Vogtle Units 3 & 4

Vogtle Units 3 & 4

Licensing Status: Scheduled

Site: Existing Site Vogtle

Reactor: Westinghouse Advanced Passive 1000 (AP1000)
Pressurized Water Reactors (PWRs)

Projected Online: Unit 3 - 2016
Unit 4 – 2017

NRC Application Review Schedule

Key Milestones	Completion Date Actual - A Target - T
Application Tendered	03/31/08 - A
Acceptance Review
Acceptance Review Start	04/07/08 - A*
Docketing Decision Letter Issued/Acceptance Review Complete	05/30/08 - A
Review Schedule Established/Schedule Letter Issued to Applicant	06/27/08 - A
Safety Review
Phase 1 - Requests for Additional Information (RAIs) Issued to Applicant	01/14/09 - A
Phase 2 - Supplemental RAIs	07/22/09 - A
Phase 3 - ACRS Review of SER with Open Items Complete	N/A
Phase 4 - Advanced SER with no Open Items Issued	12/01/10 - A
Phase 5 - ACRS Review of SER with no Open Items Complete	03/03/11 - A
Phase 6 - Final SER Issued	08/11 - T
Environmental Review
Environmental impact statement (EIS) summary report issued	N/A**
U.S. EPA issuance of FR Notice of Availability of Draft SEIS	09/10/10
Public Comment Period for Draft Supplemental EIS ends	11/24/10
U.S. EPA issuance of FR Notice of Availability of Final SEIS	04/01/11
Hearing
Commission or ASLB hold mandatory hearing	12/11 - A
License
Commission decision on issuance of COL application	02/10/12 - A

* Acceptance review start date is consistent with the guidance provided in RIS 2008-01.

** 10 CFR 51.26(d) states that scoping is not required for a supplement to an EIS for a COL application that is submitted following a submittal of an early site permit application.

*** The target date for completion of the mandatory hearing is based on guidance in the SRM for SECY-10-0082, dated December 23, 2010. The SRM states that the objective for completing the mandatory hearing will be four months after the issuance of the FSER or Final Environmental Impact Statement. The target date assumes that the AP1000 design certification amendment rulemaking affirmation will be completed prior to the December 2011 target date for completion of the mandatory hearing.

Additional information can be found at http://www.nrc.gov/reactors/new-reactors/col/vogtle.html