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 DateActual - ATarget - 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 - Deferred
Phase 5 - ACRS Review of SER with no Open Items Complete
01/11 - Deferred
Phase 6 - Final SER Issued
03/11 - Deferred
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 - Deferred
Phase 3 - Response to public comments on draft EIS issued
08/10/09 - Deferred
Phase 4 - Final EIS issued to EPA
01/10 - Deferred
Hearing
Commission or ASLB hold mandatory hearing
License
Commission decision on issuance of COL application
The TVA letter dated December 19, 2011 reaffirms that the Bellefonte Units 3 and 4 COLA continues to be deferred indefinitely. No activity has been performed by TVA with regards to Unit 3 and 4 since the last annual update of the Safety Analysis and Departure Reports submitted to NRC on December 22, 2010.
Additional information can be found at http://www.nrc.gov/reactors/new-reactors/col/bellefonte.html