Atomic Safety and Licensing Board to Hold Hearing Oct. 16 in Houston on Proposed New South Texas Project Reactors

An Atomic Safety and Licensing Board (ASLB) will hold a hearing Wednesday, Oct. 16 in Houston, concerning a challenge to the Combined License application for two new nuclear reactors at the South Texas Project site near Bay City, Texas. The ASLB is the independent body within the Nuclear Regulatory Commission that conducts adjudicatory hearings and renders decisions on legal challenges to licensing actions.

This hearing involves Nuclear Innovation North America’s application to build two Advanced Boiling-Water Reactors at the South Texas Project site. The hearing will examine whether the applicant’s planned corporate governing structure and financing comply with the NRC’s rules prohibiting foreign ownership, control and domination. Documents related to the South Texas Project application are available on the NRC website.

Documents regarding this board’s proceeding are available on the NRC’s Electronic Hearing Docket by clicking on the folder entitled “South_Texas_52-012&013-COL” on the left side of the page. More information about the role of the ASLB in the licensing process is available on the NRC website.
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