Federal Register #NRC-2026-0397

Environmental Assessment for Christopher M. Crane Clean Energy Center Reauthorization—No Procurement Involved

This notice concerns an environmental and regulatory assessment for the Christopher M. Crane Clean Energy Center (CCEC): - The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is the lead agency, with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Energy Dominance Financing (EDF) as a cooperating agency. - The assessment supports proposed Federal actions related to reauthorizing power operations at the CCEC. - Constellation Energy Generation, LLC (CEG) has requested an exemption and three license amendments from the NRC to resume power operations at the facility. - The DOE EDF is considering providing Federal financial assistance in the form of a loan guarantee for refueling and restarting the CCEC. - The environmental assessment (EA) evaluated potential impacts across multiple resource areas and found no significant impacts, so no environmental impact statement is required. - No procurement of products or services is being solicited or awarded in this notice; it is strictly regulatory and environmental in scope.

Description

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), as the lead agency, and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Energy Dominance Financing (EDF), as a cooperating agency, are issuing an environmental assessment (EA) and finding of no significant impact (FONSI) evaluating the reasonably foreseeable environmental effects from proposed Federal actions related to reauthorizing power operations at the Christopher M. Crane Clean Energy Center (CCEC). The NRC is considering issuance of an exemption and three license amendments requested by Constellation Energy Generation, LLC to support the potential reauthorization of power operations at the CCEC. The DOE EDF's proposed action is a decision on providing Federal financial assistance (a loan guarantee) for refueling and resumption of power operations at the CCEC. The NRC staff determined that the environmental impacts of the proposed actions would be not significant and has prepared a FONSI, concluding that an environmental impact statement is not necessary.

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