NRC: News Release - 2006-127 - NRC Announces Availability of License Renewal Application for Wolf Creek Nuclear Generating Station

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No. 06-127

October 10, 2006

NRC ANNOUNCES AVAILABILITY OF LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION
FOR WOLF CREEK NUCLEAR GENERATING STATION
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The Nuclear Regulatory Commission announced today that an application for a 20-year renewal of the operating license for the Wolf Creek Generating Station is available for public review.

The Wolf Creek plant is a pressurized water reactor located approximately three miles northeast of Burlington, Kans. The current operating license expires March 11, 2025. The applicant, Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corp., submitted the renewal application Oct. 4. The application is available on the NRC Web site at this address: http://www.nrc.gov/reactors/operating/licensing/renewal/applications.html.

The NRC staff is currently conducting its initial reviews of the application to determine whether it contains enough information for the required formal reviews. If the application has sufficient information, the NRC will formally “docket,” or file it and will announce an opportunity for the public to request an adjudicatory hearing on the renewal request.

Additional information about the NRC’s review of reactor license renewal applications is available on the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reactors/operating/licensing/renewal.html.

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