The acceptance review confirms that the application, the first to be filed with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) in 29 years, is technically complete and sufficiently addresses all necessary subject areas.
The NRC will now begin a comprehensive and detailed review process that includes requests for additional information, site visits, company responses, public hearings, NRC environmental impact statements and NRC safety evaluation reports.
David Crane, president and CEO of the NRG, said: The clock has officially started. Each day hereafter will bring us closer to a future of carbon-free, affordable nuclear baseload generation. Nuclear, like no other carbon-free technology currently in operation, has the power to move the needle in the fight against global warming.
