Notice of Acceptance for Docketing of the Application and Notice of Opportunity for Hearing Regarding Renewal of Facility Operating License No. NPF-57 for an Additional 20-Year Period; PSEG Nuclear LLC Hope Creek Generating Station, Unit 1

Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Nuclear Regulatory Commission [Docket No. 50-354; NRC-2009-0391] The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC or the Commission) is considering an application for the renewal of Operating License NPF-57, which authorizes PSEG Nuclear LLC (the applicant), to operate the Hope Creek Generating Station, Unit 1 (HCGS), at 3840 megawatts thermal. The renewed license would authorize the applicant to operate HCGS for an additional 20 years beyond the period specified in the current license. HCGS is located approximately 18 miles southeast of Wilmington, DE. The ( printed page 54857) current operating license for HCGS expires on April 11, 2026. PSEG Nuclear LLC submitted the application dated August 18, 2009, pursuant to Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Part 54 ( 10 CFR part 54 ), to renew Operating License NPF-57. A notice of receipt and availability of the license renewal application (LRA) was published in the Federal Register on September 8, 2009 ( 74 FR 46238 ). The Commission's staff has determined that PSEG Nuclear LLC has submitted sufficient information in accordance with 10 CFR Sections 2.101, 54.19, 54.21, 54.22, 54.23, 51.45, and 51.53(c), to enable the staff to undertake a review of the application, and the application is therefore acceptable for docketing. The current Docket No. 50-354, for Operating License NPF-57, will be retained. The determination to accept the LRA for docketing does not constitute a determination that a renewed license should be issued, an…