| |
NRC board okays early site permit for Exelon¡¯s Clinton |
|
An early site permit should be issued to Exelon's Clinton, an NRC licensing board concluded in a decision released publicly December 29.However, the permit, if issued, should be subject to certain conditions and stipulations relating to items that have not been resolved at this point, the three-judge Atomic Safety and Licensing Board said in its December 28 decision. An ESP, which authorizes site preparation work and limited construction activities toward building a new nuclear power reactor, legally resolves siting and environmental issues and gives a company up to 20 years to begin building. A legally mandated hearing was held November 7-8 in Decatur, Illinois; there were no intervenors in the ESP proceeding. The ASLB decision, which was issued ahead of its projected January timeframe, marks the final step in the licensing process before the NRC commissioners' decision, which is expected by May. The Clinton ESP application was one of three submitted to the NRC in 2003, and it is the farthest along in the agency's review process. Exelon has not announced any plans to build another reactor at the site, which has an operating 1,077-MW BWR. (Platts,29/12/2006)
|
|
|
Chinese