Edwin I. Hatch Nuclear Plant Units 1 and 2 – Subsequent License Renewal: NRC subsequent licence renewal review for Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc. — issued, 11.9 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
| Type | Subsequent licence renewal |
| Outcome | Issued |
| Applicant | Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc. |
| Facility | Edwin I. Hatch Nuclear Plant (Hatch 1, Hatch 2) |
| Docket | 50-321, 50-366 |
| Submitted | 2025-05-15 |
| Docketed (accepted for review) | 2025-06-13 |
| NRC planned schedule | — |
| NRC target date | — |
| Final safety evaluation | 2026-05-20 |
| Decision | 2026-06-11 |
| Review time (docketed → decision) | 11.9 mo |
| Submitted → decision | 12.9 mo |
| NRC-reported review duration | — |
| NRC-reported resources vs estimate | — |
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
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.
Timeline
- 2025-05-15 — Application submitted. (source)
- 2025-06-13 — Docketing acceptance letter. (source)
- 2025-06-20 — FR notice of acceptance and opportunity to request a hearing (90 FR 26331). (source)
- 2026-01-31 — Draft EA issued for state review. (source)
- 2026-03-26 — Final EA / FONSI issued. (source)
- 2026-05-20 — Safety evaluation issued. (source)
- 2026-05-20 — Final safety evaluation issued. (source)
- 2026-06-11 — Subsequent renewed licenses DPR-57 and NPF-5 issued. (source)
- 2026-06-11 — 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
- 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