NRC: News Release - 2001-077 - NRC Announces Availability of License Renewal Applications for North Anna, Surry

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No. 01-077

June 29, 2001

NRC ANNOUNCES AVAILABILITY OF LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATIONS FOR NORTH ANNA, SURRY

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is announcing the availability of applications for 20-year renewals of the operating licenses for the North Anna Nuclear Station, Units 1 and 2, and the Surry Nuclear Station, Units 1 and 2. Virginia Electric Power Company, operator of the four units, submitted the applications on May 29.

The North Anna nuclear facility is located 40 miles northwest of Richmond, Virginia, in Luisa County. The current operating licenses expire on April 1, 2018, for Unit 1 and August 21, 2020, for Unit 2.

The Surry nuclear facility is located 17 miles northwest of Newport News, Virginia, in Surry County. The operating license for Unit 1 expires on May 25, 2012, and the license for Unit 2 on January 29, 2013.

Copies of the applications are being made available electronically to allow time for the public to become familiar with them. They are located on the NRC web site at http://www.nrc.gov/NRC/REACTOR/LR/index.html , and are also available through the NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS). Help in using ADAMS is available by contacting the NRC Public Document Room staff at 301/415-4737 or 1/800/397-4209, or by sending a message to pdr@nrc.gov via e-mail.

In addition, a copy of the license renewal application for the North Anna plant is available at the Alderman Library of the University of Virginia, and a copy of the Surry application at the Swem Library of the College of William and Mary.

The NRC staff is currently conducting an initial review of the applications to determine whether they contain enough information for the required formal review. If the applications have sufficient information, the NRC will formally "docket," or file, the applications and will announce an opportunity to request a hearing.

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