FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 15, 2000
Contacts:
Connie Nakahara, 801.366.0523, June 15-16
Dianne R. Nielson, 801.536.4402, week of June 19
Beginning June 19, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Atomic Safety and Licensing Board will conduct a hearing on Private Fuel Storage's (PFS) application for a license to construct and operate a spent nuclear fuel storage facility on the Skull Valley Band of Goshute Indian Reservation.
The hearing begins at 9:30 a.m., at the Sheraton City Center Hotel, 150 W. 500 South, Wasatch Room, Mezzanine Level. It will continue each day until concluded. The hearing is open to the public for observation, except for those parts dealing with confidential proprietary information.
According to a NRC news release, The Board will hear testimony, receive exhibits and cross-examine witnesses on issues that have been raised. Issues include costs of constructing and operating the facility, PFS's ability to fight on-site fires and decommissioning. Only the fire-fighting issue and possibly decommissioning will be open to the public. Because PFS claims financial information to be proprietary, cost discussions will be closed and not subject to public scrutiny.
Parties participating in the hearing are the State of Utah, Confederated Tribes of the Goshute Reservation, PFS and NRC.
In addition to attending the hearing, the public can also make brief oral comments to the Board June 23 from 1 to 4 p.m., and 7 to 9:30 p.m., and June 24 from 1 to 4 p.m., at the Sheraton City Center Hotel, 150 W. 500 South, Wasatch Room, Mezzanine Level.