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Acceptance Review of DOE's Yucca Mountain ApplicationBefore the staff of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) begins its detailed technical review, it will first need to decide if it can accept, or “docket,” the application as it was submitted by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). This initial review to assess the completeness of the application is called the acceptance review. The NRC’s decision regarding whether to accept DOE’s license application is also known as the “docketing decision.” Scope of the NRC’s Acceptance ReviewThe acceptance review is not a detailed technical review of the application. Rather, it serves as a screening process to determine whether a license application contains sufficient information for the NRC to begin its safety review.
Outcomes of the Acceptance ReviewThe acceptance review process has two possible outcomes, as follows:
ScheduleThe NRC staff expects to complete the acceptance review and issue a Notice of Docketing in the Federal Register approximately 90 days after receipt of the application (approximately September 2008). |
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