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Notice of 981026 Informal Public Hearing Re Petition Submitted Per 10CFR2.206 Involving Plant,Unit 1 of Tva,At Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant Training Ctr Auditorium, Athens,Al
ML20154Q768
Person / Time
Site: Browns Ferry Tennessee Valley Authority icon.png
Issue date: 09/22/1998
From: Zwolinski J
NRC (Affiliation Not Assigned)
To:
References
2.206, NUDOCS 9810260068
Download: ML20154Q768 (3)


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TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY NOTICE OF INFORMAL 10 CFR 2.206 PUBLIC HEARING The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) will hold an informal public hearing i regarding a petition submitted pursuant to 10 CFR 2.206 involving Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant, Unit 1, of the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA or the licensee). The hearing will be held on October 26,1998. The location of the hearing will be at the Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant Training Center, Auditorium. The Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant Training Center is located at Shaw Road and Nuclear Plant Road, Athens, Alabama. The hearing will be open to public attendance and will be transcribed.

The structure of the hearing shall be as follows:

Monday October 26,1998:

1:00 p.m. - NRC opening remarks 1:15 p.m. - Petitioners presentation 2:00 p.m. - NRC questions i

2:15 p.m. - Licensee's presentation

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3:00 p.m. - NRC questions 3:15 p.m. - Public Comments 3:45 p.m. - Licensee / Petitioners final statements 7gl 4:00 p.m. - Meeting concludes Y 9810260063 980922 PDR ADOCK 05000259 P PDR

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By letter dated April 5,,1997, the Union of Concemed Scientists (UCS or Petitioner) submitted a Petition pursuant to 10 CFR 2.206 requesting (1) that the operating license for Browns Feny Nuclear Plant, Unit i be revoked and (2) that the NRC require TVA to submit either a decommissioning plan or a lay-up plan for Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant, Unit 1, in addition, the Petitioner requested a hearing on this petition to present new information on Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant, Unit 1 that would include si discussion of the licensing basis reconstitution that would be requi ed to support restart, and certain financial aspects that might be a consideration for the TVA's decision for retaining the Browns Feny Unit 1 operating license.

The purpose of this informal public hearing is to obtain additional information from the Petitioner, the licensee, and the public for NRC staff use in evaluating the Petition. Therefore, this informal public hearing will be limited to information relevant to issues raised in the Petition.

The staff will not offer any preliminary views on its evaluation of the Petition. The informal public hearing will be chaired by a senior NRC official who will limit presentations to the above subject.

The format of the informal public hearing will be as follows:

opening remarks by the NRC regarding the general 10 CFR 2.206 process, the purpose of the informal public hearing, and a brief summary of the Petition and its Addendum (15 minutes); time for the Petitioner to articulate the basis of the Petition (45 minutes); time for the NRC to ask the Petitioner questions for purposes of clarification (15 minutes); time for the licensee to address the issues raised in the Petition (45 minutes); time for the NRC to ask the licensee questions for purposes of clarification (15 minutes); time for public comments relative to the Petition (30 minutes); and time for licensee and Petitioner's final statements (15 minutes).

Members of the public who are interested in presenting information relative to the Petition should notify the NRC official named below,5 working days prior to the hearing. A brief summary l of the information to be presented and the time requested should be provided in order to make appropriate arrangements. Time allotted for presentations by members of the public will be

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determined based upon the number of requests raceived and will be announced at the beginning of the hearing. The order for public presentations will be on a first received first to = peak basis.

Written statements will also be accepted and included in the record of the hearing.

Written statements should be mailed to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Mail stop O-14B21, Attn: Albert W. De Agazio, Washington, DC 20555.

Requests for the opportunity to present information can be made by contacting Albert W.-

De Agazio, Project Manager,' Division of Reactor Projects-l/II (telephone 301-1161443) between 8:00 a.m. to 5:45 p.m. (EDT), Monday-Friday. Persons planning to attend this informal public ,

hearing are urged to contact the above 1 or 2 days prior to the informal public hearing to be advised of any changes that may have occurred.

FOR THE NUCLEAR REGU TORY COMMISSION

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John A. Zwolinski, Acting Director l Division of Reactor Projects-l/II l Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Dated at Rockville, Maryland, This22rd day of September 1998.

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