Issued Early Site Permit - Clinton Site

Exelon Generation Company submitted its application for an early site permit (ESP) for the Clinton site on September 25, 2003, and the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) issued the Exelon ESP on March 15, 2007. For detail, see the following topics on this page:

• Application Information
• Review Schedule
• Safety Evaluation Report
• Environmental Impact Statement
• Exelon Early Site Permit
• Contacts

Application Information

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• Exelon ESP Application (Revision 4)

Review Schedule

Milestone	Completion Date Actual - A Target - T
Receive early site permit application	09/25/03 - A
Press Release announcing receipt and availability	10/15/03 - A
Federal Register notice (FRN) published for receipt and availability	10/24/03 - A
FRN published announcing acceptance	10/30/03 - A
FRN published for Notice of Intent (environmental scoping process)	11/25/03 - A
Press Release announcing acceptance and notice of hearing	12/08/03 - A
FRN published for mandatory hearing	12/12/03 - A
Environmental scoping meeting	12/18/03 - A
Scoping period ends	01/09/04 - A
Deadline for filing petitions for intervention	01/12/04 - A
1st inspection complete	01/16/04 - A
Deadline for submitting contentions	05/03/04 - A
Environmental requests for additional information (RAIs) issued to applicant	05/11/04 - A
Applicant submits response to environmental RAIs	07/23/04 - A
Safety and emergency planning (EP) RAIs issued to the applicant	07/27/04 - A
Applicant submits responses to safety and EP RAIs	10/12/04 - A
Draft safety evaluation report (SER) issued	02/10/05 - A
Draft environmental impact statement (EIS) to EPA, Issue Notice of Availability	03/02/05 - A
Public meeting to discuss draft EIS	04/19/05 - A
Applicant submits responses to SER open items	04/26/05 - A
2nd inspection complete	05/19/05 - A
End of draft EIS comment period	05/25/05 - A
Optional final inspection complete	N/A1
Regional Administrator's Letter	N/A1
Supplemental draft SER issued	08/26/05 - A
ACRS subcommittee meeting on draft SER	09/07/05 - A
ACRS full committee meeting on draft SER	09/08/05 - A
ACRS interim letter to Commission	09/22/05 - A
Applicant submits responses to supplemental draft SER open items	10/31/05 - A
Applicant submits the final ESP application revision	01/10/06 - A
Final SER issued	02/17/06 - A
ACRS subcommittee meeting on final SER	03/08/06 - A
ACRS full committee meeting on final SER	03/09/06 - A
ACRS letter to Commission	03/24/06 - A
Final SER issued as NUREG	05/01/06 - A
Final EIS issued to EPA/Issue Notice of Availability	07/20/06 - A
Atomic Safety and Licensing Board (ASLB) initial decision	12/28/06 - A
Commission decision to approve issuance of Exelon ESP	03/08/07 - A
Permit Issued	03/15/07 - A

¹ "Optional final inspection and regional administrator's letter not needed."

Safety Evaluation Report

See NUREG-1844 "Safety Evaluation Report for an Early Site Permit (ESP) at the Exelon Generation Company, LLC (EGC) ESP Site."

Environmental Impact Statement

See NUREG-1815, "Environmental Impact Statement for an Early Site Permit (ESP) at the Exelon ESP Site."

Exelon Early Site Permit

On March 15, 2007, the NRC issued the Exelon ESP for a site located approximately 6 miles east of the city of Clinton in central Illinois.

Contacts

For additional information regarding the Exelon ESP, please Contact a Public Affairs Officer.