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Nov 23, 2026 · Context

Comment deadline on the NRC draft environmental impact statement for the reactors

Pending Scheduled; has not yet occurred.

The NRC says it can ensure consideration only of comments on the draft environmental impact statement received by November 23, 2026. Its project page targets a final statement in December 2026; its October 8, 2026 letters to tribes say early next year.^[1]^[2]

Fermi America (Fermi, Inc.)

Environment & regulation

What the sources say

✓ Verified
NRC documents give different timing for the final environmental impact statement.
Reported value 1[3]
Value
December 2026 (target)
NRC project page milestone table, page updated October 19, 2026
Reported value 2[2]
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early 2027
NRC letters to tribes dated October 8, 2026: 'the NRC expects to issue the final EIS early next year'

Sources

1.Fermi America LLC (dba Fermi America); Project Matador Advanced Energy and Intelligence Campus AP1000 Units 1-4; Project Matador Nuclear Units 1-4; Draft Environmental Impact Statement (91 FR 64702) — U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (Federal Register, via govinfo.gov), Oct 9, 2026 · retrieved Oct 25, 2026primaryIndependentFR Doc. 2026-20742, dated October 5, 2026; dockets 05200051-05200054 and NRC-2026-0100. The draft EIS itself is ADAMS ML26261A417 (not retrievable on 2026-10-25).
2.Continuation of Section 106 consultation and notification of the issuance of the draft environmental impact statement, Project Matador AP1000 Units 1-4 (letter to the Tonkawa Tribe of Oklahoma) — U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Office of Advanced Reactors, Oct 8, 2026 · retrieved Oct 25, 2026primaryIndependentADAMS ML26265A262, one of eight identical-subject letters to tribes in package ML26237A199.
3.Fermi America – President Donald J. Trump Advanced Energy and Intelligence Campus, Units 1-4 (combined license application) — U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Oct 19, 2026 · retrieved Oct 25, 2026primaryIndependentProject page; date is the page's "last reviewed/updated" date. Milestone targets marked "T" are NRC targets. The page prints docket 05200053 as "052000253"; its document list shows the Part 1 environmental report as "submission withdrawn" and a "Withdrawal of COLA Part 3" letter (ML25344A247) while the milestone table still targets Part 3 for 12/31/2026.