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2006/06/23-Press Release-I-06-038: Licensing Board to Hear Oral Arguments and Receive Public Comment in Pilgrim License Renewal Proceeding

ML061740031
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Issue date:	06/23/2006
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NRC NEWS U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Office of Public Affairs, Region I 475 Allendale Road, King of Prussia, Pa.www.nrc.gov No. I-06-038June 23, 2006Contact:Diane Screnci, 610/337-5330Email: opa1@nrc.govNeil Sheehan, 610/337-5331LICENSING BOARD TO HEAR ORAL ARGUMENTS AND RECEIVE PUBLIC COMMENTIN PILGRIM LICENSE RENEWAL PROCEEDING The Atomic Safety and Licensing Board, an independent judicial arm of the Nuclear RegulatoryCommission, will hear oral arguments in the Pilgrim nuclear power plant license renewal proceedingon July 6 and 7, in Plymouth, Massachusetts. The oral arguments are scheduled to be heard at the Radisson Plymouth Harbor Hotel, 180Water Street, in Plymouth. Oral arguments will begin at 9:30 a.m. on July 6 and adjourn at 5:00. If necessary, it will continue the next day beginning at 9:00 a..m. The sessions will be open for public observation.The Board will also receive comments from interested members of the public, known as limitedappearance statements, in a session on July 6 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the same location. Speakers will be allotted approximately 5 minutes each for their statements.Anyone wishing to submit a written limited appearance statement may do so by email to both hearingdocket@nrc.gov and amy@nrc.gov . Or by mail to the following addresses: Office of theSecretary, Attn. Rulemaking and Adjudications Staff, Mail Stop: O-16C1, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001; and Administrative Judge Ann Marshall Young, Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel, Mail Stop: T-3F23, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001.Requests for a hearing and petitions to intervene were submitted by Pilgrim Watch and theMassachusetts Attorney General on May 25 and 26 respectively. The Board will hear oral arguments on the admissibility of the issues raised in these filings and whether an evidentiary hearing should be granted on them.

Entergy submitted its application for a 20-year license renewal for Pilgrim on January 25. Theplant's NRC license is due to expire on June 8, 2012. Documents related to the license renewal application are available on the NRC's web site at:

www.nrc.gov/reactors/operating/licensing/renewal/applications/pilgrim.html .

Documents in the Licensing Board proceeding are available in the NRC's online documentlibrary at: http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams/web-based.html . ###