[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 30 (Monday, February 14, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 7402]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-3479]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION


General Electric Company; Vallecitos Nuclear Center; Notice of 
Public Meeting

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

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    The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) will conduct a public 
meeting on various aspects of the Commission's responsibilities for the 
regulation of the General Electric (GE) Vallecitos Nuclear Center in 
Sunol, California. The facility is operated by the General Electric 
Company, an NRC licensee. The objective of the meeting is to ensure 
that the public has knowledge about the activities that take place at 
Vallecitos, and understands the NRC's responsibilities in respect to 
these activities. The NRC staff will discuss these matters with the 
public, including answering questions and listening to public comments.
    The meeting will be held the evening of Thursday, February 24, 
2000, from 7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. The meeting will be preceded by an 
informal open house beginning at 6:00 p.m. to allow the public an 
opportunity to talk with the NRC staff and other organizations such as 
citizen groups, and state and local government officials.
    The meeting will be held at the Pleasanton Public Library in 
Pleasanton, California. The library is located at 400 Old Bernal 
Avenue, Pleasanton, California, 94566. The Library's main phone number 
is 925-931-3400.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Francis X. Cameron, Special Counsel 
for Public Liaison, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington D.C. 
20555, Telephone: 301-415-1642, email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The General Electric Company has been 
engaged since 1955 in various activities involving nuclear energy at 
the Vallecitos Nuclear Center located near Pleasanton, California. One 
of the ongoing activities is research and development on the physical 
and chemical analysis of irradiated reactor fuel at the facilities 
Radioactive Materials Laboratory. GE possesses a Special Nuclear 
Materials License from the NRC that authorizes them to perform this 
work. The work requires periodic shipments of irradiated nuclear fuel 
into the facility from various sites throughout the United States. The 
Vallecitos site also houses three permanently shutdown reactors, and an 
operating research reactor, licensed by the NRC. In addition, the 
facility also fabricates radioactive sources used in medicine and 
industry under a license issued by the State of California.
    The NRC previously held a public meeting on the Vallecitos facility 
on October 20, 1999, in Livermore, California. In order to ensure that 
the public has the necessary information about the facility, and to 
provide sufficient time for public discussion of this information, the 
NRC has scheduled an additional public meeting on the Vallecitos 
facility for February 24, 2000. The NRC staff will address the issues 
previously covered at the October 20, 1999, meeting, and also provide 
additional information on issues that were raised by the public at the 
October 20, 1999, meeting. A detailed agenda for the meeting will be 
available at the meeting. Anticipated topics are the research and 
development activities involving the NRC Special Nuclear Materials 
license at the facility, related radioactive materials transportation 
activities, the status of the permanently shutdown reactors and the 
operating research reactor at the facility, and related NRC inspection 
activities. Francis X. Cameron, Special Counsel for Public Liaison, at 
the NRC will serve as the facilitator for the meeting.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 8th day of February, 2000.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Theodore S. Sherr,
 Chief, Licensing and International Safeguards Branch, Office of 
Nuclear Materials Safety and Safeguards.
[FR Doc. 00-3479 Filed 2-11-00; 8:45 am]
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