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{{#Wiki_filter:HEARING SET ON NEVADA'S CHALLENGE TO DOE DOCUMENTS CERTIFICATION IN YUCCA MOUNTAIN PROCEEDING The Nuclear Regulatory Commission's Pre-License Application Presiding Officer (PAPO) Board will hear oral arguments Dec. 5 in Las Vegas on Nevada's challenge to the Department of Energy's certification of its document collection on the Licensing Support Network (LSN) for the Yucca Mountain proceeding.  
{{#Wiki_filter: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. 07-155                                                                          November 20, 2007 HEARING SET ON NEVADAS CHALLENGE TO DOE DOCUMENTS CERTIFICATION IN YUCCA MOUNTAIN PROCEEDING The Nuclear Regulatory Commissions Pre-License Application Presiding Officer (PAPO) Board will hear oral arguments Dec. 5 in Las Vegas on Nevadas challenge to the Department of Energys certification of its document collection on the Licensing Support Network (LSN) for the Yucca Mountain proceeding.
 
DOEs certification, filed Oct. 19, is a milestone in DOEs preparations to file a license application for the proposed high-level waste geologic repository at Yucca Mountain, Nev.,
DOE's certification, filed Oct.
about 100 miles northwest of Las Vegas. The certification is DOEs declaration that it has made available electronically all documents required by NRC regulations generated by DOE or its contractors relating to the license application, for use by potential parties to an adjudicatory hearing. NRC regulations require DOE to certify its document collection at least six months before the department submits its license application.
19, is a milestone in DOE's preparations to file a license application for the proposed high-level waste geologic repository at Yucca Mountain, Nev., about 100 miles northwest of Las Vegas. The certification is DOE's declaration that it has made available electronically all documents required by NRC regulations generated by DOE or its contractors relating to the license application, for use by potential parties to an adjudicatory hearing. NRC regulations require DOE to certify its document collection at least six months before the department submits its license application.  
The PAPO Board, consisting of three judges from the agencys Atomic Safety and Licensing Board (ASLB) Panel, was appointed to hear and rule on LSN-related matters before the application is submitted. The board will hear oral arguments Dec. 5, beginning at 9 a.m., in the NRCs Las Vegas Hearing Facility, Pacific Enterprise Plaza, Building 1, 3250 Pepper Lane, Las Vegas. The hearing room is a multimedia facility constructed in anticipation of the adjudicatory hearing on the Yucca Mountain application in order to provide the people of Nevada maximum access to the hearing.
 
The PAPO Board, consisting of three judges from the agency's Atomic Safety and Licensing Board (ASLB) Panel, was appointed to hear and rule on LSN-related matters before the application is submitted. The board will hear oral arguments Dec. 5, beginning at 9 a.m., in the NRC's Las Vegas Hearing Facility, Pacific Enterprise Plaza, Building 1, 3250 Pepper Lane, Las Vegas. The hearing room is a multimedia facility constructed in anticipation of the adjudicatory hearing on the Yucca Mountain application in order to provide the people of Nevada maximum access to the hearing.  
 
Cox Communications, Las Vegas, will provide at no cost a live feed of the proceeding via satellite to the NRC and to broadcast media in southern Nevada and nationwide as a public service, and will broadcast the proceedings live on its local access channel, Cox 96. Media outlets desiring access to the feed should contact Juergen Barbusca, manager of communications, at Cox Las Vegas, at (702) 545-1004, or juergen.barbusca@cox.com.
Cox Communications, Las Vegas, will provide at no cost a live feed of the proceeding via satellite to the NRC and to broadcast media in southern Nevada and nationwide as a public service, and will broadcast the proceedings live on its local access channel, Cox 96. Media outlets desiring access to the feed should contact Juergen Barbusca, manager of communications, at Cox Las Vegas, at (702) 545-1004, or juergen.barbusca@cox.com.
In addition, the proceeding will be available for public viewing at the ASLB hearing room in NRC headquarters, Two White Flin t North, 11545 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Md., beginning at 12 p.m. Eastern time.
In addition, the proceeding will be available for public viewing at the ASLB hearing room in NRC headquarters, Two White Flint North, 11545 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Md.,
beginning at 12 p.m. Eastern time.


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. 07-155 November 20, 2007 Members of the public wishing to attend the proceeding at either the Las Vegas Hearing Facility or at NRC headquarters should budget enough time to allow for security screening.  
Members of the public wishing to attend the proceeding at either the Las Vegas Hearing Facility or at NRC headquarters should budget enough time to allow for security screening.
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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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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.07-155 November 20, 2007 HEARING SET ON NEVADAS CHALLENGE TO DOE DOCUMENTS CERTIFICATION IN YUCCA MOUNTAIN PROCEEDING The Nuclear Regulatory Commissions Pre-License Application Presiding Officer (PAPO) Board will hear oral arguments Dec. 5 in Las Vegas on Nevadas challenge to the Department of Energys certification of its document collection on the Licensing Support Network (LSN) for the Yucca Mountain proceeding.

DOEs certification, filed Oct. 19, is a milestone in DOEs preparations to file a license application for the proposed high-level waste geologic repository at Yucca Mountain, Nev.,

about 100 miles northwest of Las Vegas. The certification is DOEs declaration that it has made available electronically all documents required by NRC regulations generated by DOE or its contractors relating to the license application, for use by potential parties to an adjudicatory hearing. NRC regulations require DOE to certify its document collection at least six months before the department submits its license application.

The PAPO Board, consisting of three judges from the agencys Atomic Safety and Licensing Board (ASLB) Panel, was appointed to hear and rule on LSN-related matters before the application is submitted. The board will hear oral arguments Dec. 5, beginning at 9 a.m., in the NRCs Las Vegas Hearing Facility, Pacific Enterprise Plaza, Building 1, 3250 Pepper Lane, Las Vegas. The hearing room is a multimedia facility constructed in anticipation of the adjudicatory hearing on the Yucca Mountain application in order to provide the people of Nevada maximum access to the hearing.

Cox Communications, Las Vegas, will provide at no cost a live feed of the proceeding via satellite to the NRC and to broadcast media in southern Nevada and nationwide as a public service, and will broadcast the proceedings live on its local access channel, Cox 96. Media outlets desiring access to the feed should contact Juergen Barbusca, manager of communications, at Cox Las Vegas, at (702) 545-1004, or juergen.barbusca@cox.com.

In addition, the proceeding will be available for public viewing at the ASLB hearing room in NRC headquarters, Two White Flint North, 11545 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Md.,

beginning at 12 p.m. Eastern time.

Members of the public wishing to attend the proceeding at either the Las Vegas Hearing Facility or at NRC headquarters should budget enough time to allow for security screening.

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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