William Lee Nuclear Station Units 1 & 2

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William Lee Nuclear Station Units 1 & 2

Licensing Status: Scheduled

Site: Duke's Lee site near Charlotte in Cherokee County, South Carolina

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	12/13/07 - A
Acceptance Review
Acceptance Review Start	01/02/08 - A
Docketing Decision Letter Issued/Acceptance Review Complete	02/25/08 - A
Review Schedule Established/Schedule Letter Issued to Applicant	04/02/08 - A
Safety Review
Phase A - Requests for Additional Information (RAIs) Issued to Applicant (Formerly Phases 1, 2, and 3)	05/20/10 - A
Phase B - Advanced Final Safety Evaluation Report (SER) without Open Items (Formerly Phase 4)	02/12 - T*
Phase C - ACRS Review of Advanced Final SER (Formerly Phase 5)	05/12 - T*
Phase D - Final SER (Formerly Phase 6)	08/12 - T*
Environmental Review
Phase 1 - Environmental impact statement (EIS) summary report issued	09/11/08 - A
Phase 2 - Draft EIS issued to EPA	07/2011
Phase 3 - Response to public comments on draft EIS completed	02/2012
Phase 4 - Final EIS issued to EPA	08/2012
Hearing
Commission or ASLB hold mandatory hearing
License
Commission decision on issuance of COL application

*Dates do not yet reflect the recent changes to the Westinghouse and Vogtle (reference COL) review schedules.