US NRC issues final EIS clearing proposed Florida site for new reactors

Boston (Platts–27Apr2012/446 pm EDT/2046 GMT

There are no adverse environmental impacts that would prevent the US
Nuclear Regulatory Commission from issuing Progress Energy Florida licenses
to build two nuclear reactors at a proposed site in Levy County, NRC and the
US Army Corps of Engineers said Friday in a final environmental impact
statement.

The Progress Energy unit filed an application with the NRC in July 2008
for combined construction and operating licenses to build two Westinghouse
AP1000 units at the greenfield site. The utility hopes to secure the licenses
from the NRC in 2013, Progress spokesman Mike Hughes said Friday, but has yet
to commit to build the units. If it does, the units could come online as soon
as the early 2020s, he said.

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The NRC approved the AP1000 design in December 2011. In February, it
approved COLs for two new units at the site of the Vogtle nuclear plant in
Georgia and in March approved COLs for two units at the site of the V.C.
Summer plant in South Carolina. Both would employ the Westinghouse reactors.

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