ASLB TO HOLD EVIDENTIARY HEARINGS BEGINNING JAN. 25 ON AREVA 

APPLICATION FOR URANIUM ENRICHMENT PLANT IN IDAHO 

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

hold evidentiary hearings Jan. 25-27 on safety-related aspects of an application by AREVA 

Enrichment Services, LLC (AES) for a license to construct and operate a gas centrifuge uranium 

enrichment facility in Bonneville County, Idaho. 

 The hearings will be held in the ASLB Panel Hearing Room at NRC headquarters in 

Rockville, Md., Two White Flint North Building, Room T-3B45, 11545 Rockville Pike. The 

hearing will also be webcast over the Internet. The hearing will begin at 10 a.m. Jan. 25 and will 

continue day-to-day until concluded. Portions of the proceedings may be closed to the public to 

discuss sensitive or classified matters. 

 These sessions will be part of the “mandatory hearing” on the AES application, with AES 

and the NRC staff acting as parties. The sessions will concern safety-related aspects of AES’ 

safety analysis report in its application and the safety evaluation report (SER) prepared by the 

NRC staff. Presentations will focus on site-specific process-related hazards, foreign ownership 

and control, license conditions and exemptions, and commitment follow-up and tracking. The 

ASLB will consider whether the AES application contains sufficient information and the NRC 

staff’s review is adequate to support issuance of a license. 

 Members of the public may attend the hearings in person or view them by webcast at the 

following Internet addresses: 

• Tues., Jan. 25: http://www.visualwebcaster.com/event.asp?id=75030 

• Weds., Jan. 26, if needed: http://www.visualwebcaster.com/event.asp?id=75033 

• Thurs., Jan. 27, if needed: http://ww.visualwebcaster.com/event.asp?id=75034 

In addition, the ASLB will accept “limited appearance” written statements from members of 

the public on matters involving the hearing. The ASLB is particularly interested in comments 

regarding the NRC staff’s SER on the application, which is available on the NRC website at 

http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/nuregs/staff/sr1951/. 

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No. 11-003 January 5, 2011
Limited appearance written statements should be submitted both to the NRC Office of the 

Secretary and to the ASLB, at the following addresses: Office of the Secretary, Rulemakings and 

Adjudications Staff, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, D.C., 20555-0001; and 

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. They may also 

be submitted by e-mail to hearingdocket@nrc.gov and paul.bollwerk@nrc.gov. 

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