# 2026-19603: NRC Greenlights Nuclear Plant Restart—No Drama, Just Clean Energy

2026-19603, Constellation Energy Generation, LLC; Christopher M. Crane Clean Energy Center; Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact, is a Federal Register notice from Nuclear Regulatory Commission published 2026-09-25, effective 2026-09-25; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-02).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-19603
- As of: 2026-10-02
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Document number: 2026-19603
- Title: Constellation Energy Generation, LLC; Christopher M. Crane Clean Energy Center; Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact
- Type: Notice
- Agencies: Nuclear Regulatory Commission
- Citation: 91 FR 60988
- Published: 2026-09-25
- Effective: 2026-09-25
- Comments close: not stated
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: yes
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-10-02

## In one line

NRC Greenlights Nuclear Plant Restart—No Drama, Just Clean Energy

## Summary

Constellation Energy wants to keep the Christopher M. Crane Clean Energy Center running, and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission says it’s safe to do so without harming the environment. The Department of Energy might help with a loan to refuel and restart the plant. This means clean energy keeps flowing, jobs stay secure, and the project moves forward starting September 2026.

## Abstract

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). Specifically, the NRC is considering issuance of an exemption and three license amendments, which were requested by Constellation Energy Generation, LLC (CEG) 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.

## Effects PRIA read

- Reauthorization Keeps 835 MW Online: benefit, high. The NRC decision would allow the Christopher M. Crane Clean Energy Center to be refueled and returned to power operations through April 19, 2034, restoring 835 megawatts-electric of baseload power to the Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Maryland electric grid. This preserves the plant’s ability to sup…
- DOE Loan Guarantee Decision for Refueling: benefit, medium. The Department of Energy Office of Energy Dominance Financing (EDF) will decide whether to provide Federal financial assistance in the form of a loan guarantee to support refueling and resumption of power operations at the CCEC. The EDF program authority cited includes Title XVII of the Energy Poli…
- NRC Finds No Significant Environmental Impacts: benefit, medium. The NRC completed an environmental assessment and issued a Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI), determining that reauthorizing power operations and refueling at the CCEC would have NOT SIGNIFICANT impacts on land use, air quality, water, ecology, historic resources, socioeconomic conditions, h…
- No-Action Could Mean Significant New Impacts: cost, high. The NRC evaluated a no-action alternative and determined that not reauthorizing power operations could lead to potentially SIGNIFICANT environmental impacts from the construction and operation of new replacement power facilities. In other words, denying restart could shift environmental impacts to…

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## Sources
- [2026-19603 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/09/25/2026-19603/constellation-energy-generation-llc-christopher-m-crane-clean-energy-center-environmental-assessment)
- [2026-19603 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-09-25/pdf/2026-19603.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-19603 (as of 2026-10-02).