ASLB TO CONDUCT ENVIRONMENTAL HEARING ON AREVA’S 

URANIUM ENRICHMENT PLANT PROPOSED FOR IDAHO

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s Atomic Safety and Licensing Board will conduct 

an evidentiary hearing on environmental issues concerning the license application of AREVA 

Enrichment Services (AES) to construct and operate a uranium enrichment plant near Idaho 

Falls, Idaho.

The hearing will begin July 12 at 9:30 a.m. Mountain Time, and continue daily until 

finished. It will be held at the Red Lion on the Falls Convention Center, Targhee/Bonneville 

Rooms, 475 River Parkway, in Idaho Falls. Those attending are advised to arrive early in order 

to pass through a security check.

Among the issues to be heard are the impact of the Fukushima Daiichi accident on the 

need for enrichment services; AES’s plans for remediation of any NRC-authorized 

preconstruction activities; and greenhouse gas impacts of the facility’s operation and power 

consumption.

The Board will also conduct “limited appearance sessions” at which members of the 

public will have an opportunity to present oral comments to the judges on issues related to the 

hearing. At limited appearance sessions, people who are not involved in the hearing may make 

comments up to five minutes in length to the three judges on the Board. 

The limited appearance sessions will be held at the Bennion Student Union Multipurpose 

Room, 1784 Science Center Dr., University Place in Idaho Falls, on Sunday, July 10 from 3-5 

p.m., and Monday, July 11, from 7-9 p.m. Mountain Time. Either or both sessions may be 

canceled if there is insufficient public interest; therefore, anyone wishing to make a statement is 

requested to register by 5 p.m. Eastern Time on July 1. Requests may be submitted by mail to 

Administrative Judge G. Paul Bollwerk III, Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel, Mail Stop 

T-3F23, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, D.C. 20555-0001; by fax to 

301-415-5599; or by e-mail to Jonathan.Eser@nrc.gov and Paul.Bollwerk@nrc.gov. 

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No. 11-101 June 9, 2011
AREVA Enrichment Services submitted a license application in December 2008 to 

construct and operate a gas centrifuge uranium enrichment plant in Bonneville County, Idaho. 

The NRC staff completed its safety and environmental reviews, publishing a Safety Evaluation 

Report in September 2010 and a Final Environmental Impact Statement in February 2011. The 

ASLB conducted hearings on the safety review in January. Information on the application and 

the NRC review is available on the NRC website. 

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