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{{#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 Web Site: http://www.nrc.gov No. 07-036March 15, 2007NRC ANNOUNCES OPPORTUNITY TO REQUEST A HEARING ON OPERATING LICENSE FOR MOX FUEL PLANT IN SOUTH CAROLINAThe Nuclear Regulatory Commission is announcing the opportunity to request a hearing on a proposed license for Shaw Areva MOX Services to operate a mixed-oxide fuel fabrication facility atthe Department of Energy's Sava nnah River Site in South Carolina.Shaw Areva, formerly known as Duke, Cogema, Stone & Webster, submitte d its application forthe operating license Sept. 27 and supplemented it Nov. 7. The NRC st aff has determined that the application contains sufficient information for the agency to begin its detailed technical review. The applicant submitted a non-proprietary version of the application, which may be viewed on the NRCWeb site at: http://www.nrc.gov/materials/fuel-cycle-fac/mox/licensing.html .Normally, the technical review and the opportunity to request a hearing would have been announced at the end of December. However, because the federal government was operating under acontinuing resolution that fixed spending at Fis cal Year 2006 levels, those actions were delayed. Now that the NRC has received its funding for FY 2007, the review will proceed.NRC staff will hold a public meeting April 12 in Aiken, S.C., to discu ss the technical reviewprocess and the opportunity for member s of the public to request an adjudicatory hearing. Details of themeeting will be announced closer to that date.The MOX facility, which will be owned by the Department of Energy's National NuclearSecurity Administration, is part of a bilateral effort between the United States and the RussianFederation to convert supplies of surplus weapons-grade plutonium in to more proliferation-resistantforms by blending it with uranium. Converting the plutonium into MOX fuel will enable it to be usedin commercial reactors to generate electricity. In the United States, only those reactors authorized by the NRC will be permitted to use MOX fuel.The NRC issued a construction authorization for the facility March 30, 2005. During thatlicensing review, the NRC staff completed an Environmental Impact Statement on the construction andoperation of the proposed facility. Th at report is available on the NRC Web site at the above address.Information on various public meetings held regarding the MOX facility is also available there.
A notice of opportunity to request a hearing was published today in the Federal Register. Thedeadline for requesting a hearing is May 14. Petitions may be filed by anyone whose interest may beaffected by the license and who wishes to participate as a party in the proceeding. A request for hearing and a petition for leave to intervene must be filed with the Secretary ofthe Commission, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, D.C. 20555-0001, Attention:Rulemaking and Adjudications Staff. Requests may also be submitted by facsimile to (301) 415-1101or e-mail to HEARINGDOCKET@nrc.gov. A copy should also be submitted to the NRC Office ofGeneral Counsel, by facsimile to (301) 415-3725 or e-mail to OGCMailCenter@nrc.gov
.Information on the NRC's hearings process is available at this Web address:http://www.nrc.gov/about-nrc/regulatory/adjudicatory/hearing.html
.###News releases are available through a free list serve 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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