Docket No. 50-18
GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy/NorthStar Vallecitos, LLC.; Vallecitos Boiling Water Reactor; License Termination Plan
Summary
On September 7, 2023, as supplemented by letters dated September 15, 2023, and March 25, 2024, and email dated October 31, 2023, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) received from General Electric (GE) Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH, the licensee) a license amendment request to include a License Termination Plan (LTP) for the GEH Vallecitos Boiling Water Reactor (VBWR). The LTP provides details about the radiological status of the reactor facility, the remaining decommissioning tasks to be completed, and the plan for termination of the VBWR license. The NRC is requesting public comments on VBWR's LTP and will hold a public meeting to discuss the LTP.