FOR : The Commissioners FROM : Luis

The purpose of this paper is to inform the Commission of the results of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff=s review of the Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station (OCNGS) license renewal application submitted by AmerGen Energy Company, LLC, (AmerGen); and to request that the Commission authorize the Director of the Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation (NRR) to make the appropriate findings and renew the operating license for OCNGS for an additional 20 years. Based on the Commission’s direction in the Staff Requirements Memorandum for SECY-02-0088, the Director of NRR is only authorized to renew operating licenses without Commission authorization for uncontested license renewal reviews. Since the Oyster Creek application was contested, the staff now requests Commission approval to issue the renewed license. This paper does not address any new commitments or resource implcations.