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A proposed rule change by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) would drastically reduce the public’s right to participate in nuclear licensing proceedings, including initial licensing for new reactors and license extensions for aging plants. For the first time in regulatory history, all reactor licensing proceedings could be conducted under expedited hearings rules, threatening the public’s ability to legally challenge reactor issues, such as nuclear safety.
Send comments by September 14, 2001 to: Secretary, NRC, Washington DC 20555. Contact your Congressional and state representatives and tell them the public is entitled to full and meaningful participation in a hearing process that provides for a complete record, and that the nuclear industry should be required to defend its proposals in formal public hearings.
To read the actual proposed rule and model comments, visit www.nirs.org.
For more information, contact Paul Gunter at Nuclear Information and Resource Service, 202-328002 or pgunter@nirs.org.