WASHINGTON (Sputnik) — NRC staff will prepare an environmental impact statement and present before a mandatory hearing in Levy County later this year.
"The [Final Safety Evaluation Report for Combined Licenses] concludes there are no safety aspects that would preclude issuing the license for construction and operation of the proposed reactors at the [Levy County, Florida] site," the NRC stated in the report on Monday.
Following the hearing, the NRC will vote on whether to support construction and licensing of the reactors.
In 2008, Progress Energy Florida (now Duke Energy Florida) submitted an application to build and operate two AP1000 nuclear reactors at the site, and the NRC certified the design in 2012.