Bell Bend Unit 1
Licensing Status: Schedule Under Review Pending Receipt of Information
Site: New Site adjacent to PPL's Susquehanna Steam Electric Station, Luzerne County, PA.
Reactor: AREVA U.S. Evolutionary Power Reactor (U.S. EPR)
Projected Online: 2018
In the News: Bell Bend Unit 1
NRC Application Review Schedule
Key Milestones
Completion DateActual - ATarget - T
Application Tendered
10/10/08 - A
Acceptance Review
Acceptance Review Start
10/14/08 - A
Docketing Decision Letter Issued/Acceptance Review Complete
12/19/08 - A
Review Schedule Established/Schedule Letter Issued to Applicant
05/27/09 - A
Safety Review *
Phase A - Requests for Additional Information (RAIs) Issued to Applicant (Formerly Phases 1, and 2)
03/20/2011 - T
Phase B - Advanced Final Safety Evaluation Report (SER) without Open Items (Formerly Phase 4)
03/2012 - T
Phase C - ACRS Review of Advanced Final SER (Formerly Phase 5)
06/2012 - T
Phase D - Final SER (Formerly Phase 6)
08/2012 - T
Environmental Review
Phase 1 - Environmental impact statement (EIS) summary report issued
07/22/2009 - A
Phase 2 - Draft EIS issued to EPA
04/23/2010 **
Phase 3 - Response to public comments on draft EIS completed
11/04/2010 **
Phase 4 - Final EIS issued to EPA
03/31/2011 **
Hearing
Commission or ASLB hold mandatory hearing
License
Commission decision on issuance of COL application
* The review schedule is being developed as a 4-phase (A thru D) schedule. The references to "formerly phases 1 thru 6" is to clarify this presentation relative to that previously posted to this site.
** Based on the NRC staff's February 17, 2010, schedule letter, these dates will be revised upon receipt of sufficient supplemental information regarding site layout design changes.
Additional information can be found at http://www.nrc.gov/reactors/new-reactors/col/bell-bend.html