NRC completes draft EIS for Fermi America's four AP1000 Project Matador reactors
Public comments on the draft are due November 23; the NRC targets a final EIS for December.
Key facts
- First EIS completed under NEPA accelerated review pilot, applicant-drafted under NRC supervision
- Campus first planned at 11 GW with 4.4 GW nuclear; later updates cite about 17 GW
- TensorWave signed first binding campus lease in August for 222 MW, up to 650 MW
- Blue Energy filed first part of its Port of Victoria permit application on September 16
- Five BWRX-300s targeted online in 2032, about 1.5 GW, per Blue Energy
