Pre-Application Document

A Pre-Application Document, or PAD, brings together all existing, relevant and reasonably available information about the project and its effects on resources, including a well-defined process plan that sets the schedule for developing a list of preliminary studies and issues and the license application. The PAD must be filed with the Notice of Intent 5 to 5 ½ years before license expiration.

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The relicensing process includes many important terms and quite a few groups and departments represented by acronyms. Here's a glossary and an index of acronyms to help you keep it all straight.