[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 22 (Friday, February 1, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 5003]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-2500]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket Nos. 50-327-OLA, 50-328-OLA, & 50-390-OLA; ASLBP No. 02-796-01-
OLA]


Tennessee Valley Authority; Sequoyah Nuclear Plant, Units 1 & 2; 
Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, Unit 1; Establishment of Atomic Safety and 
Licensing Board

    Pursuant to delegation by the Commission dated December 29, 1972, 
published in the Federal Register, 37 FR 28,710 (1972), and sections 
2.105, 2.700, 2.702, 2.714, 2.714a, 2.717, 2.721, and 2.772(j) of the 
Commission's Regulations, all as amended, an Atomic Safety and 
Licensing Board is being established to preside over the following 
proceeding:

    Tennessee Valley Authority, Sequoyah Nuclear Plant, Units 1 & 2, 
Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, Unit 1.

    This Board is being established pursuant to two notices of 
consideration of issuance of operating license amendment, proposed no 
significant hazards consideration determination, and opportunity for a 
hearing published in the Federal Register (66 FR 65,000 and 65,005 
(Dec. 17, 2001)). The proceeding involves petitions for intervention 
submitted January 16, 2002, by We the People, Inc., Tennessee, (WPIT) 
and the Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League (BREDL), respectively, 
challenging requests by the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) to amend 
the operating licenses for the Sequoyah Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2, 
and the Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, Unit 1.\1\ The amendments would change 
facility technical specifications to allow the plants to provide incore 
irradiation services for the United States Department of Energy for the 
production of tritium for national defense purposes.
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    \1\ Although the TVA license amendment requests that are the 
subject of the WPIT and BREDL hearing requests that triggered this 
Licensing Board constitution notice were submitted separately, 
involve different facilities, and were the subject of separate 
hearing opportunity notices, both amendments are challenged by each 
of the petitioners. Under the circumstances, one Licensing Board is 
being established to consider both contested TVA applications in a 
consolidated proceeding. Any objection to this consolidation by any 
of the participants to the proceeding should be raised with the 
Licensing Board promptly.
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    The Board is comprised of the following administrative judges:

Thomas S. Moore, Chair, Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel, U.S. 
Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001

Dr. Peter S. Lam, Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel, U.S. Nuclear 
Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001

Dr. Thomas S. Elleman, Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel, U.S. 
Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001
    All correspondence, documents, and other materials shall be filed 
with the administrative judges in accordance with 10 CFR 2.701.

    Issued at Rockville, Maryland, this 28th day of January 2002.
G. Paul Bollwerk, III,
Chief Administrative Judge, Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel.
[FR Doc. 02-2500 Filed 1-31-02; 8:45 am]
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