NRC board approves early permit for fourth Salem reactor
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission's Atomic Safety and Licensing Board on Thursday cleared the way for the agency to issue an early site permit for PSEG Nuclear to build a new reactor adjacent to the Salem and Hope Creek nuclear plants in Salem County.
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission's Atomic Safety and Licensing Board on Thursday cleared the way for the agency to issue an early site permit for PSEG Nuclear to build a new reactor adjacent to the Salem and Hope Creek nuclear plants in Salem County.
The permit, which will be valid for up to 20 years, resolves a number of a number of site-related issues, including many environmental impacts. But it does not authorize any NRC-regulated construction activities. PSEG would have to apply separately for an NRC license to build and operate a specific reactor design at the site.
PSEG Nuclear, which operates three reactors at the Artificial Island site on Delaware Bay, has not indicated if or when it might propose to build a fourth reactor.
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