Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant Units 1, 2 and 3 – Subsequent License Renewal

Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant Units 1, 2 and 3 – Subsequent License Renewal: NRC subsequent licence renewal review for Tennessee Valley Authority — issued, 20.7 months from docketing to decision. Sourced dates and schedule.

Background: NRC reactor licensing process, explained · The ADVANCE Act, explained: what changed and where the NRC stands

Current state

Review time is measured in average months from the date the NRC docketed the application to the decision. The NRC's own reported durations may measure to the final safety evaluation instead.

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.

Timeline

• 2024-01-19 — Application submitted. (source)
• 2024-03-21 — FR notice of acceptance and opportunity for hearing. (source)
• 2025-02-06 — Revised schedule letter. (source)
• 2025-07-18 — Final safety evaluation issued. (source)
• 2025-07-18 — Final safety evaluation issued. (source)
• 2025-08-07 — Revised schedule letter (target decision Oct 15, 2025). (source)
• 2025-08-21 — Final SEIS issued. (source)
• 2025-12-11 — Subsequent renewed licenses DPR-33, DPR-52, DPR-68 issued. (source)
• 2025-12-11 — Issued. (source)

The timeline is append-only: corrections are added as new entries. See the NNN Data License Terms for reuse of the event history.

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Sources

1. https://www.nrc.gov/licensing-applications/power-reactor-licensing/browns-ferry-nuclear-plant-units-1-2-and-3-subsequent-license-renewal-application
2. https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/02/08/2024-02611
3. https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/03/21/2024-06047
4. https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/16/2025-22840
5. https://web.archive.org/web/20240406/https://www.nrc.gov/reactors/operating/licensing/renewal/applications/browns-ferry-subsequent.html
6. https://web.archive.org/web/20250717/https://www.nrc.gov/reactors/operating/licensing/renewal/applications/browns-ferry-subsequent.html
7. https://www.nrc.gov/licensing-applications/operating-reactor-licensing/reactor-license-renewal/status-subsequent-license-renewal-applications