Nuclear Regulatory Commission September 28, 2021 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

On July 30, 2021, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) issued a draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for Westinghouse Electric Company, LLC's (WEC's) license renewal application to continue to operate its Columbia Fuel Fabrication Facility (CFFF) for an additional 40 years. The public comment period for the draft EIS opened on August 6 and closed on September 20, 2021. The NRC has decided to re-open the public comment period until November 19, 2021 to allow more time for the public to submit comments. The CFFF is located in Hopkins, South Carolina, and manufactures nuclear fuel assemblies for commercial nuclear power plants. The WEC's license renewal request, if granted as proposed, would allow the CFFF to continue to be a source of nuclear fuel for commercial nuclear power plants for 40 years from the date the NRC approves the renewal.