Columbia license renewal expected in June

摘要

Section continued For Energy Northwest, the final necessary steps before receiving a 20-year license renewal for its Columbia station were completed in April, opening the way for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to make a final approval decision in June. In an April 24 letter to NRC Chairman Gregory Jaczko, the Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards (ACRS) said that it recommends the approval of the license renewal application for the 1153-MWe boiling water reactor, based on the committee's review of the application and on the NRC staff's final safety evaluation report (SER), issued in February.