ML14229A068
ML14229A068 | |
Person / Time | |
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Site: | Aerotest |
Issue date: | 06/13/2014 |
From: | Amitava Ghosh, Uttal S, Jeremy Wachutka NRC/OGC |
To: | Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel |
SECY RAS | |
References | |
RAS 26037, ASLBP 14-931-01-LT-BD01, 50-228-LT | |
Download: ML14229A068 (32) | |
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United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission Official Hearing Exhibit
AEROTEST OPERATIONS, INC.
In the Matter of:
(Aerotest Radiography and Research Reactor)
ASLBP #: 14-931-01-LT-BD01
Docket #: 05000228
Exhibit #: NRC-001-00-BD01 Identified: 8/12/2014
Admitted: 8/12/2014 Withdrawn:
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION BEFORE THE PRESIDING OFFICER ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD In the Matter of )
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AEROTEST OPERATIONS, INC. ) Docket No. 50-228-LT
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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that copies of the foregoing NRC STAFF INITIAL WRITTEN STATEMENT OF POSITION REGARDING DENIAL OF THE INDIRECT LICENSE TRANSFER OF THE AEROTEST RADIOGRAPHY AND RESEARCH REACTOR (Exhibit NRC-001), NRC Staff Exhibits NRC-002 through NRC-044, and the NRC Staff exhibit list have been served upon the Electronic Information Exchange, in the above-captioned proceedings, this 13th day of June, 2014.
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Anita Ghosh Counsel for NRC Staff U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Office of the General Counsel Mail Stop O15-D21 Washington, DC 20555 Telephone: (301) 415-4113 E-mail: Anita.Ghosh@nrc.gov Dated at Rockville, Maryland this 13th day of June, 2014