South Texas Project Units 3 & 4
Licensing Status: Schedule Under Review Pending Receipt of Information
Site: Existing Site South Texas Project
Reactor: General Electric (GE) Nuclear Energy Advanced Boiling-Water Reactor (ABWR)
Projected Online: Unit 3 - 2016 Unit 4 – 2017
In the News: South Texas Project Units 3 & 4
NRC Application Review Schedule
Key Milestones
Completion DateActual - ATarget - T
Application Tendered
09/20/07 - A
Acceptance Review
Acceptance Review Start
10/01/07 - A
Docketing Decision Letter Issued/Acceptance Review Complete
11/29/07 - A
Review Schedule Established/Schedule Letter Issued to Applicant
02/10/09 - A
Safety Review
Phase 1 - Requests for Additional Information (RAIs) Issued to Applicant
09/17/09 - A
Phase 2 - SER with Open Items issued
TBD*
Phase 3 - ACRS Review of SER with Open Items Complete
Phase 4 - Advanced SER with no Open Items Issued
Phase 5 - ACRS Review of SER with no Open Items Complete
Phase 6 - Final SER Issued
Environmental Review
Phase 1 - EIS Scoping Summary Report issued
09/26/08 - A
Phase 2 - Draft EIS issued to EPA
03/19/10 - A
Phase 3 - Response to public comments on draft EIS resolved
09/03/10 - A
Phase 4 - Final EIS issued to EPA
02/24/11 - A
Hearing
Commission or ASLB hold mandatory hearing
08/17/11 - T
License
Commission decision on issuance of COL application
* Completion dates for Phases 2 through 6 to be determined pending receipt of additional technical information.
Additional information can be found at http://www.nrc.gov/reactors/new-reactors/col/south-texas-project.html