# 2025-09237: Nuclear Plant License Review Opens With Environmental Scoping Process

2025-09237, Duke Energy Progress, LLC; H.B. Robinson Steam Electric Plant, Unit No. 2; Notice of Intent To Conduct Scoping Process and Prepare Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement, is a Federal Register notice from Nuclear Regulatory Commission published 2025-05-22, effective 2025-06-23; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-22).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-09237
- As of: 2026-10-22
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Document number: 2025-09237
- Title: Duke Energy Progress, LLC; H.B. Robinson Steam Electric Plant, Unit No. 2; Notice of Intent To Conduct Scoping Process and Prepare Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement
- Type: Notice
- Agencies: Nuclear Regulatory Commission
- Citation: 90 FR 21952
- Published: 2025-05-22
- Effective: 2025-06-23
- Comments close: not stated
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: yes
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-10-22

## In one line

Nuclear Plant License Review Opens With Environmental Scoping Process

## Summary

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is starting a review to check the environmental effects of renewing the license for Duke Energy’s H.B. Robinson nuclear plant. They want to hear from the public by June 23, 2025, to help shape this review. This process affects local communities and could influence how long the plant operates, with no immediate cost changes announced yet.

## Abstract

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) will conduct a scoping process to gather information necessary to prepare a supplemental environmental impact statement (SEIS) to evaluate the environmental impacts for the subsequent renewal of the renewed facility operating license for H.B. Robinson Steam Electric Plant, Unit No. 2 (RNP). The NRC is seeking public comment on this action.

## Effects PRIA read

- SEIS for 20-Year License Extension: mixed, medium. The NRC will prepare a Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) to evaluate Duke Energy’s application, submitted April 1, 2025, to renew H.B. Robinson Steam Electric Plant Unit No. 2’s operating license for an additional 20 years (current license expires July 31, 2030; the application see…
- Public Scoping and Comment Opportunity: benefit, low. The NRC is conducting a public scoping process for the SEIS and is accepting public comments on the scope of the SEIS through June 23, 2025. The NRC provides document access (ADAMS, a public library copy at Hartsville Memorial Library, and online links) and invites members of the public, local, Sta…

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## Sources
- [2025-09237 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/05/22/2025-09237/duke-energy-progress-llc-hb-robinson-steam-electric-plant-unit-no-2-notice-of-intent-to-conduct)
- [2025-09237 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-05-22/pdf/2025-09237.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-09237 (as of 2026-10-22).