The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) affords the public opportunities to comment on proposed rules and policies, licensing actions, and draft technical documents. Toward that end, the NRC announces public comment opportunities in the Federal Register, here on the Documents for Comment page, and sometimes through press releases, and places all public comments into the NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) and into a docket for the action on regulations.gov.
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The following types of documents are available for comment:
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Rulemaking-Related Documents
The NRC began managing rulemaking-related actions on the Government-wide Regulations.gov Web site in January 2008. The public can submit comments on NRC rulemaking actions through that site; see Navigating Rulemaking-Related Documents.
Modernizing NRC Regulations for Byproduct Material Use
07/02/2026
License Applications/Amendments
The following table lists notices of license applications received by the NRC and proposed amendments to NRC-licensed facility operations available for comment. For information regarding opportunities for public involvement in these licensing actions, see Hearing Opportunities and License Applications.
Holtec Decommissioning International, LLC; Holtec Pilgrim, LLC; Holtec Indian Point 2, LLC; Holtec Indian Point 3, LLC; Oyster Creek Environmental Protection, LLC; Holtec Big Rock Point, LLC; Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station; Indian Point Nuclear Generating Stations 1, 2, and 3; Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station; Big Rock Point; Consideration of Approval of Transfer of Licenses
Applications for Amendments to Facility Operating Licenses Involving Proposed No Significant Hazards Consideration Determination and Containing Sensitive Unclassified Non-Safeguards Information and Order Imposing Procedures for Access to Sensitive Unclassified Non-Safeguards Information
Nebraska Public Power District; Cooper Nuclear Station Notice of Intent to Conduct Scoping Process and Prepare Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement;
Palisades SMR, LLC; Palisades Energy Center; Pioneer Units 1 and 2; Phased Construction Permit Application; Limited Work Authorization; Notice of Intent to Conduct Scoping Process and Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement
Constellation Energy Generation, LLC; Christopher M. Crane Clean Energy Center; Draft Environmental Assessment and Draft Finding of No Significant Impact
Biweekly Notice; Applications and Amendments to Facility Operating Licenses and Combined Licenses Involving No Significant Hazards Considerations
06/26/2026
Generic Communications
The following Generic Communications documents have been issued for public comment and noticed in the Federal Register.
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Draft Regulatory Guides
The NRC issues regulatory guides in draft form to solicit public comment and involve the public in developing the agency's regulatory positions. Draft regulatory guides have not received complete staff review and, therefore, they do not represent official NRC staff positions.
Information Collection: Notice of Enforcement Discretion (NOEDs) for Operating Power Reactors and Gaseous Diffusion Plants (GDP), NRC Enforcement Policy
View from a car window of steam rising from a cooling tower of the Electricite de France (EDF) nuclear power plant in Golfech, France, February 16, 2025. REUTERS/Manon Cruz Purchase Licensing Rights, opens new tab
June 24 (Reuters) - A heatwave sweeping western Europe reduced France's nuclear output on Wednesday as high temperatures across the country reduced access to water needed to cool reactors.
Output was reduced by 4.1 gigawatts, or 7%, of total power demand at midday, data from French utility EDF showed.
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Temperatures have topped 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) in some places in France, which, combined with reduced wind speeds, has boosted wholesale electricity prices.
Wholesale spot power prices in France and Germany on Tuesday reached their highest level since mid-January 2025 as electricity systems grappled with the heat and relied on gas generation.
France is also usually a large net exporter of cheap electricity to neighbouring countries, but as the temperatures have risen exports have dropped, data from grid operator RTE showed.
Exports from France dropped to around 3 GW during the afternoon on Wednesday compared to 10 GW to 12 GW recorded last week at the same time, reducing the cheap supply for neighbours and cutting into profits from transmission.
"Climate change is demonstrating how extreme heat can be as disruptive as the (price spikes from cold weather and low renewables) witnessed during winter," Kpler analyst Alessandro Armenia said.
"We are surprised now, but we should expect next summer to exhibit similar dynamics, as climate change is undeniable," he said.
The heat has reduced output at the Saint-Alban 2 and Bugey 3 reactors on the Rhone river in eastern France, and the Nogent 2 reactor on the Seine southeast of Paris.
The Golfech 2 reactor on the Garonne river in southwest France went offline late Monday due to the heat.
French environmental regulations force nuclear operator EDF to reduce output when river temperatures reach a certain threshold to protect local ecosystems.
It was not certain how long the current heatwave, driven by a weather pattern known as an Omega block due to its shape, which allows temperatures to build day after day, would last.
Europe is warming at more than twice the global average, the World Meteorological Organisation has said, which makes prolonged heat episodes increasingly likely.
The European power system is increasingly reliant on renewable power generation, where the evening drop in solar power is replaced by wind and baseload power from nuclear, coal and gas, driving up prices when the sun goes down.
Nearly all countries have seen an increase in thermal generation, which includes gas and coal, in the evenings, including France where gas-fired generation is usually minimal, Kpler data showed.
This week, the pattern is exacerbated by overall higher cooling demand and below-normal wind generation, requiring the use of more gas-fired power, with the most expensive plants setting the wholesale price, LSEG analyst Nathalie Gerl said.
This week is an outlier, however, as the summer has seen regular oversupply on the electricity market, she added.
Reporting by Tristan Veyet and Hugo Lhomedet in Gdansk and Forrest Crellin in Paris; editing by Tomasz Janowski and Jason Neely
Here is an update on Global Laser Enrichment’s proposed Paducah Laser Enrichment Facility (PLEF), the first-of-its-kind laser uranium enrichment facility in the country. The NRC released the draft EIS and opened a public comment period that closed May 11, 2026. The draft EIS: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML2606/ML26061A085.pdf
As I wrote in my CounterPunch article back in April, there are two main issues:
First, the NRC is using NUREG-2249 — a Generic Environmental Impact Statement written for nuclear reactors — as a substitute for site-specific analysis of a laser enrichment facility, a completely different technology that has never operated at commercial scale anywhere. Second, the whole project depends on DOE selling GLE more than 200,000 metric tons of depleted uranium tails stored at the old Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant — and the GAO has twice concluded DOE probably lacks the legal authority to sell it.
Since then, two parties have submitted requests for hearings, and I’m sharing the status of this. I’m lucky to be in communication with the applicants who are keeping me up-to-date and I thought I’d share it with y’all.
A second petitioner, Michael McVicker, also filed a request for hearing, raising issues including seismic risk and the cumulative impacts of the adjacent General Matter enrichment facility now under development on the same site: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML2612/ML26122A001.pdf
On June 1, both GLE and the NRC Staff filed answers opposing the petitions. They argue the petitioners lack standing and have no admissible contentions. On the NUREG-2249 issue, they defend an internal staff “crosswalk” — a document with no rulemaking and no public process — as sufficient basis to apply reactor findings to a laser enrichment facility. On the DOE issue, they argue that whether DOE can legally sell the uranium is “outside the scope” of the licensing proceeding — even though the license itself authorizes GLE to receive and possess that exact material.
Today, June 8, KRC filed its reply pushing back on all of it, including the NRC’s decision to skip a cumulative impacts analysis entirely by granting itself an exemption from its own regulations.
KRC’s reply should be available on NRC’s Adam’s system soon. I can’t send attachments to the list so if you’re interested in seeing it, let me know and I’ll send it to you.
This is an important and developing story because it shows how the NRC is operating in ways that seem completely illegal. If the Board denies the petition — which it most likely will — KRC can appeal to the full Commission, and if that fails, take the case to federal court.
I plan to write about this after the Board’s decision and will keep you posted. If you have any comments or feedback, please share. Feel free to forward this.
• Previously the mandatory hearing came after staff completed its safety and environmental review — as an independent sufficiency check confirming the work was adequate
• It now happens 30 days after docketing — before the safety and environmental review exists
• The Commission delegated its authority to a staff facilitator. No commissioners required
• The sufficiency review is gone. The hearing produces no findings and no binding outcomes
• You can request a contested hearing after the review is complete — which can be dismissed on procedural grounds before it ever reaches the merits
The NRC justifies eliminating the sufficiency review by arguing that the original 1957 hearing requirement was a response to the AEC’s dual role promoting and regulating nuclear power — a conflict they claim was resolved when Congress abolished the AEC in 1974 and created the NRC. That argument is fiction because clearly the NRC is promoting nuclear power every day.
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Greetings:
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) and U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Office of Energy Dominance Financing (EDF) staff have completed the subject draft report, “Draft Environmental Assessment and Draft Finding of No Significant Impact for the Christopher M. Crane Clean Energy Center Reauthorization of Power Operations Project.” This draft Environmental Assessment (EA) was prepared in response to the licensing and regulatory requests submitted by Constellation Energy Generation, LLC, that, if approved, would collectively support reauthorizing power operations at the Christopher M. Crane Clean Energy Center.
As stated in Chapter 5 of the draft EA, the staff’s draft conclusion is that the environmental impacts of the proposed Federal actions would be not significant for any potentially affected resource area and would not significantly affect the quality of the human environment.
The draft EA is being distributed to interested Federal, State, local, or regional agencies, Indian Tribes, industry organizations, interest groups, and members of the public via this notice and other appropriate methods.
A notice of availability of the draft EA is scheduled to be published in the Federal Register on June 8, 2026, announcing the start of the public comment period. The comment period will run until July 8, 2026. When the 30-day comment period opens, comments on this draft EA may be submitted by:
Mailing comments to the Office of Administration, Mail Stop: TWFN-5-A85, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, ATTN: Program Management, Announcements and Editing Staff.
For further information, contact Kevin Folk, Senior Environmental Project Manager, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555–0001; telephone: 301–415–6944; email: Kevin.Folk@nrc.gov.
Returning the Crane Clean Energy Center to an Operating License Basis Presentation
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Dear Restart Muckeruppers,
This is the Power Point from RIC 2026 Conference (March 10-12). Lessons learned at Palisades to apply to TMI and others. May be some table scraps on 50.82 N2 MJK
