North Anna Power Station Units 1 and 2 – Subsequent License Renewal

North Anna Power Station Units 1 and 2 – Subsequent License Renewal: NRC subsequent licence renewal review for Virginia Electric and Power Company — issued, 46.4 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

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.

Timeline

• 2020-08-24 — Application submitted (letter date). (source)
• 2020-10-15 — FR notice of acceptance and opportunity for hearing. (source)
• 2020-12-14 — Hearing request by Beyond Nuclear, Sierra Club and Alliance for Progressive Virginia (ASLB established 2020-12-29). (source)
• 2022-01-04 — Final SER issued. (source)
• 2022-01-04 — Final safety evaluation issued. (source)
• 2022-02-24 — Commission orders (CLI-22-02/03/04) halt reliance on 2013 GEIS for SLR. (source)
• 2022-09-28 — Site-specific environmental supplement received. (source)
• 2023-12-28 — Draft SEIS published; new hearing opportunity. (source)
• 2024-07-10 — ASLB LBP-24-07 denies Beyond Nuclear/Sierra Club petition, terminates proceeding. (source)
• 2024-07-31 — Final EIS FRN (89 FR 61506). (source)
• 2024-08-28 — Subsequent renewed licenses NPF-4 and NPF-7 issued. (source)
• 2024-08-28 — 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/north-anna-units-1-and-2-subsequent-license-renewal-application
2. https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2020/09/21/2020-20682
3. https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2020/10/15/2020-22790
4. https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/09/10/2024-20277
5. https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2020/12/29/2020-28634
6. https://web.archive.org/web/20210116092142/https://www.nrc.gov/reactors/operating/licensing/renewal/applications/north-anna-1-2-subsequent.html
7. https://www.nrc.gov/licensing-applications/operating-reactor-licensing/reactor-license-renewal/status-subsequent-license-renewal-applications