The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) said there were no environmental impacts to preclude issuing a Combined License (COL) to set up and operate the Fermi Unit 3 near Newport in Michigan.
The regulator has developed the Fermi project’s final environmental impact statement (FEIS) jointly with the US Army Corps of Engineers.
Overall Fermi 3 COL review, which includes the issuance of FEIS, will continue as the staff members have been working on a final safety evaluation report.
The NRC’s Atomic Safety and Licensing Board is considering legal challenges to the Fermi application, while five NRC commissioners will conduct a separate mandatory hearing regarding the application.
Detroit Edison had submitted a COL application on 18 September 2008 seeking permission to build and operate an Economic Simplified Boiling Water Reactor at the Fermi site.
