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Renewing Nuclear Power Plant Operating Licenses-Environmental Review
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission published this final rule in the Federal Register on August 6, 2024. It took effect on September 5, 2024.
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What the agency says
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is amending its environmental protection regulations by updating the Commission's 2013 findings on the environmental effect of renewing the operating license of a nuclear power plant. This final rule redefines the number and scope of the environmental issues that must be addressed during the review of each application for license renewal. As part of this update, the NRC is issuing Revision 2 to NUREG-1437, "Generic Environmental Impact Statement for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants" (LR GEIS), to account for new information and to address the impacts of initial license renewals, which the previous versions considered, as well as first subsequent license renewals. The LR GEIS, Revision 2, provides the technical basis for the final rule.
Key facts
- Document number
- 2024-16643
- Type
- Final rule
- Action
- Final rule and guidance; issuance
- Agency
- Nuclear Regulatory Commission
- Published
- August 6, 2024
- Takes effect
- September 5, 2024
- Dates
- Effective Date: This final rule is effective on September 5, 2024.
- Docket
- NRC-2018-0296
- Regulation ID (RIN)
- 3150-AK32
- Code of Federal Regulations
- 10 CFR 51
- Topics
- Administrative practice and procedure; Environmental impact statements; Hazardous waste; Nuclear energy; Nuclear materials; Nuclear power plants and reactors; Reporting and recordkeeping requirements
- Pages
- 34
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