Point Beach Nuclear Plant Units 1 and 2 – Subsequent License Renewal

Point Beach Nuclear Plant Units 1 and 2 – Subsequent License Renewal: NRC subsequent licence renewal review for NextEra Energy Point Beach, LLC — issued, 56.4 months from docketing to decision. Sourced dates and schedule.

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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

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.

Timeline

• 2020-11-16 — Application submitted. (source)
• 2021-01-15 — NRC letter: acceptable for docketing. (source)
• 2021-01-22 — FR notice of acceptance and opportunity to request a hearing (86 FR 6684). (source)
• 2021-03-23 — Hearing request by Physicians for Social Responsibility Wisconsin (ASLB established 2021-04-02). (source)
• 2022-02-23 — Safety evaluation issued (Rev. 1 2022-05-25). (source)
• 2022-02-23 — Final safety evaluation issued. (source)
• 2022-02-24 — Commission GEIS orders affect review. (source)
• 2024-10-02 — FR notice of intent to prepare supplement to draft SEIS. (source)
• 2025-04-16 — Second draft SEIS noticed. (source)
• 2025-08-08 — Final SEIS issued. (source)
• 2025-09-29 — Subsequent renewed licenses DPR-24 and DPR-27 issued. (source)
• 2025-09-29 — Issued. (source)

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Sources

1. https://www.nrc.gov/licensing-applications/power-reactor-licensing/point-beach-nuclear-plant-units-1-2-subsequent-license-renewal-application
2. https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2020/12/29/2020-28626
3. https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2021/01/22/2021-01410
4. https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2021/04/02/2021-06785
5. https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/10/01/2025-19194
6. https://www.nrc.gov/sites/default/files/cdn/doc-collection-news/2025/25-058.pdf
7. https://web.archive.org/web/20210614/https://www.nrc.gov/reactors/operating/licensing/renewal/applications/point-beach-subsequent.html
8. https://web.archive.org/web/20250515/https://www.nrc.gov/reactors/operating/licensing/renewal/applications/point-beach-subsequent.html
9. https://www.nrc.gov/licensing-applications/operating-reactor-licensing/reactor-license-renewal/status-subsequent-license-renewal-applications