YUCCA MOUNTAIN HIGH-LEVEL NUCLEAR WASTE HEARINGS IN 

LAS VEGAS MARCH 31 – APRIL 2 TO BE WEBSTREAMED ON INTERNET 

 The Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s Atomic Safety and Licensing Board (ASLB) oral 

arguments in the Yucca Mountain high-level nuclear waste proceeding will be Webstreamed 

over the Internet March 31 – April 2. 

 Three separate boards will conduct oral arguments in the Yucca Mountain proceeding in 

Las Vegas on the standing of petitioners and the admissibility of their proposed contentions. 

 Anyone wishing to view the arguments over the Internet may do so at the following links: 

• March 31: http://www.visualwebcaster.com/event.asp?id=57076

• April 1: http://www.visualwebcaster.com/event.asp?id=57079

• April 2: http://www.visualwebcaster.com/event.asp?id=57081

 In addition, the oral arguments will be televised to the NRC’s ASLB hearing room, T3B45, at the agency’s headquarters at 11545 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Md. Members of the 

public are welcome to attend. 

 These oral arguments are part of the adjudicatory proceeding on the Department of 

Energy’s application for authorization to construct an underground geologic repository for the 

nation’s high-level nuclear waste at Yucca Mountain, about 100 miles northwest of Las Vegas. 

DOE submitted the application to the NRC on June 3, 2008. 

 Each board consists of three judges, two with legal expertise and one with technical 

expertise. The three boards will consider and rule upon the admissibility of approximately 320 

proposed contentions filed by 14 petitioners. These boards will consider only the standing of the 

petitioners and the admissibility of the contentions. The merits of any admitted contentions will 

be considered at a later time. 

 

 The sessions will be held at the NRC’s Las Vegas Hearing Facility, Pacific Enterprise 

Plaza, Building 1, 3250 Pepper Lane, Las Vegas, beginning at 9 a.m. each day. Each board will 

hear arguments for one day, and will try to complete the day’s proceedings by 5 p.m. 

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U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

Office of Public Affairs Telephone: 301/415-8200 

Washington, D.C. 20555-0001 

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No. 09-060 March 30, 2009
 Media wishing to cover the pre-hearing sessions are strongly encouraged to register in 

advance with NRC’s Office of Public Affairs by calling (301) 415-8200. Pre-registration is 

essential for television media, as space inside the hearing room is limited. Photographers (video 

or still) will not be permitted to move around the hearing room while the boards are in session. 

ASLB judges will not grant interviews. No interviews of other participants shall be permitted 

inside the hearing facility. Two brochures on the Las Vegas Hearing Facility – one for media and 

one for the general public – are available on the NRC’s Web site at this address: 

http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/fact-sheets/. 

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