NRC Schedules Public Meeting for Comments on Decommissioning Report for Three Mile Island 1 Nuclear Power Plant

WASHINGTON, July 15 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the following news release:

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff will hold a public meeting on July 23 in Harrisburg, Pa., to discuss the Post-Shutdown Decommissioning Activities Report, or PSDAR, for the Three Mile Island 1 nuclear power plant. The public will have an opportunity to offer comments at the meeting.

The meeting will be held from 6-9 p.m. at the Sheraton Harrisburg Hershey Hotel, 4650 Lindle Road, Harrisburg, Pa.

TMI 1 is a pressurized-water reactor in Londonderry Township (Dauphin County), Pa. Exelon, on June 20, 2017, notified the NRC that it intends to permanently close the plant no later than Sept. 30, 2019.

Exelon submitted the PSDAR for TMI 1 to the NRC on April 5, 2019. Written comments on the report can be submitted using Docket ID NRC-2019-0142 on the Regulations.gov website. Comments can also be submitted, using the Docket ID, via mail to: Office of Administration, Mail Stop: TWFN-7-A60M, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, D.C. 20555-0001, ATTN: Program Management, Announcements and Editing Staff.

The deadline for submitting comments on the report is Oct. 9, 2019.