The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff has accepted for review two initial submissions of a combined licence application from US-based private energy developer Fermi America, containing sufficient design information for four Westinghouse AP1000 reactors near Amarillo in Carson County, Texas.
Fermi America submitted the first portion of the application on 17 June, providing general, financial and environmental information.
It submitted the second portion on 20 August, providing non-site-specific technical chapters of the final safety analysis report featuring the AP1000 standard certified design and other supplemental information.