NRC: News Release - 2004-078 - NRC Atomic Safety and Licensing Board to Hold Prehearing Conference June 30 on Proposed Millstone License Renewal


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No. 04-078

June 25, 2004

NRC ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD TO HOLD PREHEARING
CONFERENCE JUNE 30 ON PROPOSED MILLSTONE LICENSE RENEWAL
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A Nuclear Regulatory Commission Atomic Safety and Licensing Board will hold a prehearing conference June 30 in New London, Conn., on the application of Dominion Nuclear Connecticut, Inc., to renew the operating licenses for its Millstone Nuclear Power Station, Units 2 and 3. The plant is located in Waterford, Conn.

Participants in the conference will be the Connecticut Coalition Against Millstone, which has petitioned for a hearing on the application, Dominion and the NRC staff. Members of the public are welcome to attend as observers.

Members of the Licensing Board are Paul B. Abramson, Chairman; Ann Marshall Young and Dr. Richard F. Cole.

The Radisson Hotel New London, 35 Governor Winthrop Boulevard, will be the site for the conference, which will begin at 9:00 a.m.

Dominion submitted its application on January 22 of this year to renew the Millstone licenses for an additional 20 years beyond the current expiration dates, which are July 31, 2015, for Unit 2 and November 25, 2025, for Unit 3.

On March 12, the agency announced the opportunity to request a hearing on the application, and Connecticut Coalition Against Millstone submitted a request for a hearing and a petition to intervene in the hearing.

Copies of the application are available on the NRC web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reactors/operating/licensing/renewal/applications/millstone.html. In addition, the document is available for review at the following libraries:

--Waterford Public Library, 49 Rope Ferry Road, Waterford, and

-- Thames River Campus Library, Three Rivers Community College, 574 New London Turnpike, Norwich.