ML19305D460
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| Site: | 07002909 |
| Issue date: | 02/26/1980 |
| From: | Page R NRC OFFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY & SAFEGUARDS (NMSS) |
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b) r 7590-01 UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION NOTICE OF OPPORTUNITY FOR HEARING, AVAILABILITY OF ENVIRONMENTAL REPORT, AND INTENT TO PREPARE A DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT CONCERNING ISSUANCE OF A SPECIAL NUCLEAR MATERIAL LICENSE FOR THE ALABAMA NUCLEAR FUEL FABRICATION PLANT (ANFFP),
WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC CORPORATION, 6
TO BE LOCATED NEAR PRATTVILLE, ALABAMA DOCKET NO. 70-2909 Agency:
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Comission, Division of Fuel Cycle and Material Safety Action:
Notice of Intent to Prepare a Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) 1.
Description of the Proposed Action - Westinghouse Electric P
Corporation has submitted an application for a Special Nuclear Material license authorizing Westinghouse to acquire, deliver, receive, possess, use and initially transfer special nuclear material, for its Nuclear Fuel Division, Alabama Nuclear Fuel Fabrication Plant (ANFfP), a new facility proposed for location near Prattville, Alabama. The ANFFP will convert low-enriched uranium hexafluoride into uranium dioxide (U0 ) for fabrication into ceramic fuel 2
pellets which are subsequently encapsulated into metal tubing and clustered into l
fuel assemblies for shipment to commercial nuclear power plants. The 814-acre site is located in Autauga County near Prattville, Alabama, about 12 miles northwest
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The Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, requires l
persons who acquire, deliver, receive, possess, use and initially transfer lh-800.4150 I
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. sptcial nuclear material to obtain a specific license. Licenses are issued for a 5-year term and renewal of the license must be requested at least 30 days prior to expiration of the 5-year term. Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Part 51, provides for the preparation of a detailed environ-mental impact statement pursuant to the tJational Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA) prior to issuing a Special Nuclear Material license if the issuance of that license may result in actions which significantly affect the quality of the human environment.
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The principal alternatives currently planned to be considered
'in the preparation of a draft statement include alternative siting of the f acility, alternative plant design and operation, alternative waste treatment and the alternative of no licensing action.
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The scoping process will include a meeting to be held at the Prattville City Hall, Prattville, Alabama, on March 27, 1980, at 7 p.m.
This meeting will provide for a briefing of interested parties concerning the proposed action and alternatives and opportunity for comment on the scope of the proposed statement. The participation of the public and all interested government agencies is invited.
Copies of this notice will be mailed to all affected Federal, State, and local agencies, and other interested persons.
Written comments concerning the scope of the proposed statement will be accepted through April 3,1980.
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Pursuant to 10 CFR 52.105, by April 7,1980, the licensee may file a request for a hearing; and, any person whose interest may be affected by this proceeding may file a request for a hearing in the form of a petition for leave to intervene with respect to the approval or disapproval of the granting of a Special Nuclear Material license for the ANFFP. Petitions for leave to intervene must be filed under oath or affirmation in accordance with the provisions of 52.714 of 10 CFR Part 2 of the Connission's regulations. A petition for leave to intervene must set forth the interest of the petitioner in the proceeding, how that interest may be affected by the results of the proceeding,
'and the petitioner's contentions with respect to the proposed action. Such petitions must be filed in accordance with this Federal Register notice and
!2.714, and must be filed with the Secretary of the Commission, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Comnission, Washington, D.C. 20555, Attention: Docketing and Service Branch, by April 7,1980. A copy of the petition and/or request for a hearing should be sent to the Executive Legal Director, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, D.C. 20555, and to Thomas M. Dougherty, Esq., Westinghouse Electric Corporation, P.O. Box 355, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15230, attorney for the licensee.
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A petition for leave to intervene must be accompanied by a supporting affidavit which identifies the specific aspect or aspects of the proceeding as to which intervention is desired and specifies with particularity the facts on which the petitioner relies as to both his interest and his contentions with
- regard to each aspect on which intervention is requested. Petitions stating contentions relating only to matters outside the Commission's jurisdiction will be denied.
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All petitions will be acted upon by the Cocmission or licensing board, designated by the Commission or by the Chairman of the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel.
Petitions will be considered to determine whether a hearing should be noticed or another appropriate order issued regarding the disposition of the petitions.
In the event no request for a hearing or petition to intervene is filed by the above date, the Commission may, upon satisfactory completion of all evaluations, issue a license withcut further prior notice'.
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In the event that a hearing is held and a person is permitted to intervene, he/she becomes a party to the proceeding and has a right to participate fully in the conduct of the hearing.
For example, he/she may present evidence and examine 'and cross-examine witnesses.
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The Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) is expected to be available to the public for review and comment in January 1981.
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The applicant's Environmental Report and Application and any subsequent documents will be available for inspection and copying at the Public Document Room,1717 H Street, N.W., Washington, D.C.
20555. Copies of the Environmental Report and any subsequent documents are also being provided to the State Clearinghouse, Alabama Development Office, c/o State Capitol, Montgomery, Alabama 36130; and the Metropolitan Clearinghouse, Central Alabama L
. Regional Planning and Development Commission, 808 Lawrence Street, Montgomery, Alabana 36104. A local public document room will be established in the Prattville vicinity as soon as a suitable location is found and arrangements for the filing of all related documents to this action are completed.
Notifi-cation of the establishment of a local public document room will be published in the Federal Register.
Questions about the proposed action, DEIS, and scoping meeting, as well as any written comments, should be directed to W. T. Crow, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Division of Fuel Cycle and Material Safety, 396-SS, Washi ngton, D.C.
20555, Phone (301) 427-4510.
Dated at Silver ' Spring, Maryland, this 26th day of February,1980.
FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION A ;
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Acting Chief Uranium Fuel Licensing Branch Division of Fuel Cycle and Material Safety
o NOTICE OF SCOPDiG m1G CONCDNING FROPOSED NRC LICD' SING ACTICH FOR ISSUANCE OF A SPECIAL NUCIZAR 1%TEPJAL LICENSE TO ESTIIEOUSE'S AIAEAl% NUCLEAR FUEL FABRICATION PLANT, PRATIVILLE, AIAEA!%
DOCKET NO. 70-2909 Tne United Statas Nuclear Regulatory C = m4=sion is giving public' notice thah it is censidering an application sub=itted by Westinghouse Electric Corporation for a spec 4=' nuclear raterial license which would authorize Westinghcuse to acquire, deliver, receive, possess, use and init4=1'y transfer
.special nuclear rater # il for its Nuclear Fuel Division, Al= W Nuclear Fuel Fabrication Plant (Ahttd, a new facility pmposed for locatic:rnear Pa. Lip " e, Alabara.
Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Part 51, pmvides for the preparation of a detailed envirenrantal 4 act statement pursuant to the National Envir: mental Policy Act of 1969 (NIPA) prior to issuing a Special Nuclear Material license i" the issuance of that license ray result in ac-icns which sig'.i'icantly affect the qnality of the hcan environment.
Pricr to preparing the Envirenrental I= pact Statement (IIS), a "secping" review w4'1 be held as a neans for early identi"ication of what are and what are not the i=pertant issues deserving of study in the EIS, that is, these issues which require detailed discussien versus those issues which need not be studied rinutely. The scoping pmcess is designed to f
enec c age affected parties to identi'y cmc #a' issues before the EIS is prepared, thereby reducing the pessibili y of-eversight of i :c : ant ratters in 9.e early stages of a NEPA review.
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In an effert to enable a'1 affected pa:: ties to participate in estab'4hing the scope of the IE?A review, a Secping Meeting V71 be hel'd at the Pre.LI.ville City Hall on. March 27, 1980, at 7 p.m.
All interested pers'ns are encouraged to attend and to present their views. kMtten ccrments on e
issues that should be addressed in the secpe of the EIS d'1 be accepted through April 3,1980, and should be addressed to Dr. E. Y. Shu:n, U. S.
Nuclear Regulatcry Cc:nnissien, Division of Fuel Cycle and Mate _ Mal Safety, -
396-SS, Washington, D. C.
20555, phone (301) 427-4510.
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