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Issued Early Site Permit - North Anna Site
Dominion Nuclear North Anna, LLC submitted its application for an early site permit (ESP) for the North Anna site on
September 25, 2003.
Then, on
April 13, 2006, Dominion submitted Revision 6 of the application to propose a change to the cooling system for postulated Unit 3, and an increase in the power level for both
postulated Units 3 and 4.
Revision 9, submitted on September 12, 2006, was the final revision of the application, and the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) issued the North Anna ESP on November 27, 2007. For detail (including Revision 9 of the application, the related review schedule, and the associated staff documentation), see the following topics on this page:
Application Information
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Review Schedule
Milestone |
Completion Date
Actual - A Target - T |
Receive early site permit application |
09/25/03 - A |
Press Release announcing receipt and availability |
10/09/03 - A |
FRN published for receipt and availability |
10/16/03 - A |
FRN published announcing acceptance |
10/30/03 - A |
1st inspection complete |
11/21/03 - A |
FRN published for Notice of Intent (environmental scoping process) |
11/24/03 - A |
FRN published for mandatory hearing |
12/02/03 - A |
Environmental scoping meeting |
12/08/03 - A |
Deadline for filing petitions for intervention |
01/02/04 - A |
Scoping period ends |
01/09/04 - A |
Environmental requests for additional information (RAIs) issued to applicant |
03/12/04 - A |
Deadline for submitting contentions |
05/03/04 - A |
Safety and emergency planning (EP) RAIs issued to the applicant |
06/03/04 - A |
Applicant submits response to environmental RAIs |
08/12/04 - A |
Applicant submits responses to safety and EP RAIs |
08/19/04 - A |
Draft environmental impact statement (EIS) to EPA, Issue Notice of Availability |
12/10/04 - A* |
Draft safety evaluation report (SER) issued |
12/20/04 - A |
2nd inspection complete |
02/08/05 - A |
Public meeting to discuss draft EIS |
02/17/05 - A |
End of draft EIS comment period |
03/01/05 - A |
ACRS subcommittee meeting on draft SER |
03/02/05 - A |
ACRS full committee meeting on draft SER |
03/03/05 - A |
ACRS interim letter to Commission |
03/11/05 - A |
Applicant submits responses to SER open items |
03/31/05 - A |
Optional final inspection complete |
N/A 1 |
Final SER issued |
06/16/05 - A* |
ACRS subcommittee meeting on final SER |
N/A 1 |
ACRS full committee meeting on final SER |
07/06/05 - A* |
Regional Administrator's Letter |
N/A 1 |
ACRS letter to Commission |
07/18/05 - A |
Final SER issued as NUREG |
09/30/05 - A* |
Final EIS issued to EPA/Issue Notice of Availability |
12/14/06 - A |
Atomic Safety and Licensing Board (ASLB) initial decision |
06/29/07 - A |
Commission decision |
11/20/07 - A |
1 Optional final inspection and ACRS subcommittee review of final SER not needed.
Review Schedule (Revision 09)
The following is the schedule for issuing the Supplement to the Draft EIS and Final SER due to Revision 9 of the application.
Milestone |
Completion Date
Actual - A
Target - T |
FRN for Notice of Intent to prepare a supplement to the draft environmental impact statement (EIS) |
05/16/06 - A |
Supplemental draft environmental impact statement (EIS) to EPA, Issue Notice of Availability |
07/03/06 - A |
Supplemental Final safety evaluation report (SER) issued |
08/15/06 - A |
Public Meeting to discuss Supplemental draft EIS
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08/15/06 - A |
End of Supplemental draft EIS comment Period |
09/12/06 - A |
ACRS full committee on Supplemental Final SER |
11/08/06 - ** |
Supplemental Final SER issued as NUREG |
11/20/06 - A |
Final EIS issued |
12/22/06 - A |
Atomic Safety and Licensing Board (ASLB) initial decision |
06/29/07 - A |
Commission Decision |
11/20/07 - A |
** ACRS Full Committee review not needed
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Safety Evaluation Report
NUREG-1835, containing the safety evaluation
report for the North Anna ESP Application, was issued in
September 2005, followed by Supplement 1 to
NUREG-1835 in November 2006.
Final Environmental Impact Statement
See NUREG-1811, "Final Environmental Impact Statement for an Early Site Permit (ESP) at the North Anna ESP Site."
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North Anna Early Site Permit
On November 27, 2007, the NRC issued the North Anna ESP for a site located approximately 40 miles north-northwest of Richmond, Virginia.
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Contacts
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