UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
                            NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION




Title:         AFFIRMATION SESSION
               (PUBLIC MEETING)




Location: Rockville, Maryland




Date:          Monday, April 1, 1996




Pages:         1-4


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                                      DISCLAIMER

          This is an unofficial transcript of a meeting of the United States
Nuclear Regulatory Commission on April 1, 1996 in the Commission's office at One
White Flint North, Rockville, Maryland.  The meeting was open to public
attendance and observation.  This transcript has not been reviewed, corrected 
or edited, and it may contain inaccuracies.
          The transcript is intended solely for general information purposes. 
As provided by 10 CFR 9.103, it is not part of the formal or informal record of
decision of the matters discussed.  Expressions of opinion in this transcript do
not necessarily reflect final determination or beliefs.  No pleading or other
paper may be filed with the Commission in any proceeding as the result of, or
addressed to, any statement or argument contained herein, except as the
Commission may authorize.
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6                                AFFIRMATION SESSION
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10                                  PUBLIC MEETING
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12                                 Nuclear Regulatory Commission
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16                                 Monday, April 1, 1996
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18        The Commission met in open session, pursuant to notice,
19   at 10:00 a.m., Shirley Ann Jackson, Chairman, presiding.
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21   COMMISSIONERS PRESENT:
22        SHIRLEY A. JACKSON, Chairman of the Commission
23        KENNETH C. ROGERS, Commissioner 
24        GRETA J. DICUS, Commissioner
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4    JOHN C. HOYLE, Secretary
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3         CHAIRMAN JACKSON:  Good morning ladies and gentlemen.  4    This is an
affirmation session, we have one item to come 5   before us this morning. 
Before I ask the Secretary to lead 6    us through the item for affirmation do
my fellow 7    commissioners have any comments they would like to make?  If 8
     not, Mr. Secretary you may proceed.
9         MR. HOYLE:  Thank you Madam Chairman, Commissioners.  10    The paper
before you is SECY-96-062 containing a proposed 11     order regarding Yankee
decommissioning proceeding.  In this 12 paper the Commission is being asked to
act upon an order 13     affirming two decisions by the Director of Nuclear
Reactor 14     Regulation involving decommissioning issues at Yankee 15    Nuclear Power
Station.  These two decisions are known as DD-16   96-01 and 96-
02.  The two decisions were in response to 17     pleadings filed by petitioners
challenging the proposed 18   Yankee decommissioning plan.  The Commission, with
Chairman 19    Jackson and Commissioner Rogers agreeing, have approved the 20
     memorandum and order which affirms sua sponte the director's 21  decisions
without modification such that both are now 22    considered final agency
action.  Commissioner Dicus 23     abstained from this matter, but participated
in order to 24 establish a quorum of the Commission.  I ask you to affirm 25
     your votes? 
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1         CHAIRMAN JACKSON:  Aye.
2         COMMISSIONER ROGERS:  Aye.
3         COMMISSIONERS DICUS:  Aye.
4         MR. HOYLE:  Thank you.  
5         CHAIRMAN JACKSON:  Is there anything else to come 6    before us
today?  
7         MR. HOYLE:  No, there isn't.
8         CHAIRMAN JACKSON:  If not, then we're adjourned.
9    [Whereupon, at 10:03 a.m., the meeting was adjourned.]
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                                     CERTIFICATE

This is to certify that the attached description of a meeting of the U.S.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission entitled:
     TITLE OF MEETING:  Affirmation Session
                        (PUBLIC MEETING)
     PLACE OF MEETING:  Rockville, Maryland
     DATE OF MEETING:   Monday, April 1, 1996

was held as herein appears, is a true and accurate record of the meeting, and
that this is the original transcript thereof taken stenographically by me,
thereafter reduced to typewriting by me or under the direction of the court
reporting company.

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