Bell Bend Unit 1

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

NRC Application Review Schedule

Key Milestones	Completion Date Actual - A Target - 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