[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 187 (Monday, September 28, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 51626]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-25831]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket No. 50-259; License No. DPR-33]
Tennessee Valley Authority; Notice of Informal 10 CFR 2.206
Public Hearing
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) will hold an informal
public hearing regarding a petition submitted pursuant to 10 CFR 2.206
involving Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant, Unit 1, of the Tennessee Valley
Authority (TVA or the licensee). The hearing will be held on October
26, 1998. The location of the hearing will be at the Browns Ferry
Nuclear Plant Training Center, Auditorium. The Browns Ferry Nuclear
Plant Training Center is located at Shaw Road and Nuclear Plant Road,
Athens, Alabama. The hearing will be open to public attendance and will
be transcribed.
The structure of the hearing shall be as follows:
Monday October 26, 1998:
1:00 p.m.--NRC opening remarks
1:15 p.m.--Petitioner's presentation
2:00 p.m.--NRC questions
2:15 p.m.--Licensee's presentation
3:00 p.m.--NRC questions
3:15 p.m.--Public Comments
3:45 p.m.--Licensee/Petitioner's final statements
4:00 p.m.--Meeting concludes
By letter dated April 5, 1997, the Union of Concerned Scientists
(UCS or Petitioner) submitted a Petition pursuant to 10 CFR 2.206
requesting (1) that the operating license for Browns Ferry Nuclear
Plant, Unit 1 be revoked and (2) that the NRC require TVA to submit
either a decommissioning plan or a lay-up plan for Browns Ferry Nuclear
Plant, Unit 1. In addition, the Petitioner requested a hearing on this
petition to present new information on Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant, Unit
1 that would include a discussion of the licensing basis reconstitution
that would be required to support restart, and certain financial
aspects that might be a consideration for the TVA's decision for
retaining the Browns Ferry Unit 1 operating license.
The purpose of this informal public hearing is to obtain additional
information from the Petitioner, the licensee, and the public for NRC
staff use in evaluating the Petition. Therefore, this informal public
hearing will be limited to information relevant to issues raised in the
Petition. The staff will not offer any preliminary views on its
evaluation of the Petition. The informal public hearing will be chaired
by a senior NRC official who will limit presentations to the above
subject.
The format of the informal public hearing will be as follows:
opening remarks by the NRC regarding the general 10 CFR 2.206 process,
the purpose of the informal public hearing, and a brief summary of the
Petition and its Addendum (15 minutes); time for the Petitioner to
articulate the basis of the Petition (45 minutes); time for the NRC to
ask the Petitioner questions for purposes of clarification (15
minutes); time for the licensee to address the issues raised in the
Petition (45 minutes); time for the NRC to ask the licensee questions
for purposes of clarification (15 minutes); time for public comments
relative to the Petition (30 minutes); and time for licensee and
Petitioner's final statements (15 minutes).
Members of the public who are interested in presenting information
relative to the Petition should notify the NRC official named below, 5
working days prior to the hearing. A brief summary of the information
to be presented and the time requested should be provided in order to
make appropriate arrangements. Time allotted for presentations by
members of the public will be determined based upon the number of
requests received and will be announced at the beginning of the
hearing. The order for public presentations will be on a first received
first to speak basis.
Written statements will also be accepted and included in the record
of the hearing. Written statements should be mailed to the U.S. Nuclear
Regulatory Commission, Mail stop O-14B21, Attn: Albert W. De Agazio,
Washington, DC 20555.
Requests for the opportunity to present information can be made by
contacting Albert W. De Agazio, Project Manager, Division of Reactor
Projects- I/II (telephone 301-415-1443) between 8:00 a.m. to 5:45 p.m.
(EDT), Monday-Friday. Persons planning to attend this informal public
hearing are urged to contact the above 1 or 2 days prior to the
informal public hearing to be advised of any changes that may have
occurred.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 22nd day of September 1998.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
John A. Zwolinski,
Acting Director, Division of Reactor Projects--I/II, Office of Nuclear
Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 98-25831 Filed 9-24-98; 10:41 am]
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