Press Release-08-101, NRC Meeting June 11 in Dana Point, California, to Discuss Proposed Partial Release of San Onofre Site

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Press Release-08-101: NRC Meeting June 11 in Dana Point, California, to Discuss Proposed Partial Release of San Onofre Site
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Issue date: 05/27/2008
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NRC NEWS U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Office of Public Affairs Telephone: 301/415-8200 Washington, D.C. 20555-0001 E-mail: opa@nrc.gov Site: http://www.nrc.gov No.08-101 May 27, 2008 NRC MEETING JUNE 11 IN DANA POINT, CALIF., TO DISCUSS PROPOSED PARTIAL RELEASE OF SAN ONOFRE SITE Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff will conduct a public meeting in Dana Point, Calif., on Wednesday, June 11, to discuss San Onofre Nuclear Generating Stations proposed release of a portion of its Unit 1 site for unrestricted use.

The NRC is reviewing plans by Southern California Edison, the plants operator, to release the area containing the offshore portion of Unit 1s circulating water system. The agency will only authorize the release if it poses no threat to public health and safety.

The NRC will hold the meeting at the Dana Point Marina Inn, 24800 Dana Point Harbor Drive, from 6 p.m. until 8 p.m. NRC staff presentations will describe the overall process for reviewing applications to release sites and how the agency plans to inspect the site. The public will also have the opportunity to ask questions and comment on the proposal.

San Onofre Unit 1 began operations in March 1967 and permanently shut down in November 1992. Southern California Edison has been decommissioning Unit 1 for several years.

The companys application is available from the agencys electronic database, ADAMS, by entering ML080580468 at this address: http://adamswebsearch.nrc.gov/dologin.htm . Help in using ADAMS is available by calling the Public Document Room.

News releases are available through a free listserv subscription at the following Web address:

http://www.nrc.gov/public-involve/listserver.html. The NRC homepage at www.nrc.gov also offers a SUBSCRIBE link. E-mail notifications are sent to subscribers when news releases are posted to NRC's Web site.

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