ML23019A339

Limited Appearance Statement from Linda Mashburn in the Matter of Nuclear Fuel Services, Inc. License Amendment Application

ML23019A339
Person / Time
Site:	Erwin
Issue date:	01/19/2023
From:	Mashburn L - No Known Affiliation
To:	Sue Abreu, Bollwerk G, William Froehlich Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel
References
70-143-LA
Download: ML23019A339 (1)

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From: Linda Mashburn To: Docket, Hearing; Paul Bollwerk; William Froehlich; Sue Abreu

Subject:

[External_Sender] Proposed License Amendment Request, Nuclear Fuel Services, Docket No.70-143 Date: Thursday, January 19, 2023 10:57:31 AM

Honorable ASLB Judges:

I am writing to object to the Board's failure to provide clear instructions as to how non-parties to this license amendment proceeding are allowed to provide comments to the Board. The August 31, 2022 Federal Register notice referred non-parties to an ADAMS document which was not hyperlinked, and the notice contained zero explanation that persons would be allowed to provide public comments to the Board at the time of the December 12, 2022 hearing.

NRC regulations at 10 CFR § 2.315(a) state, "A person who is not a party... may, in the discretion of the presiding officer, be permitted to make a limited appearance by making an oral or written statement of his or her position on the issues at any session of the hearing or any prehearing conference within the limits and on the conditions fixed by the presiding officer." This was not done with regard to the Nuclear Fuel Services pre hearing on December 12. I thus object and request that the Board place my below comments into the record of this proceeding and be deemed properly submitted pursuant to 10 CFR§ 2.315(a).

I am not satisfied that all environmental and safety concerns have been addressed prior to licensing. I strongly request that a current assessment of environmental pollution of groundwater be done; that quality assurances be made, and for you to consider whether a private company should be allowed to produce new nuclear material.

/s/Linda Mashburn