-atomic-power-station-units-2-3-subsequent-license-renewal-application" }, { "date": "2025-09-30", "event": "Director, NRR decision restoring end dates (Aug 8, 2053 / July 2, 2054).", "source": "https://www.nrc.gov/licensing-applications/power-reactor-licensing/peach-bottom-atomic-power-station-units-2-3-subsequent-license-renewal-application" } ], "group": "operating_fleet", "docketed_to_decided_months": 18.3, "submitted_to_decided_months": 19.8, "docketed_to_fser_months": 14.8, "acceptance_months": 1.6, "url": "https://www.nuclearnewsnetwork.com/industry-trackers/nrc-licensing-reviews/peach-bottom-2-3-slr" }, { "slug": "uc-davis-mnrc-triga-renewal", "title": "UC Davis McClellan Nuclear Research Center TRIGA (1.0 MWt) R-130 licence renewal (20 years)", "regulator": "NRC", "regulator_id": "org:nrc", "country": "US", "action_type": "research_reactor_license_renewal", "applicant": "Regents of the University of California", "applicant_ids": [], "facility": "McClellan Nuclear Research Center TRIGA reactor, North Highlands (Sacramento County), California", "subject_ids": [], "docket": [ "50-607" ], "submitted": "2018-06-11", "docketed": null, "schedule_months": null, "target_date": null, "fser": null, "decided": "2022-11-21", "outcome": "issued", "nrc_executed_months": null, "nrc_pct_under_resource_estimate": null, "sources": [ "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2022/12/08/2022-26665/regents-of-the-university-of-california-university-of-california-davis-mcclellan-nuclear-research", "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2022/03/09/2022-04931/regents-of-the-university-of-california-university-of-california-davis-mcclellan-nuclear-research", "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2022/10/20/2022-22766/regents-of-the-university-of-california-university-of-california-davis-mcclellan-nuclear-research" ], "last_verified": "2026-10-16", "confidence": "high", "notes": "Application materially revised July 6, 2020 (power reduced from 2.3 MW to 1.0 MW; pulsing and explosive irradiation dropped). Docketing notice (\"staff accepts and dockets\") published Mar. 9, 2022 but the acceptance date itself is not stated, so docketed is null. Fully pre-ADVANCE Act. Licence/permit: R-130.", "events": [ { "date": "2018-06-11", "event": "Application received: “On June 11, 2018, the Regents of the University of California filed with the NRC ... an application for the renewal of the University of California-Davis MNRC TRIGA nuclear reactor”", "source": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2022/03/09/2022-04931/regents-of-the-university-of-california-university-of-california-davis-mcclellan-nuclear-research" }, { "date": "2022-11-21", "event": "Issued: “R-130 was issued on November 21, 2022, and is effective as of the date of issuance.”", "source": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2022/12/08/2022-26665/regents-of-the-university-of-california-university-of-california-davis-mcclellan-nuclear-research" } ], "group": "non_power", "docketed_to_decided_months": null, "submitted_to_decided_months": 53.4, "docketed_to_fser_months": null, "acceptance_months": null, "url": "https://www.nuclearnewsnetwork.com/industry-trackers/nrc-licensing-reviews/uc-davis-mnrc-triga-renewal" }, { "slug": "turkey-point-3-4-slr", "title": "Turkey Point Nuclear Generating Units 3 and 4 – Subsequent License Renewal", "regulator": "NRC", "regulator_id": "org:nrc", "country": "US", "action_type": "subsequent_license_renewal", "applicant": "Florida Power & Light Company", "applicant_ids": [ "org:nextera" ], "facility": "Turkey Point Nuclear Generating Station (Turkey Point 3, Turkey Point 4)", "subject_ids": [], "docket": [ "50-250", "50-251" ], "submitted": "2018-01-30", "docketed": "2018-05-02", "schedule_months": null, "target_date": null, "fser": "2019-07-22", "decided": "2019-12-04", "outcome": "issued", "nrc_executed_months": null, "nrc_pct_under_resource_estimate": null, "project_url": "https://www.nrc.gov/licensing-applications/power-reactor-licensing/turkey-point-nuclear-plant-units-3-4-subsequent-license-renewal-application", "sources": [ "https://www.nrc.gov/licensing-applications/power-reactor-licensing/turkey-point-nuclear-plant-units-3-4-subsequent-license-renewal-application", "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2018/04/18/2018-08092", "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2019/12/10/2019-26500", "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2018/08/14/2018-17373", "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/12/06/2023-26715", "https://www.nrc.gov/sites/default/files/doc_library/cdn/legacy/reading-rm/doc-collections/news/2019/19-062.pdf", "https://tmia.com/sites/tmia.com/files/media/24-072.pdf", "https://web.archive.org/web/20180528/https://www.nrc.gov/reactors/operating/licensing/renewal/applications/turkey-point-subsequent.html", "https://www.nrc.gov/licensing-applications/operating-reactor-licensing/reactor-license-renewal/status-subsequent-license-renewal-applications" ], "last_verified": "2026-10-16", "confidence": "high", "notes": "SLR status page lists 'Application Received 01/31/18'; the FR notice, plant page and NRC News Release 19-062 all say January 30, 2018 (supplements through March 1 / April 10, 2018). Used 2018-01-30. Contested: hearing requests filed in 2018; at issuance FR notice said 'All contested issues were subsequently decided by an NRC Atomic Safety and Licensing Board ... appeals from the Board's decisions are pending before the Commission.' Measure the original review as 2018-01-30 -> 2019-12-04. The 2022 reversion (CLI-22-02/03) and 2024 restoration are a second, environmental-only review: ER Supplement 2 received 2022-06-09 -> record of decision 2024-09-04. 24-072 press release was read from a third-party mirror (tmia.com) because the nrc.gov copy is not served (HTML page body empty, PDF path 403/404). NRC decision target: originally 2019-10, latest 2019-11. Schedule: NRC page lists an Original Schedule Letter (April 26, 2018), Revised Schedule Letter (January 30, 2019), Revised/Corrected Schedule letter (May 9, 2019) and Updated Budget Estimate and Revised Environmental Review Schedule (August 15, 2019). Post-2022 environmental re-review target for the record of decision was 'TBD'. Effective final decision 2024-09-04: Record of decision after the post-CLI-22-02 site-specific EIS (NRC page actual date); NRC News Release 24-072 (Sept. 17, 2024) announced the restored expiration dates. The fetched sources do not separately date the license action that restored the dates.", "events": [ { "date": "2018-01-30", "event": "Application submitted.", "source": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2018/04/18/2018-08092" }, { "date": "2018-04-18", "event": "FR notice of receipt/availability (83 FR 17196).", "source": "https://www.nrc.gov/licensing-applications/power-reactor-licensing/turkey-point-nuclear-plant-units-3-4-subsequent-license-renewal-application" }, { "date": "2018-05-02", "event": "FR notice of acceptance and opportunity for hearing (83 FR 19304).", "source": "https://www.nrc.gov/licensing-applications/power-reactor-licensing/turkey-point-nuclear-plant-units-3-4-subsequent-license-renewal-application" }, { "date": "2018-08-14", "event": "FR notice establishing ASLB; hearing requests by Southern Alliance for Clean Energy and by Friends of the Earth/NRDC/Miami Waterkeeper.", "source": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2018/08/14/2018-17373" }, { "date": "2019-05-21", "event": "SER with open items issued.", "source": "https://www.nrc.gov/licensing-applications/power-reactor-licensing/turkey-point-nuclear-plant-units-3-4-subsequent-license-renewal-application" }, { "date": "2019-07-22", "event": "Final SER issued.", "source": "https://www.nrc.gov/licensing-applications/power-reactor-licensing/turkey-point-nuclear-plant-units-3-4-subsequent-license-renewal-application" }, { "date": "2019-07-22", "event": "Final safety evaluation issued.", "source": "https://www.nrc.gov/licensing-applications/power-reactor-licensing/turkey-point-nuclear-plant-units-3-4-subsequent-license-renewal-application" }, { "date": "2019-10-25", "event": "Final SEIS issued.", "source": "https://www.nrc.gov/licensing-applications/power-reactor-licensing/turkey-point-nuclear-plant-units-3-4-subsequent-license-renewal-application" }, { "date": "2019-12-04", "event": "Subsequent renewed licenses DPR-31 and DPR-41 issued (to 2052/2053).", "source": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2019/12/10/2019-26500" }, { "date": "2019-12-04", "event": "Issued.", "source": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2019/12/10/2019-26500" }, { "date": "2022-02-24", "event": "Commission orders CLI-22-02 and CLI-22-03: expiration dates reset to end of initial period of extended operation pending new environmental review.", "source": "https://www.nrc.gov/licensing-applications/power-reactor-licensing/turkey-point-nuclear-plant-units-3-4-subsequent-license-renewal-application" }, { "date": "2022-06-09", "event": "Licensee submits ER Supplement 2.", "source": "https://www.nrc.gov/licensing-applications/power-reactor-licensing/turkey-point-nuclear-plant-units-3-4-subsequent-license-renewal-application" }, { "date": "2023-12-06", "event": "FR notice establishing ASLB on Miami Waterkeeper hearing request (draft site-specific EIS).", "source": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/12/06/2023-26715" }, { "date": "2024-03-29", "event": "Final site-specific EIS supplement published.", "source": "https://www.nrc.gov/licensing-applications/power-reactor-licensing/turkey-point-nuclear-plant-units-3-4-subsequent-license-renewal-application" }, { "date": "2024-09-04", "event": "NRC record of decision (actual date on NRC schedule).", "source": "https://www.nrc.gov/licensing-applications/power-reactor-licensing/turkey-point-nuclear-plant-units-3-4-subsequent-license-renewal-application" }, { "date": "2024-09-17", "event": "NRC announces expiration dates restored to July 19, 2052 and April 10, 2053.", "source": "https://tmia.com/sites/tmia.com/files/media/24-072.pdf" } ], "group": "operating_fleet", "docketed_to_decided_months": 19.1, "submitted_to_decided_months": 22.1, "docketed_to_fser_months": 14.7, "acceptance_months": 3, "url": "https://www.nuclearnewsnetwork.com/industry-trackers/nrc-licensing-reviews/turkey-point-3-4-slr" }, { "slug": "holtec-hi-store-cisf-license", "title": "HI-STORE Consolidated Interim Storage Facility Part 72 licence (up to 8,680 MTU)", "regulator": "NRC", "regulator_id": "org:nrc", "country": "US", "action_type": "isfsi_license", "applicant": "Holtec International", "applicant_ids": [ "org:holtec" ], "facility": "HI-STORE CISF, Lea County, New Mexico", "subject_ids": [], "docket": [ "72-1051" ], "submitted": "2017-03-30", "docketed": "2018-02-28", "schedule_months": null, "target_date": null, "fser": null, "decided": "2023-05-09", "outcome": "issued", "nrc_executed_months": null, "nrc_pct_under_resource_estimate": null, "project_url": "https://www.nrc.gov/about-nrc/news-releases/2023/nrc-issues-license-holtec-international-consolidated-spent-nuclear-fuel-interim-storage-facility-new", "sources": [ "https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML2307/ML23075A179.html", "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/05/12/2023-10162/holtec-international-hi-store-consolidated-interim-storage-facility", "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2018/07/16/2018-15079/holtec-internationals-hi-store-consolidated-interim-storage-facility-for-interim-storage-of-spent", "https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML1805/ML18059A251.pdf", "https://www.nrc.gov/about-nrc/news-releases/2023/nrc-issues-license-holtec-international-consolidated-spent-nuclear-fuel-interim-storage-facility-new", "https://www.nrc.gov/facilities-safety/storage-of-spent-nuclear-fuel/consolidated-interim-storage-facility-cisf/holtec-international-hi-store-cisf" ], "last_verified": "2026-10-16", "confidence": "high", "notes": "NRC target decision: 2020-07 (acceptance letter); revised repeatedly 2019–2023 (month only). The NRC CISF page gives \"March 31, 2017\" as the application date (FR says letter dated March 30, 2017). docketed = date of NRC acceptance letter (ML18059A251, document date Feb. 28, 2018); FR acceptance/docketing notice published Mar. 19, 2018. Schedule revised at least six times (letters July 1, 2019; Sept. 22, 2020; Mar. 25, 2021 safety review delay; July 2, 2021; Nov. 19, 2021; May 26, 2022; Jan. 26 and Mar. 22, 2023). Three RAI rounds. Contested hearing (ASLB Nov. 2018). Subsequent court litigation over the licence not covered. Fully pre-ADVANCE Act. Licence/permit: SNM-2516.", "events": [ { "date": "2017-03-30", "event": "Application received: “The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) received a license application from Holtec International (Holtec), by letter dated March 30, 2017, as supplemented on April 13, October 6, December 21, and 22, 2017; and February 22, 2018.”", "source": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2018/07/16/2018-15079/holtec-internationals-hi-store-consolidated-interim-storage-facility-for-interim-storage-of-spent" }, { "date": "2018-02-28", "event": "Accepted for review (docketed): “February 28, 2018 ... the NRC staff has established a schedule for the safety, security, and environmental review”", "source": "https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML1805/ML18059A251.pdf" }, { "date": "2023-05-09", "event": "Issued: “ML23055B114 - Letter to K. Manzione, Holtec International, Issuance of Materials License No. SNM-2516 for the HI-STORE Consolidated Interim Storage Facility ISFSI (5/9/2023)”", "source": "https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML2307/ML23075A179.html" } ], "group": "fuel_cycle", "docketed_to_decided_months": 62.3, "submitted_to_decided_months": 73.3, "docketed_to_fser_months": null, "acceptance_months": 11, "url": "https://www.nuclearnewsnetwork.com/industry-trackers/nrc-licensing-reviews/holtec-hi-store-cisf-license" }, { "slug": "honeywell-metropolis-sub-526-renewal", "title": "Metropolis Works uranium conversion facility SUB-526 40-year source material licence renewal", "regulator": "NRC", "regulator_id": "org:nrc", "country": "US", "action_type": "fuel_cycle_license", "applicant": "Honeywell International Inc.", "applicant_ids": [], "facility": "Metropolis Works (MTW) uranium conversion facility, Metropolis (Massac County), Illinois", "subject_ids": [], "docket": [ "40-3392" ], "submitted": "2017-02-08", "docketed": "2017-05-02", "schedule_months": null, "target_date": null, "fser": null, "decided": "2020-03-24", "outcome": "issued", "nrc_executed_months": null, "nrc_pct_under_resource_estimate": null, "sources": [ "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2020/04/15/2020-07946/honeywell-international-inc-metropolis-works-facility", "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2017/06/19/2017-12696/honeywell-international-inc-metropolis-works", "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2019/10/16/2019-22550/honeywell-international-inc-metropolis-works-uranium-conversion-facility" ], "last_verified": "2026-10-16", "confidence": "high", "notes": "Part 40 (conversion). No hearing requested. EA/FONSI path (final EA Oct. 2019). LRA revised/supplemented Sept. 20, 2017, Oct. 8, 2018, July 7, 2019 and Dec. 19, 2019. Renewed licence expires March 24, 2060. Licence/permit: SUB-526.", "events": [ { "date": "2017-02-08", "event": "Application received: “This licensee's original request for a 40-year license renewal was made on February 8, 2017.”", "source": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2020/04/15/2020-07946/honeywell-international-inc-metropolis-works-facility" }, { "date": "2017-05-02", "event": "Accepted for review (docketed): “An administrative review, documented in a letter to Honeywell dated May 2, 2017, found the LRA acceptable to begin a formal technical review.”", "source": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2017/06/19/2017-12696/honeywell-international-inc-metropolis-works" }, { "date": "2020-03-24", "event": "Issued: “Accordingly, the license renewal issued on March 24, 2020, was effective immediately.”", "source": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2020/04/15/2020-07946/honeywell-international-inc-metropolis-works-facility" } ], "group": "fuel_cycle", "docketed_to_decided_months": 34.7, "submitted_to_decided_months": 37.5, "docketed_to_fser_months": null, "acceptance_months": 2.7, "url": "https://www.nuclearnewsnetwork.com/industry-trackers/nrc-licensing-reviews/honeywell-metropolis-sub-526-renewal" }, { "slug": "nuscale-us600-dc", "title": "NuScale US600 small modular reactor design certification", "regulator": "NRC", "regulator_id": "org:nrc", "country": "US", "action_type": "design_certification", "applicant": "NuScale Power, LLC", "applicant_ids": [ "org:nuscale" ], "facility": "NuScale US600 (12 x 50 MWe modules)", "subject_ids": [], "docket": [ "52-048" ], "submitted": "2017-01-06", "docketed": "2017-03-15", "schedule_months": null, "target_date": null, "fser": "2020-08-28", "decided": "2023-02-21", "outcome": "issued", "nrc_executed_months": null, "nrc_pct_under_resource_estimate": null, "project_url": "https://www.nrc.gov/facilities-safety/new-reactors/advanced-reactors/who-were-working-with/past-licensing-activities/nuscale", "sources": [ "https://www.nrc.gov/facilities-safety/new-reactors/advanced-reactors/who-were-working-with/past-licensing-activities/nuscale", "https://www.nrc.gov/facilities-safety/new-reactors/advanced-reactors/who-were-working-with/past-licensing-activities/nuscale/application-review-schedule", "https://www.federalregister.gov/d/2017-03438", "https://www.federalregister.gov/d/2017-06309", "https://www.federalregister.gov/d/2023-00729" ], "last_verified": "2026-10-16", "confidence": "high", "notes": "Measuring to the FSER (2020-08-28) vs to the rule (2023) differs by ~2.5 years of rulemaking. Docketed and FSER pre-ADVANCE. Submitted: Transmittal letter dated December 31, 2016. Same FR notice's DATES line: 'The application was received on January 13, 2017.' (after electronic processing was completed January 12, 2017). NRC schedule page: 'Received design certification application | 01/06/17 – A'. Docketed: Conflict: NRC schedule page lists 'Issue acceptance letter to applicant | 03/23/17 – A'. Decision: Final rule certifying the design published in the Federal Register January 19, 2023 (88 FR 3287); decided.date = effective date of the certification rule.", "events": [ { "date": "2017-01-06", "event": "Application received: “received a design certification application (DCA) from NuScale Power, LLC (NuScale), on January 6, 2017”", "source": "https://www.federalregister.gov/d/2017-03438" }, { "date": "2017-03-15", "event": "Accepted for review (docketed): “The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has accepted for docketing an application for a design certification ... DATES: March 15, 2017.”", "source": "https://www.federalregister.gov/d/2017-06309" }, { "date": "2020-08-28", "event": "Final safety evaluation issued.", "source": "https://www.nrc.gov/facilities-safety/new-reactors/advanced-reactors/who-were-working-with/past-licensing-activities/nuscale/application-review-schedule" }, { "date": "2023-02-21", "event": "Issued: “This final rule is effective on February 21, 2023.”", "source": "https://www.federalregister.gov/d/2023-00729" } ], "group": "design", "docketed_to_decided_months": 71.3, "submitted_to_decided_months": 73.5, "docketed_to_fser_months": 41.5, "acceptance_months": 2.2, "url": "https://www.nuclearnewsnetwork.com/industry-trackers/nrc-licensing-reviews/nuscale-us600-dc" }, { "slug": "isp-wcs-cisf-license", "title": "WCS Consolidated Interim Storage Facility Part 72 licence (up to 5,000 MTU)", "regulator": "NRC", "regulator_id": "org:nrc", "country": "US", "action_type": "isfsi_license", "applicant": "Interim Storage Partners, LLC (originally Waste Control Specialists LLC)", "applicant_ids": [], "facility": "WCS CISF, Andrews County, Texas", "subject_ids": [], "docket": [ "72-1050" ], "submitted": "2016-04-28", "docketed": "2017-01-26", "schedule_months": null, "target_date": null, "fser": null, "decided": "2021-09-13", "outcome": "issued", "nrc_executed_months": null, "nrc_pct_under_resource_estimate": null, "project_url": "https://www.nrc.gov/about-nrc/news-releases/2021/nrc-issues-license-interim-storage-partners-consolidated-spent-nuclear-fuel-interim-storage-facility", "sources": [ "https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML2118/ML21188A096.html", "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2021/09/17/2021-20092/interim-storage-partners-llc-wcs-consolidated-interim-storage-facility-issuance-of-materials-license", "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2018/09/04/2018-19058/interim-storage-partners-llcs-consolidated-interim-spent-fuel-storage-facility", "https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML1701/ML17018A168.pdf", "https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML1822/ML18225A281.pdf", "https://www.nrc.gov/about-nrc/news-releases/2021/nrc-issues-license-interim-storage-partners-consolidated-spent-nuclear-fuel-interim-storage-facility", "https://www.nrc.gov/facilities-safety/storage-of-spent-nuclear-fuel/consolidated-interim-storage-facility-cisf/interim-storage-partners" ], "last_verified": "2026-10-16", "confidence": "high", "notes": "NRC target decision: 2019 Q3 FY (original); 2020-08 (after 2018 resumption) (month only). Long pause: WCS asked NRC to suspend review on April 18, 2017; ISP (WCS/Orano JV) requested resumption with a revised application June 8, 2018; NRC re-accepted Aug. 21, 2018 (acceptance letter ML18225A281). Measure active review from 2018-08-21 (~36.8 months) rather than 2017-01-26. Contested hearing petitions (ASLB established Nov. 2018). EIS (NUREG-2239). Subsequent federal court litigation over the licence is not covered by this record. Licence/permit: SNM-2515.", "events": [ { "date": "2016-04-28", "event": "Application received: “On April 28, 2016, WCS submitted a license application to the NRC for a proposed consolidated interim storage facility for spent nuclear fuel”", "source": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2018/09/04/2018-19058/interim-storage-partners-llcs-consolidated-interim-spent-fuel-storage-facility" }, { "date": "2017-01-26", "event": "Accepted for review (docketed): “The NRC accepted the WCS application for detailed review on January 26, 2017”", "source": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2018/09/04/2018-19058/interim-storage-partners-llcs-consolidated-interim-spent-fuel-storage-facility" }, { "date": "2021-09-13", "event": "Issued: “ML21188A097 - Transmittal Letter, Interim Storage Partners, Issuance of Materials License SNM-2515, WCS Consolidated Interim Storage Facility ISFSI (3 page(s), 9/13/2021)”", "source": "https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML2118/ML21188A096.html" } ], "group": "fuel_cycle", "docketed_to_decided_months": 55.6, "submitted_to_decided_months": 64.5, "docketed_to_fser_months": null, "acceptance_months": 9, "url": "https://www.nuclearnewsnetwork.com/industry-trackers/nrc-licensing-reviews/isp-wcs-cisf-license" }, { "slug": "tva-clinch-river-esp", "title": "Clinch River Nuclear Site early site permit (ESP-006)", "regulator": "NRC", "regulator_id": "org:nrc", "country": "US", "action_type": "early_site_permit", "applicant": "Tennessee Valley Authority", "applicant_ids": [ "org:tva" ], "facility": "Clinch River Nuclear Site (Oak Ridge, Tennessee)", "subject_ids": [ "site:clinch-river" ], "docket": [ "52-047" ], "submitted": "2016-05-12", "docketed": "2016-12-30", "schedule_months": null, "target_date": null, "fser": "2019-06-14", "decided": "2019-12-19", "outcome": "issued", "nrc_executed_months": null, "nrc_pct_under_resource_estimate": null, "project_url": "https://www.nrc.gov/facilities-safety/new-reactors/large-light-water-reactors/early-site-permit-applications-for-new-reactors/clinch-river-nuclear-site", "sources": [ "https://www.nrc.gov/facilities-safety/new-reactors/large-light-water-reactors/early-site-permit-applications-for-new-reactors/clinch-river-nuclear-site", "https://www.federalregister.gov/d/2017-00529", "https://www.federalregister.gov/d/2017-06625", "https://www.federalregister.gov/d/2019-28520" ], "last_verified": "2026-10-16", "confidence": "high", "notes": "Pre-ADVANCE baseline. Supplemental information after the May 2016 submittal delayed docketing ~7.5 months.", "events": [ { "date": "2016-05-12", "event": "Application received: “The NRC received the ESP application on May 12, 2016, and docketed it on December 30, 2016.”", "source": "https://www.federalregister.gov/d/2017-00529" }, { "date": "2016-12-30", "event": "Accepted for review (docketed): “The NRC received the ESP application on May 12, 2016, and docketed it on December 30, 2016.”", "source": "https://www.federalregister.gov/d/2017-00529" }, { "date": "2019-06-14", "event": "Final safety evaluation issued.", "source": "https://www.nrc.gov/facilities-safety/new-reactors/large-light-water-reactors/early-site-permit-applications-for-new-reactors/clinch-river-nuclear-site" }, { "date": "2019-08-14", "event": "Commission mandatory hearing.", "source": "https://www.federalregister.gov/d/2019-28520" }, { "date": "2019-12-19", "event": "Issued: “Accordingly, the early site permit (ESP-006) was issued on December 19, 2019 and became effective immediately.”", "source": "https://www.federalregister.gov/d/2019-28520" } ], "group": "new_reactor", "docketed_to_decided_months": 35.6, "submitted_to_decided_months": 43.2, "docketed_to_fser_months": 29.4, "acceptance_months": 7.6, "url": "https://www.nuclearnewsnetwork.com/industry-trackers/nrc-licensing-reviews/tva-clinch-river-esp" }, { "slug": "umass-lowell-research-reactor-renewal", "title": "University of Massachusetts Lowell Research Reactor (1 MWt) R-125 licence renewal (20 years)", "regulator": "NRC", "regulator_id": "org:nrc", "country": "US", "action_type": "research_reactor_license_renewal", "applicant": "University of Massachusetts Lowell", "applicant_ids": [], "facility": "UMass Lowell Research Reactor (UMLRR), Lowell, Massachusetts", "subject_ids": [], "docket": [], "submitted": "2015-10-20", "docketed": null, "schedule_months": null, "target_date": null, "fser": null, "decided": "2022-02-03", "outcome": "issued", "nrc_executed_months": null, "nrc_pct_under_resource_estimate": null, "sources": [ "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2022/02/14/2022-03127/university-of-massachusetts-lowell-university-of-massachusetts-lowell-research-reactor", "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2021/08/04/2021-16590/university-of-massachusetts-lowell-university-of-massachusetts-lowell-research-reactor" ], "last_verified": "2026-10-16", "confidence": "high", "notes": "Docketing date not stated in documents read; hearing opportunity noticed Mar. 19, 2018 (83 FR 12036), ~2.4 years after submittal. Application supplemented at least 17 times (2016–2020). Docket number not stated in the documents read. Typical legacy RTR renewal backlog case; fully pre-ADVANCE Act. Licence/permit: R-125.", "events": [ { "date": "2015-10-20", "event": "Application received: “UML submitted its renewal application by letter dated October 20, 2015.”", "source": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2021/08/04/2021-16590/university-of-massachusetts-lowell-university-of-massachusetts-lowell-research-reactor" }, { "date": "2022-02-03", "event": "Issued: “Renewed Facility Operating License No. R-125 was issued on February 3, 2022, and is effective as of the date of issuance.”", "source": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2022/02/14/2022-03127/university-of-massachusetts-lowell-university-of-massachusetts-lowell-research-reactor" } ], "group": "non_power", "docketed_to_decided_months": null, "submitted_to_decided_months": 75.5, "docketed_to_fser_months": null, "acceptance_months": null, "url": "https://www.nuclearnewsnetwork.com/industry-trackers/nrc-licensing-reviews/umass-lowell-research-reactor-renewal" }, { "slug": "apr1400-dc", "title": "APR1400 design certification", "regulator": "NRC", "regulator_id": "org:nrc", "country": "US", "action_type": "design_certification", "applicant": "Korea Electric Power Corporation and Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co., Ltd.", "applicant_ids": [ "org:kepco", "org:khnp" ], "facility": "APR1400 (4,000 MWt PWR)", "subject_ids": [ "design:apr1400" ], "docket": [], "submitted": "2014-12-23", "docketed": "2015-03-04", "schedule_months": null, "target_date": null, "fser": "2018-09-28", "decided": "2019-09-19", "outcome": "issued", "nrc_executed_months": null, "nrc_pct_under_resource_estimate": null, "project_url": "https://www.nrc.gov/facilities-safety/new-reactors/large-light-water-reactors/design-certification-applications-for-new-reactors/apr1400", "sources": [ "https://www.nrc.gov/facilities-safety/new-reactors/large-light-water-reactors/design-certification-applications-for-new-reactors/apr1400", "https://www.nrc.gov/facilities-safety/new-reactors/large-light-water-reactors/design-certification-applications-for-new-reactors/apr1400/apr1400-application-review-schedule", "https://www.federalregister.gov/d/2019-10715", "https://www.federalregister.gov/d/2019-17588", "https://www.federalregister.gov/d/2018-22116" ], "last_verified": "2026-10-16", "confidence": "high", "notes": "Decided in 2019 (in scope) but entirely pre-ADVANCE. SDA issued 2018-09-28 (FR 2018-22116) - pre-2019, not a separate record. Docket number not captured from fetched sources. Docketed: Conflict: the APR1400 direct final rule (FR 2019-10715) says 'On March 12, 2015, the NRC formally accepted the application as a docketed application' (March 12 is the FR docketing-notice date per the NRC schedule page). Decision: Direct final rule published 2019-05-22 (84 FR 23439). NRC project page says 'The NRC completed the review and issues the certification in April 2019' (inconsistent with FR).", "events": [ { "date": "2014-12-23", "event": "Application received: “On December 23, 2014, KEPCO/ KHNP submitted its application for certification of the APR1400 standard design”", "source": "https://www.federalregister.gov/d/2019-10715" }, { "date": "2015-03-04", "event": "Accepted for review (docketed): “Issue acceptance letter to applicant | [03/04/15] – A”", "source": "https://www.nrc.gov/facilities-safety/new-reactors/large-light-water-reactors/design-certification-applications-for-new-reactors/apr1400/apr1400-application-review-schedule" }, { "date": "2018-09-28", "event": "Final safety evaluation issued.", "source": "https://www.federalregister.gov/d/2019-10715" }, { "date": "2019-09-19", "event": "Issued: “The NRC is confirming the effective date of September 19, 2019, for the direct final rule that was published in the Federal Register on May 22, 2019.”", "source": "https://www.federalregister.gov/d/2019-17588" } ], "group": "design", "docketed_to_decided_months": 54.5, "submitted_to_decided_months": 56.9, "docketed_to_fser_months": 42.8, "acceptance_months": 2.3, "url": "https://www.nuclearnewsnetwork.com/industry-trackers/nrc-licensing-reviews/apr1400-dc" }, { "slug": "westinghouse-columbia-snm-1107-renewal", "title": "Columbia Fuel Fabrication Facility SNM-1107 40-year licence renewal", "regulator": "NRC", "regulator_id": "org:nrc", "country": "US", "action_type": "fuel_cycle_license", "applicant": "Westinghouse Electric Company, LLC", "applicant_ids": [ "org:westinghouse" ], "facility": "Columbia Fuel Fabrication Facility, Hopkins (Richland County), South Carolina", "subject_ids": [], "docket": [ "70-1151" ], "submitted": "2012-11-30", "docketed": "2014-12-30", "schedule_months": null, "target_date": null, "fser": null, "decided": "2022-09-12", "outcome": "issued", "nrc_executed_months": null, "nrc_pct_under_resource_estimate": null, "sources": [ "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2022/09/16/2022-20026/westinghouse-electric-company-llc-columbia-fuel-fabrication-facility", "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2015/02/27/2015-04136/westinghouse-electric-company-llc", "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2019/10/28/2019-23419/westinghouse-electric-company-llc-columbia-fuel-fabrication-facility", "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2020/07/31/2020-16150/westinghouse-electric-company-llc-columbia-fuel-fabrication-facility", "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2022/08/05/2022-16627/westinghouse-electric-company-llc-columbia-fuel-fabrication-facility" ], "last_verified": "2026-10-16", "confidence": "high", "notes": "Very long review with a mid-stream change of NEPA path: NRC deferred the review in Feb. 2013 pending a revised application; a final EA/FONSI (June 2018) was withdrawn in Oct. 2019 and a new draft EA issued; NRC then decided an EIS was needed (scoping notice July 2020), draft EIS July 30, 2021, final EIS NUREG-2248 July 29, 2022. Revised LRA dated Sept. 20, 2021. Renewal term 40 years (expires Sept. 12, 2062). Measure from 2014-12-30 acceptance (~7.7 years) rather than the 2012 letter. Licence/permit: SNM-1107.", "events": [ { "date": "2012-11-30", "event": "Application received: “The NRC has received, by letter dated November 30, 2012, and revised/supplemented on July 31, 2014, and December 27, 2014, a request to renew SNM license number SNM-1107”", "source": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2015/02/27/2015-04136/westinghouse-electric-company-llc" }, { "date": "2014-12-30", "event": "Accepted for review (docketed): “An NRC administrative completeness review, dated December 30, 2014, found the application acceptable for a technical review.”", "source": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2015/02/27/2015-04136/westinghouse-electric-company-llc" }, { "date": "2022-09-12", "event": "Issued: “License No. SNM-1107 was issued on September 12, 2022, and is effective as of the date of issuance.”", "source": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2022/09/16/2022-20026/westinghouse-electric-company-llc-columbia-fuel-fabrication-facility" } ], "group": "fuel_cycle", "docketed_to_decided_months": 92.4, "submitted_to_decided_months": 117.4, "docketed_to_fser_months": null, "acceptance_months": 25, "url": "https://www.nuclearnewsnetwork.com/industry-trackers/nrc-licensing-reviews/westinghouse-columbia-snm-1107-renewal" }, { "slug": "ut-austin-netl-triga-renewal", "title": "University of Texas at Austin NETL TRIGA Mark II R-129 licence renewal", "regulator": "NRC", "regulator_id": "org:nrc", "country": "US", "action_type": "research_reactor_license_renewal", "applicant": "University of Texas at Austin", "applicant_ids": [ "org:ut-austin" ], "facility": "Nuclear Engineering Teaching Laboratory TRIGA Mark II, Austin (Travis County), Texas", "subject_ids": [], "docket": [ "50-602" ], "submitted": "2011-12-12", "docketed": null, "schedule_months": null, "target_date": null, "fser": null, "decided": null, "outcome": "under_review", "nrc_executed_months": null, "nrc_pct_under_resource_estimate": null, "project_url": "https://www.nrc.gov/facilities-safety/non-power-facilities/research-and-test-reactors-currently-being-reviewed-license-renewal", "sources": [ "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/03/11/2026-04702/university-of-texas-at-austin-nuclear-engineering-teaching-laboratory-training-research-isotopes", "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2016/11/28/2016-28507/university-of-texas-austin-nuclear-engineering-teaching-laboratory-triga-research-reactor", "https://www.nrc.gov/facilities-safety/non-power-facilities/research-and-test-reactors-currently-being-reviewed-license-renewal" ], "last_verified": "2026-10-16", "confidence": "high", "notes": "Pending ~14.8 years. EA/FONSI published Mar. 11, 2026. 2016 hearing notice says \"letter dated December 11, 2011\"; 2026 EA and document list say December 12, 2011 (used). Under the NPUF License Renewal Rule (Dec. 30, 2024), pending applicants receive a non-expiring renewed licence if approved (FR 2025-02523). North Carolina State University and Texas A&M (AGN) renewals are also listed as under review on the NRC page but no dated records were found, so they are omitted. Licence/permit: R-129.", "events": [ { "date": "2011-12-12", "event": "Application received: “The proposed action is in accordance with UTA's application dated December 12, 2011, as supplemented by letters dated January 17, September 17, and December 19, 2012; March 22, June 24, and August 21, 2013; July 15, August 26, and December 22, 2015; February 5, May 2, and December 1, 2016; and August 4 and September 15, 2023”", "source": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/03/11/2026-04702/university-of-texas-at-austin-nuclear-engineering-teaching-laboratory-training-research-isotopes" } ], "group": "non_power", "docketed_to_decided_months": null, "submitted_to_decided_months": null, "docketed_to_fser_months": null, "acceptance_months": null, "url": "https://www.nuclearnewsnetwork.com/industry-trackers/nrc-licensing-reviews/ut-austin-netl-triga-renewal" }, { "slug": "abwr-dc-renewal-geh", "title": "U.S. ABWR design certification renewal (GE-Hitachi)", "regulator": "NRC", "regulator_id": "org:nrc", "country": "US", "action_type": "design_certification", "applicant": "General Electric-Hitachi Nuclear Energy Americas, LLC", "applicant_ids": [ "org:ge-vernova-hitachi" ], "facility": "U.S. Advanced Boiling Water Reactor (ABWR)", "subject_ids": [ "design:abwr" ], "docket": [], "submitted": "2010-12-07", "docketed": "2011-02-18", "schedule_months": null, "target_date": null, "fser": null, "decided": "2021-09-29", "outcome": "issued", "nrc_executed_months": null, "nrc_pct_under_resource_estimate": null, "project_url": "https://www.nrc.gov/facilities-safety/new-reactors/large-light-water-reactors/design-certification-applications-for-new-reactors/abwr-renewal-ge-hitachi", "sources": [ "https://www.nrc.gov/facilities-safety/new-reactors/large-light-water-reactors/design-certification-applications-for-new-reactors/abwr-renewal-ge-hitachi", "https://www.federalregister.gov/d/2021-13801", "https://www.federalregister.gov/d/2021-17115" ], "last_verified": "2026-10-16", "confidence": "high", "notes": "Outlier: ~10.8 years submittal-to-rule, largely applicant-paced (DCD Rev 6 in 2016, Rev 7 in Dec 2019). Toshiba's parallel ABWR renewal was withdrawn in 2016 (out of scope). Docketed: NRC page: 'NRC to issue Acceptance Review Determination Letter | 02/14/11 - A'. Final safety evaluation: NRC page gives month only: 'Phase 4 - Final SER with No Open Items | 03/20 - A' (March 2020).", "events": [ { "date": "2010-12-07", "event": "Application received: “On December 7, 2010, GEH submitted its application to renew the certification of the U.S.”", "source": "https://www.federalregister.gov/d/2021-13801" }, { "date": "2011-02-18", "event": "Accepted for review (docketed): “On February 18, 2011, the NRC formally accepted the design certification renewal application for docketing (76 FR 9612).”", "source": "https://www.federalregister.gov/d/2021-13801" }, { "date": "2021-09-29", "event": "Issued: “The NRC is confirming the effective date of September 29, 2021, for the direct final rule that was published in the Federal Register on July 1, 2021.”", "source": "https://www.federalregister.gov/d/2021-17115" } ], "group": "design", "docketed_to_decided_months": 127.3, "submitted_to_decided_months": 129.7, "docketed_to_fser_months": null, "acceptance_months": 2.4, "url": "https://www.nuclearnewsnetwork.com/industry-trackers/nrc-licensing-reviews/abwr-dc-renewal-geh" }, { "slug": "seabrook-1-lr", "title": "Seabrook Station Unit 1 – License Renewal", "regulator": "NRC", "regulator_id": "org:nrc", "country": "US", "action_type": "license_renewal", "applicant": "NextEra Energy Seabrook, LLC (with Hudson Light & Power Department, Massachusetts Municipal Wholesale Electric Company, Taunton Municipal Lighting Plant)", "applicant_ids": [ "org:nextera" ], "facility": "Seabrook Station (Seabrook 1)", "subject_ids": [], "docket": [ "50-443" ], "submitted": "2010-06-01", "docketed": "2010-07-21", "schedule_months": null, "target_date": "2019-03-12", "fser": "2018-09-28", "decided": "2019-03-12", "outcome": "issued", "nrc_executed_months": null, "nrc_pct_under_resource_estimate": null, "project_url": "https://www.nrc.gov/licensing-applications/power-reactor-licensing/seabrook-station-unit-1-license-renewal-application", "sources": [ "https://www.nrc.gov/licensing-applications/power-reactor-licensing/seabrook-station-unit-1-license-renewal-application", "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2019/03/15/2019-04821", "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2010/07/21/2010-17655", "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2010/11/01/2010-27513", "https://www.nrc.gov/sites/default/files/doc_library/cdn/legacy/reading-rm/doc-collections/news/2019/19-013.pdf", "https://www.nrc.gov/licensing-applications/status-initial-license-renewal-applications-and-industry-initiatives" ], "last_verified": "2026-10-16", "confidence": "high", "notes": "Outlier: ~8.8 years, driven by alkali-silica reaction (ASR) concrete degradation; NRC News Release 19-013: 'The renewal review accounted for the discovery of a rare concrete degradation issue, \"alkali-silica reaction\" at Seabrook ... The NRC approved the amendment on March 11.' News Release 19-013 says NextEra 'submitted the renewal application in May 2010'; the NRC page and status table say received 06/01/10. Used 2010-06-01 (received date). Contested: hearing petitions filed in 2010 (ASLB established; notice of hearing Oct 2011). At issuance: 'No adjudicatory matters are pending before the Commission or the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board regarding the Seabrook license renewal application.' Dates for the 2010 acceptance FRN and ASLB notice come from FR index metadata and the NRC page; those 2010 FR texts were listed but not read in full. NRC decision target: originally not published, latest 2019-03-12. Schedule: NRC page lists an Original Schedule Letter (July 13, 2010) and 12 revised schedule letters (May 12, 2011 through March 31, 2016). Original target date not read (letters not fetched).", "events": [ { "date": "2010-06-01", "event": "Application received.", "source": "https://www.nrc.gov/licensing-applications/power-reactor-licensing/seabrook-station-unit-1-license-renewal-application" }, { "date": "2010-07-21", "event": "FR notice of acceptance and opportunity for hearing.", "source": "https://www.nrc.gov/licensing-applications/power-reactor-licensing/seabrook-station-unit-1-license-renewal-application" }, { "date": "2010-11-01", "event": "FR notice establishing ASLB.", "source": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2010/11/01/2010-27513" }, { "date": "2012-06-08", "event": "SER with open items issued.", "source": "https://www.nrc.gov/licensing-applications/power-reactor-licensing/seabrook-station-unit-1-license-renewal-application" }, { "date": "2015-07-29", "event": "Final SEIS issued.", "source": "https://www.nrc.gov/licensing-applications/power-reactor-licensing/seabrook-station-unit-1-license-renewal-application" }, { "date": "2018-09-28", "event": "Final SER issued.", "source": "https://www.nrc.gov/licensing-applications/power-reactor-licensing/seabrook-station-unit-1-license-renewal-application" }, { "date": "2018-09-28", "event": "Final safety evaluation issued.", "source": "https://www.nrc.gov/licensing-applications/power-reactor-licensing/seabrook-station-unit-1-license-renewal-application" }, { "date": "2019-03-12", "event": "Renewed license NPF-86 issued.", "source": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2019/03/15/2019-04821" }, { "date": "2019-03-12", "event": "Issued.", "source": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2019/03/15/2019-04821" } ], "group": "operating_fleet", "docketed_to_decided_months": 103.7, "submitted_to_decided_months": 105.3, "docketed_to_fser_months": 98.3, "acceptance_months": 1.6, "url": "https://www.nuclearnewsnetwork.com/industry-trackers/nrc-licensing-reviews/seabrook-1-lr" }, { "slug": "fermi-america-pmn-col", "title": "Fermi America Project Matador Nuclear Units 1-4 (AP1000) combined licenses", "regulator": "NRC", "regulator_id": "org:nrc", "country": "US", "action_type": "combined_license", "applicant": "Fermi America LLC (dba Fermi America)", "applicant_ids": [ "org:fermi-america" ], "facility": "Project Matador Advanced Energy and Intelligence Campus, PMN Units 1-4 (Carson County, Texas)", "subject_ids": [], "docket": [ "52-051", "52-052", "52-053", "52-054" ], "submitted": null, "docketed": null, "schedule_months": null, "target_date": null, "fser": null, "decided": null, "outcome": "under_review", "nrc_executed_months": null, "nrc_pct_under_resource_estimate": null, "project_url": "https://www.nrc.gov/facilities-safety/new-reactors/large-light-water-reactors/combined-license-applications-for-new-reactors/fermi-america-president-donald-j-trump-advanced-energy-and-intelligence-campus-units-1-4", "sources": [ "https://www.nrc.gov/facilities-safety/new-reactors/large-light-water-reactors/combined-license-applications-for-new-reactors/fermi-america-president-donald-j-trump-advanced-energy-and-intelligence-campus-units-1-4", "https://www.federalregister.gov/d/2026-05487", "https://www.federalregister.gov/d/2026-20742", "https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML2524/ML25240A918.pdf" ], "last_verified": "2026-10-16", "confidence": "medium", "notes": "Applicant-prepared draft EIS under the NEPA pilot; NRC issued DEIS September 30, 2026 (FR 2026-20742). NRC page lists 'Fermi America Withdrawal of COLA Part 3' (ML25344A247) and Part 1 environmental report 'submission withdrawn'. NRC page docket list contains a typo ('052000253'); FR 2026-05487 gives 05200051-05200054. Submitted: Phased; final part not yet submitted. NRC page: 'Application Tendered (Part 3) | 12/31/2026-T'. Docketed: Parts 1 and 2 accepted; acceptance review of the entire application and schedule letter are 'TBD' until Part 3 is submitted. Final safety evaluation: TBD on NRC page. Decision: Under review; 'Commission decision on issuance of COL application | TBD'.", "events": [], "group": "new_reactor", "docketed_to_decided_months": null, "submitted_to_decided_months": null, "docketed_to_fser_months": null, "acceptance_months": null, "url": "https://www.nuclearnewsnetwork.com/industry-trackers/nrc-licensing-reviews/fermi-america-pmn-col" } ] }