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Overview for Using the Electronic Hearing Docket

The Electronic Hearing Docket (EHD) provides on-line access to the contents of the Official Docket for NRC adjudications. It contains orders, filings, transcripts, exhibits and discovery material (Hearing Files collections) for individual adjudications.

On this page:

• Overview of Resources to Access the EHD
• Instructions for Using the EHD Web-Based Search - only available for HLW at this time
• Instructions for Using the EHD Folder View
• Additional Tips for Using EHD

Overview of Resources to Access the EHD

There are two ways to access hearing information in NRC’s Electronic Hearing Docket:

Instructions for Using the EHD Web-Based Search

Search the Hearing Docket

• From one of the hearing pages (Reactors Material and Other Hearings or High-Level Waste Hearings), under “ Hearing Resources for the Public,” select “Search Public Electronic Hearing Docket Folders”
• Fill in your search information
• Select the Results Field Options (optional) and select fields to display
• Select a search mode (optional)
• Select the SEARCH button

Instructions for Using the EHD Folder View

First Time Users

• First time users must download the EHD client software and enable certain features of Microsoft Internet Explorer: First Time User Instructions
• We suggest printing this page or leaving it open in a separate window as you follow the instructions below

Browse the Folders

• From one of the hearing pages (Reactors Material and Other Hearings or High-Level Waste Hearings), under “Hearing Resources for the Public,” select “Browse Public Electronic Hearing Docket Folders”
• Select the library icon [show icon] in the upper left corner of the EHD Title Page
• Select OK when the dialog box opens with “Guest” as the user name
• Select Adjudicatory Proceedings in the upper left corner
• In the right column, select the proceeding you wish to browse
• In the right column, select the document category you are interested in
• In the right column, select the year you wish to browse
• In the right column, select the document of interest

Search the Folders

• Select the spyglass (magnifier) icon in the toolbar below the page address
• When the search screen appears, enter search criteria. Use drop-down menus to help with the date fields.
• Select the first arrow on the toolbar or press enter to produce search results
• Documents are presented in date sequential order from latest to earlier

Display Document Properties (e.g., page count, accession number, etc.)

• You can display document properties in the folder view or the search results view
• Select the document by clicking on the bullet to the left of the document description and then click on the document properties icon in the toolbar to display the properties box.
• Select the properties tab at the top of the box to display the properties
  

Additional TIPS for Using EHD

Using the folder view and Web-based search together

You can display the EHD Folder View and the Web-based Search simultaneously by opening separate browser windows. This approach allows you to use the best features of both.

Working with Document Packages

NRC documents that are related sometimes appear as groups of documents in a container called a package.

In the Folder View:

• Look for the package icon in the list of documents
• The accession numbers for individual documents in the package are displayed when the package is opened. No actual document is displayed.
• Find the documents in the package by searching the folder or by scrolling through the documents in the folder for the docket.

In the Web-Based Search:

• Either enter the accession number for the package into the accession number field on the search screen, or
• Copy and paste the accession number where found in the EHD Folder View (have both views open on the desktop) to the Web-Based search screen accession number field.
• The search result will show a package icon as part of the search results.
• Select the package icon and the documents in the package will appear.
• Obtaining Adobe Software to Access Documents in Portable Document Format

All EHD documents are in portable document format (PDF). Free viewers are available from Adobe and other Web sites if you don’t already have one on your computer. For additional information, see our Plugins, Viewers, and Other Tools Web page.

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