Issued Early Site Permit - Grand Gulf Site

System Energy Resources Inc. submitted its application for an early site permit (ESP) for the Grand Gulf site on October 16, 2003, and the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) issued the Grand Gulf ESP on April 5, 2007. For detail, see the following topics on this page:

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

Application Information

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• Grand Gulf ESP Application (Revision 2)

Review Schedule

Milestone	Completion Date Actual - A Target - T
Receive early site permit application	10/21/03 - A
Press Release announcing receipt and availability	11/07/03 - A
Federal Register notice (FRN) published for receipt and availability	11/14/03 - A
FRN published announcing acceptance	12/01/03 - A
FRN published for Notice of Intent (environmental scoping process)	12/31/03 - A
Press Release announcing acceptance	01/13/04 - A
FRN published for mandatory hearing	01/16/04 - A
Environmental scoping meeting	01/21/04 - A
Scoping period ends	02/12/04 - A
1st inspection complete	02/13/04 - A
Deadline for filing petitions for intervention	02/17/04 - A
Environmental site audit	04/16/04 - A
Deadline for submitting contentions	05/03/04 - A
Environmental requests for additional information (RAIs) issued to applicant	07/02/04 - A
Applicant submits response to environmental RAIs	09/17/04 - A
Safety and emergency planning (EP) RAIs issued to the applicant	09/21/04 - A
Applicant submits responses to safety and EP RAIs	12/07/04 - A
Draft safety evaluation report (SER) issued	04/07/05 - A
Draft environmental impact statement (EIS) to EPA, Issue Notice of Availability	04/29/05 - A
ACRS subcommittee meeting on draft SER	05/16/05 - A
ACRS full committee meeting on draft SER	06/02/05 - A
Public meeting to discuss draft EIS	06/14/05 - A
Applicant submits responses to SER open items	06/21/05 - A
2nd inspection complete	06/23/05 - A
ACRS interim letter to Commission	06/24/05 - A
End of draft EIS comment period	07/14/05 - A
Optional final inspection complete	N/A
Final SER issued	10/21/05 - A
Regional Administrator's Letter	N/A
ACRS full committee meeting on final SER	12/08/05 - A
ACRS letter to Commission	12/23/05 - A
Final EIS issued to EPA/Issue Notice of Availability	04/07/06 - A
Final SER issued as NUREG	04/14/06 - A
Atomic Safety and Licensing Board (ASLB) initial decision	01/28/07 - A
Commission decision	03/27/07 - A

Safety Evaluation Report

See NUREG-1840, "Safety Evaluation Report for an Early Site Permit (ESP) at the Grand Gulf Site."

Environmental Impact Statement

See NUREG-1817,"Environmental Impact Statement for an Early Site Permit (ESP) at the Grand Gulf ESP Site."

Grand Gulf Early Site Permit

On April 5, 2007, the NRC issued the Grand Gulf ESP for a site located approximately 25 miles south of the city of Vicksburg, Mississippi.

Contacts

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