H.B. Robinson Steam Electric Plant Unit 2 – Subsequent License Renewal: NRC subsequent licence renewal review for Duke Energy Progress, LLC — issued, 11.8 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 | Duke Energy Progress, LLC |
| Facility | H.B. Robinson Steam Electric Plant (Robinson 2) |
| Docket | 50-261 |
| Submitted | 2025-04-01 |
| Docketed (accepted for review) | 2025-04-28 |
| NRC planned schedule | — |
| NRC target date | — |
| Final safety evaluation | 2026-04-01 |
| Decision | 2026-04-23 |
| Review time (docketed → decision) | 11.8 mo |
| Submitted → decision | 12.7 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 calls it 'the fastest license renewal review in agency history and the first completed under new federal timelines' (News Release 26-046). 12 months is counted from docketing (Apr 28, 2025 -> Apr 23, 2026); from submittal it is ~12.7 months. No FR notice establishing a Licensing Board was found for this application in an FR API search. NRC decision target: originally 2026-10, latest 2026-04. Schedule: Archived NRC page captured 2025-05-19 (last updated May 14, 2025, i.e. before EO 14300) showed decision 10/2026 and SER 06/2026; current page shows decision 04/2026. NRC News Release 26-046: completed 'within the 12-month timeframe established by Executive Order 14300, cutting six months from the NRC's previous 18-month schedule'.
Timeline
- 2025-04-01 — Application submitted. (source)
- 2025-04-28 — Docketing acceptance letter. (source)
- 2025-05-08 — FR notice of acceptance and opportunity to request a hearing (90 FR 19535). (source)
- 2026-03-12 — Final SEIS issued. (source)
- 2026-04-01 — Safety evaluation issued. (source)
- 2026-04-01 — Final safety evaluation issued. (source)
- 2026-04-23 — Subsequent renewed license DPR-23 issued. (source)
- 2026-04-23 — 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/hb-robinson-steam-electric-plant-unit-2-subsequent-license-renewal-application
- https://www.nrc.gov/sites/default/files/cdn/doc-collection-news/2026/26-046.pdf
- https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/04/21/2025-06802
- https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/05/08/2025-08058
- https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/04/28/2026-08200
- https://web.archive.org/web/20250521203609/https://www.nrc.gov/reactors/operating/licensing/renewal/applications/robinson-subsequent.html
- https://www.nrc.gov/licensing-applications/operating-reactor-licensing/reactor-license-renewal/status-subsequent-license-renewal-applications