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NRC NEWS U. S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION OFFICE OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS, REGION IV 611 Ryan Plaza Drive, Suite 400, Arlington TX 76011

NRC TO SOLICIT COMMENTS ON PREPARATION OF NUCLEAR POWER PLANT DECOMMISSIONING DOCUMENT

Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff, at a public meeting in San Francisco June 21, will solicit comments on its intention to prepare a "Draft Supplement to the Generic Environmental Impact Statement on Decommissioning of Nuclear Facilities."

The meeting is scheduled for 7 to 10 p.m. at the Ramada Plaza Hotel, 1231 Market Street, San Francisco.

The session is one of four being held around the country regarding the preparation of a Draft Supplement. Although a 1988 NRC document, NUREG-0586, "Generic Environmental Impact Statement (GEIS) on Decommissioning Nuclear Facilities," covered all NRC-licensed facilities, the supplement would address only the decommissioning of nuclear power reactors.

NRC staff plans to issue the Draft Supplement for public comment next year.

The meeting will include a presentation by the NRC staff on the reasons a supplement to the GEIS is being prepared and the environmental issues related to the decommissioning of nuclear plants it will address.

Interested persons are invited to make comments at the meeting or to submit written comments by July 15 to the Chief, Rules and Directives Branch, Division of Administrative Services, Mail Stop T-6-D-59, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, D.C. 20555-001, or electronically to the NRC at DGEIS@NRC.GOV .

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