ML20042D264
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| Site: | 05000356 |
| Issue date: | 12/26/1989 |
| From: | Weiss S Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
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7590-01 UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION-DOCKET NO. 50-356 UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS NOTICE OF CONSIDERATION OF APPLICATION FOR RENEWAL OF FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE The U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Comission (the Comission) is considering renewal of Facility License No. R-117, issued to the University of Illinois for operation of the Low Power Reactor Assembly (LOPRA) located on the University's campus in Urbana, Illinois.
L The renewal would extend the expiration date of Facility License No. R-117 for twenty years from date of issuance, in accordance with the licensee's timely application for renewal dated September 29, 1989..
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Prior to a decision to renew the license, the Comission will have made findings required by the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (the Act), and the Comission's regulations.
By February 1, 1990, the licensee may file a request for a hearing with respect to renewal of the subject facility license and any person whose interest may be affected by this proceeding and who wishes to participate as a party in the proceeding must file a written petition for leave to intervene. Request for a hearing and petitions for leave to intervene shall be filed in accordance with the Comission's " Rules of Practice for Domestic Licensing Proceedings" in 10 CFR Part 2.
Interested persons should consult a current copy of 10 CFR 2.714 which is available at the Comission's Public Document Room, the Gelman Building, 2120 L Street, N.W., Washington, D.C.
70555.
If a request for a hearing or
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request and/or petition and the Secretary of the designated Atomic Safety and Licensing Board will issue a notice of hearing or an appropriate order.
As required by 10 CFR 2.714, a petition for leave to intervene shall set forth with particularity the interest of the petitioner in the proceeding, and how that interest may be affected by the results of the proceeding. The petition should specifically explain the reasons why intervention should be permitted with particular reference to the following factors:
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of the petitioner's right under the Act to be made a party to the proceeding; (2) the nature and extent of the petitioner's property, financial, or other interest in the proceeding; and (3) the possible effect of any order which may be entered in the proceeding on the petitioner's interest. The petition should also identify the specific aspect (s) of the subject matter of the proceeding as to which petitioner wishes to intervene. Any person who has filed a petition for leave to intervene or who has been admitted as a party may amend the petition without requesting leave of the Board up to fifteen (15) days prior to the first prehearing conference scheduled in the proceeding, but such l-an amended petition must satisfy the specificity requirements described above.
Not later than fifteen (15) days prior to the first prehearing conference scheduled in the proceeding, a petitioner shall file a supplement to the l
petition to intervene which must include a list of the contentions which are sought to be litigated in the matter. Each contention must consist of a specific statement of the issue of law or fact to be raised or controverted.
l In addition, the petitioner shall provide a brief explanation of the bases of
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the contention and a concise statement of the alleged facts or expert opinion which support the contention and on which the petitioner intends to rely in proving the contention at the hearing. The petitioner must also provide references to those specific sources and documents of which the petitioner is aware and on which the petitioner intends to rely to establish those facts or expert opinion.
Petitioner must provide sufficient information to show that a genuine dispute exists with the applicant on a material issue of law or fact.
Contentions shall be limited to matters within the scope of the renewal under consideration. The contention must be one which, it proven, would entitle the petitioner to relief. A petitioner who fails to file such a supplement which satisfies these requirements with respect to at least one contention will not be permitted to participate as a party.
Those permitted to intervene become parties to the proceeding, subject to any limitations in the order granting leave to intervene, and have the opportunity to participate fully in the conduct of the hearing, including the opportunity to present evidence and cross-examine witnesses.
A request for a hearing or a petition for leave to intervene shall be filed with Secretary of the Comission, U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Comission, Washington, D.C.
20555, Attention: Docketing and Service Branch, or may be delivered to the Comission's Public Document Room, at 2120 L Street, N.W.,
Washington, D.C. by the above date. Where petitions are filed during the last ten (10) days of the notice period, it is requested that the petitioner promptly so inform the Comission by a toll-free telephone call to Western Union at 1-(800)325-6000(inMissouri 1-(800)342-6700). The Western Union operator should be given Datagram Identification Number 3737 and the following message addressed to Seymour H. Weiss; petitioner's name and telephone number;
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~4-date petition.was mailed; University.of Illinois; and publication date and page number of this FEDERAL REGISTER notice. A copy of the petition should also be sent to the Office of the General Counsel, U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Comission -
Washington, D.C.
20555 and to Steven Veazie, Henry Administration Building, 506 South Wright Street, Urbana, Illinois 61801, attorney for the licensee.
7 Nontimely filings of petitions for leave to intervene, amended petitions, supplemental petitions and/or requests for hearing will not be entertained absent a determination by the Comission, the presiding officer or the' Atomic Safety and. Licensing Board'that the petition.and/or request should be granted baseduponabalancingofthefactorsspecifiedin10CFR2.714(a)(1)(1)-(v)
L and2.714(d).
For further details with respect to this action, see the application for renewal-dated September 29, 1989, which is available for public inspection at-1:
l the Comission's Public Document Room, the Gelman Building, at 2120 L Street, i:
N.W., Washington, D.C.
20555.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland this 26th day of December 1989.
FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY. COMMISSION L
Seymour H. Weiss, Director Non-Power Reactor, Decomissioning and Environmental Project Directorate Division of Reactor Projects - III, IV, Y and Special Projects Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation l
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