Notice2025-09449
Constellation Energy Generation, LLC; Dresden Nuclear Power Station, Units 2 and 3; Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement
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Published
May 30, 2025
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Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Abstract
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing for public comment Draft Supplement 17, Second Renewal, to the Generic Environmental Impact Statement (GEIS) for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants, NUREG-1437, regarding the proposed subsequent license renewal (SLR) of Renewed Facility Operating License Nos. DPR-19 and DPR-25, which authorize Constellation Energy Generation, LLC to operate Dresden Nuclear Power Station, Units 2 and 3 (Dresden). Dresden is located 23 miles (mi) southwest of Joliet, Illinois, and 60 mi southwest of Chicago, Illinois, along the Illinois, Des Plaines, and Kankakee Rivers. Possible alternatives to the proposed action of SLR include no action and reasonable replacement power alternatives.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 103 (Friday, May 30, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23079-23080]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-09449]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket Nos. 50-237 and 50-249; NRC-2024-0080]
Constellation Energy Generation, LLC; Dresden Nuclear Power
Station, Units 2 and 3; Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact
Statement
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission
ACTION: Notice; request for comment.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing for
public comment Draft Supplement 17, Second Renewal, to the Generic
Environmental Impact Statement (GEIS) for License Renewal of Nuclear
Plants, NUREG-1437, regarding the proposed subsequent license renewal
(SLR) of Renewed Facility Operating License Nos. DPR-19 and DPR-25,
which authorize Constellation Energy Generation, LLC to operate Dresden
Nuclear Power Station, Units 2 and 3 (Dresden). Dresden is located 23
miles (mi) southwest of Joliet, Illinois, and 60 mi southwest of
Chicago, Illinois, along the Illinois, Des Plaines, and Kankakee
Rivers. Possible alternatives to the proposed action of SLR include no
action and reasonable replacement power alternatives.
DATES: Members of the public are invited to submit comments by July 14,
2025. Comments received after that date will be considered if it is
practical to do so, but the NRC is able to ensure consideration only
for comments received on or before that date.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any of the following methods;
however, the NRC encourages electronic comment submission through the
Federal rulemaking website:
<bullet> Federal rulemaking website: Go to <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a> and search for Docket ID NRC-2024-0080. Address
questions about Docket IDs in <a href="http://Regulations.gov">Regulations.gov</a> to Bridget Curran;
telephone: 301-415-1003; email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#3674445f52515342187543444457587658445518515940"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="5d1f2f34393a3829731e282f2f3c331d332f3e733a322b">[email protected]</span></a>. For technical
questions, contact the individual listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT section of this document.
<bullet> Email: Comments may be submitted to the NRC electronically
using the email address <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#b3f7c1d6c0d7d6ddf6ddc5dac1dcddded6ddc7d2df9de1d6c0dcc6c1d0d6f3ddc1d09dd4dcc5"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="246056415740414a614a524d564b4a49414a5045480a7641574b51564741644a56470a434b52">[email protected]</span></a>.
<bullet> Mail comments to: Office of Administration, Mail Stop:
TWFN-7-A60M, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-
0001, ATTN: Program Management, Announcements and Editing Staff.
For additional direction on obtaining information and submitting
comments, see ``Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments'' in the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this document.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Angela Sabet, Office of Nuclear
Material Safety and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission;
telephone: 301-415-1162; email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#bcfdd2dbd9d0dd92efddded9c8fcd2cedf92dbd3ca"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="4e0f20292b222f601d2f2c2b3a0e203c2d60292138">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments
A. Obtaining Information
Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2024-0080 when contacting the NRC
about the availability of information regarding this document. You may
obtain publicly available information related to this action using any
of the following methods:
<bullet> Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a> and search for Docket ID NRC-2024-0080.
<bullet> NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System
(ADAMS): You may obtain publicly available documents online in the
ADAMS Public Documents collection at <a href="https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html">https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html</a>. To begin the search, select ``Begin Web-based ADAMS
Search.'' For problems with ADAMS, please contact the NRC's Public
Document Room (PDR) reference staff at 1-800-397-4209, at 301-415-4737,
or by email to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#adfde9ff83ffc8dec2d8dfcec8edc3dfce83cac2db"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="4f1f0b1d611d2a3c203a3d2c2a0f213d2c61282039">[email protected]</span></a>. Draft Supplement 17, Second
Renewal, to the GEIS for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants, NUREG-1437,
is available in ADAMS under Accession No. ML25132A151.
<bullet> NRC's PDR: The PDR, where you may examine and order copies
of publicly available documents, is open by appointment. To make an
appointment to visit the PDR, please send an email to
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#f7a7b3a5d9a592849882859492b7998594d9909881"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="eebeaabcc0bc8b9d819b9c8d8bae809c8dc0898198">[email protected]</span></a> or call 1-800-397-4209 or 301-415-4737, between 8
a.m. and 4 p.m. eastern time (ET), Monday through Friday, except
Federal holidays.
<bullet> Public Library: A copy of the Draft Supplement 17, Second
Renewal, to the GEIS for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants, NUREG-1437,
regarding the proposed SLR of Renewed Facility
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Operating License Nos. DPR-19 and DPR-25, for an additional 20 years of
operation for Dresden, will be available for public review at the
following public library locations: Morris Area Public Library, 604
Liberty St., Morris, IL 60450, and Coal City Public Library District,
85 N Garfield St., Coal City, IL 60416
B. Submitting Comments
The NRC encourages electronic comment submission through the
Federal rulemaking website (<a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a>). Please
include Docket ID NRC-2024-0080 in your comment submission.
The NRC cautions you not to include identifying or contact
information that you do not want to be publicly disclosed in your
comment submission. The NRC will post all comment submissions at
<a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a> as well as enter the comment submissions
into ADAMS. The NRC does not routinely edit comment submissions to
remove identifying or contact information.
If you are requesting or aggregating comments from other persons
for submission to the NRC, then you should inform those persons not to
include identifying or contact information that they do not want to be
publicly disclosed in their comment submission. Your request should
state that the NRC does not routinely edit comment submissions to
remove such information before making the comment submissions available
to the public or entering the comment into ADAMS.
II. Discussion
The NRC is issuing for public comment Draft Supplement 17, Second
Renewal, to the GEIS for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants, NUREG-1437,
regarding the proposed SLR of Renewed Facility Operating License
Operating License Nos. DPR-19 and DPR-25, for an additional 20 years of
operation for Dresden. Draft Supplement 17, Second Renewal, to the GEIS
includes a preliminary analysis that evaluates the environmental
impacts of the proposed action and alternatives to the proposed action.
Based on the NRC staff's (i) review of the SLR application, which
includes the environmental report, supplemental documents, and the
licensee's responses to the NRC staff's requests for additional
information; (ii) consultation with Federal, State, Tribal, and local
governmental agencies and consideration of input from other
stakeholders; and (iii) independent environmental review as documented
in the draft environmental impact statement, the NRC staff's
preliminary recommendation is that the adverse environmental impacts of
SLR for Dresden are not so great that preserving the option of
subsequent license renewal for energy-planning decisionmakers would be
unreasonable.
Dated: May 21, 2025.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
John Moses,
Deputy Director, Division of Rulemaking, Environmental, and Financial
Support, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards.
[FR Doc. 2025-09449 Filed 5-29-25; 8:45 am]
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