I-NUCLEAR UPDATE: NRC issues construction & operating licenses for two AP1000s to South Carolina Electric & Gas by I-Nuclear

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NRC issues construction & operating licenses for two AP1000s to South Carolina Electric & Gas by I-Nuclear The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission has approved issuance of combined construction and operating licenses (COLs) to South Carolina Electric & Gas and Santee Cooper for two Westinghouse AP1000 reactors at the V.C. Summer nuclear power plant site in the US state of South Carolina. The Commission, in a 4-1 vote March 30, approved issuance of the licenses allowing SCE&G to proceed with construction of the two reactors. The Commission’s findings impose two conditions on the COLs, with the first requiring inspection and testing of squib valves, important components of the new reactors’ passive cooling system. The second requires the development of strategies to respond to extreme natural events resulting in the loss of power at the new reactors. The Commission also directed NRC staff to issue to SCE&G and Santee Cooper, simultaneously with the COLs, an Order requiring enhanced, reliable spent fuel pool instrumentation, as well as a request for information related to emergency plant staffing. The NRC staff is expected to issue the COLs within 10 business days. MORE NEWS: Scana Receives NRC Approval to Build South Carolina Reactors Bloomberg (SCG) won US approval to build nuclear reactors, the second construction permit issued by regulators in more than 30 years for units that may be among the nation's last erected this decade. The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission today voted 4-1 to ... Bloomberg US Approves New Nuclear Reactors in South Carolina Wall Street Journal s proposal to build two new nuclear reactors in South Carolina, paving the way for the second license issued to a new nuclear power plant in two months after a drought that lasted more than 30 years. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission voted 4-1 to ... Repeat Performance: NRC approves COL for VC Summer Power Engineering Magazine By Brian Wheeler The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) on March 30 approved the combined construction and operating licenses (COL) for the VC Summer nuclear power plant in South Carolina, just the second construction license approved for a nuclear ... NRC OKs Second Nuclear Project in Two Months Fox Business The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission on Friday approved a license for Scana Corp to build two reactors at the Virgil Summer nuclear station in South Carolina, the agency's second approval of additional nuclear units to be built in the United States in ... Shaw Congratulates South Carolina Electric & Gas on Combined License for New ... MarketWatch (press release) The license for VC Summer was issued by the NRC under an improved process that combines the construction permit and operating license for a nuclear power plant. By combining the construction permit and operating license, the new licensing method ... Misguided NRC Approves New SC Nuclear Reactors Clean Energy News (press release) COLUMBIA, SC – Just weeks after the one-year anniversary of the devastating nuclear disaster in Japan, today, in a 4-1 vote, the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) approved a final license for two new reactors at the site of South Carolina Electric ... Two more nuclear reactors approved by NRC3:26 PM ET GovExec.com By Olga Belogolova The Nuclear Regulatory Commission on Friday gave Scana Corp. permission to build two new nuclear reactors in South Carolina, making it the second power company in two months to get a nuclear license approval. Before the Atlanta-based ... Regulators approve construction of new nuclear reactors in South Carolina The Hill (blog) By Andrew Restuccia - 03/30/12 02:12 PM ET Federal regulators greenlighted the construction of new nuclear reactors Friday for just the second time in longer than three decades. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) voted 4-1 to approve a license ... Westinghouse President and CEO Statement on U.S. NRC Granting COL to SCE&G SYS-CON Media (press release) ... my professional career and tenure as president and CEO of Westinghouse Electric Company, I applaud the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission's decision to grant South Carolina Electric & Gas (SCE&G) a combined construction and operating license (COL).