Perry Nuclear Power Plant Unit 1 – License Renewal: NRC licence renewal review for Vistra Operations Company, LLC (applicant at filing: Energy Harbor Nuclear Corp.) — issued, 21.3 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 | Licence renewal |
| Outcome | Issued |
| Applicant | Vistra Operations Company, LLC (applicant at filing: Energy Harbor Nuclear Corp.) |
| Facility | Perry Nuclear Power Plant (Perry 1) |
| Docket | 50-440 |
| Submitted | 2023-07-03 |
| Docketed (accepted for review) | 2023-09-29 |
| NRC planned schedule | — |
| NRC target date | — |
| Final safety evaluation | 2025-05-29 |
| Decision | 2025-07-07 |
| Review time (docketed → decision) | 21.3 mo |
| Submitted → decision | 24.1 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
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.
Timeline
- 2023-07-03 — Application submitted. (source)
- 2023-09-29 — FR notice of acceptance and opportunity for hearing. (source)
- 2023-11-28 — Hearing request by Ohio Nuclear-Free Network and Beyond Nuclear (ASLB established 2023-12-08). (source)
- 2025-04-30 — Final SEIS issued. (source)
- 2025-05-29 — Safety evaluation issued. (source)
- 2025-05-29 — Final safety evaluation issued. (source)
- 2025-07-07 — Renewed license NPF-58 issued. (source)
- 2025-07-07 — 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/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