NRC FINDS NO SIGNIFICANT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS FROM EXTENDED
OPERATION OF NINE MILE POINT, UNITS 1 AND 2
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The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has issued its final environmental impact statement on the proposed renewal of the operating licenses for the Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station, Units 1 and 2. The report contains the NRC’s finding that there are no environmental impacts that would preclude license renewal for an additional 20 years of operation.

The Nine Mile Point plant is located approximately six miles northeast of Oswego, N.Y. The current operating licenses expire Aug. 22, 2009, for Unit 1 and Oct. 31, 2026, for Unit 2. Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station submitted an application for renewal of the licenses May 26, 2004.

As part of its environmental review of the applications, the NRC held public meetings near the plant to discuss the scope of the review and the draft version of the environmental impact statement. Comments were received from members of the public, local officials, and representatives of state and federal agencies.

The Nine Mile Point Final Environmental Impact Statement is available on the NRC’s Web site at this address: http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/nuregs/staff/sr1437/supplement24/index.html. Copies are also available for inspection at the NRC’s Public Document Room at One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Md, and at the Penfield Library, located at State University of New York in Oswego.

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