The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has accepted for review the combined license

(COL) application for an Evolutionary Power Reactor (EPR) at the Callaway site near Fulton,  Mo.

Ameren submitted the application and associated information July 28. The application,

minus proprietary or security-related details, is available on the NRC Web site at:

Ameren is seeking approval to build and operate an EPR at the site, approximately 10

miles southeast of Fulton. The EPR is an Areva-designed pressurized water reactor, with a

nominal output of approximately 1,600 megawatts of electricity. Areva filed its application Dec.

11, 2007, to certify the design. A version of the EPR is currently under construction at the

Olkiluoto site in Finland and at Flamanville, France. The EPR application, minus proprietary or

Docketing the Callaway application does not indicate whether the Commission will

approve or reject the request. The NRC has established docket number 52-037 for this

application, and the agency will publish soon a notice of opportunity to intervene in the required

adjudicatory hearing. Petitions to intervene in a hearing may be filed within 60 days of the

notice, by anyone whose interest may be affected by the proposed license and who wishes to

participate as a party in the proceeding. More information on the hearing process is available on

Information about the new reactor licensing process is available on the NRC Web site at:

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December 15, 2008