ASLB TO HOLD SEPT. 17 PREHEARING CONFERENCE 

IN ROCKVILLE, MD., ON VOGTLE NEW REACTOR APPLICATION 

 A Nuclear Regulatory Commission Atomic Safety and Licensing Board (ASLB) will 

hold a prehearing conference Sept. 17 in Rockville, Md., regarding a revived challenge to 

Southern Nuclear Operating Company’s Combined License (COL) application for two new 

reactors at the Vogtle site in Georgia. 

 The Board will conduct an oral argument with the petitioners challenging the application 

(the Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League, the Center for a Sustainable Coast, and Georgia 

Women's Action for New Directions for Clean Energy), Southern Nuclear, and the NRC staff. 

An ASLB decision had previously ended the contested portion of the proceeding on the Vogtle 

COL application, but the petitioners are attempting to raise a new objection regarding the reactor 

design envisioned for the site. The issues to be argued will include whether the petitioners have 

standing to participate, whether the record of the proceeding’s contested portion should be 

reopened, and whether the new objection can appropriately be introduced at this point in the 

NRC’s licensing process and meets the standards for admitting objections into an adjudicatory 

hearing. 

 The prehearing conference will begin at 9 a.m. Sept. 17 in the NRC’s ASLB hearing 

room, T-3B45, at the agency’s headquarters at 11545 Rockville Pike in Rockville. The 

conference may also be viewed via teleconference from the NRC’s Region II office, 245 

Peachtree Center Ave., Suite 1200, in Atlanta. Members of the public are welcome to observe 

the conference at either location, but are reminded to allow sufficient time for security screening 

and to bring a government-issued photo ID (e.g., driver’s license). 

 Members of the public may also file written limited appearance statements regarding the 

contested portion of the Vogtle COL licensing proceeding. These statements are not testimony, 

but provide an opportunity to make the Board and/or the participants aware of the public’s 

concerns about the matters at issue in the contested proceeding. Statements should be mailed to 

Rulemakings and Adjudications Staff, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, D.C. 

20555-0001; faxed to 301-415-1101 (call 301-415-1966 to verify receipt); or e-mailed to 

hearingdocket@nrc.gov. In addition, a copy of the limited appearance statement should be 

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No. 10-160 September 8, 2010
mailed 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; faxed 

to 301-415-5599 (call 301-415-7550 to verify receipt); or e-mailed to paul.bollwerk@nrc.gov. 

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