NRC: News Release - Region I - 2002-011 - NRC to Meet with Public on Maine Yankee License Termination Plan And Partial Site Release Request

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No. I-02-011		March 1, 2002
CONTACT:	Diane Screnci (610) 337-5330 Neil A. Sheehan (610) 337-5331	E-mail: OPA1.Resource@nrc.gov
NRC TO MEET WITH PUBLIC ON MAINE YANKEE LICENSE TERMINATION PLAN AND PARTIAL SITE RELEASE REQUEST
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission will meet with the public on Monday evening, March 11, to solicit comments on the license termination plan for the Maine Yankee Atomic Power Station. The plant, in Wiscasset, Maine, permanently ceased operations on August 7, 1997. In accordance with NRC regulations, when a company licensed to operate a nuclear power reactor shuts down the facility permanently, it must submit an application to terminate the license. A license termination plan (LTP) also must be submitted for NRC approval. Maine Yankee submitted the proposed license termination plan on January 13, 2000. The NRC accepted comments on that plan and held a meeting in Wiscasset in May 2000 to discuss the plan with the public. The company submitted a revision to its LTP in August of last year. Because of the extensive changes incorporated into "Revision 2," the NRC is again accepting comments from affected parties. The NRC will also accept comments on Maine Yankee's August 16, 2001, request to release portions of the site from NRC license jurisdiction before the license is terminated. In part, the release of these lands will facilitate the donation of a portion of this property to an environmental organization as part of a settlement approved by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission between Maine Yankee and its ratepayers. The meeting will be held at the Wiscasset Middle School, 83 Federal Street, beginning at 7:00 p.m. Electronic versions of the license termination plan and the partial site release request can be viewed through the NRC Agency-wide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS), accession numbers ML012320365 and ML012340447, respectively. Help in using ADAMS is available through the NRC Public Document Room at 301-415-4737 or 1-800-397-4209. Written comments on the LTP may be submitted to Michael Webb, Mail Stop O-7 D1. U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, D.C. 20555-0001, or e-mail Michael.Webb@nrc.gov.
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