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Date: Sat, 02 Feb 2002 14:43:43 -0500
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full order posted at:

http://www.bredl.org/pdf/NRC_grantshearing013102.pdf

NRC Judges Grant Citizens' Groups Standing On Duke Energy's Relicensing of Catawba and McGuire Nuclear Power Plants

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission's judges had never before granted such a hearing in a license renewal case.

-------------excerpt from the NRC ASLB Order of January 31, 2002-------------

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD PANEL

Notice is hereby given that, by Memorandum and Order dated January 24, 2002, the

Board granted Petitioners NIRS and BREDL a hearing, after holding oral argument in Charlotte,

North Carolina, on December 18-19, 2001. LBP-02-04, 54 NRC __ (Jan. 24, 2002). In this

Memorandum and Order, the Board found that both NIRS and BREDL have standing to

proceed, admitted contentions relating to the anticipated use of plutonium mixed oxide (MOX)

fuel in the Duke plants and to ice condensers and station blackout risks, and certified one

question relating to terrorism risks to the Commission for its consideration.

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NIRS is Nuclear Information and Resource Service

BREDL is Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League

To read the full order go to http://www.bredl.org/pdf/NRC_grantshearing013102.pdf

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