Bellefonte Units 3 & 4
Licensing Status: Review Suspended 9/29/2010
Site: TVA's Bellefonte site near Scottsboro in Jackson County, Alabama
Reactor: Westinghouse Advanced Passive 1000 (AP1000) Pressurized Water Reactors (PWRs)
Projected Online: Unit 3 - 2017
Unit 4 – 2019
In the News: Bellefonte Units 3 & 4
NRC Application Review Schedule
Key Milestones
Completion Date Actual - A Target - T
Application Tendered
10/30/07 - A
Acceptance Review
Acceptance Review Start
11/07/07 - A
Docketing Decision Letter Issued/Acceptance Review Complete
01/18/08 - A
Review Schedule Established/Schedule Letter Issued to Applicant
02/15/08 - A
Safety Review
Phase 1 - Requests for Additional Information (RAIs) Issued to Applicant
01/16/09 - A
Phase 2 - SER with Open Items issued (without hydrology and Chapter 6)
02/10 - A
Phase 3 - ACRS Review of SER with Open Items Complete (without hydrology)
04/10 - A
Phase 4 - Advanced SER with no Open Items Issued
09/10 - T*
Phase 5 - ACRS Review of SER with no Open Items Complete
01/11 - T*
Phase 6 - Final SER Issued
03/11 - T*
Environmental Review
Phase 1 - Environmental impact statement (EIS) summary report issued
08/15/08 - A
Phase 2 - Draft EIS issued to EPA
03/06/09 - T**
Phase 3 - Response to public comments on draft EIS issued
08/10/09 - T**
Phase 4 - Final EIS issued to EPA
01/10 - T**
Hearing
Commission or ASLB hold mandatory hearing
License
Commission decision on issuance of COL application
* Dates for Safety review schedule do not reflect the change in the schedule because of issues with the hydrology review (see NRC letter dated October 29, 2008).
** Dates for Environmental review do not reflect the change in the schedule because of the NRC’s decision to not issue the draft EIS until TVA makes a decision on whether or not it will complete Bellefonte 1 and 2 (see NRC letter dated July 21, 2009).
Additional information can be found at http://www.nrc.gov/reactors/new-reactors/col/bellefonte.html